REFERENCE TITLE: criminal speeding

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-fourth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2020

HB 2473

Introduced by

Representative Payne

AN ACT

amending section 28‑701.02, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to vehicle speed restrictions.

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

Section 1.  Section 28-701.02, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE28-701.02.  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. END_STATUTE