Florida Senate - 2020                             CS for SB 1000
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Infrastructure and Security; and Senators
       Perry and Mayfield
       
       
       
       
       596-02653-20                                          20201000c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to traffic and pedestrian safety;
    3         creating s. 316.0756, F.S.; requiring a pedestrian
    4         crosswalk on a public highway, street, or road which
    5         is located at any point other than at an intersection
    6         with another public highway, street, or road to be
    7         controlled by traffic control signal devices and
    8         pedestrian control signals that conform to specified
    9         requirements; providing coordination requirements for
   10         such devices and signals; requiring, by a specified
   11         date, the entity with jurisdiction over a public
   12         highway, street, or road with a certain pedestrian
   13         crosswalk to ensure that the crosswalk is controlled
   14         by coordinated traffic control signal devices and
   15         pedestrian control signals; authorizing such entity to
   16         alternatively remove any such crosswalk; providing a
   17         declaration of important state interest; providing an
   18         effective date.
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   20  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   22         Section 1. Section 316.0756, Florida Statutes, is created
   23  to read:
   24         316.0756 Traffic control signal devices and pedestrian
   25  control signals at crosswalks other than at intersections.—
   26         (1) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a pedestrian
   27  crosswalk on a public highway, street, or road which is located
   28  at any point other than at an intersection with another public
   29  highway, street, or road must be controlled by coordinated
   30  traffic control signal devices and pedestrian control signals
   31  that conform to the requirements of Chapters 4D and 4E of the
   32  most recent Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices and other
   33  applicable Department of Transportation specifications. Traffic
   34  control signal devices and pedestrian control signals at
   35  crosswalk locations described in this section must be
   36  coordinated according to all of the following requirements:
   37         (a) Vehicular traffic approaching the crosswalk is required
   38  to come to a complete stop before pedestrians are permitted to
   39  enter the crosswalk.
   40         (b) Traffic control signal devices at intersections
   41  adjacent to the crosswalk are taken into consideration as
   42  provided in the most recent Manual on Uniform Traffic Control
   43  Devices and other applicable Department of Transportation
   44  specifications.
   45         (2) By October 1, 2024, the entity with jurisdiction over a
   46  public highway, street, or road with a crosswalk described in
   47  subsection (1) which is in existence on July 1, 2020, shall
   48  ensure that such crosswalk is controlled by coordinated traffic
   49  control signal devices and pedestrian control signals as
   50  required under subsection (1). The entity with jurisdiction may
   51  alternatively remove any such existing crosswalk.
   52         Section 2. The Legislature finds and declares that this act
   53  fulfills an important state interest.
   54         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.