Bill Text: AZ SB1520 | 2017 | Fifty-third Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Technical correction; special license plates

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-09 - Assigned to Senate APPROP Committee [SB1520 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2017-SB1520-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: technical correction; special license plates

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-third Legislature

First Regular Session

2017

 

 

SB 1520

 

Introduced by

Senator Montenegro

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending section 28-2408, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to special plates.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Section 28-2408, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE28-2408.  Special plates for hearing impaired persons; placard; definition

A.  The department shall issue to a hearing impaired person special plates that display a distinctive number assigned to the vehicle and to the vehicle owner or lessee and that indicate the owner or lessee of the vehicle is hearing impaired.

B.  On application, the department shall issue a removable placard to a hearing impaired person at no additional charge for display in a vehicle operated by the hearing impaired person.  The department shall design the placard and determine the required display of the placard.

C.  For the purposes of this section, "hearing impaired person" means a person who cannot, with or without a hearing aid, hear and understand normal speech in optimal listening conditions and who submits to the department a certificate that is issued by a person licensed to practice medicine in this state or another state or by an audiologist certified by the American speech, language and hearing association licensed pursuant to title 36, chapter 17 and that states the applicant is hearing impaired. END_STATUTE