Missouri 2025 Regular Session

Missouri House Bill HB1485 Compare Versions

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11 FIRSTREGULARSESSION
22 HOUSEBILLNO.1485
33 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY
44 INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVECUPPS.
55 2821H.01I JOSEPHENGLER,ChiefClerk
66 ANACT
77 Torepealsection307.020,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereofonenewsectionrelatingto
88 headlamprequirements.
99 BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
1010 SectionA.Section307.020,RSMo,isrepealedandonenewsectionenactedinlieu
1111 2thereof,tobeknownassection307.020,toreadasfollows:
1212 307.020.Asusedinsections307.020to307.120,unlessthecontextrequiresanother
1313 2ordifferentconstruction:
1414 3 (1)"Approved"meansapprovedbythedirectorofrevenueandwhenappliedto
1515 4lampsandotherilluminatingdevicesmeansthatsuchlampsanddevicesmustbeingood
1616 5workingorder;
1717 6 (2)"Auxiliarylamp"meansanadditionallightingdeviceonamotorvehicleused
1818 7primarilytosupplementtheheadlampsinprovidinggeneralilluminationaheadofavehicle;
1919 8 (3)"Headlamp"meansamajorlightingdevicecapableofprovidinggeneral
2020 9illuminationaheadofavehicle;
2121 10 (4)"Mountingheight"meansthedistancefromthecenterofthelamptothesurface
2222 11onwhichthevehiclestands;
2323 12 (5)"Multiple-beamheadlamps"meansheadlampsorsimilardevicesarrangedsoasto
2424 13permitthedriverofthevehicletouseoneoftwoormoredistributionsoflightontheroad;
2525 14 (6)"Reflector"meansanapproveddevicedesignedandusedtogiveanindicationby
2626 15reflectedlight;
2727 16 (7)"Single-beamheadlamps"meansheadlampsorsimilardevicesarrangedsoasto
2828 17permitthedriverofthevehicletousebutonedistributionoflightontheroad;
2929 EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
3030 intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18 (8)"Vehicle"meanseverydevicein,uponorbywhichapersonorpropertyisormay
3131 19betransporteduponahighway,exceptingdevicesmovedbyhumanpowerorused
3232 20exclusivelyuponstationaryrailsortracks;
3333 21 (9)"Whenlightedlampsarerequired"meansatanytimefromahalf-hourafter
3434 22sunsettoahalf-hourbeforesunriseandatanyothertimewhenthereisnotsufficientlightto
3535 23renderclearlydiscerniblepersonsandvehiclesonthehighwayatadistanceoffivehundred
3636 24feetahead.Lightedlampsshallalsoberequiredanytimetheweatherconditionsrequire
3737 25usageofthemotorvehicle'swindshieldwiperstooperatethevehicleinacarefulandprudent
3838 26mannerasdefinedinsection304.012.Theprovisionsofthissectionshallbeinterpretedto
3939 27requirelightedlampsduringperiodsoffogevenifusageofthewindshieldwipersisnot
4040 28necessarytooperatethevehicleinacarefulandprudentmanner.Lightedlampsshallalso
4141 29berequiredatalltimesforanyvehiclethatisprimarilythesamecolorasthesurfacethe
4242 30vehicleisdrivingon.
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