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189.336 Installation of flasher lights near schools -- Speed limits.

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189.336 Installation of flasher lights near schools -- Speed limits. (1) Fiscal courts, with respect to school zones situated in unincorporated areas, may authorize by resolution installation at county expense of school flasher lights and <br>other traffic control devices on highways in school zones as they deem reasonable <br>and necessary. (2) Cities, with respect to school zones within their incorporated areas, may authorize by ordinance installation at city expense of school flasher lights and other traffic <br>control devices on highways in school zones as they deem reasonable and <br>necessary. (3) The speed limit on all highways where school flasher lights are in operation shall be determined by the governmental unit having control of the highway where a school <br>flasher light is in operation. Flasher lights shall be placed one-eighth (1/8) of a mile <br>on each side of the principal school building where practical. The governmental unit <br>having control of the highway where the lights are in operation shall erect signs <br>notifying motorists of the speed limit. (4) &quot;Highways&quot; as used in this section shall mean any public road or street maintained by a city, county or the state. (5) Any traffic control devices erected by any governmental unit shall conform to standards and specifications authorized by KRS 189.337. Effective: June 17, 1978 <br>History: Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 227, sec. 1, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 27, sec. 1. -- Created 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 49, sec. 1.