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Subject:   Re: Re: Abate for Missouri Requests Calls NOW To End Filibuster!
Name:   Tony
Date Posted:   May 15, 08 - 3:06 PM
Email:   abatemo@yahoo.com
Website:   http://abateformissouri.com
Message:   Here is condensed text of the Missouri Senate debate
We're not done yet with other bills but close to ending

For full text go here:
http://www.senate.mo.gov/08info/Journals/RDay6805141399-1439.pdf

HCS for HB 1393, entitled:
An Act to repeal section 302.020, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to protective headgear for operation of motorcycles or motortricycles, with penalty provisions. Was called from the Informal Calendar and taken up by Senator Ridgeway.
Senator Graham offered SA 1,
“Section 1. Every person who engages in the profession or hobby of skydiving shall wear protective headgear. Such headgear shall conform to the standards promulgated by the director of public safety

Senator Graham offered SA 2:
“Section 1. All persons operating or riding as a passenger on a bicycle, as defined in section 307.180, RSM0, upon any highway of this state shall wear protective headgear at all times the bicycle is in motion

Senator Graham offered SA 3
Section 1. The speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives shall wear protective headgear during the last three days of a regularly scheduled session. The speaker shall wear such headgear in the House legislative chamber, the hallways leading to such chamber, and in the speaker's office during the last three days of session.; and

Senator Graham offered SA 4:
“4. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 2 of this section, any person who is twenty-one years of age or older may operate or ride as a passenger on any motorcycle or motortricycle without protective headgear upon any highway of this state, except for an interstate highway. Any person twenty-one years of age or older operating or riding as a passenger on any motorcycle or motortricycle without protective headgear upon an interstate highway shall be guilty of an infraction
for which a fine not to exceed two hundred dollars may be imposed. The protective headgear exemption provided by this subsection shall expire on August 28, 2010.”.

Senator Graham offered SA 5:
“4. Every person twenty-one years of age or older operating or riding as a passenger on any motorcycle or motortricycle, as defined in section 301.010, RSMo, upon any highway of this state who chooses not to wear protective headgear shall be required to display a specialized license plate, issued by the director of revenue, that will identify to law enforcement officers those persons who are of legal age to operate or ride as a passenger a motorcycle or motortricycle without wearing protective
headgear.”.

Senator Kennedy offered SA 6:
“4. Any person twenty-one years of age or older who chooses to operate any motorcycle or motortricycle upon any highway of this state without protective headgear shall show proof of and shall maintain medical coverage under a health benefit plan as defined in section 376.1350, RSMo, or under a self-insurance plan at a minimum level of one million dollars. Proof of such medical coverage shall be provided each time the person applies for or renews a motorcycle license or when
the person is stopped for any violation arising out of acts committed while operating a motorcycle or motortricycle. The director of revenue shall suspend the registration of any motorcycle or motortricycle being operated by any person who fails to comply with the provisions of this subsection.”.

Senator Champion offered SA 1 to SA 6, which was read:
“Any person operating or riding as a passenger in a motor vehicle without a hardtop, such as a convertible, shall also submit proof of medical coverage in the amount of one million dollars. Children under the age of sixteen shall not be passengers in a motor vehicle without a hardtop without wearing protective headgear.”



At the request of Senator Ridgeway, HCS for HB 1393 was placed on the Informal Calendar.
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