REGISTRATION OF TRAILERS AND SEMI-TRAILERS - 301.067

This act removes the requirement that a trailer or semitrailer must be coupled to a towing vehicle in a particular manner in order to be eligible for permanent registration and changes the supervising department for such registration from the Motor Carrier and Railroad Safety Division of the Department of Economic Development to the Highways and Transportation Commission of the Department of Transportation.

This provision is identical to a provision of the truly agreed to and finally passed SS/HB 1733 (2016), SB 640 (2016), the truly agreed to and finally passed SS/SCS/HCS/HB 2380 (2016), HCS/HB 2757 (2016), and a provision contained in HCS/SS/SCS/SB 278 (2015).

REGISTRATION OF CAMPING TRAILERS - 301.136

This act allows for the permanent registration of any camping or fifth-wheel trailer that is more than 25 years old upon payment of a $25 registration fee. Upon the transfer of the title to the trailer, the registration must be canceled and the license plates must be returned to the Department of Revenue.

Under this act, any person possessing license plates issued by the state of Missouri that are over 25 years old, in which the year of issuance of such plates is consistent with the year of the manufacture of the camping or fifth-wheel trailer, may register the plates as historic trailer plates.

This provision is identical to HCS/HB 2757 (2016), HCS/SB 640 (2016), and HCS/HBs 1400 & 1425 (2016).

INSPECTION OF BOAT MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS - 301.560 & 301.564

This act also modifies certification procedures for licensing and inspection of boat manufacturers and boat dealers by removing officers of the Water Patrol Division from those permitted to complete the certification and inspection and adds authorized or designated employees of the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

This act is identical to provisions contained in SB 970 (2016) and HCS/SS/SCS/SB 278 (2015), and is similar to HB 1761 (2016), HCS/SB 640 (2016), and HCS/HB 2757 (2016).

BUS LENGTH LIMITS - 304.170

Currently, no bus may exceed 45 feet in length except with safety bumpers. This act allows articulated buses, or buses having two or more sections connected by a joint, to be up to 60 feet in length not including safety bumpers which may extend 1 foot in both the front and rear.

This provision is identical to the truly agreed to and finally passed SS/HB 1733 (2016) and is similar to HCS/HB 1732 (2016), HCS/SS/SB 659 (2016), and HCS/SB 640 (2016).

MEGHAN LUECKE