CCS SCS HB 91 -- TRANSPORTATION

This bill establishes David's Law and the Heroes Way Interstate
Interchange Designation Program and designates several memorial
highways and bridges.

DRUNK DRIVING VICTIM MEMORIAL SIGN PROGRAM (Section 227.295,
RSMo)

The bill requires the Department of Transportation to establish a
drunk driving risk reduction awareness program to be known as
"David's Law," including 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
and its cost in administering the program.  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
"Think About It!".

No person, other than a department employee or designee, may
erect a drunk driving victim memorial sign.

HEROES WAY INTERSTATE INTERCHANGE DESIGNATION PROGRAM (Section
227.297)

The Heroes Way Interstate Interchange Designation Program is
established to honor fallen Missouri heroes who have been killed
in action while in active military duty with the armed forces in
Afghanistan or Iraq on or after September 11, 2001, and who were
residents of this state at the time of their death.

Any person related by marriage, adoption, or consanguinity within
the second degree to the military member who was killed may apply
to the Department of Transportation for a designation by
submitting:

(1)  An application in a form prescribed by the department
director describing the interstate interchange for which the
designation is sought and the proposed name of the interchange.
The application must include the name of at least one current
member of the General Assembly who will sponsor the designation;

(2)  Proof that the family member was a member of the United
States armed forces and was killed in action while performing
active military duty with the United States armed forces in
Afghanistan or Iraq on or after September 11, 2001, and a signed
form certifying that the applicant is related to the member; and

(3)  A fee to be determined by the Highways and Transportation
Commission to cover, but not exceed, the costs of constructing
and maintaining the proposed interstate interchange signs.

The department must submit for approval all applications for
designations to the Joint Committee on Transportation Oversight.
If satisfied with the application and all its contents, the joint
committee must approve the application.  The joint committee must
notify the department upon the approval or denial of an
application for a designation.  If the memorial designation
request is not approved by the joint committee, 97% of the
application fee must be refunded to the applicant.

Two signs will be erected for each interstate interchange
designation.  No interstate interchange may be named or
designated after more than one individual, and a person will only
be eligible for one designation.

The highway signs erected for any designation under the program
must be erected and maintained for a 20-year period.  After that
period, the signs will be subject to removal by the department
and the interstate interchange may be designated to honor another
person.  An existing designation processed under the program may
be retained for additional 20-year increments if, at least one
year before the designation's expiration, an application to the
department is made to retain the designation along with the
required documents and all applicable required fees.

MEMORIAL HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES (Sections 227.310, 227.320,
227.368, 227.402, and 227.407)

The bill designates the following street, memorial highways, and
bridges:

(1)  The portion of State Highway 100 located in Franklin County
from its intersection with State Highway 47 to the highway's
connection with Interstate 44 as the "Veterans Memorial Highway";

(2)  The portion of the state highway system which was designated
as State Highway 47 as of January 1, 2009, within the city limits
of the City of Washington as "Franklin Street";

(3)  The bridge over Interstate 44 on Business Loop 44 at Exit
127 in Laclede County as the "Specialist James M. Finley Memorial
Bridge";

(4)  The bridge over the Gasconade River on State Highway 17 in
Pulaski County as the "WWII Okinawa Veterans Memorial Bridge";
and

(5)  The portion of Interstate 435 located in Jackson County from
mile marker 63.4 to mile marker 54.2 as the "Lamar Hunt Memorial
Highway."

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated November 17, 2009 at 9:23 am