Bill Text: MO HB798 | 2011 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Renames the Heroes Way Interstate Interchange Designation Program as the Heroes Way Interchange Designation Program and designates several memorial highways and bridges
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2011-07-14 - Delivered to Secretary of State (G) [HB798 Detail]
Download: Missouri-2011-HB798-Enrolled.html
FIRST REGULAR SESSION
[TRULY AGREED TO AND FINALLY PASSED]
SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 798,
HOUSE BILL NO. 141,
HOUSE BILL NO. 153,
HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 363,
HOUSE BILL NO. 415
AND
96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
AN ACT
To repeal section 227.297, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof eight new sections relating to the designation of the highway infrastructure system.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 227.297, RSMo, is repealed and eight new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 227.297, 227.418, 227.420, 227.422, 227.424, 227.426, 227.427, and 227.429, to read as follows:
227.297. 1. This section establishes an [interstate] interchange designation program, to be known as the "Heroes Way [Interstate] Interchange Designation Program", to honor the fallen Missouri heroes who have been killed in action while performing active military duty with the armed forces in Afghanistan or Iraq on or after September 11, 2001. The signs shall be placed upon [the] interstate or state numbered highway interchanges in accordance with this section, and any applicable federal and state limitations or conditions on highway signage, including location and spacing.
2. Any person who is related by marriage, adoption, or consanguinity within the second degree to a member of the United States armed forces who was killed in action while performing active military duty with the armed forces in Afghanistan or Iraq on or after September 11, 2001, and who was a resident of this state at the time he or she was killed in action, may apply for an [interstate] interchange designation under the provisions of this section.
3. Any person described under subsection 2 of this section who desires to have an interstate or state numbered highway interchange designated after his or her family member shall petition the department of transportation by submitting the following:
(1) An application in a form prescribed by the director, describing the interstate or state numbered highway interchange for which the designation is sought and the proposed name of the [interstate] interchange. The application shall include the name of at least one current member of the general assembly who will sponsor the [interstate] interchange designation. The application may contain written testimony for support of the [interstate] interchange designation;
(2) Proof that the family member killed in action was a member of the United States armed forces and proof that such family member was in fact killed in action while performing active military duty with the United States armed forces in Afghanistan or Iraq on or after September 11, 2001. Acceptable proof shall be a statement from the Missouri veterans commission or the United States Department of Veterans Affairs so certifying such facts;
(3) By signing a form provided by the Missouri transportation department, the applicant shall certify that the applicant is related by marriage, adoption, or consanguinity within the second degree to the member of the United States armed forces who was killed in action; and
(4) A fee to be determined by the commission to cover the costs of constructing and maintaining the proposed [interstate] interchange signs. The fee shall not exceed the cost of constructing and maintaining each sign.
4. All moneys received by the department of transportation for the construction and maintenance of [an interstate] interchange signs shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the state road fund.
5. The documents and fees required under this section shall be submitted to the department of transportation.
6. The department of transportation shall submit for approval or disapproval all applications for [interstate] interchange designations to the joint committee on transportation oversight. The joint committee on transportation oversight may review such applications at any scheduled meeting convened pursuant to section 21.795. If satisfied with the application and all its contents, the committee shall approve the application. The committee shall notify the department of transportation upon the approval or denial of an application for an [interstate] interchange designation.
7. The department of transportation shall give notice of any proposed [interstate] interchange designation under this section in a manner reasonably calculated to advise the public of such proposal. Reasonable notice shall include posting the proposal for the designation on the department's official public website and making available copies of the sign designation application to any representative of the news media or public upon request and posting the application on a bulletin board or other prominent public place which is easily accessible to the public and clearly designated for that purpose at the principal office.
8. If the memorial [interstate] interchange designation request is not approved by the joint committee on transportation oversight, ninety-seven percent of the application fee shall be refunded to the applicant.
9. Two signs shall be erected for each [interstate] interchange designation processed under this section.
10. No [interstate] interchange may be named or designated after more than one member of the United States armed forces killed in action. Such person shall only be eligible for one [interstate] interchange designation under the provisions of this section.
11. Any highway signs erected for any [interstate] interchange designation under the provisions of this section shall be erected and maintained for a twenty-year period. After such period, the signs shall be subject to removal by the department of transportation and the [interstate] interchange may be designated to honor persons other than the current designee. An existing [interstate] interchange designation processed under the provisions of this section may be retained for additional twenty-year increments if, at least one year before the designation's expiration, an application to the department of transportation is made to retain the designation along with the required documents and all applicable fees required under this section.
227.418. The portion of Highway 8 in St. Francois County from the intersection of State Route M east to the intersection of Main Street in the city of Leadwood shall be designated the "Ferlin Huskey Highway". The department of transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs designating such highway, with the costs for such designation to be paid for by private donation.
227.420. The portion of Interstate 44 in the city of St. Louis from the intersection of Vandeventer Avenue east to the intersection of Mississippi Avenue shall be designated the "Officer David Haynes Memorial Highway". The department of transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs designating such highway, with the costs to be paid for by private donations.
227.422. The portion of U.S. Highway 67 from County Road 422 to the Highway 60 East/67 South Bypass in Butler County shall be designated as the "Missouri State Highway Patrol Sergeant David May Memorial Highway". The department of transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs designating such highway, with the costs to be paid for by private donations.
227.424. The portion of Interstate 40/64 in St. Louis County from the Boone's Crossing overpass at mile marker 17.0 west to the Spirit of St. Louis Airport overpass at mile marker 13.8 shall be designated as the "Missouri State Highway Patrol Sergeant Joseph G. Schuengel Memorial Highway". The department of transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs designating such highway, with the costs to be paid for by private donations.
227.426. The bridge carrying Theiss Road over Interstate 270 in St. Louis County shall be designated the "Glennon T. Moran Memorial Bridge". The department of transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs designating such bridge, with the costs for such designation to be paid for by private donation.
227.427. The bridge carrying State Highway E over State Route 60 in Wright County shall be designated the "Pvt Ova A. Kelley Medal of Honor Memorial Bridge". The department of transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs designating such bridge, with the costs for such designation to be paid for by private donation.
227.429. The portion of Highway 25 from US Route 412 to Route U/Route Z in Dunklin and Stoddard counties shall be designated the "Representative Otto Bean Memorial Highway". The department of transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs designating such highway, with the cost to be paid for by private donations.
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