SB 1477 — Modifies provisions relating to accessories of motor vehicles

6236S01.03SSECOND SENATEREGULAR AMENDMENTSESSION NO.[PERFECTED] SENATE BILLNO.

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"accessoriesBe it enacted by the General Assembly of motorthe vehicles";State of Missouri, as follows:

andSection FurtherA. amend said bill and page, section A, line 3, by inserting after all of said line the following:

"301.472.Sections 301.472 and 307.128, RSMo, are repealed and two new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 301.472 and 307.128, to read as follows:

301.472.

For the purposes of this section a "professional sports team" shall mean an organization located in this state franchised by the National Professional Soccer League, the National Women's Soccer League, the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, the Women's National Basketball Association, the National Hockey League, the International Hockey League, or the American League or theEXPLANATION-Matter Nationalenclosed Leaguein ofbold-faced Majorbrackets League[thus] Baseballin orthis abill teamis playingnot inenacted Majorand Leagueis Soccer.intended to be omitted in the law.

SB 1477 2 the National League of Major League Baseball or a team playing in Major League Soccer.

The professional sports team which has made an agreement pursuant to subsection 5 of this section and which 6236S01.03S receives the emblem-use authorization fee hereby authorizes the use of its official emblem to be affixed on multiyear personalized license plates as provided in this section.

SB 1477 3 4.

A vehicle owner, who was previously issued a plate with a professional sports team emblem authorized by this section but who does not provide an emblem-use authorization statement at a subsequent time of registration, shall be 6236S01.03S issued a new plate which does not bear the professional sports team emblem, as otherwise provided by law.

SB 1477 4 (2) The regional convention and visitors commission shall hold the revenues received from the professional sports teams in the St.

Expenses of a team which are in accordance with the marketing plan shall be reimbursed by the 6236S01.03S commission as long as moneys are available in the account.

No rule or portion of a rule promulgated pursuant to the authority of this section shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of chapter 536.";536.

and307.128. Further amend the title and enacting clause accordingly.

1.

A headlamp on a motorcycle may be wired to modulate either the upper beam or the lower beam from its maximum intensity to a lesser intensity provided that:

(1) The rate of modulation shall be two hundred forty plus or minus forty cycles per minute;

SB 1477 5 (2) The headlamp shall be operated at a maximum power for fifty to seventy percent of each cycle;

(3) The lowest intensity at any test point shall not be less than seventeen percent of the maximum intensity measured at the same point;

(4) The modulator switch shall be wired in the power lead of the beam filament being modulated and not in the ground side of the circuit;

(5) Means shall be provided so that both the lower beam and the upper beam remain operable in the event of a modulation failure;

(6) The system shall include a sensor mounted with the axis of its sensing element perpendicular to a horizontal plane.

Headlamp modulation shall cease whenever the level of light emitted by a tungsten filament operating at three thousand degrees kelvin is either less than two hundred seventy lux of direct light for upward pointing sensors or less than sixty lux of reflected light for downward pointing sensors.

The light is measured by a silicon cell type light meter that is located at the sensor and pointing in the same direction as the sensor.

A photo gray card is placed at ground level to simulate the road surface in testing downward pointing sensors;

(7) Means shall be provided so that both the lower and upper beam function at design voltage when the headlamp control switch is in either the lower or upper beam position when the modulator is off.

2.

Each motorcycle headlamp modulator not intended as original equipment, or its container, shall be labeled with the maximum wattage, and the minimum wattage appropriate for its use.

Additionally, each such modulator shall comply with the provisions of subdivisions (1) to (7) of subsection SB 1477 6 1 of this section when connected to a headlamp of the maximum-rated power and headlamp of the minimum-rated power, and shall provide means so that the modulated beam functions at design voltage when the modulator is off.

Instructions, with a diagram, shall be provided for mounting the light sensor including location on the motorcycle, distance above the road surface, and orientation with respect to the light.

3.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, subject to the requirements of subsection 4 of this section, a motorcycle may be equipped with, and an operator of a motorcycle may use, the following auxiliary lighting:

(1) [Amber and white] Any color illumination;

(2) Standard bulb running lights;

or (3) Light-emitting diode pods and strips.

4.

Lighting under subsection 3 of this section shall be:

(1) Nonblinking;