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HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 1177
Amendment No. 01 (for drafter's use only)
CHAMBER ACTION
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11 The Committee on Transportation offered the following:
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17 and insert in lieu thereof: promulgated by the Department of
18 Transportation. A municipality may lower speed limits set by
19 the Department of Transportation,except that no change shall
20 be made on state highways or connecting links or extensions
21 thereof located within the municipality by not more than 15
22 miles per hour in 5 mile per hour increments, when such change
23 is reasonable and in conformity to criteria promulgated by the
24 Department of Transportation or based upon a traffic or
25 engineering study conducted by the affected local government;
26 provided that the limit may not be reduced below 45 miles per
27 hour which shall be changed only by the Department of
28 Transportation. A municipality which reduces the speed limit
29 on a state highway or connecting link or extension thereof
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31 of installing, maintaining and replacing all traffic control
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HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 1177
Amendment No. 01 (for drafter's use only)
1 devices required to post the reduced speed limit.
2 (2) SPEED ON COUNTY ROADS.--The maximum speed on any
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4 (a) In any business or residence district, 30 miles
5 per hour in the daytime or nighttime; provided that with
6 respect to residence districts a county may set a maximum
7 speed limit of 25 miles per hour after an investigation
8 determines that such a limit is reasonable; and it shall not
9 be necessary to conduct a separate investigation in each
10 residence district.
11 (b) On any other part of a county road not a business
12 or residence district, as set forth in s. 316.183.
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14 However, the board of county commissioners may set speed zones
15 altering such speeds, both as to maximum and minimum, after
16 investigation determines such a change is reasonable and in
17 conformity to criteria promulgated by the Department of
18 Transportation, except that no such speed zone shall permit a
19 speed of more than 60 miles per hour. A county may lower speed
20 limits set by the Department of Transportation on state
21 highways or connecting links or extensions thereof located
22 within the county by not more than 15 miles per hour in 5 mile
23 per hour increments, when such change is reasonable and in
24 conformity to criteria promulgated by the Department of
25 Transportation or based upon a traffic or engineering study
26 conducted by the affected local government; provided that the
27 limit may not be reduced below 45 miles per hour. A county
28 which reduces the speed limit on a state highway or connecting
29 link or extension thereof shall reimburse the Department of
30 Transportation for the cost of installing, maintaining and
31 replacing all traffic control devices required to post the
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HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 1177
Amendment No. 01 (for drafter's use only)
1 reduced speed limit.
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5 And the title is amended as follows:
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