Bill Text: MO HB1938 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Repeals the provision regarding the penalty for the operator of certain trucks driving in the far left lane of certain portions of specified interstate highways
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-04 - Referred: Transportation(H) [HB1938 Detail]
Download: Missouri-2014-HB1938-Introduced.html
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE KOLKMEYER.
6168H.01I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal section 304.705, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to traffic regulations.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 304.705, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 304.705, to read as follows:
304.705. 1. In any county with a population of more than one hundred eighty thousand inhabitants that adjoins a county with a charter form of government with a population of more than nine hundred thousand inhabitants, all trucks registered for a gross weight of more than twenty-four thousand pounds, as of January 1, 2008, shall not be driven in the far left lane upon an interstate highway having at least three lanes proceeding in the same direction, within three miles of where an interstate highway and a three-digit numbered Missouri route intersects with an average daily traffic count on the interstate highway of at least one hundred thirty thousand vehicles at such point. The Missouri department of transportation shall design, manufacture, and install any informational and directional signs at the appropriate locations. Such restriction shall not apply when:
(1) It is reasonably necessary for the operation of the truck to respond to emergency conditions; or
(2) The right or a center lane of a roadway is closed to traffic while under construction, maintenance, or repair.
2. As used in this section, "truck" means any vehicle, machine, tractor trailer, or semitrailer, or any combination thereof, propelled or drawn by mechanical power and designed for or used in the transportation of property upon the highways.
[3. A violation of this section is an infraction unless such violation causes an immediate threat of an accident, in which case such violation shall be deemed a class C misdemeanor, or unless an accident results from such violation, in which case such violation is a class A misdemeanor.]
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