House Bill 0459

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                 HB 459

        By Representative Lynn






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Department of

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

  4         directing the department to provide for

  5         pedestrian crosswalks with pedestrian control

  6         devices at all public elementary schools,

  7         middle schools, high schools, and alternative

  8         learning centers in the state under certain

  9         circumstances; providing an effective date.

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

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

14  316.1895, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

15         316.1895  Establishment of school speed zones,

16  enforcement; designation.--

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

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

19  system of traffic control devices and pedestrian control

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

21  surrounding all schools, public and private.

22         (b)  The Department of Transportation shall compile,

23  publish, and transmit a manual containing all specifications

24  and requirements with respect to the system of devices

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

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

27  of Transportation and each county and municipality in the

28  state shall install and maintain such traffic and pedestrian

29  control devices in conformity with such uniform system.

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

31  pedestrian control devices established pursuant to paragraph

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                 HB 459

    560-222A-00






  1  (a) and (b), the Department of Transportation will include

  2  safety zones by installing School Speed Limit Zones along

  3  highways contiguous to school property.

  4         (2)  Upon request from the appropriate local

  5  government, the Department of Transportation shall install and

  6  maintain such traffic and pedestrian control devices on

  7  state-maintained roads as prescribed in this section for all

  8  prekindergarten early-intervention schools that receive

  9  federal funding through the Headstart program, public and

10  private elementary schools, middle schools, alternative

11  learning centers, and high schools.

12         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2000.

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15                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Directs the Department of Transportation to provide
17    safety zones by installing School Speed Limit Zones along
      highways contiguous to school property.
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19    Provides that upon request from the appropriate local
      government, the Department of Transportation shall
20    install and maintain traffic and pedestrian control
      devices on state-maintained roads for all prekindergarten
21    early-intervention schools that receive federal funding
      through the Headstart program and at public and private
22    elementary schools, middle schools, alternative learning
      centers, and high schools.
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