HB 213 -- Drunk Driving Victim Memorial Sign Program

Sponsor:  Deeken

This bill establishes the Risk Awareness Program which requires
the Department of Transportation to establish and administer a
drunk driving victim memorial sign program.  The department must
adopt, by rules and regulations, program guidelines for the
application for and placement of signs including, but not limited
to, the sign application and qualification process, the procedure
for the dedication of signs, and procedures for the replacement
or restoration of any signs that are damaged or stolen.

Any person may apply to the department to sponsor a drunk driving
victim memorial sign in memory of an immediate family member who
died as a result of a motor vehicle accident caused by a person
who was shown to have been operating a motor vehicle in violation
of an alcohol-related traffic law at the time of the accident.  A
person who is not a member of the victim's immediate family may
also make a request if he or she submits the written consent of a
member of the victim's immediate family.  The department will
charge the sponsoring party a fee to cover the department's cost
in designing, constructing, erecting, and maintaining the sign.
Signs will remain in place for 10 years and may be renewed for
another 10 years after payment of the appropriate maintenance
fees.

The signs developed by the department will feature the words
"Drunk Driving Victim!", the initials of the deceased victim, the
month and year in which the victim was killed, and the phrase
"Who's Next?".

All other roadside memorials or markers commemorating the death
of a drunk driving victim are prohibited.  No person, other than
a department employee or designee, may erect a drunk driving
victim memorial sign.

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated November 17, 2009 at 9:24 am