Senate Bill sb0500c1

    Florida Senate - 2004                            CS for SB 500

    By the Committee on Education; and Senator Campbell





    304-1641-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to traffic control; amending s.

  3         316.1945, F.S.; prohibits stopping a vehicle in

  4         a school safety zone during school hours,

  5         except in a designated loading or unloading

  6         area; permitting parking in school safety

  7         zones; providing a definition of school hours;

  8         providing a definition of school safety zone;

  9         providing an effective date.

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

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13         Section 1.  Paragraph (d) is added to subsection (1) of

14  section 316.1945, Florida Statutes, to read:

15         316.1945  Stopping, standing, or parking prohibited in

16  specified places.--

17         (1)  Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other

18  traffic, or in compliance with law or the directions of a

19  police officer or official traffic control device, no person

20  shall:

21         (d)  Stop a vehicle to load or unload any passenger in

22  a school safety zone during school hours, except in a

23  designated loading or unloading area. Parking is not

24  prohibited by this paragraph. For purposes of this paragraph,

25  the term "school hours" means all times during which the

26  school is open and is staffed by instructional personnel,

27  administrative personnel, or educational support employees,

28  and the term "school safety zone" means in, on, or within 500

29  feet of any real property owned by or leased to any public or

30  private elementary school and used for elementary school

31  education.

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    Florida Senate - 2004                            CS for SB 500
    304-1641-04




 1         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.

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 3          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
 4                         Senate Bill 500

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 6  Removes the new prohibition on parking in school safety zones
    and provides that parking is not prohibited by the bill.
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    Changes the term "school zone" to "school safety zone" and
 8  provides a definition of school safety zone.

 9  Provides that the bill's requirements apply only during school
    hours and provides a definition of school hours.
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    Provides that the bill's requirements apply only to elementary
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