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HOUSE AMENDMENT
hbd-09 Bill No. CS/HB 893
Amendment No. (for drafter's use only)
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11 Representative(s) Spratt offered the following:
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17 Section 8. Section 316.189, Florida Statutes, is
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19 316.189 Establishment of municipal and county speed
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21 (1) MUNICIPAL SPEED.--The maximum speed within any
22 municipality is 30 miles per hour. With respect to residence
23 districts, a municipality may set a maximum speed limit of 20
24 or 25 miles per hour on local streets and highways after an
25 investigation determines that such a limit is reasonable. It
26 shall not be necessary to conduct a separate investigation for
27 each residence district. A municipality may set speed zones
28 altering the speed limit, both as to maximum, not to exceed 60
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30 such a change is reasonable and in conformity to criteria
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1 municipality may lower speed limits set by the Department of
2 Transportation,except that no change shall be made on
3 non-limited access state highways or connecting links or
4 extensions thereof located within the municipality by not more
5 than 10 miles per hour in 5 mile per hour increments, when
6 such change is reasonable and in conformity to criteria
7 promulgated by the Department of Transportation or based upon
8 a traffic or engineering study conducted by the affected local
9 government; provided that the limit may not be reduced below
10 45 miles per hour, which shall be changed only by the
11 Department of Transportation. A municipality which reduces the
12 speed limit on a non-limited access state highway or
13 connecting link or extension thereof shall reimburse the
14 Department of Transportation for the cost of installing,
15 maintaining, and replacing all traffic control devices
16 required to post the reduced speed limit.
17 (2) SPEED ON COUNTY ROADS.--The maximum speed on any
18 county-maintained road is:
19 (a) In any business or residence district, 30 miles
20 per hour in the daytime or nighttime; provided that with
21 respect to residence districts a county may set a maximum
22 speed limit of 25 miles per hour after an investigation
23 determines that such a limit is reasonable; and it shall not
24 be necessary to conduct a separate investigation in each
25 residence district.
26 (b) On any other part of a county road not a business
27 or residence district, as set forth in s. 316.183.
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30 altering such speeds, both as to maximum and minimum, after
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1 conformity to criteria promulgated by the Department of
2 Transportation, except that no such speed zone shall permit a
3 speed of more than 60 miles per hour. A county may lower speed
4 limits set by the Department of Transportation on non-limited
5 access state highways or connecting links or extensions
6 thereof located within the county by not more than 15 miles
7 per hour in 5 mile per hour increments, when such change is
8 reasonable and in conformity to criteria promulgated by the
9 Department of Transportation or based upon a traffic or
10 engineering study conducted by the affected local government;
11 provided that the limit may not be reduced below 45 miles per
12 hour. A county which reduces the speed limit on a non-limited
13 access state highway or connecting link or extension thereof
14 shall reimburse the Department of Transportation for the cost
15 of installing, maintaining, and replacing all traffic control
16 devices required to post the reduced speed limit.
17 (3) POSTING OF SPEED LIMITS.--All speed zones shall be
18 posted with clearly legible signs. No change in speeds from
19 30 miles per hour or from those established in s. 316.183
20 shall take effect until the zone is posted by the authority
21 changing the speed pursuant to this section and s. 316.187.
22 All signs which limit or establish speed limits, maximum and
23 minimum, shall be so placed and so painted as to be plainly
24 visible and legible in daylight or in darkness when
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26 (4) PENALTY.--Violation of the speed limits
27 established under this section must be cited as a moving
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2 And the title is amended as follows:
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6 amending s. 316.189, F.S.; authorizing
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