Florida Senate - 2020              PROPOSED COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
       Bill No. CS for SB 1000
       
       
       
       
       
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       576-03899-20                                                    
       Proposed Committee Substitute by the Committee on Appropriations
       (Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and
       Economic Development)
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to traffic and pedestrian safety;
    3         creating s. 316.0756, F.S.; requiring a certain
    4         engineering study to be conducted which recommends a
    5         specified pedestrian crosswalk installation before
    6         such installation occurs; requiring a pedestrian
    7         crosswalk on a public highway, street, or road which
    8         is located at any point other than at an intersection
    9         with another public highway, street, or road to
   10         conform to specified requirements; requiring that
   11         traffic control signal devices at adjacent
   12         intersections be taken into consideration; requiring,
   13         by a specified date, the entity with jurisdiction over
   14         a public highway, street, or road with a certain
   15         pedestrian crosswalk to ensure that the crosswalk
   16         conforms to specified requirements; authorizing such
   17         entity to alternatively remove any such crosswalk;
   18         providing a declaration of important state interest;
   19         providing an effective date.
   20          
   21  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   23         Section 1. Section 316.0756, Florida Statutes, is created
   24  to read:
   25         316.0756 Traffic control signal devices and pedestrian
   26  control signals at crosswalks other than at intersections.—
   27         (1)(a)Before the installation of a pedestrian crosswalk on
   28  a public highway, street, or road which is located at any point
   29  other than at an intersection with another public highway,
   30  street, or road, a traffic engineering study must be conducted
   31  by a Florida licensed professional engineer which recommends the
   32  installation of such crosswalk.
   33         (b)Notwithstanding any law to the contrary:
   34         1. A pedestrian crosswalk on a public highway, street, or
   35  road that has a posted speed limit of more than 20 miles per
   36  hour which is located at any point other than at an intersection
   37  with another public highway, street, or road must conform to the
   38  requirements of Chapters 4D and 4E of the most recent Manual on
   39  Uniform Traffic Control Devices and other applicable Department
   40  of Transportation standards, manuals, and specifications, and
   41  must include a pedestrian-facing sign containing language
   42  stating duties applicable to a pedestrian, as provided in this
   43  chapter.
   44         2.A pedestrian crosswalk on a public highway, street, or
   45  road that has a posted speed limit of less than 20 miles per
   46  hour which is located at any point other than at an intersection
   47  with another public highway, street, or road must include a
   48  pedestrian-facing sign containing language stating duties
   49  applicable to a pedestrian, as provided in this chapter.
   50         (c)Traffic control signal devices and pedestrian control
   51  signals at crosswalk locations described in subparagraph (b)1.
   52  must be coordinated with traffic control signal devices at
   53  intersections adjacent to the crosswalk, and such traffic
   54  control signal devices at intersections adjacent to the
   55  crosswalk must be taken into consideration as provided in the
   56  most recent Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices and other
   57  applicable Department of Transportation specifications.
   58         (2) By October 1, 2026, the entity with jurisdiction over a
   59  public highway, street, or road with a crosswalk described in
   60  subsection (1) which was in existence on July 1, 2020, shall
   61  ensure that such crosswalk conforms to the requirements
   62  specified under subsection (1). The entity with jurisdiction may
   63  alternatively remove any such existing crosswalk.
   64         Section 2. The Legislature finds and declares that this act
   65  fulfills an important state interest.
   66         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.