BILL REQ. #: H-1048.1
State of Washington | 63rd Legislature | 2013 Regular Session |
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."