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| 1 | CHAMBER ACTION | ||
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| 6 | The Committee on Transportation recommends the following: | ||
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| 8 | Committee Substitute | ||
| 9 | Remove the entire bill and insert: | ||
| 10 | A bill to be entitled | ||
| 11 | An act relating to motor vehicles; creating the Interstate | ||
| 12 | 95 Lane Designation Pilot Project in Palm Beach County; | ||
| 13 | providing legislative purpose; requiring heavy trucks to | ||
| 14 | use the two outermost lanes; providing penalties for | ||
| 15 | violation; directing the Department of Transportation to | ||
| 16 | erect signs; requiring posting of signs prior to citation | ||
| 17 | for violation; providing for repeal; providing an | ||
| 18 | effective date. | ||
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| 20 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: | ||
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| 22 | Section 1. Interstate 95 Lane Designation Pilot Project in | ||
| 23 | Palm Beach County.-- | ||
| 24 | (1) There is created the Interstate 95 Lane Designation | ||
| 25 | Pilot Project in Palm Beach County. The purpose of the project | ||
| 26 | is to increase motorist safety and improve the flow of traffic | ||
| 27 | on Interstate 95 by requiring heavy trucks to use the two | ||
| 28 | outermost lanes on that highway in Palm Beach County. The pilot | ||
| 29 | project shall last for 2 years. | ||
| 30 | (2) Any heavy truck having three or more axles shall | ||
| 31 | operate only on the two outermost right-hand lanes on Interstate | ||
| 32 | 95 within the boundaries of Palm Beach County, except when the | ||
| 33 | vehicle is preparing for a left turn, avoiding a hazardous | ||
| 34 | condition on the road, or directed by a law enforcement officer | ||
| 35 | or other authorized official. | ||
| 36 | (3) A violation of subsection (2) is a noncriminal traffic | ||
| 37 | infraction, punishable as a moving violation as provided in | ||
| 38 | chapter 318, Florida Statutes. | ||
| 39 | (4) The Department of Transportation is directed to erect | ||
| 40 | suitable signs informing operators of heavy trucks and other | ||
| 41 | motorists of the lane requirements in subsection (2). There | ||
| 42 | shall be no citation for a violation of subsection (2) unless | ||
| 43 | such signs have been erected and are clearly visible to | ||
| 44 | motorists. | ||
| 45 | (5) This act is repealed October 1, 2005. | ||
| 46 | Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2003. | ||