Bill Text: IN HB1224 | 2011 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Speed zones for all year schools.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-16 - Effective 07/01/2011 [HB1224 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2011-HB1224-Enrolled.html
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AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning motor vehicles.
(1) Decrease the limit within urban districts, but not to less than twenty (20) miles per hour.
(2) Increase the limit within an urban district, but not to more than fifty-five (55) miles per hour during daytime and fifty (50) miles per hour during nighttime.
(3) Decrease the limit outside an urban district, but not to less than thirty (30) miles per hour.
(4) Decrease the limit in an alley, but to not less than five (5) miles per hour.
(5) Increase the limit in an alley, but to not more than thirty (30) miles per hour.
The local authority must perform an engineering and traffic
investigation before a determination may be made to change a speed
limit under subdivision (2), (3), (4), or (5) or before the speed limit
within an urban district may be decreased to less than twenty-five (25)
miles per hour under subdivision (1).
(b) Except as provided in subsection (f), a local authority in the
authority's jurisdiction shall determine by an engineering and traffic
investigation the proper maximum speed for all local streets and shall
declare a reasonable and safe maximum speed permitted under this
chapter for an urban district. However, an engineering and traffic study
is not required to be performed for the local streets in an urban district
under this subsection if the local authority determines that the proper
maximum speed in the urban district is not less than twenty-five (25)
miles per hour.
(c) An altered limit established under this section is effective at all
times or during hours of darkness or at other times as may be
determined when appropriate signs giving notice of the altered limit are
erected on the street or highway.
(d) Except as provided in this subsection, a local authority may not
alter a speed limit on a highway or extension of a highway in the state
highway system. A city or town may establish speed limits on state
highways upon which a school is located. However, a speed limit
established under this subsection is valid only if the following
conditions exist:
(1) The limit is not less than twenty (20) miles per hour.
(2) The limit is imposed only in the immediate vicinity of the
school.
(3) Children are present.
(4) The speed zone is properly signed. After June 30, 2011, there
must be:
(A) a sign located:
(i) where the reduced speed zone begins; or
(ii) as near as practical to the point where the reduced speed
zone begins;
indicating the reduced speed limit; and
(B) a sign located at the end of the reduced speed zone
indicating:
(i) the speed limit for the section of highway that follows; or
(ii) the end of the reduced speed zone.
(5) The Indiana department of transportation has been notified of
the limit imposed by certified mail.
(e) A local authority may decrease a limit on a street to not less than
fifteen (15) miles per hour if the following conditions exist:
(1) The street is located within a park or playground established under IC 36-10.
(2) The:
(A) board established under IC 36-10-3;
(B) board established under IC 36-10-4; or
(C) park authority established under IC 36-10-5;
requests the local authority to decrease the limit.
(3) The speed zone is properly signed.
(f) A city, town, or county may establish speed limits on a street or highway upon which a school is located if the street or highway is under the jurisdiction of the city, town, or county, respectively. However, a speed limit established under this subsection is valid only if the following conditions exist:
(1) The limit is not less than:
(A) twenty (20) miles per hour within an urban district; and
(B) thirty (30) miles per hour outside an urban district.
(2) The limit is imposed only in the immediate vicinity of the school.
(3) Children are present.
(4) The speed zone is properly signed. After:
(A) June 30, 2011, there must be:
(B) June 30, 2012, if the school operates on a twelve (12) month schedule, there must be a sign indicating that the school is an all year school.
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