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EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted
and is intended to be omitted in the law.
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 1252
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR HUDSON.
4284S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal section 307.175, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to canine
search and rescue teams, with penalty provisions.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 307.175, RSMo, is repealed and one new 1
section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 307.175, 2
to read as follows:3
307.175. 1. Motor vehicles and equipment which are 1
operated by any member of an organized fire department, 2
ambulance association, or rescue squad, including a canine 3
search and rescue team, whether paid or volunteer, may be 4
operated on streets and highways in this state as an 5
emergency vehicle under the provisions of section 304.022 6
while responding to a fire call [or], ambulance call, or an 7
emergency call requiring search and rescue operations, or at 8
the scene of a fire call [or], ambulance call, or an 9
emergency call requiring search and rescue operations, and 10
while using or sounding a warning siren and using or 11
displaying thereon fixed, flashing or rotating blue lights, 12
but sirens and blue lights shall be used only in bona fide 13
emergencies. 14
2. (1) Notwithstanding subsection 1 of this section, 15
the following vehicles may use or display fixed, flashing, 16
or rotating red or red and blue lights: 17
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(a) Emergency vehicles, as defined in section 304.022, 18
when responding to an emergency; 19
(b) Vehicles operated as described in subsection 1 of 20
this section; 21
(c) Vehicles and equipment owned or leased by a 22
contractor or subcontractor performing work for the 23
department of transportation, except that the red or red and 24
blue lights shall be displayed on vehicles or equipment 25
described in this paragraph only between dusk and dawn, when 26
such vehicles or equipment are stationary, such vehicles or 27
equipment are located in a work zone as defined in section 28
304.580, highway workers as defined in section 304.580 are 29
present, and such work zone is designated by a sign or 30
signs. No more than two vehicles or pieces of equipment in 31
a work zone may display fixed, flashing, or rotating lights 32
under this subdivision; 33
(d) Vehicles and equipment owned, leased, or operated 34
by a coroner, medical examiner, or forensic investigator of 35
the county medical examiner's office or a similar entity, 36
when responding to a crime scene, motor vehicle accident, 37
workplace accident, or any location at which the services of 38
such professionals have been requested by a law enforcement 39
officer. 40
(2) The following vehicles and equipment may use or 41
display fixed, flashing, or rotating amber or amber and 42
white lights: 43
(a) Vehicles and equipment owned or leased by the 44
state highways and transportation commission and operated by 45
an authorized employee of the department of transportation; 46
(b) Vehicles and equipment owned or leased by a 47
contractor or subcontractor performing work for the 48
department of transportation, except that the amber or amber 49
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and white lights shall be displayed on vehicles described in 50
this paragraph only when such vehicles or equipment are 51
located in a work zone as defined in section 304.580, 52
highway workers as defined in section 304.580 are present, 53
and such work zone is designated by a sign or signs; 54
(c) Vehicles and equipment operated by a utility 55
worker performing work for the utility, except that the 56
amber or amber and white lights shall be displayed on 57
vehicles described in this paragraph only when such vehicles 58
are stationary, such vehicles or equipment are located in a 59
work zone as defined in section 304.580, a utility worker is 60
present, and such work zone is designated by a sign or 61
signs. As used in this paragraph, the term "utility worker" 62
means any employee while in performance of his or her job 63
duties, including any person employed under contract of a 64
utility that provides gas, heat, electricity, water, steam, 65
telecommunications or cable services, or sewer services, 66
whether privately, municipally, or cooperatively owned. 67
3. Permits for the operation of such vehicles equipped 68
with sirens or blue lights shall be in writing and shall be 69
issued and may be revoked by the chief of an organized fire 70
department, organized ambulance association, rescue squad, 71
or the state highways and transportation commission and no 72
person shall use or display a siren or blue lights on a 73
motor vehicle, fire, ambulance, or rescue equipment without 74
a valid permit authorizing the use. A permit to use a siren 75
or lights as heretofore set out does not relieve the 76
operator of the vehicle so equipped with complying with all 77
other traffic laws and regulations. Violation of this 78
section constitutes a class A misdemeanor. 79
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