Bill Amendment: AZ SB1054 | 2017 | Fifty-third Legislature 1st Regular
Bill Title: Traffic accidents; fatality; implied consent
Status: 2017-02-23 - House read second time [SB1054 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2017-SB1054-SENATE_-_Burges_flr_amend_ref_Bill_adopted.html
Bill
Number: S.B. 1054
Burges Floor Amendment
Reference to: printed bill
Amendment drafted by: Amber Witter
FLOOR AMENDMENT EXPLANATION
1. Limits the requirement for a person to submit to a blood alcohol or drug test. Requires the test:
a) in accidents resulting in death; and
b) only if the officer has probable cause to believe the person caused the accident, not when the person is issued a citation.
2. Grants discretion to officers in accidents involving serious physical injury, which is current law.
Fifty-third Legislature Burges
First Regular Session S.B. 1054
BURGES FLOOR AMENDMENT
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.B. 1054
(Reference to printed bill)
Page 1, line 23, after "death" strike remainder of line
Line 24, strike "in section 13‑105"
Line 25, after "accident" strike remainder of line
Strike line 26
Line 27, strike "of this chapter or chapter 4 of this title"
Line 29, strike ", and" insert ". After a determination is made that a person was involved in a traffic accident resulting in serious physical injury as defined in section 13‑105 and the officer has probable cause to believe that the person caused the accident or the person was issued a citation for a violation of any provision of this article, article 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 or 15 of this chapter or chapter 4 of this title, the person may be requested to submit to and successfully complete any test or tests prescribed by subsection A of this section."
Line 30, after "refuses" insert "to submit to and successfully complete a test or tests prescribed by subsection A of this section"
Amend title to conform
