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REFERENCE TITLE: taxis, limousines, livery vehicles |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-second Legislature Second Regular Session 2016
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SB 1492 |
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Introduced by Senators Worsley, Bradley; Representatives Cobb, Finchem, Larkin: Senators Burges, Hobbs; Representatives Gray, Livingston
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AN ACT
amending sections 28-101 and 28‑2401, arizona revised statutes; repealing section 28‑2515, arizona revised statutes; amending sections 28-9501, 28‑9502, 28-9503, 28-9506, 28‑9521, 28‑9523, 28‑9524 and 28‑9525, Arizona Revised Statutes; amending title 28, chapter 30, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 28-9527; amending sections 28-9551 and 42-5062, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to for-hire transportation.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 28-101, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
28-101. Definitions
In this title, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Alcohol" means any substance containing any form of alcohol, including ethanol, methanol, propynol and isopropynol.
2. "Alcohol concentration" if expressed as a percentage means either:
(a) The number of grams of alcohol per one hundred milliliters of blood.
(b) The number of grams of alcohol per two hundred ten liters of breath.
3. "All‑terrain vehicle" means either of the following:
(a) A motor vehicle that satisfies all of the following:
(i) Is designed primarily for recreational nonhighway all‑terrain travel.
(ii) Is fifty or fewer inches in width.
(iii) Has an unladen weight of one thousand two hundred pounds or less.
(iv) Travels on three or more nonhighway tires.
(v) Is operated on a public highway.
(b) A recreational off-highway vehicle that satisfies all of the following:
(i) Is designed primarily for recreational nonhighway all-terrain travel.
(ii) Is sixty‑five or fewer inches in width.
(iii) Has an unladen weight of one thousand eight hundred pounds or less.
(iv) Travels on four or more nonhighway tires.
4. "Authorized emergency vehicle" means any of the following:
(a) A fire department vehicle.
(b) A police vehicle.
(c) An ambulance or emergency vehicle of a municipal department or public service corporation that is designated or authorized by the department or a local authority.
(d) Any other ambulance, fire truck or rescue vehicle that is authorized by the department in its sole discretion and that meets liability insurance requirements prescribed by the department.
5. "Autocycle" means a three‑wheeled motorcycle on which the driver and passengers ride in a completely enclosed seating area that is equipped with a roll cage, safety belts for each occupant and antilock brakes and that is designed to be controlled with a steering wheel and pedals.
6. "Aviation fuel" means all flammable liquids composed of a mixture of selected hydrocarbons expressly manufactured and blended for the purpose of effectively and efficiently operating an internal combustion engine for use in an aircraft but does not include fuel for jet or turbine powered aircraft.
7. "Bicycle" means a device, including a racing wheelchair, that is propelled by human power and on which a person may ride and that has either:
(a) Two tandem wheels, either of which is more than sixteen inches in diameter.
(b) Three wheels in contact with the ground, any of which is more than sixteen inches in diameter.
8. "Board" means the transportation board.
9. "Bus" means a motor vehicle designed for carrying sixteen or more passengers, including the driver.
10. "Business district" means the territory contiguous to and including a highway if there are buildings in use for business or industrial purposes within any six hundred feet along the highway, including hotels, banks or office buildings, railroad stations and public buildings that occupy at least three hundred feet of frontage on one side or three hundred feet collectively on both sides of the highway.
11. "Combination of vehicles" means a truck or truck tractor and semitrailer and any trailer that it tows but does not include a forklift designed for the purpose of loading or unloading the truck, trailer or semitrailer.
12. "Controlled substance" means a substance so classified under section 102(6) of the controlled substances act (21 United States Code section 802(6)) and includes all substances listed in schedules I through V of 21 Code of Federal Regulations part 1308.
13. "Conviction" means:
(a) An unvacated adjudication of guilt or a determination that a person violated or failed to comply with the law in a court of original jurisdiction or by an authorized administrative tribunal.
(b) An unvacated forfeiture of bail or collateral deposited to secure the person's appearance in court.
(c) A plea of guilty or no contest accepted by the court.
(d) The payment of a fine or court costs.
14. "County highway" means a public road that is constructed and maintained by a county.
15. "Dealer" means a person who is engaged in the business of buying, selling or exchanging motor vehicles, trailers or semitrailers and who has an established place of business.
16. "Department" means the department of transportation acting directly or through its duly authorized officers and agents.
17. "Digital network or software application" has the same meaning prescribed in section 28‑9551.
18. "Director" means the director of the department of transportation.
