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The Committee on Transportation recommends the following: |
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Committee Substitute |
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Remove the entire bill and insert: |
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A bill to be entitled |
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An act relating to school speed zones; amending s. |
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316.1895, F.S.; providing for the use of described |
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flashing beacons to designate school zone speed |
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restrictions; revising requirements for the Department of |
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Transportation to establish certain standards; providing |
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an effective date. |
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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Section 1. Subsections (6) and (8) of section 316.1895, |
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Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
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316.1895 Establishment of school speed zones, enforcement; |
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designation.-- |
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(6) Permanent signs designating school zones and school |
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zone speed limits shall be uniform in size and color, and shall |
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have the times during which the restrictive speed limit is |
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enforced clearly designated thereon. Flashing beacons activated |
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by a time clock or other automatic device, or manually, may be |
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used as an alternative to posting the times during which the |
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restrictive school speed limit is enforced.The Department of |
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Transportation shall establish adequate standards for the signs |
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and flashing beacons. |
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(8) Nothing herein shall prohibit the use of automatic |
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traffic control devices for the control of vehicular and |
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pedestrian traffic at school crossings in lieu of permanent or |
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portable school zone signs. The Department of Transportation |
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shall establish standards for automatic flashing signals. |
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Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |