All Transportation Legislation - Missouri

SB 1265 - This act applies to contract carriers that transport railroad employees under the terms of a contractual agreement with a railroad corporation on a road or highway of this state in a vehicle designed to carry 8 or fewer passengers, including the driver. Under the act, a contract carrier that transports railroad employees shall: (1) Require each driver who transports railroad employees to have a valid chauffeur's license; (2) Provide drug and alcohol screening for each driver who transports railroad employees; (3) Conduct a background investigation of each person who transports railroad employees; (4) Require an application for employment from each prospective driver; (5) Conduct an annual review of the driving record of each driver who transports a railroad employee; and (6) Maintain a personnel file that includes a driving record for each driver who transports railroad employees.A contract carrier shall limit the hours of service by a driver who transports [...]

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SB 1217 - Under this act, the sales and use tax is increased by an additional one percent. The provision of law authorizing the sales and use tax increase expires on December 31, 2018. The revenue derived from the one percent increase shall be used for the purposes of assisting in the reconstruction, rebuilding, construction, and conversion of Interstate 70 and Interstate 44 into an eight-lane interstate system. The act provides that the one percent sales tax shall be reduced in political subdivisions where a TDD sales tax has been imposed to finance highway projects that are intended to be merged into the state highway system. The sales tax in those areas shall be the difference between the one percent sales tax and the amount of the TDD sales tax. The act establishes a fund known as the "State Transportation Interstate Fund" into which the proceeds of the sales and use tax will be deposited. The state transportation interstate fund shall, upon appropriation, be used for the construction,[...]

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SB 1201 - This act modifies several provisions relating to transportation development districts. This act makes it explicit that transportation development districts shall provide an annual budget (Section 67.010). This act makes it explicit that the board of directors of a transportation development district must prepare an annual financial report that is required by other governing boards of political subdivisions (Section 105.145). This act redefines the term "project" as used in the Missouri Transportation Development District Act. Under this act, the term "project" shall not include terrace walls, berms, landscaping, parking lots, parking lot lights, awnings, canopies, marquees, building facades, storefront improvements, or other types of internal development improvements which inure to the benefit of a private commercial developer or group of developers rather than promoting the general transportation infrastructure improvements related to the interests of the public at [...]

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SCS/SB 1139 - This act revises the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act. The Department of Health and Senior Services shall establish a first person consent organ and tissue donor registry. Any individual who agrees to have his or her name in the registry has given full legal consent to the donation of any of his or her organs or tissues upon death and as recorded in the registry. An individual may withdraw consent to be listed in the registry. The department and the Department of Revenue shall advise the individual that he or she is under no obligation to have his or her name in the registry. This act also encourages and establishes standards for donor registries. This act facilitates donations by expanding the list of those who may make an anatomical gift for another individual during that individual's lifetime to include healthcare agents and under some circumstances, parents or guardians. Minors who are of age to apply for a driver's permit or license are allowed to agree to donate an [...]

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SB 1130 - Under this act, taxpayers are allowed tax credits for revenues received from public-private transportation projects. The tax credit shall be equal to the amount of revenues received in the taxable year for which the tax credit is claimed. The tax credit is not transferable or assignable. The tax credit provision is subject to the provisions of the Missouri Sunset Act and the tax credit shall sunset on August 28, 2014, unless reauthorized by the General Assembly. This act creates a sales tax exemption on items and services bought for use in public-private transportation projects. This act modifies the public-private transportation act by expanding the types of projects that may be completed under it. Under current law, the public-private transportation act is limited to the Mississippi River bridge project. Under this act, a public-private transportation project may include any bridge, street, road, highway, access road, interchange, intersection, traffic sign, traffic [...]

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SB 1091 - Under this act, every railroad corporation is required to provide to railroad operating crew members involved in an accident, which results in loss of life or serious bodily injury, counseling services or other critical incident stress debriefing services within 48 hours of the accident. The engineer or other operating crew member involved in the accident shall be relieved from duty at the site of the accident with full compensation for all wages he or she would have earned had he or she continued on their scheduled tour of duty. The engineer or other operating crew member involved in the accident shall be allowed the option to remain off duty for up to 72 hours after they are relieved from duty. The act requires the railroad corporation to immediately notify all crew members involved in such incidents of their rights conferred by the act to exercise the option to remain off duty. The railroad corporation shall not harass, coerce, intimidate, or in any other manner try to convince [...]

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SJR 43 - This proposed constitutional amendment allocates ten percent of the growth of general revenue to the State Road Fund and the State Transportation Fund. Beginning with FY 2010, ten percent of the growth in general revenue occurring between FY 2008 and FY 2009 shall be transferred to the State Road Fund and the State Transportation Fund, with the State Road Fund receiving 95% of the transfer and the State Transportation Fund receiving 5% of such amount. Any amount transferred to the State Road Fund shall stand appropriated without legislative action. For all subsequent fiscal years, the state treasurer must determine the amount to be transferred to the State Road Fund and State Transportation Fund by comparing the amount of net general revenue collected in the prior fiscal year and the amount of net general revenue collected in fiscal year 2008 (base fiscal year). Once the growth has been calculated, ten percent of the increase shall be transferred to the State Road Fund and State [...]