19. "Drive" means to operate or be in actual physical control of a motor vehicle.
20. "Driver" means a person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle.
21. "Driver license" means a license that is issued by a state to an individual and that authorizes the individual to drive a motor vehicle.
22. "Electric personal assistive mobility device" means a self‑balancing two nontandem wheeled device with an electric propulsion system that limits the maximum speed of the device to fifteen miles per hour or less and that is designed to transport only one person.
23. "Farm" means any lands primarily used for agriculture production.
24. "Farm tractor" means a motor vehicle designed and used primarily as a farm implement for drawing implements of husbandry.
25. "Foreign vehicle" means a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer that is brought into this state other than in the ordinary course of business by or through a manufacturer or dealer and that has not been registered in this state.
26. "Golf cart" means a motor vehicle that has not less than three wheels in contact with the ground, that has an unladen weight of less than one thousand eight hundred pounds, that is designed to be and is operated at not more than twenty‑five miles per hour and that is designed to carry not more than four persons including the driver.
27. "Hazardous material" means a material, and its mixtures or solutions, that the United States department of transportation determines under 49 Code of Federal Regulations is, or any quantity of a material listed as a select agent or toxin under 42 Code of Federal Regulations part 73 that is, capable of posing an unreasonable risk to health, safety and property if transported in commerce and that is required to be placarded or marked as required by the department's safety rules prescribed pursuant to chapter 14 of this title.
28. "Implement of husbandry" means a vehicle designed primarily for agricultural purposes and used exclusively in the conduct of agricultural operations, including an implement or vehicle whether self‑propelled or otherwise that meets both of the following conditions:
(a) Is used solely for agricultural purposes including the preparation or harvesting of cotton, alfalfa, grains and other farm crops.
(b) Is only incidentally operated or moved on a highway whether as a trailer or self‑propelled unit. For the purposes of this subdivision, "incidentally operated or moved on a highway" means travel between a farm and another part of the same farm, from one farm to another farm or between a farm and a place of repair, supply or storage.
29. "Limousine" means a motor vehicle providing prearranged ground transportation service for an individual passenger, or a group of passengers, that is arranged in advance or is operated on a regular route or between specified points and includes ground transportation under a contract or agreement for services that includes a fixed rate or time and is provided in a motor vehicle with a seating capacity not exceeding fifteen passengers including the driver.
30. "Livery vehicle" means a motor vehicle that:
(a) Has a seating capacity not exceeding fifteen passengers including the driver.
(b) Provides passenger services for a fare determined by a flat rate or flat hourly rate between geographic zones or within a geographic area.
(c) Is available for hire on an exclusive or shared ride basis.
(d) May do any of the following:
(i) Operate on a regular route or between specified places.
(ii) Offer prearranged ground transportation service as defined in section 28‑141.
(iii) Offer on demand ground transportation service pursuant to a contract with a public airport, licensed business entity or organization.
31. "Local authority" means any county, municipal or other local board or body exercising jurisdiction over highways under the constitution and laws of this state.
32. "Manufacturer" means a person engaged in the business of manufacturing motor vehicles, trailers or semitrailers.
33. "Moped" means a bicycle that is equipped with a helper motor if the vehicle has a maximum piston displacement of fifty cubic centimeters or less, a brake horsepower of one and one‑half or less and a maximum speed of twenty‑five miles per hour or less on a flat surface with less than a one percent grade.
34. "Motor driven cycle" means a motorcycle, including every motor scooter, with a motor that produces not more than five horsepower.
35. "Motor vehicle":
(a) Means either:
(i) A self‑propelled vehicle.
(ii) For the purposes of the laws relating to the imposition of a tax on motor vehicle fuel, a vehicle that is operated on the highways of this state and that is propelled by the use of motor vehicle fuel.
(b) Does not include a motorized wheelchair, an electric personal assistive mobility device or a motorized skateboard. For the purposes of this subdivision:
(i) "Motorized skateboard" means a self‑propelled device that has a motor, a deck on which a person may ride and at least two tandem wheels in contact with the ground.
(ii) "Motorized wheelchair" means a self‑propelled wheelchair that is used by a person for mobility.
36. "Motor vehicle fuel" includes all products that are commonly or commercially known or sold as gasoline, including casinghead gasoline, natural gasoline and all flammable liquids, and that are composed of a mixture of selected hydrocarbons expressly manufactured and blended for the purpose of effectively and efficiently operating internal combustion engines. Motor vehicle fuel does not include inflammable liquids that are specifically manufactured for racing motor vehicles and that are distributed for and used by racing motor vehicles at a racetrack, use fuel as defined in section 28‑5601, aviation fuel, fuel for jet or turbine powered aircraft or the mixture created at the interface of two different substances being transported through a pipeline, commonly known as transmix.
