Bill Text: MI HB4840 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed


Bill Title: Traffic control; speed restrictions; school zone speed limits; apply to limited access highway segment with a pedestrian overhead walkway. Amends sec. 627a of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.627a).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-03-06 - Referred To Committee On Transportation [HB4840 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB4840-Engrossed.html

HB-4840, As Passed House, March 1, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 4840

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

 

"Michigan vehicle code,"

 

by amending section 627a (MCL 257.627a), as amended by 2016 PA 446.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 627a. (1) As used in this section:

 

     (a) "Regularly scheduled school session" means that part of a

 

day scheduled for student instruction until final dismissal of the

 

student body for that day.

 

     (b) "School" means an educational institution operated by a

 

local school district or by a private, denominational, or parochial

 

organization. School does not include either of the following:

 

     (i) An educational institution that the department of

 

education determines has its entire student population in residence

 


at the institution.

 

     (ii) An educational institution to which all students are

 

transported in motor vehicles.

 

     (c) "School zone" means school property on which a school

 

building is located and the adjacent property. A school zone

 

extends not more than 1,000 feet from the school property line in

 

any direction. If 2 or more schools occupy the same property or

 

adjacent properties, 1 of the following applies, as applicable:

 

     (i) If the hours of instruction at the schools are the same,

 

then a single combined school zone shall be established.

 

     (ii) If the hours of instruction at the schools are different,

 

overlapping school zones shall be established.

 

     (2) A school zone speed limit on a highway segment in a school

 

zone, which, except as otherwise provided in this subsection, shall

 

be in force not more than 30 minutes before the first regularly

 

scheduled school session, rounded to the nearest multiple of 5

 

minutes, until school commences, and from dismissal until not more

 

than 30 minutes after the last regularly scheduled school session,

 

rounded to the nearest multiple of 5 minutes, may be decreased by

 

not more than 20 miles per hour less than the speed limit normally

 

posted but shall be not less than 25 miles per hour. A school

 

superintendent may begin the 30-minute period before the first

 

regularly scheduled school session described in this subsection at

 

a time that is less than 30 minutes before the first regularly

 

scheduled school session and that extends beyond the time school

 

commences, may begin the 30-minute period after dismissal at a time

 

other than dismissal, and, if a school has an off-campus lunch


period, may designate the period provided for off-campus lunch as a

 

period during which the school zone speed limit described in this

 

subsection applies.

 

     (3) School zone speed limits shall not apply to a limited

 

access highway. or a highway segment over which a pedestrian

 

overhead walkway is erected, if the walkway is adjacent to school

 

property.

 

     (4) Notwithstanding the requirements for a school zone as

 

defined in subsection (1)(c), if a school is located in an area

 

that requires school children to cross a state trunk line highway

 

or county highway that has a speed limit of 35 miles per hour or

 

more to attend that school, the school superintendent may submit a

 

request to the state transportation commission, county road

 

commission, or local authority having jurisdiction over the

 

roadway, as applicable, for a school crossing as permitted under

 

section 613a. If, based on the traffic engineering studies, the

 

road authority determines the need for a lower speed limit, the

 

road authority may designate the crossing as a school zone. Before

 

submitting a request, the school superintendent shall have

 

completed a school route plan as prescribed by section 7A-1 of the

 

Michigan manual of on uniform traffic control devices.

 

     (5) If a school is in session year-round, a sign reading "All

 

Year School" shall be posted on the same signpost as and

 

immediately below the school zone sign.

 

     (6) Louvered signs, digital message signs, and flashing lights

 

may be installed to supplement or replace permanent signs required

 

under this section. Signs erected and maintained as required under


this section shall conform to the Michigan manual on uniform

 

traffic control devices.

 

     (7) A person who violates a speed limit established under this

 

section is responsible for a civil infraction.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.

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