Bill Text: MO HB472 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designates "Walk & Bike to School Month," "Walk & Bike to School Day," "Missouri Bicycle Month," and "Bike to Work Day," and "Bike to Work Week" in Missouri

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-24 - Referred: Tourism and Natural Resources [HB472 Detail]

Download: Missouri-2011-HB472-Introduced.html

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FIRST REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 472

96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES TORPEY (Sponsor), McDONALD, CIERPIOT, ANDERS AND SOLON (Co-sponsors).

1441L.01I                                                                                                                                                  D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

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AN ACT

To amend chapter 9, RSMo, by adding thereto two new sections relating to bicycling state holidays.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

            Section A. Chapter 9, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto two new sections, to be known as sections 9.164 and 9.165, to read as follows:

            9.164. The month of October shall be set apart as "Walk & Bike to School Month" and the first Wednesday of October shall be set apart as "Walk & Bike to School Day" in Missouri to improve the safety of students walking and bicycling to school, encourage more children to safely walk and bicycle to school, and promote the benefits of walking and cycling to school, including physical activity and better student health and physical fitness, improved academics, reduced congestion and pollution, and more livable communities.

            9.165. The month of May shall be set apart as "Missouri Bicycle Month", the third Friday of May shall be set apart as "Bike to Work Day", and the week of bike to work day shall be set apart as "Bike to Work Week" in Missouri to promote bicycling as a viable and environmentally sound form of transportation and a source of healthful recreation, promote bicycle safety and encourage all users to safely share the road, promote Missouri as a great destination for bicycle tourism, and promote the benefits of bicycling for health, physical fitness, family togetherness, economic development, and creating a vibrant, healthy, and livable state.

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