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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
[PERFECTED]
SENATE BILL NO. 1477
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR NICOLA.
6236S.01P KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal sections 301.472 and 307.128, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections
relating to accessories of motor vehicles.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Sections 301.472 and 307.128, RSMo, are 1
repealed and two new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be 2
known as sections 301.472 and 307.128, to read as follows:3
301.472. 1. Any motor vehicle owner may receive 1
special license plates for any motor vehicle the person 2
owns, either solely or jointly, other than an apportioned 3
motor vehicle or a commercial motor vehicle licensed in 4
excess of twenty-four thousand pounds gross weight as 5
prescribed in this section after an annual payment of an 6
emblem-use authorization fee to a professional sports team 7
which has made an agreement pursuant to subsection 5 of this 8
section. For the purposes of this section a "professional 9
sports team" shall mean an organization located in this 10
state franchised by the National Professional Soccer League, 11
the National Women's Soccer League, the National Football 12
League, the National Basketball Association, the Women's 13
National Basketball Association, the National Hockey League, 14
the International Hockey League, or the American League or 15
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the National League of Major League Baseball or a team 16
playing in Major League Soccer. 17
2. The professional sports team which has made an 18
agreement pursuant to subsection 5 of this section and which 19
receives the emblem-use authorization fee hereby authorizes 20
the use of its official emblem to be affixed on multiyear 21
personalized license plates as provided in this section. 22
Any vehicle owner may annually apply for the use of the 23
emblem. The director of revenue shall not authorize the 24
manufacturer of the material to produce such license plates 25
with the individual seal, logo, or emblem until the 26
department of revenue receives a minimum of one hundred 27
applications for each specific professional sports team. 28
3. Upon annual application and payment of a thirty- 29
five dollar emblem-use contribution to the professional 30
sports team such team shall issue to the vehicle owner, 31
without further charge, an emblem-use authorization 32
statement, which shall be presented by the owner to the 33
director of the department of revenue at the time of 34
registration of a motor vehicle. Upon presentation of the 35
annual statement and payment of a fifteen dollar fee in 36
addition to the regular registration fees, and presentation 37
of other documents which may be required by law, the 38
director shall issue a personalized license plate, which 39
shall bear the official emblem of the professional sports 40
team in a manner determined by the director. Such license 41
plates shall be made with fully reflective material with a 42
common color scheme and design, shall be clearly visible at 43
night, and shall be aesthetically attractive, as prescribed 44
by section 301.130. A fee for the issuance of personalized 45
license plates issued pursuant to section 301.144 shall not 46
be required for plates issued pursuant to this section. 47
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4. A vehicle owner, who was previously issued a plate 48
with a professional sports team emblem authorized by this 49
section but who does not provide an emblem-use authorization 50
statement at a subsequent time of registration, shall be 51
issued a new plate which does not bear the professional 52
sports team emblem, as otherwise provided by law. 53
5. The director of the department of revenue is 54
authorized to make agreements with professional sports teams 55
on behalf of the state which allow the use of any such 56
team's official emblem pursuant to the provisions of this 57
section as consideration for receiving a thirty-five dollar 58
emblem-use contribution. 59
6. Except as provided in subsection 7 of this section, 60
a professional sports team receiving a thirty-five dollar 61
contribution shall forward such contribution, less an amount 62
not in excess of five percent of the contribution for the 63
costs of administration, to the Jackson County Sports 64
Authority or the St. Louis Regional Convention and Visitors 65
Commission. The moneys shall be administered as follows: 66
(1) The sports authority may retain not in excess of 67
five percent of all funds forwarded to it pursuant to this 68
section for the costs of administration and shall expend the 69
remaining balance of such funds, after consultation with a 70
professional sports team within the authority's area, on 71
marketing and promoting such team. The amount of money 72
expended from the funds obtained pursuant to this section by 73
the authority per professional sports team shall be in the 74
