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REFERENCE TITLE: unrestrained minors; motor vehicles; prohibition |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Forty-ninth Legislature Second Regular Session 2010
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HB 2544 |
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Introduced by Representatives Heinz, Farley, Patterson: Ableser, Ash, Campbell CL, Crump, Deschene, Fleming, Goodale, Mason, Senators Aboud, Cheuvront, Lopez
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AN ACT
Amending title 28, chapter 3, article 15, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 28-913; relating to transporting minors in motor vehicles.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 28, chapter 3, article 15, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 28-913, to read:
28-913. Transporting minors in motor vehicles; exceptions
A. A person driving a motor vehicle on a highway shall not transport a person who is under eighteen years of age in the back of the motor vehicle unless the person who is under eighteen years of age is safely restrained.
B. This section does not apply:
1. If the person is being transported in an emergency response situation. For the purposes of this paragraph, "emergency response situation" means an instance in which measures are necessary to assist an injured person or to prevent injury or death to a person.
2. If the person is being transported in an enclosed motor vehicle, camper or camper shell that prevents the person from being discharged from the motor vehicle.
3. If the person is being transported in an organized parade.
4. To a motor vehicle that is on private property.
5. If a person is driving the motor vehicle at or below a posted speed limit of thirty-five miles per hour or less.
6. If the motor vehicle is owned by a farmer or rancher and is used exclusively within the boundaries of lands owned or managed by the farmer or rancher, including the incidental use of the motor vehicle on not more than one mile of highway between one part of the farm or ranch and another part of that farm or ranch.
7. To a motor vehicle that is on an Indian reservation.