Bill Text: AZ SB1127 | 2021 | Fifty-fifth Legislature 1st Regular | Engrossed
Bill Title: Vehicle speed limits
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2021-05-28 - Governor Vetoed [SB1127 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2021-SB1127-Engrossed.html
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Senate Engrossed
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session 2021
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SENATE BILL 1127 |
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AN ACT
amending sections 28-701.02 and 28-702.01, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to vehicle speed restrictions.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 28-701.02, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
28-701.02. Excessive speeds; classification
A. A person shall not:
1. Exceed thirty-five miles per hour approaching a school crossing.
2. Exceed the posted speed limit in a business or residential district by more than twenty miles per hour, or if no speed limit is posted, exceed forty-five miles per hour.
3. Exceed eighty-five the posted speed limit by more than twenty miles per hour in other locations.
B. A person who violates subsection A of this section is guilty of a class 3 misdemeanor.
C. A person who is charged with a violation of this section may not be issued a civil complaint for a violation of section 28-701 if the civil complaint alleges a violation arising out of the same circumstances.
Sec. 2. Section 28-702.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
28-702.01. Waste of a finite resource; civil penalties; urbanized areas; definition
A. If the maximum speed limit on a public highway in this state is fifty-five at least thirty miles per hour in an area that is outside of an urbanized area, a person shall not drive a motor vehicle at a speed in excess of fifty-five miles per hour the posted speed limit on that highway. If the maximum speed limit on a public highway in this state is at least forty miles per hour in an urbanized area, a person shall not drive a motor vehicle at a speed in excess of the posted speed limit on that highway. If the speed at which the person is alleged to have driven as provided in section 28-707, subsection A or the speed at which the court finds the person drove is sixty-five not more than ten miles per hour or less in excess of the posted speed limit, the offense is may be designated as the waste of a finite resource and is a civil traffic violation subject to subsection B of this section.
B. If a person is found responsible for a civil traffic violation pursuant to subsection A of this section:
1. A department or agency of this state shall not consider the violation for the purpose of determining whether the person's driver license should be suspended or revoked and a court shall not transmit abstracts of records of judgment for the violation to the department.
2. An insurer shall not consider the violation as a moving traffic violation against the person for the purpose of establishing rates of motor vehicle insurance charged by the insurer and shall not cancel or refuse to renew a policy of insurance because of the violation.
3. The civil penalty shall not exceed fifteen dollars $15 plus the surcharges imposed pursuant to sections 12-116.01 and 12-116.02.
4. A report shall not be made under section 28-1559, subsection B.
C. If the maximum speed limit on a public highway in this state is fifty-five at least thirty miles per hour in an area that is outside of an urbanized area, a person shall not drive a motor vehicle at a speed in excess of fifty-five miles per hour the posted speed limit on that highway. If the maximum speed limit on a public highway in this state is at least forty miles per hour in an urbanized area, a person shall not drive a motor vehicle at a speed in excess of the posted speed limit on that highway. If the speed at which the person is alleged to have driven as provided in section 28-707, subsection A or the speed at which the court finds the person drove is more than sixty-five ten miles per hour in excess of the posted speed limit, the offense is designated as a civil traffic violation and the person is subject to a civil penalty of not more than the amount provided in section 28-1598.
D. This section does not apply to an interstate system highway located outside of an urbanized area, as defined in section 28-702.04, with a population of fifty thousand or more persons.
D. For the purposes of this section, "urbanized area" has the same meaning prescribed in section 28-702.04.
