HB 642 -- Drunk Driving Memorial Sign Program

Sponsor:  Deeken

This bill establishes the Drunk Driving Memorial Sign Program in
the Department of Transportation.  The department must adopt, by
rules and regulations, program guidelines for the application and
placement of signs including the sign application and
qualification process, a procedure for the dedication of signs,
and a procedure 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 must resemble a Missouri
license plate and 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 private 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
94th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated July 25, 2007 at 11:20 am