Florida Senate - 2020                                    SB 1000
       
       
        
       By Senator Perry
       
       
       
       
       
       8-00654-20                                            20201000__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to traffic and pedestrian safety;
    3         creating s. 316.0756, F.S.; requiring a pedestrian
    4         crosswalk on a public highway, street, or road which
    5         is located at any point other than at an intersection
    6         with another public highway, street, or road to be
    7         controlled by traffic control signal devices and
    8         pedestrian control signals that conform to specified
    9         requirements; providing coordination requirements for
   10         such devices and signals; requiring, by a specified
   11         date, the entity with jurisdiction over a public
   12         highway, street, or road with a certain pedestrian
   13         crosswalk to ensure that the crosswalk is controlled
   14         by coordinated traffic control signal devices and
   15         pedestrian control signals; authorizing such entity to
   16         alternatively remove any such crosswalk; providing an
   17         effective date.
   18          
   19  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   21         Section 1. Section 316.0756, Florida Statutes, is created
   22  to read:
   23         316.0756 Traffic control signal devices and pedestrian
   24  control signals at crosswalks other than at intersections.—
   25         (1) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a pedestrian
   26  crosswalk on a public highway, street, or road which is located
   27  at any point other than at an intersection with another public
   28  highway, street, or road must be controlled by coordinated
   29  traffic control signal devices and pedestrian control signals
   30  that conform to the requirements of the most recent Manual on
   31  Uniform Traffic Control Devices and other applicable Department
   32  of Transportation specifications. Traffic control signal devices
   33  and pedestrian control signals at crosswalk locations described
   34  in this section must be coordinated according to all of the
   35  following requirements:
   36         (a) Vehicular traffic approaching the crosswalk is required
   37  to come to a complete stop before pedestrians are permitted to
   38  enter the crosswalk.
   39         (b) Traffic control signal devices at intersections
   40  adjacent to the crosswalk are taken into consideration as
   41  provided in the most recent Manual on Uniform Traffic Control
   42  Devices and other applicable Department of Transportation
   43  specifications.
   44         (2) By October 1, 2024, the entity with jurisdiction over a
   45  public highway, street, or road with a crosswalk described in
   46  subsection (1) which is in existence on July 1, 2020, shall
   47  ensure that such crosswalk is controlled by coordinated traffic
   48  control signal devices and pedestrian control signals as
   49  required under subsection (1). The entity with jurisdiction may
   50  alternatively remove any such existing crosswalk.
   51         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.