37. "Motorcycle" means a motor vehicle that has a seat or saddle for the use of the rider and that is designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground but excludes a tractor and a moped.
38. "Motorized quadricycle" means a self-propelled motor vehicle to which all of the following apply:
(a) The vehicle is self-propelled by an emission-free electric motor and may include pedals operated by the passengers.
(b) The vehicle has at least four wheels in contact with the ground.
(c) The vehicle seats at least eight passengers, including the driver.
(d) The vehicle is operable on a flat surface using solely the electric motor without assistance from the pedals or passengers.
(e) The vehicle is a commercial motor vehicle as defined in section 28‑5201.
(f) The vehicle is licensed by the department of weights and measures to operate as a limousine pursuant to section 28‑9503.
(g) The vehicle is manufactured by a motor vehicle manufacturer that is licensed pursuant to chapter 10 of this title.
(h) The vehicle complies with the definition and standards for low‑speed vehicles set forth in federal motor vehicle safety standard 500 and 49 Code of Federal Regulations section sections 571.3(b) and 571.500, respectively.
39. "Neighborhood electric vehicle" means a self‑propelled electrically powered motor vehicle to which all of the following apply:
(a) The vehicle is emission free.
(b) The vehicle has at least four wheels in contact with the ground.
(c) The vehicle complies with the definition and standards for low speed vehicles set forth in federal motor vehicle safety standard 500 and 49 Code of Federal Regulations sections 571.3(b) and 571.500, respectively.
40. "Nonresident" means a person who is not a resident of this state as defined in section 28‑2001.
41. "Off‑road recreational motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle that is designed primarily for recreational nonhighway all‑terrain travel and that is not operated on a public highway. Off‑road recreational motor vehicle does not mean a motor vehicle used for construction, building trade, mining or agricultural purposes.
42. "Operator" means a person who drives a motor vehicle on a highway, who is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle on a highway or who is exercising control over or steering a vehicle being towed by a motor vehicle.
43. "Owner" means:
(a) A person who holds the legal title of a vehicle.
(b) If a vehicle is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale or lease with the right of purchase on performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee, the conditional vendee or lessee.
(c) If a mortgagor of a vehicle is entitled to possession of the vehicle, the mortgagor.
44. "Pedestrian" means any person afoot. A person who uses an electric personal assistive mobility device or a manual or motorized wheelchair is considered a pedestrian unless the manual wheelchair qualifies as a bicycle. For the purposes of this paragraph, "motorized wheelchair" means a self‑propelled wheelchair that is used by a person for mobility.
45. "Power sweeper" means an implement, with or without motive power, that is only incidentally operated or moved on a street or highway and that is designed for the removal of debris, dirt, gravel, litter or sand whether by broom, vacuum or regenerative air system from asphaltic concrete or cement concrete surfaces, including parking lots, highways, streets and warehouses, and a vehicle on which the implement is permanently mounted.
46. "Public transit" means the transportation of passengers on scheduled routes by means of a conveyance on an individual passenger fare‑paying basis excluding transportation by a sightseeing bus, school bus or taxi or a vehicle not operated on a scheduled route basis.
47. "Reconstructed vehicle" means a vehicle that has been assembled or constructed largely by means of essential parts, new or used, derived from vehicles or makes of vehicles of various names, models and types or that, if originally otherwise constructed, has been materially altered by the removal of essential parts or by the addition or substitution of essential parts, new or used, derived from other vehicles or makes of vehicles. For the purposes of this paragraph, "essential parts" means integral and body parts, the removal, alteration or substitution of which will tend to conceal the identity or substantially alter the appearance of the vehicle.
48. "Residence district" means the territory contiguous to and including a highway not comprising a business district if the property on the highway for a distance of three hundred feet or more is in the main improved with residences or residences and buildings in use for business.
49. "Right‑of‑way" when used within the context of the regulation of the movement of traffic on a highway means the privilege of the immediate use of the highway. Right‑of‑way when used within the context of the real property on which transportation facilities and appurtenances to the facilities are constructed or maintained means the lands or interest in lands within the right‑of‑way boundaries.
50. "School bus" means a motor vehicle that is designed for carrying more than ten passengers and that is either:
(a) Owned by any public or governmental agency or other institution and operated for the transportation of children to or from home or school on a regularly scheduled basis.
