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11 Senators Latvala and Saunders moved the following amendment:
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17 Section 3. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) and
18 subsection (3) of section 234.021, Florida Statutes, are
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20 234.021 Hazardous walking conditions.--
21 (2) IDENTIFICATION.--
22 (b) It is intended that district school boards and
23 local governmental entities work cooperatively to identify
24 conditions that which are hazardous to students who must walk
25 to school. The It is further intended that state or local
26 governmental entities having jurisdiction are requested to
27 make appropriate budgetary allocations to correct such
28 hazardous conditions within a reasonable period of time after
29 the local school district notifies the responsible
30 governmental entities of the hazardous conditions.
31 (3) CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING HAZARDOUS WALKING
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1 CONDITIONS.--
2 (a) Walkways parallel to the road.--
3 1. It shall be considered a hazardous walking
4 condition with respect to any road along which students must
5 walk in order to walk to and from school if there is not an
6 area at least 4 feet wide adjacent to the road which has at
7 least a 4-foot, wide reasonably flat and obstacle-free, having
8 a surface upon which students may walk without being required
9 to walk on the road surface. In addition, whenever the road
10 along which students must walk is uncurbed and has a posted
11 speed limit of 55 miles per hour, the area as described above
12 for students to walk upon shall be set off the road by no less
13 than 3 feet from the edge of the road.
14 2. The provisions of Subparagraph 1. does do not apply
15 when the road along which students must walk:
16 a. Is in a residential area which has little or no
17 transient traffic;
18 b. Is a road on which the volume of traffic is less
19 than 180 vehicles per hour, per direction, during the time
20 students walk to and from school; or
21 c. Is located in a residential area and has a posted
22 speed limit of 30 miles per hour or less.
23 (b) Walkways perpendicular to the road.--It shall be
24 considered a hazardous walking condition with respect to any
25 road across which students must walk in order to walk to and
26 from school:
27 1. If the traffic volume on such road exceeds the rate
28 of 360 vehicles per hour, per direction (including all lanes),
29 during the time students walk to and from school and if the
30 crossing site is uncontrolled. As used in For purposes of this
31 subsection, the term an "uncontrolled crossing site" means is
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1 defined as an intersection or other designated crossing site
2 where no crossing guard, traffic enforcement officer, or stop
3 sign or other traffic control signal is present during the
4 times students walk to and from school.
5 2. If the total traffic volume on such road exceeds
6 4,000 vehicles per hour through an intersection or other
7 crossing site controlled by a stop sign or other traffic
8 control signal, unless crossing guards or other traffic
9 enforcement officers are also present during the times
10 students walk to and from school.
11 3. If the roadway has six or more through lanes,
12 excluding turn lanes, and the traffic volume exceeds 3,000
13 vehicles per hour through an intersection, whether or not
14 crossing guards or other enforcement officers are also present
15 during the times students walk to and from school.
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17 Traffic volume must shall be determined by the most current
18 traffic engineering study conducted by a state or local
19 governmental agency.
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25 And the title is amended as follows:
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29 amending s. 234.021, F.S.; providing criteria
30 for district school boards and local
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