| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to traffic control; amending s. 316.1945, |
| 3 | F.S.; prohibiting stopping a vehicle in a school safety |
| 4 | zone during school hours, except in a designated loading |
| 5 | or unloading area; permitting parking in school safety |
| 6 | zones; providing a definition of school hours; providing a |
| 7 | definition of school safety zone; providing an effective |
| 8 | date. |
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| 10 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 12 | Section 1. Paragraph (d) is added to subsection (1) of |
| 13 | section 316.1945, Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 14 | 316.1945 Stopping, standing, or parking prohibited in |
| 15 | specified places.-- |
| 16 | (1) Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other |
| 17 | traffic, or in compliance with law or the directions of a police |
| 18 | officer or official traffic control device, no person shall: |
| 19 | (d) Stop a vehicle to load or unload any passenger in a |
| 20 | school safety zone during school hours, except in a designated |
| 21 | loading or unloading area. Parking is not prohibited by this |
| 22 | paragraph. For purposes of this paragraph, the term "school |
| 23 | hours" means all times during which the school is open and is |
| 24 | staffed by instructional personnel, administrative personnel, or |
| 25 | educational support employees, and the term "school safety zone" |
| 26 | means in, on, or within 500 feet of any real property owned by |
| 27 | or leased to any public or private elementary school and used |
| 28 | for elementary school education. |
| 29 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2004. |