Senate Bill No. 80–Senator O’Donnell

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AN ACT relating to traffic laws; requiring that the signs designating the speed limit in a

school zone or school crossing zone indicate the times during which the speed limit

is in effect; providing for the designation of such times; and providing other matters

properly relating thereto.

 

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. NRS 484.366 is hereby amended to read as follows:

  1. 484.366 1. A person shall not drive a motor vehicle at a speed in
  1. excess of 15 miles per hour in an area designated as a school zone except:
  1. (a) On a day on which school is not in session;
  1. (b) During the period from a half hour after school is no longer in
  1. operation to a half hour before school is next in operation; [or]
  1. (c) If the zone is designated by an operational speed limit beacon,
  1. during the hours when the pupils of the school are in class and the yellow
  1. lights of the speed limit beacon are not flashing in the manner which
  1. indicates that the speed limit is in effect [.] ; or
  1. (d) If the zone is not designated by an operational speed limit beacon,
  1. during the times when the sign designating the school zone indicates that
  1. the speed limit is not in effect.
  1. 2. A person shall not drive a motor vehicle at a speed in excess of 25
  1. miles per hour in an area designated as a school crossing zone except:
  1. (a) On a day on which school is not in session;
  1. (b) During the period from a half hour after school is no longer in
  1. operation to a half hour before school is next in operation; [or]
  1. (c) If the zone is designated by an operational speed limit beacon,
  1. during the hours when the pupils of the school are in class and the yellow
  1. lights of the speed limit beacon are not flashing in the manner which
  1. indicates that the speed limit is in effect [.] ; or
  1. (d) If the zone is not designated by an operational speed limit beacon,
  1. during the times when the sign designating the school zone indicates that
  1. the speed limit is not in effect.
  1. 3. The governing body of a local government or the department of
  1. transportation shall designate school zones and school crossing zones. An
  1. area must not be designated as a school zone if imposing a speed limit of
  1. 15 miles per hour would be unsafe because of higher speed limits in
  1. adjoining areas.

4. Each such governing body and the department shall provide signs to

mark the beginning and end of each school zone and school crossing zone

which it respectively designates. Each sign marking the beginning of such

a zone must include a designation of the hours when the speed limit is in

effect or that the speed limit is in effect when children are present.

5. With respect to each school zone and school crossing zone in a

school district, the superintendent of the school district or his designee, in

conjunction with the department of transportation and the governing

body of the local government that designated the school zone or school

crossing zone and after consulting with the principal of the school and

the agency that is responsible for enforcing the speed limit in the zone,

shall determine the times when the speed limit is in effect.

  1. 6. As used in this section, "speed limit beacon" means a device which
  1. is used in conjunction with a sign and equipped with two or more yellow
  1. lights that flash alternately to indicate when the speed limit in a school zone
  1. or school crossing zone is in effect.

Sec. 2. NRS 268.425 is hereby amended to read as follows:

268.425 The city council or other governing body of each incorporated

city, whether incorporated by general or special act, shall cause to be

displayed, in each school zone and school crossing zone where the city has

posted a speed limit, signs or other devices designating the [hours of the

day or night or both] times during which the speed limit in the zone is to

apply.

Sec. 3. NRS 269.185 is hereby amended to read as follows:

  1. 269.185 1. In addition to the powers and jurisdiction conferred upon
  1. the town boards or boards of county commissioners by this chapter, such
  1. boards may:
  1. (a) Regulate traffic upon the streets and alleys of towns or cities
  1. governed by such boards pursuant to this chapter.
  1. (b) Regulate the speed, parking, stopping, turning and operation of all
  1. motor vehicles and other vehicles using the streets and alleys.
  1. (c) Pass and adopt all ordinances, rules and regulations, and do and
  1. perform all acts and things necessary for the execution of the powers and
  1. jurisdiction conferred by this section.

2. The town board or board of county commissioners shall cause to be

displayed, in each school zone and school crossing zone where the county

has posted a speed limit, signs or other devices designating the [hours of

the day or night or both] times during which the speed limit in the zone is

to apply.

Sec. 4. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections 4 and 5 of NRS

484.366, as amended by this act, a sign which is in existence on October 1,

1999, to mark the beginning of a school zone or school crossing zone need

not be replaced to comply with the provisions of NRS 484.366, as amended

by this act, until the sign would have otherwise been replaced in the normal

course of maintaining the sign.

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