Bill Text: MO HB527 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the Department of Transportation to conduct a study regarding the safety impact of putting four-foot shoulders on all two- lane U. S. highways in Missouri

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-29 - Public Hearing Completed (H) [HB527 Detail]

Download: Missouri-2011-HB527-Introduced.html

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FIRST REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 527

96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES COOKSON (Sponsor), HINSON, DENISON, SCHIEFFER, FAITH, MEADOWS, STREAM, LONG, FITZWATER, HAMPTON AND RICHARDSON (Co-sponsors).

1291L.01I                                                                                                                                                  D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

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AN ACT

To amend chapter 226, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to highway safety.

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

            Section A. Chapter 226, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 226.1275, to read as follows:

            226.1275. The department of transportation is hereby instructed to conduct a study regarding the safety impact of putting four-foot shoulders on two-lane U.S. highways in Missouri. The study shall emphasize those highways that have historically been considered unsafe. The study shall be completed no later than January 1, 2012.

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