Assembly Bill No. 7–Assemblyman Collins

Prefiled January 11, 2001

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Referred to Committee on Transportation

SUMMARY—Revises provisions governing school zones and school crossing zones. (BDR 43‑817)

FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.

Effect on the State: No.

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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).

AN ACT relating to traffic laws; revising the requirements for permanent or portable signs in school crossing zones; eliminating the provisions that allow the use of automatic traffic‑control devices in school zones in lieu of permanent or portable signs; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

1-1 Section 1. NRS 484.3665 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2 484.3665 1. Each permanent sign which designates a school zone or

1-3 school crossing zone and the speed limit in that zone must be uniform in

1-4 size and color and must clearly designate the hours during which the speed

1-5 limit applies.

1-6 2. Each portable sign designating a school zone or school crossing

1-7 zone and the speed limit in the zone must be uniform in size and color. A

1-8 portable sign may be placed beside a roadway only during those hours

1-9 when pupils are arriving at and leaving regularly scheduled school

1-10 sessions.

1-11 [3. This section does not prohibit the use of automatic traffic-control

1-12 devices in school zones in lieu of permanent or portable signs.]

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