Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 2091-A – School crossing guards
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1. Qualifications. A school crossing guard is qualified to direct traffic if the school crossing guard:
A. Is 18 years of age or older; [PL 2017, c. 132, §1 (NEW).]
B. Is under the control of a local law enforcement agency; [PL 2017, c. 132, §1 (NEW).]
C. Has completed training approved by the Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Standards in controlling traffic on a public way and as described by section 2091, subsection 2 to perform any traffic direction duties to which the school crossing guard is assigned as prescribed by the local law enforcement agency that has control over the school crossing guard; [PL 2017, c. 132, §1 (NEW).]
D. Is wearing an appropriate uniform as specified by the local law enforcement agency that has control over the school crossing guard; and [PL 2017, c. 132, §1 (NEW).]
E. Is directing traffic in an intersection with a marked crosswalk on a public way. [PL 2017, c. 132, §1 (NEW).]
[PL 2017, c. 132, §1 (NEW).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 2091-A
- Bureau: means the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101
- Crosswalk: means the portion of a way:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101Department: means the Department of Transportation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101 Intersection: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101Motor vehicle: means a self-propelled vehicle not operated exclusively on railroad tracks, but does not include:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101Operator: means an individual who drives or is in control of a vehicle or who is exercising control over or steering a towed vehicle. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101 Pedestrian: means a person on foot or an operator of a wheelchair or a 4-wheeled or 3-wheeled motorized wheelchair. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101 Public way: means a way, owned and maintained by the State, a county or a municipality, over which the general public has a right to pass. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101 Traffic: means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, bicycles and other conveyances either singly or together using public way for travel. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101 Traffic control device: means a sign, a signal, a marking or a device placed or erected by a public body or official to regulate, warn or guide traffic. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101 Traffic infraction: means any violation of any provision of this Title, or of any rules established under this Title, not expressly defined as a crime or as a civil violation and otherwise not punishable by incarceration. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101 Vehicle: means a device for conveyance of persons or property on a way. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101 Way: means the entire width between boundary lines of a road, highway, parkway, street or bridge used for vehicular traffic, whether public or private. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101
2. Obeying school crossing guards. An operator of a motor vehicle shall obey a hand signal or handheld traffic control device of a school crossing guard qualified under subsection 1. A violation of this subsection is a traffic infraction.
[PL 2017, c. 132, §1 (NEW).]
3. Assisting pedestrians. This section does not prohibit a school crossing guard who does not meet the specifications described in subsection 1 from assisting a pedestrian to cross a public way, as long as the school crossing guard does not attempt to do so by directing traffic.
[PL 2017, c. 132, §1 (NEW).]
4. Restrictions. A school crossing guard may not contradict or override a lighted traffic control device or pedestrian control device or cause a pedestrian or motor vehicle to violate the provisions of section 2057.
[PL 2017, c. 132, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2017, c. 132, §1 (NEW).