Senate Engrossed

State of Arizona Senate Fifty-second Legislature Second Regular Session 2016

SENATE BILL 1241

 

AN ACT

 

repealing section 28-1206, Arizona Revised Statutes; amending title 28, chapter 3, article 21, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding a new section 28‑1206; relating to photo enforcement systems.

 

 

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

Section 1.  Repeal

Section 28-1206, Arizona Revised Statutes, is repealed.

Sec. 2.  Title 28, chapter 3, article 21, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section 28-1206, to read:

START_STATUTE28-1206.  Photo enforcement system; prohibited use

this state or a local authority may not use a photo enforcement system On a state highway in this state to identify violators of article 3 or 6 of this chapter.END_STATUTE

Sec. 3.  Legislative intent

Pursuant to section 41-1107, Arizona Revised Statutes, it is the legislature's intent to:

1.  Keep the enforcement of the laws in this state in the hands of trained law enforcement officers who are authorized by the people of this state to enforce the laws.

2.  Protect the citizens of this state from the abuses that accompany the outsourcing of law enforcement to private, for-profit entities.

3.  Ensure that the purpose of law enforcement remains to serve and protect and not to generate revenue for governments.