(b) Privately owned and operated for compensation for the transportation of children to or from home or school on a regularly scheduled basis.
51. "Semitrailer" means a vehicle that is with or without motive power, other than a pole trailer, that is designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and that is constructed so that some part of its weight and that of its load rests on or is carried by another vehicle. For the purposes of this paragraph, "pole trailer" has the same meaning prescribed in section 28‑601.
52. "State" means a state of the United States and the District of Columbia.
53. "State highway" means a state route or portion of a state route that is accepted and designated by the board as a state highway and that is maintained by the state.
54. "State route" means a right‑of‑way whether actually used as a highway or not that is designated by the board as a location for the construction of a state highway.
55. "Street" or "highway" means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way if a part of the way is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.
56. "Taxi" means a motor vehicle that has a seating capacity not exceeding fifteen passengers, including the driver, that is registered as a taxi in this state or any other state, that provides passenger services and that:
(a) Does not primarily operate on a regular route or between specified places.
(b) Offers local transportation for a fare determined on the basis of the distance traveled or prearranged ground transportation service as defined in section 28‑141 for a predetermined fare.
57. "Traffic survival school" means a school that offers educational sessions to drivers who are required to attend and successfully complete educational sessions pursuant to this title that are designed to improve the safety and habits of drivers and that are approved by the department.
58. "Trailer" means a vehicle that is with or without motive power, other than a pole trailer, that is designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and that is constructed so that no part of its weight rests on the towing vehicle. A semitrailer equipped with an auxiliary front axle commonly known as a dolly is deemed to be a trailer. For the purposes of this paragraph, "pole trailer" has the same meaning prescribed in section 28‑601.
59. "Transportation network company" has the same meaning prescribed in section 28‑9551.
60. "Transportation network company vehicle" has the same meaning prescribed in section 28‑9551.
61. "Transportation network service" has the same meaning prescribed in section 28‑9551.
62. "Truck" means a motor vehicle designed or used primarily for the carrying of property other than the effects of the driver or passengers and includes a motor vehicle to which has been added a box, a platform or other equipment for such carrying.
63. "Truck tractor" means a motor vehicle that is designed and used primarily for drawing other vehicles and that is not constructed to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the vehicle and load drawn.
64. "Vehicle" means a device in, on or by which a person or property is or may be transported or drawn on a public highway, excluding devices moved by human power or used exclusively on stationary rails or tracks.
65. "Vehicle transporter" means either:
(a) A truck tractor capable of carrying a load and drawing a semitrailer.
(b) A truck tractor with a stinger‑steered fifth wheel capable of carrying a load and drawing a semitrailer or a truck tractor with a dolly mounted fifth wheel that is securely fastened to the truck tractor at two or more points and that is capable of carrying a load and drawing a semitrailer.
Sec. 2. Section 28-2401, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
28-2401. Definitions
In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Immediate family member" means a spouse or a parent, child, brother or sister whether by adoption or blood.
2. "Special plates" means plates issued pursuant to this article or pursuant to section 28‑2515.
Sec. 3. Repeal
Section 28‑2515, Arizona Revised Statutes, is repealed.
Sec. 4. Section 28-9501, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
28-9501. Definition of taxi meter
In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Commercial device" means any measuring device that is used to determine the direct cost of things or used to establish a fee for service if the cost is based on measure.
2. "taxi meter" means a commercial device that meets the requirements of the national institute of standards and technology handbook 44 as prescribed by section 3‑3413 automatically calculates at a predetermined rate the charge for the hire of a vehicle and that indicates the charge.
Sec. 5. Section 28-9502, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
28-9502. Powers and duties
A. The department shall:
1. adopt any
rules necessary to carry out this chapter and adopt reasonable rules for the
enforcement of this chapter. These rules have the force and effect of law and
shall be adopted pursuant to title 41, chapter 6. In
adopting these rules, the director shall consider, as far as is practicable,
the requirements established by other states and by authority of the United
States, except that rules may not be made in conflict with this chapter.
B. The department may:
2. 1. Investigate
complaints made to the department concerning violations of this chapter and, on
its own initiative, conduct investigations it deems appropriate in order to
develop information relating to prevailing procedures in commercial quantity for taxi meter rate determination and possible violations of this
chapter and to promote accuracy in the determination and representation of
quantity in commercial transactions taxi meter rates.
3. 2. Inspect and test
taxi meters by a random
systematic method determined by the director or in response to a complaint by
the public to determine whether the taxi meters meet the requirements of the national institute of standards and
technology handbook 44 as prescribed by section 3‑3413 the department by rule.
