| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to school bus stops; amending s. 1006.22, |
| 3 | F.S.; prohibiting school bus stops from being located |
| 4 | directly on certain state-maintained roads; providing for |
| 5 | phased-in implementation; providing an effective date. |
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| 7 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 9 | Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subsection (12) of section |
| 10 | 1006.22, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 11 | 1006.22 Safety and health of students being |
| 12 | transported.--Maximum regard for safety and adequate protection |
| 13 | of health are primary requirements that must be observed by |
| 14 | district school boards in routing buses, appointing drivers, and |
| 15 | providing and operating equipment, in accordance with all |
| 16 | requirements of law and rules of the State Board of Education in |
| 17 | providing transportation pursuant to s. 1006.21: |
| 18 | (12) |
| 19 | (c)1. Each district school board shall establish school |
| 20 | bus stops, or provide by district school board rule for the |
| 21 | establishment of school bus stops, as necessary at the most |
| 22 | reasonably safe locations available. Where unusual traffic |
| 23 | hazards exist at school bus stops on roads maintained by the |
| 24 | state outside of municipalities, the Department of |
| 25 | Transportation, in concurrence and cooperation with and upon |
| 26 | request of the district school board, shall place signs at such |
| 27 | bus stops warning motorists of the location of the stops. |
| 28 | 2. To provide safe locations for school bus stops for the |
| 29 | loading and unloading of students, beginning July 1, 2009, a new |
| 30 | school bus stop may not be established directly on a state- |
| 31 | maintained road with a speed limit of 55 miles per hour or |
| 32 | greater. |
| 33 | 3. To improve the safety of existing locations for school |
| 34 | bus stops for the loading and unloading of students, beginning |
| 35 | with the 2011-2012 school year, a school bus stop may not be |
| 36 | located directly on a state-maintained road with a speed limit |
| 37 | of 55 miles per hour or greater. |
| 38 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009. |