Florida Senate - 2007 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 324
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11 The Committee on Transportation (Bullard) recommended the
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 1. Barrier required between a highway and a
19 canal or waterbody.--
20 (1) Each limited access facility in Miami-Dade County
21 that is adjacent to a canal or other water body must have a
22 system of guardrails, retention cables, or other barriers
23 between the highway and the canal or water body which are
24 installed and maintained in conformance with standards
25 established by the Florida Department of Transportation. The
26 standards should consider loss of life by safely preventing
27 out-of-control motor vehicles from entering the canal or water
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29 or its proximity to the traveled way of the highway.
30 (2) For a limited access facility in existence on July
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Bill No. SB 324
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2 (3) This pilot program shall stand repealed December
3 31, 2011, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through
4 enactment by the Legislature.
5 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.
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9 And the title is amended as follows:
10 Delete everything before the enacting clause
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13 A bill to be entitled
14 An act relating to a motor vehicle safety pilot
15 program; requiring certain limited access
16 facilities that are adjacent to a canal or
17 other water body to have a system of
18 guardrails, retention cables, or other barriers
19 between the highway and the canal or water
20 body; providing for the Department of
21 Transportation to establish certain standards
22 governing the installation and maintenance of
23 the barriers; requiring that barriers be
24 installed for existing highways by a specified
25 date; providing for future review and repeal;
26 proving an effective date.
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