Bill Text: FL S1110 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: School Speed Zones [CPSC]

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Transportation [S1110 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S1110-Introduced.html

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Florida Senate - 2010                                    SB 1110 
 
By Senator Wilson 
33-01090-10                                           20101110__ 
1                        A bill to be entitled 
2         An act relating to school speed zones; creating the 
3         “Shaye Patrick Martin Safety Act”; amending s. 
4         316.1895, F.S.; providing for transitional speed areas 
5         before and after the slowest established speed limit 
6         within a school zone; requiring the installation of 
7         vehicle speed cameras in school zones to record an 
8         image of the driver and the license plate of a motor 
9         vehicle exceeding a speed limit within the school 
10         zone; providing for such cameras to be included in the 
11         Department of Transportation’s uniform system of 
12         traffic control devices; providing penalties for 
13         violation of a speed limit within a school zone; 
14         providing an effective date. 
15 
16  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
17 
18         Section 1. This act may be cited as the “Shaye Patrick 
19  Martin Safety Act.” 
20         Section 2. Subsections (1), (5), (6), (8), and (10) of 
21  section 316.1895, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 
22         316.1895 Establishment of school speed zones;, enforcement; 
23  designation.— 
24         (1)(a) The Department of Transportation, pursuant to the 
25  authority granted under s. 316.0745, shall adopt a uniform 
26  system of traffic control devices, including vehicle speed 
27  cameras, and pedestrian control devices for use on the streets 
28  and highways in the state surrounding all schools, public and 
29  private. 
30         (b) The Department of Transportation shall compile, 
31  publish, and transmit a manual containing all specifications and 
32  requirements with respect to the system of devices established 
33  pursuant to paragraph (a) to the governing body of each county 
34  and municipality in the state, and the Department of 
35  Transportation and each county and municipality in the state 
36  shall install and maintain such traffic and pedestrian control 
37  devices in conformity with such uniform system. 
38         (5) A school zone shall include transitional speed areas 
39  for a distance of 50 yards before and after the slower posted 
40  speed limit. The slower posted speed limit in a school zone may 
41  not be less than 15 miles per hour except by local regulation 
42  or. No school zone speed limit shall be more than 20 miles per 
43  hour in an urbanized area, as defined in s. 334.03. The speed 
44  limit in the transitional speed area of a school zone shall be 5 
45  miles per hour higher than the slower posted speed limit in the 
46  school zone. School zone Such speed limits limit may be in force 
47  only during those times 30 minutes before, during, and 30 
48  minutes after the periods of time when pupils are arriving at a 
49  regularly scheduled breakfast program or a regularly scheduled 
50  school session and leaving a regularly scheduled school session. 
51         (6) Permanent signs designating school zones and school 
52  zone speed limits shall be uniform in size and color, and shall 
53  have the times during which the restrictive speed limits are 
54  limit is enforced clearly designated thereon. Flashing beacons 
55  activated by a time clock, or other automatic device, or 
56  manually activated may be used as an alternative to posting the 
57  times during which the restrictive school speed limits are limit 
58  is enforced. Beginning July 1, 2008, for any newly established 
59  school zone or any school zone in which the signing has been 
60  replaced, a sign stating “Speeding Fines Doubled” shall be 
61  installed within the school zone. The Department of 
62  Transportation shall establish adequate standards for the signs 
63  and flashing beacons. 
64         (8)(a) Nothing in this section herein shall prohibit the 
65  use of automatic traffic control devices for the control of 
66  vehicular and pedestrian traffic at school crossings. 
67         (b) Each school zone shall be equipped with vehicle speed 
68  cameras to record images of the driver and the license plate of 
69  a motor vehicle exceeding a speed limit within the school zone. 
70  Vehicle speed cameras installed in school zones must conform to 
71  the specifications adopted by the Department of Transportation 
72  pursuant to s. 316.0745. 
73         (10) A person may not drive a vehicle on a roadway 
74  designated as a school zone at a speed greater than that posted 
75  in the school zone in accordance with this section. A violation 
76  of a the speed limit limits established pursuant to this section 
77  is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable must be cited as 
78  a moving violation, punishable as provided in chapter 318. 
79         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.