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CCS/HCS/SCS/SB 930 & 947 - This act modifies several provisions of law relating to transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles.AIRCRAFT SALES TAX EXEMPTION - Under current law, purchases of materials, replacement parts and equipment purchased for use directly upon, and for the repair and maintenance or manufacture of aircraft engaged as common carriers of people and property are exempt from state and local sales tax. This act would expand the exemption to apply purchases of materials, replacement parts and equipment purchased for use directly upon, and for the modification, repair, replacement and maintenance of aircraft, aircraft power plants, and aircraft accessories from January 1, 2009, to January 1, 2015 (Section 144.030). This provision is contained in SCS/SB 1049 (2008).AVIATION TRUST FUND CAP REMOVAL - This act increases the cap on the amount of jet fuels sales taxes that can be deposited into the State Aviation Trust Fund. Under current law, only $6 million generated [...]

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SCS/SB 905 - This act establishes the "Regional Railroad Authorities Act." The purpose of an authority established and operated under the act is to provide for the preservation, improvement, and the continuation of rail service for agriculture, industry, or passenger traffic and to provide for the preservation of railroad right-of-way for transportation uses, when determined to be practicable and necessary for the public welfare (Section 388.703). Under the act, every municipality with a population of greater than 25 persons and all counties are authorized to form a regional railroad authority. A regional railroad authority may be organized by resolution or joint resolution adopted by the governing body or bodies of one or more counties. The governing body or bodies of a municipality or municipalities within a county or counties may request by resolution that the county or counties organize a railroad authority. If the county or counties do not organize an authority within ninety days [...]

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SB 896 - This act modifies the methods in which certain special road districts may form, expand or dissolve within counties of the fourth classification. Under current law, a special road district may be organized within cities and towns containing less than 100,000 inhabitants under Sections 233.010 to 233.165, provided the territory of the special road district does not exceed 8 square miles. Under the proposed act, the 8 mile square territorial restriction on certain city or town special road districts will not apply to special road districts organized with counties of the fourth classification. Under current law, the boundaries of special road districts may be extended under Sections 233.010 to 233.165 if a petition is signed by not less than 35 voters in the old district and not less than 50% of the voters in the territory proposed to be taken into the special road district. This act modifies the amount of signatures required from the voters in the proposed new territory. In [...]

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SB 884 - This act requires all drivers and passengers in cars or trucks to wear a seat belt. Under current law, only the driver and front seat passenger are required to use seat belts. Exemptions are allowed for United States Postal Service employees while performing their duties (a continuation of current law) , persons operating or riding a motor vehicle being used in agricultural work-related activities (a continuation of current law), and persons with a medical reason with documentation from a physician (documentation requirement is new in statute). The act allows for primary enforcement of Missouri's seat belt law by repealing the provision that prohibited law enforcement from stopping or detaining anyone solely to determine compliance with the seat belt law. The act also clarifies existing language which allows a person to ride without a seat belt when there are more persons than there are seat belts. If there are more persons than there are seat belts, the passengers who are [...]

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SS/SCS/SB 761 & 774 - This act modifies several provisions relating to transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles.ANNUAL BID BOND - This act provides that the commission is authorized to accept an annual bid bond for its construction and maintenance projects. The commission shall prescribe the form and content of an annual bid bond. This portion of the act is similar to HB 596 and SCS/SB 52 (2007)(Section 227.103).SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS - Under this act, the director of revenue shall not issue or renew a school bus endorsement to any applicant whose driving record shows that the applicant has been convicted of an intoxication-related traffic offense while operating a school bus. A person convicted of an intoxication-related offense while operating a school bus will have his or her school bus endorsement permanently denied by the court, beginning on the date of the court?s order (Section 302.272). The act requires school bus drivers to notify the school district or the driver's [...]

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SB 842 - Under this act, the Highways and Transportation Commission is authorized to void billboard permits without paying compensation under the following conditions:(1) When there has been any misrepresentation of a material fact by the applicant on a permit application and the sign is removed under law;(2) When the commission determines that a change has been made to a conforming sign by the sign owner and the sign has been removed under law; or(3) When the commission determines that a substantial change has been made to a nonconforming sign by the sign owner such that the sign's nonconforming status was terminated and the sign was removed under the commission's administrative rules for maintenance of nonconforming signs. The commission may also void any permit when the commission determines that such permit has been erroneously issued by Department of Transportation staff in violation of any state law or administrative rule. The billboard shall be subject to removal and [...]

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