4. 3. Apply to any
court of competent jurisdiction for a temporary or permanent injunction
restraining any person from violating this chapter.
5. Report to the governor
on or before August 1 of each year and at such other times as may be required
on the work accomplished under this chapter.
6. 4. Subject to
title 41, chapter 4, article 4, employ such personnel as needed to assist in
administering this chapter.
B. Testing and inspection
conducted pursuant to this chapter shall be done, to the extent practicable,
without prior notice, by a random systematic method determined by the director
or in response to a complaint by the public.
C. During the course of an investigation or an enforcement action by the department, information regarding the complainant is confidential and is exempt from title 39, chapter 1 unless the complainant authorizes the information to be public.
Sec. 6. Section 28-9503, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
28-9503. Taxi meter permits; fees; violation; classification
A. A person may not use a commercial device unless the device is licensed as provided in this chapter.
B. A license shall be obtained annually from the department on forms prescribed and furnished by the department. The fee, as determined by the director by rule, shall be submitted with the prescribed form. A license shall be obtained not later than thirty days following the first day of commercial use for original installations. If the ownership of a licensed device is transferred, the ownership of the license may be transferred. On transfer of a license, new licensees shall notify the department of the licensee's name and address and the location of the device.
A. A taxi, livery vehicle or limousine may not operate in this state unless the owner of the taxi, livery vehicle or limousine is issued a permit by the department. The owner may apply to the department on forms prescribed by the department. The department shall charge and collect an application fee of twenty‑four dollars per vehicle for a three-year permit, not to exceed a total of one thousand dollars per applicant.
B. The department shall issue a permit to an applicant that meets the requirements of this article.
C. A taxi, livery vehicle or limousine owner shall maintain an agent for service of process in this state.
C. d. If a fare is based on time or mileage or both time and mileage, a taxi shall have a commercial device and shall obtain a license as prescribed by the department taxi meter, except that if the service offered by the taxi is a prearranged ground transportation service as prescribed in section 28‑141 for a predetermined fare, a taxi is not required to use a commercial device taxi meter.
D. e. The department may not issue a license permit for a taxi, livery vehicle or limousine unless the taxi, livery vehicle or limousine meets the requirements for both of the following:
1. Motor vehicle licensing as prescribed by the department.
2. Motor vehicle insurance as prescribed by section 28‑4033.
E. f. The department shall revoke a license permit if the taxi, livery vehicle or limousine fails to maintain the requirements for either of the following:
1. Motor vehicle licensing as prescribed by the department.
2. Motor vehicle insurance as prescribed by section 28‑4033.
F. g. A taxi, or livery vehicle or limousine shall have a license permit issued under this chapter posted on the outside of the rear window as required by the department. A limousine shall carry a license issued under this chapter inside the vehicle at all times.
G. h. A taxi that is licensed issued a permit by the department and that offers local transportation for a fare determined on the basis of the distance traveled or prearranged ground transportation service as prescribed in section 28‑141 for a predetermined fare is not required to be additionally licensed have an additional permit as a livery vehicle.
H. i. A person or the person's agent who knowingly files with the department any notice, statement or other document required under this section that is false or that contains any material misstatement of fact is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.
Sec. 7. Section 28-9506, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
28-9506. Taxi and livery vehicle signage
A. A taxi or livery vehicle shall display interior signage that contains all of the following information either on an interior sign
that is readily visible and that is either in a print or an electronic format
or on a digital network or software application:
B. 1. The licensee's business name and address. and
that is all of the following:
1. Permanent.
2. In letters at least
one‑half inch in height.
3. Readily visible.
4. 2. Accurately representative An accurate representation of all fares and the
fare computation method.
B. 3. A taxi or livery vehicle shall display interior signage that
contains The
driver's name and is readily visible to passengers.
C. B. At a minimum, a taxi is required to display readily visible exterior signage
trade dress as defined in section 28-9551 that contains the licensee's business name and telephone number, that contains
the word "taxi" or "cab". and that is all
of the following:
1. Permanent.
2. In letters at least
three inches in height.
3. Readily visible and a
minimum of one inch in height for fare information.
4. Accurately
representative of all fares and the fare computation method.
