| 1 | Representative(s) Jennings offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between line(s) 2459 and 2460, insert: |
| 5 | Section 47. Subsection (3) of section 316.172, Florida |
| 6 | Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (4), and a new subsection |
| 7 | (3) is added to that section to read: |
| 8 | 316.172 Traffic to stop for school bus.-- |
| 9 | (3) When a school bus is stopped with warning lights |
| 10 | displayed and is discharging or loading passengers, the area of |
| 11 | highway 500 linear feet in front of the bus and 500 linear feet |
| 12 | behind the bus shall be considered a school bus stop zone. A |
| 13 | person may not drive a vehicle on a roadway considered a school |
| 14 | bus stop zone at a speed greater than that posted for that |
| 15 | location. Violation of the speed limit within the school bus |
| 16 | stop zone must be cited as a moving violation, punishable as |
| 17 | provided in chapter 318. |
| 18 | Section 48. Paragraph (c) of subsection (3) of section |
| 19 | 318.18, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 20 | 318.18 Amount of civil penalties.--The penalties required |
| 21 | for a noncriminal disposition pursuant to s. 318.14 are as |
| 22 | follows: |
| 23 | (3) |
| 24 | (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), a person cited for |
| 25 | exceeding the speed limit by up to 5 m.p.h. in a legally posted |
| 26 | school zone or school bus stop zone will be fined $50. A person |
| 27 | exceeding the speed limit in a school zone or school bus stop |
| 28 | zone shall pay a fine double the amount listed in paragraph (b). |
| 29 | Section 49. This act may be cited as the "Mann Family |
| 30 | Memorial Highway Safety Act." |
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| 33 | Between line(s) 218 and 219, insert: |
| 34 | amending s. 316.172, F.S.; providing for school bus stop |
| 35 | zones; prohibiting exceeding the posted speed limit within |
| 36 | such zones; providing penalties; amending s. 318.18, F.S.; |
| 37 | providing a penalty for exceeding the posted speed limit |
| 38 | in a school bus stop zone by a certain speed; providing a |
| 39 | short title; |