Senate Bill sb0500c2

    Florida Senate - 2004                     CS for CS for SB 500

    By the Committees on Transportation; Education; and Senator
    Campbell




    306-2192-04

  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 school

30  district or public or private elementary school and used for

31  elementary school education.

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    Florida Senate - 2004                     CS for CS for SB 500
    306-2192-04




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

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 3          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
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