FIRST REGULAR SESSION
94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES KRAUS (Sponsor), DOUGHERTY AND MOORE (Co-sponsors).
Read 1st time February 21, 2007 and copies ordered printed.
D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapters 170 and 304, RSMo, by adding thereto two new sections relating to teenage drivers, with a penalty provision.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapters 170 and 304, RSMo, are amended by adding thereto two new sections, to be known as sections 170.310 and 304.810, to read as follows:
170.310. 1. Every school district shall make a driver's education course available to students of the age of fifteen or older. The requirement for offering a course may be met by the district offering the course with its own resources or by entering into an agreement with another district. School districts may charge a fee to students for participation in the driver's education course, with the moneys collected to be used for course development, educational materials, and other costs related to providing driver's education instruction.
304.810. 1. No person with a temporary instruction permit issued under section 302.130, RSMo, or an intermediate driver's license issued under section 302.178, RSMo, shall operate a motor vehicle while using a cellular telephone.
2. A "cellular telephone" is any device used to access wireless telephone service.
3. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a person using a cellular telephone for emergency purposes, including, but not limited to, an emergency call to a law enforcement agency, health care provider, fire department, or other emergency services agency or entity.
4. The provisions of this section shall not apply to motor vehicles operated on private property.
5. Violation of this section shall be deemed an infraction punishable by a fifty dollar fine for a first offense, and a one hundred dollar fine for a second offense.
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