(2) (i) The State Highway Administration may establish a school zone
under paragraph (1) of this subsection on any State highway or, at the request of a
local authority, on any highway under the jurisdiction of the local authority.

(ii) A local authority may establish a school zone under paragraph
(1) of this subsection on any highway under its jurisdiction.

(b) (1) On each highway where a school zone is established under this
section, in accordance with specifications of the State Highway Administration, the
State Highway Administration or local authority:

(i) Shall place signs designating the school zone; and

(ii) May place other traffic control devices, including timed flashing

warning lights.

(2) The signs designating a school zone shall indicate the maximum
speed limit applicable in the school zone.

(3) The local authority shall pay the State Highway Administration the
cost of placing and maintaining signs and other traffic control devices on highways
under the jurisdiction of the local authority when the State Highway Administration
establishes the school zone at the local authority's request.

(c) A maximum speed limit in a school zone established under this section is
in effect when posted on appropriate signs giving notice of the limit.

(d) The fines for speeding in a school zone DURING THE HOURS POSTED ON
SIGNS DESIGNATING THE SCHOOL ZONE are double the amount that would otherwise
apply [if, in accordance with specifications adopted by the State Highway
Administration:

(1) (I) A sign designating a school zone under this section is equipped
with timed flashing warning lights and indicates that fines for speeding are doubled
when the lights are activated; and

(2) (II) The lights are activated at the time the violation occurs]; OR

(2) A SIGN DESIGNATING A SCHOOL ZONE UNDER THIS SECTION
INDICATES THAT FINES FOR SPEEDING ARE DOUBLED DURING SCHOOL HOURS.

(e) A person may not drive a motor vehicle at a speed exceeding the posted
speed limit within a school zone established fin accordance with subsection (d) of]
UNDER this section.

(f) In any school zone where a school crossing guard is posted to assist
students in crossing a highway, the maximum speed limit may not exceed 35 miles
per hour in the school zone during the hours posted on signs designating the school
zone.