Bill Text: MO HB489 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the Department of Transportation to establish minimal yellow light change interval times for traffic-control devices

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-01 - Public Hearing Completed (H) [HB489 Detail]

Download: Missouri-2011-HB489-Introduced.html

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FIRST REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 489

96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES GATSCHENBERGER (Sponsor) AND NANCE (Co-sponsor).

1358L.01I                                                                                                                                                  D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

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AN ACT

To amend chapter 304, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the establishment of minimal yellow light change interval times for traffic control devices.

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

            Section A. Chapter 304, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 304.289, to read as follows:

            304.289. The timing of any traffic-control signal shall conform to regulations promulgated by the department of transportation. The department of transportation shall establish minimal yellow light change interval times for traffic-control devices. The minimal yellow light change interval time shall be established in accordance with nationally recognized engineering standards set forth in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, and any such established time shall not be less than the recognized national standard.

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