| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to school speed zones; creating the "Shaye |
| 3 | Patrick Martin Safety Act"; amending s. 316.1895, F.S.; |
| 4 | providing for transitional speed areas before and after |
| 5 | the slowest established speed limit within a school zone; |
| 6 | requiring the installation of vehicle speed cameras in |
| 7 | school zones to record an image of the driver and the |
| 8 | license plate of a motor vehicle exceeding a speed limit |
| 9 | within the school zone; providing for such cameras to be |
| 10 | included in the Department of Transportation's uniform |
| 11 | system of traffic control devices; providing penalties for |
| 12 | violation of a speed limit within a school zone; providing |
| 13 | an effective date. |
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| 15 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 17 | Section 1. This act may be cited as the "Shaye Patrick |
| 18 | Martin Safety Act." |
| 19 | Section 2. Subsections (1), (5), (6), (8), and (10) of |
| 20 | section 316.1895, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
| 21 | 316.1895 Establishment of school speed zones;, |
| 22 | enforcement; designation.- |
| 23 | (1)(a) The Department of Transportation, pursuant to the |
| 24 | authority granted under s. 316.0745, shall adopt a uniform |
| 25 | system of traffic control devices, including vehicle speed |
| 26 | cameras, and pedestrian control devices for use on the streets |
| 27 | and highways in the state surrounding all schools, public and |
| 28 | private. |
| 29 | (b) The Department of Transportation shall compile, |
| 30 | publish, and transmit a manual containing all specifications and |
| 31 | requirements with respect to the system of devices established |
| 32 | pursuant to paragraph (a) to the governing body of each county |
| 33 | and municipality in the state, and the Department of |
| 34 | Transportation and each county and municipality in the state |
| 35 | shall install and maintain such traffic and pedestrian control |
| 36 | devices in conformity with such uniform system. |
| 37 | (5) A school zone shall include transitional speed areas |
| 38 | for a distance of 50 yards before and after the slower posted |
| 39 | speed limit. The slower posted speed limit in a school zone may |
| 40 | not be less than 15 miles per hour except by local regulation |
| 41 | or. No school zone speed limit shall be more than 20 miles per |
| 42 | hour in an urbanized area, as defined in s. 334.03. The speed |
| 43 | limit in the transitional speed area of a school zone shall be 5 |
| 44 | miles per hour higher than the slower posted speed limit in the |
| 45 | school zone. School zone Such speed limits limit may be in force |
| 46 | only during those times 30 minutes before, during, and 30 |
| 47 | minutes after the periods of time when pupils are arriving at a |
| 48 | regularly scheduled breakfast program or a regularly scheduled |
| 49 | school session and leaving a regularly scheduled school session. |
| 50 | (6) Permanent signs designating school zones and school |
| 51 | zone speed limits shall be uniform in size and color, and shall |
| 52 | have the times during which the restrictive speed limits are |
| 53 | limit is enforced clearly designated thereon. Flashing beacons |
| 54 | activated by a time clock, or other automatic device, or |
| 55 | manually activated may be used as an alternative to posting the |
| 56 | times during which the restrictive school speed limits are limit |
| 57 | is enforced. Beginning July 1, 2008, for any newly established |
| 58 | school zone or any school zone in which the signing has been |
| 59 | replaced, a sign stating "Speeding Fines Doubled" shall be |
| 60 | installed within the school zone. The Department of |
| 61 | Transportation shall establish adequate standards for the signs |
| 62 | and flashing beacons. |
| 63 | (8)(a) Nothing in this section herein shall prohibit the |
| 64 | use of automatic traffic control devices for the control of |
| 65 | vehicular and pedestrian traffic at school crossings. |
| 66 | (b) Each school zone shall be equipped with vehicle speed |
| 67 | cameras to record images of the driver and the license plate of |
| 68 | a motor vehicle exceeding a speed limit within the school zone. |
| 69 | Vehicle speed cameras installed in school zones must conform to |
| 70 | the specifications adopted by the Department of Transportation |
| 71 | pursuant to s. 316.0745. |
| 72 | (10) A person may not drive a vehicle on a roadway |
| 73 | designated as a school zone at a speed greater than that posted |
| 74 | in the school zone in accordance with this section. A violation |
| 75 | of a the speed limit limits established pursuant to this section |
| 76 | is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable must be cited as |
| 77 | a moving violation, punishable as provided in chapter 318. |
| 78 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010. |