Sec. 8. Section 28-9521, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
28-9521. Unlawful use of taxi meter; authorization to prevent such use; seizure; violation; classification
A. When any commercial
device taxi meter specified
in this chapter is in commercial use and a valid license
for the device
permit has not been procured by the owner, the owner's agent or the
operator of the device taxi meter, the department,
after giving notice of the licensing permit requirements to the
owner, the owner's agent or the operator, shall prohibit the further commercial
use of the unlicensed device taxi meter until the proper license permit has been issued. The department may employ and attach to the device such
forms, notices or security seals as it considers necessary to prevent the
continued unauthorized use of the device.
B. A registered service
representative may also:
1. With approval of the
department, remove an official rejection tag placed on a commercial device.
2. Place in service,
until an official examination can be made, a commercial device that has been
officially rejected or placed out of service.
3. Place in service,
until an official examination can be made, a commercial device for which a
commercial device application has been completed and submitted to the
department.
C. B. The owner of
any business who has not applied for and has not been issued a license permit by the department for the right to do business
involving the use of a commercial device by the
department taxi
meter and who is found selling or offering for sale or delivering or
distributing to a consumer is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor, and the
department shall confiscate and seize the commercial
device or any other such measuring device taxi meter used by the business for the sale, delivery or distribution as evidence.
D. C. The director
and any other authorized personnel are not liable to the owner or any other
persons, firms, partnerships, corporations, trusts or agencies for damages,
directly or indirectly, caused by or resulting from the seizure.
E. D. If a commercial device
licensed pursuant to this chapter
taxi meter is used
contrary to any provision of this chapter or any rule adopted pursuant to this
chapter, the department, in addition to any other penalty imposed by this
chapter, shall suspend, revoke or refuse to renew the license permit.
Sec. 9. Section 28-9523, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
28-9523. Violations; classification; jurisdiction
A. A person is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor who:
1. Knowingly hinders, interferes with or obstructs
in any way the director or any of the director's agents or inspectors in
entering the premises where a commercial device taxi meter may be kept for
inspecting or testing or in the performance of the director's
official duties of the
director or the director's agent's agents or inspector's official duties inspectors.
2. Impersonates in any way the director or any of the director's agents or inspectors by the use of the director's seal or a counterfeit of the director's seal or in any other manner.
3. Uses, or has in possession for the purpose of
using for any a commercial purpose, sells, offers or exposes for sale or hire, or has
in possession for the purpose of selling or hiring an incorrect weight or measure or any device or instrument taxi meter used or
calculated to falsify any weight or measure the accuracy of the taxi meter.
4. Sells, or offers or
exposes for sale, less than the quantity the person represents of any
commodity, thing or service.
5. Takes more than the
quantity the person represents of any commodity, thing or service, when, as
buyer, the person furnishes the weight or measure by means of which the amount
of the commodity, thing or service is determined.
B. A person is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor who:
1. Uses, or has in
possession for the purpose of current use for any commercial purpose, a weight
or measure that does not bear a seal or mark of approval based on an inspection
and test, unless the weight or measure has been exempted from testing by order
of the department, or unless the device has been placed in service as provided
in this chapter. Any person or persons making use of a commercial
device that is subject to this chapter shall report to the director or the
director's representatives, in writing, the number and location of the
commercial device and shall promptly report the installation of any new
commercial device.
2. Disposes of any rejected
or condemned weight or measure in a manner contrary to law or rule.
3. Removes from any
weight or measure, contrary to law or rule, any tag, seal or mark placed on the
weight or measure by the appropriate authority pursuant to this chapter.
4. Keeps for the purpose
of selling, advertising or offering or exposing for sale or sells any
commodity, thing or service in a condition or manner contrary to law or rule.
5. 1. Uses in retail trade, except in the preparation of
packages put up in advance of sale and of medical prescriptions, a weight or
measure a taxi meter that
is so positioned that its indications cannot be accurately read and the weighing, metering, measuring or counting operation cannot be
observed from some position that may reasonably be assumed by a customer.
6. 2. Violates this
chapter or rules adopted under this chapter. A continuing violation
may be deemed to be a separate violation each day during which the violation is
committed for the purpose of imposing a fine.
C. The provisions of this section are in addition to and not in limitation of any other provision of law.
D. The attorney general and the county attorney shall have concurrent jurisdiction to prosecute violations of this chapter.
Sec. 10. Section 28-9524, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
28-9524. Presumptive evidence of use
When a weight, measure, meter,
counter or commercial device taxi meter is in or about any place in which or from which buying or selling a vehicle hire transaction is commonly carried
on, there shall be is a rebuttable presumption
that the weight, measure, meter, counter or
commercial device taxi
meter is regularly used for the business purpose of the place.
