CSHB 317(CRA): "An Act relating to official marking and posting of highways; and relating to traffic control signals at schools and in school zones."
00 CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 317(CRA) 01 "An Act relating to official marking and posting of highways; and relating to traffic 02 control signals at schools and in school zones." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 19.10.040 is amended to read: 05 Sec. 19.10.040. Uniform system of marking and posting. The department 06 shall classify, designate, and mark highways under its jurisdiction and shall provide a 07 uniform system of marking and posting these highways. The system of marking and 08 posting must correlate with and, as far as possible, conform to the recommendations of 09 the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices as adopted by the American 10 Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. The department shall 11 adopt uniform regulations for the placing and installation of necessary marking 12 and posting of highways. 13 * Sec. 2. AS 19.10.040 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 14 (b) The system adopted by the department under (a) of this section must
01 include provisions for the marking and posting of highways at schools and in school 02 zones. In this subsection, "school" has the meaning given in AS 28.01.010. 03 * Sec. 3. AS 19.10.050 is amended to read: 04 Sec. 19.10.050. Traffic control signals. The department shall prescribe types 05 of traffic control signals to regulate traffic on highways. These signals must correlate 06 with and, as far as possible, conform to the recommendations of the Manual on 07 Uniform Traffic Control Devices as adopted by the American Association of State 08 Highway and Transportation Officials. The department shall adopt uniform 09 regulations for the placing and installation of traffic control signals. 10 * Sec. 4. AS 19.10.050 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 11 (b) The regulations adopted by the department under (a) of this section must 12 include provisions for the posting of traffic control signals at schools and in school 13 zones. In this subsection, "school" has the meaning given in AS 28.01.010. 14 * Sec. 5. AS 28.01.010(d) is amended to read: 15 (d) A municipality shall erect necessary official traffic control devices on 16 streets and highways and at schools and in school zones within its jurisdiction that as 17 far as practicable conform to the current edition of the Alaska Traffic Manual prepared 18 by the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities. The municipality 19 (1) shall post a sign indicating that the school is a "drug-free school 20 zone" at each location in which it has installed a sign identifying the location of a 21 school; 22 (2) may post a sign at each recreation and youth center indicating that 23 the center is a "drug-free recreation and youth center zone"; in this paragraph, 24 "recreation or youth center" has the meaning given in AS 11.71.900. 25 * Sec. 6. AS 28.01.010 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 26 (k) In this section, "school" means a public school established under AS 14, a 27 "charter school" as defined in AS 14.03.290, a "private school" as defined in 28 AS 14.45.200, and a "religious school" as defined in AS 14.45.200.