Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 227
State Highway System
←227.290
Section 227.295.1
227.297→
August 28, 2015
Drunk driving risk reduction awareness program established--placement of signage--rulemaking authority--sponsorship of signage, contents.
227.295. 1. The department of transportation shall establish and
administer a "Drunk Driving Risk Reduction Awareness Program". The
provisions of this section shall be known as "David's Law". The signs shall
be placed upon the state highways in accordance with this section, placement
guidelines adopted by the department, and any applicable federal limitations
or conditions on highway signage, including location and spacing.
2. The department shall adopt, by rules and regulations, program
guidelines for the application for and placement of signs authorized by this
section, including, but not limited to, the sign application and qualification
process, the procedure for the dedication of signs, and procedures for the
replacement or restoration of any signs that are damaged or stolen. The
department shall also establish by rule, application procedures and methods
for proving eligibility for the program.
3. Any person may apply to the department of transportation to sponsor a
drunk driving victim memorial sign in memory of an immediate family member
who died as a result of a motor vehicle accident caused by a person who was
shown to have been operating a motor vehicle in violation of section 577.010
or 577.012 or was committing an intoxication-related traffic offense at the
time of the accident. Upon the request of an immediate family member of the
deceased victim involved in a drunk driving accident, the department shall
place a sign in accordance with this section. A person who is not a member
of the immediate family may also submit a request to have a sign placed under
this section if that person also submits the written consent of an immediate
family member. The department shall charge the sponsoring party a fee to
cover the department's cost in designing, constructing, placing, and
maintaining that sign, and the department's costs in administering this
section. Signs erected under this section shall remain in place for a period
of ten years. After the expiration of the ten-year period, the department
shall remove the sign unless the sponsoring party remits to the department of
transportation a ten-year renewable fee to cover maintenance costs associated
with the sign.
4. The signs shall feature the words "Drunk Driving Victim!", the
initials of the victim, the month and year in which the victim of the drunk
driving accident was killed, and the phrase "Think About It!". The overall
design of the sign, including size, color, and lettering, shall conform to the
guidelines and regulations established by the department. The signs shall be
placed near the scene of the accident.
5. No person, other than a department of transportation employee or the
department's designee, may erect a drunk driving victim memorial sign.
6. As used in this section, the term "immediate family member" shall mean
spouse, child, stepchild, brother, stepbrother, sister, stepsister, mother,
stepmother, father, or stepfather.
7. The department shall adopt rules and regulations to implement and
administer the provisions of this section. Any rule or portion of a rule, as
that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority
delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and
is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable,
section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of
the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review,
to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are
subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and
any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2009, shall be invalid and void.
(L. 2009 H.B. 91 merged with H.B. 683)
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