Sec. 11. Section 28-9525, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
28-9525. Civil penalties
A. A person who violates this chapter, any rule of
the department or any license permit requirement is
subject to a civil penalty imposed by the director. A person who
violates this chapter, any rule of the department or any license permit requirement may request a hearing to review a civil
penalty imposed under this section. The department shall conduct the
hearing in accordance with title 41, chapter 6, article 10. Except as prescribed in subsection B of this section,
The civil penalty may not exceed one thousand five hundred dollars for each infraction or more than ten thousand dollars for any thirty‑day
period at each business location or for
each public weighmaster, provided that no person shall be assessed more than
fifty thousand dollars per thirty‑day period.
B. The director may
double the maximum civil penalty if any of the following applies:
1. A commercial device is
found to be in violation with results that favor the retailer at more than
twice the allowable tolerance as stated in national institute of standards and
technology handbook 44.
2. A package is found to
exceed the maximum allowable variation for the labeled quantity allowed in
national institute of standards and technology handbook 133 or the average
error of the lot is twice the sample error limit in favor of the retailer.
3. A maximum civil
penalty has been imposed on a retailer for a price posting or price
verification violation and in a reinspection, if conducted within ninety days,
the failure rate is ten percent or more and at least one error is in favor of
the retailer.
C. B. The attorney
general shall bring actions to recover civil penalties pursuant to this section
in the superior court in the county in which the violation occurred or in a
county where the agency has its office. All monies derived from
civil penalties shall be deposited, pursuant to sections 35‑146 and 35‑147,
in the state general fund.
Sec. 12. Title 28, chapter 30, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 28-9527, to read:
28-9527. Transaction privilege tax prohibited
A taxi, livery vehicle or limousine owner or driver that has a license issued pursuant to article 1 of this chapter may not be required to pay transaction privilege tax or any similar tax imposed by any taxing authority in this state on transactions in which a taxi, livery vehicle or limousine is providing passenger services.
Sec. 13. Section 28-9551, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
28-9551. Definitions
In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Digital network or software application" means any online‑enabled application, software, website or system that is offered or used by a transportation network company and that enables a potential passenger to arrange a ride with a transportation network company driver.
2. "Limousine" means a motor vehicle providing prearranged ground transportation service for an individual passenger, or a group of passengers, that is arranged in advance or is operated on a regular route or between specified points and includes ground transportation under a contract or agreement for services that includes a fixed rate or time and is provided in a motor vehicle with a seating capacity not exceeding fifteen passengers, including the driver.
3. "Livery vehicle" means a motor vehicle that:
(a) Has a seating capacity not exceeding fifteen passengers, including the driver.
(b) Provides passenger services for a fare determined by a flat rate or flat hourly rate between geographic zones or within a geographic area.
(c) Is available for hire on an exclusive or shared‑ride basis.
(d) May do any of the following:
(i) Operate on a regular route or between specified places.
(ii) Offer prearranged ground transportation service as defined in section 28‑141.
(iii) Offer on demand ground transportation service pursuant to a contract with a public airport, licensed business entity or organization.
4. "Person" means both the plural and the singular, as the case demands, and includes individuals, partnerships, corporations, companies, societies and associations.
5. "Taxi" means a motor vehicle that has a seating capacity not exceeding fifteen passengers, including the driver, that is registered as a taxi in this state or any other state, that provides passenger services and that:
(a) Does not primarily operate on a regular route or between specified places.
(b) Offers local transportation for a fare determined on the basis of the distance traveled or prearranged ground transportation service as defined in section 28‑141 for a predetermined fare.
6. 2. "Trade dress" means a removable and distinct logo, insignia or emblem attached to or visible from the exterior of either of the following:
(a) A transportation network company vehicle during the performance of transportation network services.
(b) A taxi while providing passenger services.
7. 3. "Transportation network company" means an entity that has been issued a permit pursuant to this article, that operates in this state, that uses a digital network or software application to connect passengers to transportation network services provided by transportation network company drivers and that may but is not deemed to own, operate or control a personal motor vehicle of a transportation network company driver. Transportation network company does not include the following:
(a) This state or a county, city, town or political subdivision of this state and any related entity, a nonprofit agency or any other public body that coordinates, operates, promotes or sponsors public transportation, or carpool or vanpool services.
(b) A program that is in place to meet federal air quality standards pursuant to section 49‑404.
(c) Any individual, company or activity that meets the requirements of a rental car agent or rental company as defined in section 20-331 if all of the following apply:
(i) Transportation is provided to another person or is arranged by the rental company but provided by another person.
