BILL REQ. #:  H-1048.1 

Read first time 02/06/13.   Referred to Committee on Transportation.

     AN ACT Relating to school speed zone signs; and adding a new section to chapter 46.61 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 46.61 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) If a school speed zone is created under RCW 46.61.440, the proper authority listed in subsection (2) of this section must install and maintain a sign indicating the end of the school speed zone. The sign must be installed on a state highway, county road, or city street if the beginning of the school speed zone is also marked.
     (2)(a) If a sign must be installed pursuant to subsection (1) of this section on a state highway, the department of transportation must provide for the installation and continued maintenance of the sign.
     (b) If a sign must be installed pursuant to subsection (1) of this section on a county road, the county must provide for the installation and continued maintenance of the sign.
     (c) If a sign must be installed pursuant to subsection (1) of this section on a city street, the city or town that has jurisdiction over the city street must provide for the installation and continued maintenance of the sign.
     (3) A sign mandated under subsection (1) of this section must conform to the "END SCHOOL ZONE" sign illustrated as sign S5-2 in figure 7B-1 of the "Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices."