Bill > HB554

This bill modifies transportation-related statutes by expanding the scope of memorial road designations and repealing several existing provisions related to road maintenance and mineral extraction. Specifically, the bill allows county, city, or village governing assemblies to designate streets, roads, or highways as memorial roads not just for law enforcement officers, but also for emergency personnel and members of the Armed Forces who are killed in the line of duty. The local government would be responsible for the costs, erection, and maintenance of memorial road signs. The bill removes several existing statutory sections that previously governed details such as road overseer responsibilities for signage, requirements for moving heavy machinery across bridges, restrictions on using recently constructed or repaired roads, permit fees for moving structures, and procedures for temporarily abandoning roads for mineral extraction. By repealing these older provisions and creating a more focused memorial road designation statute, the bill appears to be streamlining and modernizing transportation-related regulations.

https://house.mo.gov/Bill.aspx?bill=HB554&year=2025&code=R