same proportion to the total funds available to be expended 75
on such team as the proportion of contributions forwarded by 76
the team to the authority is to the total contributions 77
received by the authority; 78
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(2) The regional convention and visitors commission 79
shall hold the revenues received from the professional 80
sports teams in the St. Louis area in separate accounts for 81
each team. Each team may submit an annual marketing plan to 82
the commission. Expenses of a team which are in accordance 83
with the marketing plan shall be reimbursed by the 84
commission as long as moneys are available in the account. 85
The commission may retain not in excess of five percent for 86
the costs of administration. If no marketing plan is 87
submitted by a team, the commission shall market and promote 88
the team. 89
7. (1) The Kansas City Chiefs shall forward all 90
emblem-use fees received, less an amount not in excess of 91
five percent of the costs of administration, to the Chiefs' 92
Children's Fund, a not-for-profit fund established to 93
benefit children in need in the Kansas City area. 94
(2) The Kansas City Current shall forward all emblem- 95
use fees received, less an amount not in excess of five 96
percent of the costs of administration, to the Kansas City 97
Current Foundation or a team designated not-for-profit that 98
benefits youth in the Kansas City area. 99
8. The director of the department of revenue shall 100
promulgate rules and regulations for the administration of 101
this section. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated 102
pursuant to the authority of this section shall become 103
effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the 104
provisions of chapter 536. 105
307.128. 1. A headlamp on a motorcycle may be wired 1
to modulate either the upper beam or the lower beam from its 2
maximum intensity to a lesser intensity provided that: 3
(1) The rate of modulation shall be two hundred forty 4
plus or minus forty cycles per minute; 5
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(2) The headlamp shall be operated at a maximum power 6
for fifty to seventy percent of each cycle; 7
(3) The lowest intensity at any test point shall not 8
be less than seventeen percent of the maximum intensity 9
measured at the same point; 10
(4) The modulator switch shall be wired in the power 11
lead of the beam filament being modulated and not in the 12
ground side of the circuit; 13
(5) Means shall be provided so that both the lower 14
beam and the upper beam remain operable in the event of a 15
modulation failure; 16
(6) The system shall include a sensor mounted with the 17
axis of its sensing element perpendicular to a horizontal 18
plane. Headlamp modulation shall cease whenever the level 19
of light emitted by a tungsten filament operating at three 20
thousand degrees kelvin is either less than two hundred 21
seventy lux of direct light for upward pointing sensors or 22
less than sixty lux of reflected light for downward pointing 23
sensors. The light is measured by a silicon cell type light 24
meter that is located at the sensor and pointing in the same 25
direction as the sensor. A photo gray card is placed at 26
ground level to simulate the road surface in testing 27
downward pointing sensors; 28
(7) Means shall be provided so that both the lower and 29
upper beam function at design voltage when the headlamp 30
control switch is in either the lower or upper beam position 31
when the modulator is off. 32
2. Each motorcycle headlamp modulator not intended as 33
original equipment, or its container, shall be labeled with 34
the maximum wattage, and the minimum wattage appropriate for 35
its use. Additionally, each such modulator shall comply 36
with the provisions of subdivisions (1) to (7) of subsection 37
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1 of this section when connected to a headlamp of the 38
maximum-rated power and headlamp of the minimum-rated power, 39
and shall provide means so that the modulated beam functions 40
at design voltage when the modulator is off. Instructions, 41
with a diagram, shall be provided for mounting the light 42
sensor including location on the motorcycle, distance above 43
the road surface, and orientation with respect to the light. 44
3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, subject 45
to the requirements of subsection 4 of this section, a 46
motorcycle may be equipped with, and an operator of a 47
motorcycle may use, the following auxiliary lighting: 48
(1) [Amber and white] Any color illumination; 49
(2) Standard bulb running lights; or 50
(3) Light-emitting diode pods and strips. 51
4. Lighting under subsection 3 of this section shall 52
be: 53
(1) Nonblinking; 54
(2) Nonflashing; 55
(3) Nonoscillating; and 56
(4) Directed toward the engine and the drive train of 57
the motorcycle to prevent interference with the driver's 58
operation of the vehicle. 59
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