Senate Bill sb1896er
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2003 Legislature CS for SB 1896
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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, or
21 manually activated may be used as an alternative to posting
22 the times during which the restrictive school speed limit is
23 enforced. The Department of Transportation shall establish
24 adequate standards for the 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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