Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §101, sub-§64-B, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 145, §2, is amended to read:
64-B. School zone. "School zone" means the portion of the public highway abutting improved school property or 300 feet on either side of a school entrance, whichever is greater, or as designated under section 2075, subsection 3, paragraph F.
Sec. 2. 29-A MRSA §2075, sub-§3, ¶D, as amended by PL 2001, c. 313, §1, is further amended to read:
D. With the approval of the Department of Transportation and the Chief of the State Police, increase or decrease the speed limit on through ways by erecting standard signs giving notice of the speed limit in accordance with the latest edition of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices published by the Federal Highway Administration; and
Sec. 3. 29-A MRSA §2075, sub-§3, ¶E, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 313, §1, is amended by amending the last blocked paragraph to read:
The Department of Transportation may require a municipality with a population of 5,000 or more as measured by the latest decennial United States census that has not provided written notice to the department that the municipality will set speed limits in accordance with this paragraph to provide the department with all data necessary to set such speed limits. The nature, extent and form of that data must be acceptable to the department and may include, without limitation, the reason for the request, length and location of the proposed speed zone, road width, number of driveways in that zone, traffic volume, posted speed, prevailing speed as measured by radar, accident history and speed enforcement efforts.; and
Sec. 4. 29-A MRSA §2075, sub-§3, ¶F is enacted to read:
F. With the approval of the Department of Transportation and the Chief of the State Police, and in accordance with the latest edition of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices published by the Federal Highway Administration, designate a school zone to which the speed limits in section 2074, subsection 1, paragraph A apply.
Effective September 13, 2003, unless otherwise indicated.
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