CCS#2 SS SCS HB 1270 & HB 2032 -- MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
REGULATION

This bill:

(1)  Establishes the position of state vehicle fleet manager
within the Office of Administration.  The fleet manager will be
responsible for instituting and supervising a state fleet vehicle
tracking system;

(2)  Revises the model traffic ordinance, including provisions
dealing with acceptable use of multiple turn lanes and center
turn lanes; tailing an emergency vehicle; emergency vehicle
lights; accident reports; pedestrian control signals; operator's
license and operating an all-terrain vehicle; pulling a rider
upon a bicycle, motorized bicycle, coaster, roller skates, sled,
or toy vehicle behind a motor vehicle;

(3)  Requires the Director of the Department of Revenue,
beginning January 1, 2003, to issue with every temporary
instruction permit a sticker indicating "PERMIT DRIVER."  Display
of the sticker is optional;

(4)  Assesses a $1 surcharge on all criminal cases including
violations of any county ordinance or any violation of criminal
or traffic laws.  The surcharge will be collected and credited to
the Motorcycle Safety Trust Fund;

(5)  Requires applicants for a hazardous material endorsement to
meet the requirements of the U. S. Patriot's Act;

(6)  Creates a Third-Party Commercial Driver License Examination
Program for the purpose of certifying third-party commercial
driver license examination programs and administering compliance
with requirements of third-party commercial driver license
examination programs in the State of Missouri;

(7)  Requires drivers to reduce speed, proceed with caution, and
change lanes on multiple-lane highways where possible when they
approach emergency vehicles with lights flashing.  Emergency
vehicles include police, fire, and ambulance vehicles and tow
trucks;

(8)  Imposes a $2 surcharge on each criminal or traffic
violation.  The proceeds for the surcharge will go to the credit
of the Spinal Cord Injury Fund;

(9)  Creates the Head Injury Fund.  Revenue deposited in the fund
will be expended by the Head Injury Advisory Council for medical,
social, and educational services or activities for purposes of
outreach and short-term support to enable individuals with
traumatic head injuries and their families to live in the
community.  A $2 surcharge will be collected on all criminal or
traffic violations and credited to the Head Injury Fund;

(10)  Allows the Department of Transportation to issue permits
for hauling lumber products and earth-moving equipment wider than
14 feet;

(11)  Prohibits any person from parking a vehicle with hazardous
materials within 300 feet of a tunnel;

(12)  Repeals a requirement that county highway administrators
be residents of Missouri;

(13)  Requires riders on animals and operators of motor vehicles
on highways to obey sheriffs or deputy sheriffs giving traffic
directions;

(14)  Prohibits any person from fleeing a vehicle stop or from
resisting or interfering with an arrest;

(15)  Allows granting a skills performance evaluation certificate
for commercial intrastate driving for people who can drive but do
not meet the minimum federal fitness standards for a commercial
driver's license for interstate driving;

(16)  Allows electric personal assistive mobility devices to be
operated on streets, highways, sidewalks, and bicycle paths and
grants operators the rights and duties applicable to pedestrians.
Persons under 16 years of age cannot operate a device, except for
an operator with a mobility-related disability.  The devices may
only be operated on roadways with a speed limit of 45 miles per
hour or less.  The devices may be used to cross roadways with
higher speed limits.  The devices must be equipped with lamps and
red reflectors when operated during the period from one-half hour
after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise.  Operators of the
devices must ride the device as near to the right side of the
roadway as possible.  Any person 17 years of age who violates the
provisions of the bill on electric personal assistive mobility
devices will be guilty of an infraction with a maximum fine of
$25.  If a person under 17 years of age violates the bill, the
police officer may impound the device for a period not to exceed
five days.  Cities and counties may adopt regulations or
ordinances which are more restrictive than the provision of the
bill with respect to speed, area of operation, and other safety
measures;

(17)  Requires law enforcement agencies who have a vehicle towed
from an accident scene to write an abandoned property report if
the vehicle is not retrieved by the owner within five days of the
accident; and

(18)  Adds driving while a person's license has been canceled,
suspended, or revoked under the laws of another state to the
crime of driving while revoked in Missouri.

The bill contains an emergency clause on the provisions relating
to state fleet management.

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated October 11, 2002 at 9:00 am