EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. Green numbers along left margin indicate location on the printed bill (e.g., 5-15 indicates page 5, line 15).

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

1-2 484.366 1. A person shall not drive a motor vehicle at a speed in

1-15 miles per hour in an area designated as a school crossing zone except:

2-1 (a) On a day on which school is not in session;

2-2 (b) [During the period from a half hour after school is no longer in

2-3 operation to a half hour before school is next in operation; or

2-4 (c)] If the zone is designated by an operational speed limit beacon,

2-5 during the hours when the pupils of the school are in class and the yellow

2-6 lights of the speed limit beacon are not flashing in the manner which

2-7 indicates that the speed limit is in effect [.] ; or

2-8 (c) If the zone is not designated by an operational speed limit beacon,

2-9 during the hours when the sign designating the school zone indicates that

2-10 the speed limit is not in effect.

2-11 3. The governing body of a local government or the department of

2-12 transportation shall designate school zones and school crossing zones. An

2-13 area must not be designated as a school zone if imposing a speed limit of

2-14 15 miles per hour would be unsafe because of higher speed limits in

2-15 adjoining areas.

2-16 4. Each such governing body and the department shall provide signs to

2-17 mark the beginning and end of each school zone and school crossing zone

2-18 which it respectively designates. Each sign marking the beginning of such

2-19 a zone must include a designation of the hours when the speed limit is in

2-20 effect.

2-21 5. The superintendent of each school district or his designee shall

2-22 determine the hours when the speed limit is in effect in each school zone

2-23 and school crossing zone in the school district in consultation with the

2-24 principal of the school and the agency that is responsible for enforcing

2-25 the speed limit in the zone. The hours during which the pupils of a school

2-26 are in class must not be included in the hours during which the speed

2-27 limit is in effect in the school zone or school crossing zone. The

2-28 superintendent or his designee shall notify the governing body of a local

2-29 government or the department of transportation of the hours when the

2-30 speed limit is in effect and any changes to those hours.

2-31 6. As used in this section, "speed limit beacon" means a device which

2-32 is used in conjunction with a sign and equipped with two or more yellow

2-33 lights that flash alternately to indicate when the speed limit in a school zone

2-34 or school crossing zone is in effect.

2-35 Sec. 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections 4 and 5 of NRS

2-36 484.366, as amended by this act, a sign which is in existence on October 1,

2-37 1999, to mark the beginning of a school zone or school crossing zone need

2-38 not be replaced to comply with the provisions of NRS 484.366, as amended

2-39 by this act, until the sign would have otherwise been replaced in the normal

2-40 course of maintaining the sign.