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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                   Bill No. HB 459

    Amendment No. 1 (for drafter's use only)

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11  The Committee on Transportation offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14  Remove from the bill:  Everything after the enacting clause

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16  and insert in lieu thereof:

17         Section 1.  Subsections (1) and (2) of section

18  316.1895, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

19         316.1895  Establishment of school speed zones,

20  enforcement; designation.--

21         (1)(a)  The Department of Transportation, pursuant to

22  the authority granted under s. 316.0745, shall adopt a uniform

23  system of traffic control devices and pedestrian control

24  devices for use on the streets and highways in the state

25  surrounding all schools, public and private.

26         (b)  The Department of Transportation shall compile,

27  publish, and transmit a manual containing all specifications

28  and requirements with respect to the system of devices

29  established pursuant to paragraph (a) to the governing body of

30  each county and municipality in the state, and the Department

31  of Transportation and each county and municipality in the

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 1  state shall install and maintain such traffic and pedestrian

 2  control devices in conformity with such uniform system.

 3         (c)  As part of the uniform system of traffic and

 4  pedestrian control devices established pursuant to paragraphs

 5  (a) and (b), the Department of Transportation may include

 6  School Speed Limit Zones for schools on all public roads, when

 7  identified by a local school district.

 8         (2)  Upon request from the appropriate local government

 9  or district school board, the Department of Transportation

10  shall install and maintain such traffic and pedestrian control

11  devices on state-maintained roads as prescribed in this

12  section for all prekindergarten early-intervention schools

13  that receive federal funding through the Headstart program and

14  all public and private elementary and middle schools.

15         Section 2.  Subsections (23) through (30) of section

16  334.044, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections

17  (24) through (31) respectively, and a new subsection (23) is

18  added to said section to read:

19         334.044  Department; powers and duties.--

20         (23)  To cooperate with local governments and district

21  school boards to alleviate hazardous walking conditions as

22  described in s. 234.021.

23         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2000.

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27  And the title is amended as follows:

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29  remove from the title of the bill:

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 1                  A bill to be entitled

 2         An act relating to the Department of

 3         Transportation; amending s. 316.1895, F.S.;

 4         allowing the department to establish school

 5         speed limit zones for schools on all public

 6         roads when identified by a school district;

 7         directing the department to provide for

 8         pedestrian crosswalks with pedestrian control

 9         devices at all public and private elementary

10         and middle schools on state-maintained roads

11         under certain circumstances; amending s.

12         334.044, F.S.; requiring the department to

13         cooperate with local governments and district

14         school boards to alleviate hazardous walking

15         conditions; providing an effective date.

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