Senate Bill sb1936

    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 1936

    By Senator Bullard





    39-1078-03                                          See HB 497

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to motor vehicles; creating the

  3         Interstate 95 Lane Designation Pilot Project in

  4         Palm Beach County; providing legislative

  5         purpose; requiring heavy trucks to use the two

  6         outermost lanes; providing penalties for

  7         violation; directing the Department of

  8         Transportation to erect signs; requiring

  9         posting of signs prior to citation for

10         violation; providing for repeal; providing an

11         effective date.

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

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15         Section 1.  Interstate 95 Lane Designation Pilot

16  Project in Palm Beach County.--

17         (1)  There is created the Interstate 95 Lane

18  Designation Pilot Project in Palm Beach County. The purpose of

19  the project is to increase motorist safety, improve the flow

20  of traffic, and reduce the wear and tear on Interstate 95 by

21  requiring heavy trucks to use the two outermost lanes on that

22  highway in Palm Beach County. The pilot project shall last for

23  2 years.

24         (2)  Any heavy truck having three or more axles shall

25  operate only on the two outermost right-hand lanes on

26  Interstate 95 within the boundaries of Palm Beach County,

27  except when the vehicle is preparing for a left turn, avoiding

28  a hazardous condition on the road, or directed by a law

29  enforcement officer or other authorized official.

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    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 1936
    39-1078-03                                          See HB 497




 1         (3)  A violation of subsection (2) is a noncriminal

 2  traffic infraction, punishable as a moving violation as

 3  provided in chapter 318, Florida Statutes.

 4         (4)  The Department of Transportation is directed to

 5  erect suitable signs informing operators of heavy trucks and

 6  other motorists of the lane requirements in subsection (2).

 7  There shall be no citation for a violation of subsection (2)

 8  unless such signs have been erected and are clearly visible to

 9  motorists.

10         (5)  This act is repealed October 1, 2005.

11         Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 2003.

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