House Bill 1181

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HB 1181

        By Representative C. Smith






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to traffic calming devices;

  3         amending s. 316.008, F.S.; authorizing local

  4         authorities to plan, design, construct,

  5         install, or maintain traffic calming devices on

  6         streets and highways within their jurisdiction;

  7         providing an effective date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

10         Section 1.  Paragraph (x) is added to subsection (1) of

11  section 316.008, Florida Statutes, to read:

12         316.008  Powers of local authorities.--

13         (1)  The provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed

14  to prevent local authorities, with respect to streets and

15  highways under their jurisdiction and within the reasonable

16  exercise of the police power, from:

17         (x)  Planning, designing, constructing, installing, or

18  maintaining traffic calming devices, including, but not

19  limited to, speed bumps, speed humps, speed tables,

20  roundabouts, or other pavement designs or undulations.

21         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

22  law.

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25                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Provides that local authorities shall be able to plan,
27    design, construct, install, or maintain traffic calming
      devices with respect to streets and highways under their
28    jurisdiction.

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