Text: HF02368 Text: HF02370 Text: HF02300 - HF02399 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. PILOT PROJECT PLACEMENT OF FLASHING TRAFFIC 1 2 SIGNALS. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section 1 3 321.257, the state department of transportation shall 1 4 establish a two-year pilot project by identifying five 1 5 intersections in the state that have traffic control signals 1 6 where there have been increased rates of traffic citations or 1 7 traffic accidents resulting from the failure to yield to or 1 8 obey traffic control signals at the intersection. The 1 9 department shall place or program traffic control signals at 1 10 each of the identified intersections so that the signals 1 11 provide a green light that flashes three times, at intervals 1 12 selected by the department, prior to turning yellow and then 1 13 red. If the intersections identified by the department for 1 14 the pilot project are under the jurisdiction of a governmental 1 15 subdivision, the department shall facilitate placement or 1 16 programming of the traffic control signals in coordination 1 17 with that governmental subdivision. The department shall 1 18 submit a report to the general assembly on or before December 1 19 1, 2004, regarding the pilot project and the department's 1 20 recommendations regarding whether to continue or expand the 1 21 project. 1 22 EXPLANATION 1 23 This bill requires the state department of transportation 1 24 to establish a two-year pilot project that identifies five 1 25 intersections in the state that have traffic control signals 1 26 where there have been increased rates of traffic citations or 1 27 accidents resulting from the failure to yield to or obey the 1 28 traffic control signals. The department is directed to place 1 29 or program traffic control signals at each of the identified 1 30 intersections so that the signals provide a green light that 1 31 flashes three times, at intervals selected by the department, 1 32 before turning yellow and then red. If the intersections 1 33 chosen by the department for the pilot project are under the 1 34 jurisdiction of a governmental subdivision, the department 1 35 shall coordinate placement or programming of the traffic 2 1 control signals in coordination with that governmental 2 2 subdivision. The department must submit a report to the 2 3 general assembly on or before December 1, 2004, regarding the 2 4 pilot project and the department's recommendations concerning 2 5 the continuation or expansion of the project. 2 6 LSB 5953HH 79 2 7 av/sh/8
Text: HF02368 Text: HF02370 Text: HF02300 - HF02399 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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