Florida Senate - 2009                                    SB 1320
       
       
       
       By Senator Bullard
       
       
       
       
       39-01607-09                                           20091320__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to school bus stops; amending s.
    3         1006.22, F.S.; prohibiting school bus stops from being
    4         located directly on certain state-maintained roads;
    5         providing for phased-in implementation; providing an
    6         effective date.
    7         
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subsection (12) of section
   11  1006.22, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   12         1006.22 Safety and health of students being transported.
   13  Maximum regard for safety and adequate protection of health are
   14  primary requirements that must be observed by district school
   15  boards in routing buses, appointing drivers, and providing and
   16  operating equipment, in accordance with all requirements of law
   17  and rules of the State Board of Education in providing
   18  transportation pursuant to s. 1006.21:
   19         (12)
   20         (c)1. Each district school board shall establish school bus
   21  stops, or provide by district school board rule for the
   22  establishment of school bus stops, as necessary at the most
   23  reasonably safe locations available. Where unusual traffic
   24  hazards exist at school bus stops on roads maintained by the
   25  state outside of municipalities, the Department of
   26  Transportation, in concurrence and cooperation with and upon
   27  request of the district school board, shall place signs at such
   28  bus stops warning motorists of the location of the stops.
   29         2. To provide safe locations for school bus stops for the
   30  loading and unloading of students, beginning July 1, 2009, a new
   31  school bus stop may not be established directly on a state
   32  maintained road with a speed limit of 55 miles per hour or
   33  greater.
   34         3. To improve the safety of existing locations for school
   35  bus stops for the loading and unloading of students, beginning
   36  with the 2011-2012 school year, a school bus stop may not be
   37  located directly on a state-maintained road with a speed limit
   38  of 55 miles per hour or greater.
   39         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.