Florida Senate - 2020 PROPOSED COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
Bill No. CS for SB 1000
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576-03899-20
Proposed Committee Substitute by the Committee on Appropriations
(Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and
Economic Development)
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to traffic and pedestrian safety;
3 creating s. 316.0756, F.S.; requiring a certain
4 engineering study to be conducted which recommends a
5 specified pedestrian crosswalk installation before
6 such installation occurs; requiring a pedestrian
7 crosswalk on a public highway, street, or road which
8 is located at any point other than at an intersection
9 with another public highway, street, or road to
10 conform to specified requirements; requiring that
11 traffic control signal devices at adjacent
12 intersections be taken into consideration; requiring,
13 by a specified date, the entity with jurisdiction over
14 a public highway, street, or road with a certain
15 pedestrian crosswalk to ensure that the crosswalk
16 conforms to specified requirements; authorizing such
17 entity to alternatively remove any such crosswalk;
18 providing a declaration of important state interest;
19 providing an effective date.
20
21 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
22
23 Section 1. Section 316.0756, Florida Statutes, is created
24 to read:
25 316.0756 Traffic control signal devices and pedestrian
26 control signals at crosswalks other than at intersections.—
27 (1)(a) Before the installation of a pedestrian crosswalk on
28 a public highway, street, or road which is located at any point
29 other than at an intersection with another public highway,
30 street, or road, a traffic engineering study must be conducted
31 by a Florida licensed professional engineer which recommends the
32 installation of such crosswalk.
33 (b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary:
34 1. A pedestrian crosswalk on a public highway, street, or
35 road that has a posted speed limit of more than 20 miles per
36 hour which is located at any point other than at an intersection
37 with another public highway, street, or road must conform to the
38 requirements of Chapters 4D and 4E of the most recent Manual on
39 Uniform Traffic Control Devices and other applicable Department
40 of Transportation standards, manuals, and specifications, and
41 must include a pedestrian-facing sign containing language
42 stating duties applicable to a pedestrian, as provided in this
43 chapter.
44 2. A pedestrian crosswalk on a public highway, street, or
45 road that has a posted speed limit of less than 20 miles per
46 hour which is located at any point other than at an intersection
47 with another public highway, street, or road must include a
48 pedestrian-facing sign containing language stating duties
49 applicable to a pedestrian, as provided in this chapter.
50 (c) Traffic control signal devices and pedestrian control
51 signals at crosswalk locations described in subparagraph (b)1.
52 must be coordinated with traffic control signal devices at
53 intersections adjacent to the crosswalk, and such traffic
54 control signal devices at intersections adjacent to the
55 crosswalk must be taken into consideration as provided in the
56 most recent Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices and other
57 applicable Department of Transportation specifications.
58 (2) By October 1, 2026, the entity with jurisdiction over a
59 public highway, street, or road with a crosswalk described in
60 subsection (1) which was in existence on July 1, 2020, shall
61 ensure that such crosswalk conforms to the requirements
62 specified under subsection (1). The entity with jurisdiction may
63 alternatively remove any such existing crosswalk.
64 Section 2. The Legislature finds and declares that this act
65 fulfills an important state interest.
66 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.