Senate Bill sb1896

    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 1896

    By Senator Atwater





    25-1336-03                                          See HB 717

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to school speed zones; amending

  3         s. 316.1895, F.S.; providing for the use of

  4         described flashing beacons to designate school

  5         zone speed restrictions; revising requirements

  6         for the Department of Transportation to

  7         establish certain standards; providing an

  8         effective date.

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

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12         Section 1.  Subsections (6) and (8) of section

13  316.1895, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

14         316.1895  Establishment of school speed zones,

15  enforcement; designation.--

16         (6)  Permanent signs designating school zones and

17  school zone speed limits shall be uniform in size and color,

18  and shall have the times during which the restrictive speed

19  limit is enforced clearly designated thereon. Flashing beacons

20  activated by a time clock, or other automatic device, may be

21  used as an alternative to posting the times during which the

22  restrictive school speed limit is enforced. The Department of

23  Transportation shall establish adequate standards for the

24  signs and flashing beacons.

25         (8)  Nothing herein shall prohibit the use of automatic

26  traffic control devices for the control of vehicular and

27  pedestrian traffic at school crossings in lieu of permanent or

28  portable school zone signs. The Department of Transportation

29  shall establish standards for automatic flashing signals.

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

31  law.

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