(ii) The route is predetermined.
(iii) Any money exchanged between the provider of the transportation and the recipient does not exceed the cost of providing the transportation.
8. 4. "Transportation network company driver" means an individual who receives connections to potential passengers and related services from a transportation network company in exchange for payment of a fee to the transportation network company and who operates a motor vehicle that is both of the following:
(a) Owned, leased or otherwise authorized for use by the individual.
(b) Used to provide transportation network services.
9. 5. "Transportation network company vehicle" means a motor vehicle that meets all of the following:
(a) Has a seating capacity not exceeding eight passengers, including the driver.
(b) Is authorized by a transportation network company.
(c) Is used by a transportation network company driver to provide transportation network services.
10. 6. "Transportation network services" means the transportation of a passenger between points chosen by the passenger and arranged with a transportation network company driver through the use of a transportation network company's digital network or software application beginning when a transportation network company driver accepts a request for transportation network services received through the transportation network company's digital network or software application, continuing while the transportation network company driver provides transportation network services in a transportation network company vehicle and ending when the passenger exits the transportation network company vehicle or when the trip is canceled.
Sec. 14. Section 42-5062, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
42-5062. Transporting classification
A. The transporting classification is comprised of the business of transporting for hire persons, freight or property by motor vehicle, railroads or aircraft from one point to another point in this state. The transporting classification does not include:
1. Transporting for hire persons, freight or property by:
(a) Motor carriers subject to a fee prescribed in title 28, chapter 16, article 4. or by
(b) Light motor vehicles subject to a fee under title 28, chapter 15, article 4. ,
(c) Transportation network companies subject to a fee prescribed by pursuant to section 28‑9552. or
(d) Transportation network company drivers on transactions involving transportation network services as defined in section 28‑9551.
(e) owners or drivers of taxis, livery vehicles or limousines that are issued permits pursuant to section 28‑9503.
2. The business of transporting for hire persons traveling in air commerce by aircraft if taxation of the business is preempted by federal law.
3. Ambulances or ambulance services provided under title 48 or certified pursuant to title 36, chapter 21.1 or provided by a city or town in a county with a population of less than one hundred fifty thousand persons as determined in the most recent United States decennial census.
4. Public transportation program services for the dial-a-ride programs and special needs transportation services.
5. Transporting freight or property for hire by a railroad operating exclusively in this state if the transportation comprises a portion of a single shipment of freight or property, involving more than one railroad, either from a point in this state to a point outside this state or from a point outside this state to a point in this state. For the purposes of this paragraph, "a single shipment" means the transportation that begins at the point at which one of the railroads first takes possession of the freight or property and continues until the point at which one of the railroads relinquishes possession of the freight or property to a party other than one of the railroads.
6. Arranging transportation as a convenience or service to a person's customers if that person is not otherwise engaged in the business of transporting persons, freight or property for hire. This exception does not apply to businesses that dispatch vehicles pursuant to customer orders and send the billings and receive the payments associated with that activity, including when the transportation is performed by third-party independent contractors. For the purposes of this paragraph, "arranging" includes billing for or collecting transportation charges from a person's customers on behalf of the persons providing the transportation.
B. The tax base for the transporting classification is the gross proceeds of sales or gross income derived from the business, except that the following shall be deducted from the tax base:
1. The gross proceeds of sales or gross income derived from transporting for hire persons, freight or property by a railroad pursuant to a contract with another railroad that is also considered to be engaged in the businesses of transporting persons, freight or property for hire if the other railroad is liable for the tax on gross proceeds of sales or gross income attributable to the transportation.
2. The gross proceeds of sales or gross income derived from business activity that is properly included in any other business classification under this article and that is taxable to the person engaged in that classification, but the gross proceeds of sales or gross income to be deducted shall not exceed the consideration paid to the person conducting the activity.
3. The gross proceeds of sales or gross income derived from a business activity that is arranged by the person who is subject to tax under this section and that is not taxable to the person conducting the activity due to an exclusion, exemption or deduction under this section or section 42‑5073, but the gross proceeds of sales or gross income to be deducted shall not exceed the consideration paid to the person conducting the activity.
4. The gross proceeds of sales or gross income derived from business activity that is arranged by a person who is subject to tax under this section and that is taxable to another person under this section who conducts the activity, but the gross proceeds of sales or gross income to be deducted shall not exceed the consideration paid to the person conducting the activity.
5. The gross proceeds of sales or gross income derived from transporting fertilizer by a railroad from a point in this state to another point in this state.