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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session |
House: TI DP 7-0-0-0 |
HB2399: ADOT; revisions
Sponsor: Representative Biasiucci, LD 30
Caucus & COW
Overview
Contains various revisions for the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT).
History
A person must not drive a vehicle carrying fewer than two persons, including the driver, in a high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane any time the HOV lane is restricted to vehicles carrying two or more persons, including the driver, except: 1) a tow truck operator during the performance of a tow truck operator's duties; 2) a person driving a motorcycle; 3) a person driving a public transportation vehicle; and 4) an authorized emergency vehicle in use by a first responder in the line of duty (A.R.S. § 28-737).
ADOT must issue Honorary Consular Official Special Plates to a citizen of the United States or a permanent resident of this country who submits satisfactory proof to ADOT that the citizen or permanent resident is appointed by a foreign country to facilitate and promote the interest of the foreign country with this state (A.R.S § 28-2410).
An instruction permit or driver license application must include statutorily prescribed information about the applicant (A.R.S. § 28-3158).
An application for a nonoperating identification license must briefly describe the applicant, state whether the applicant has been licensed and if so the type of license issued, when and by what state or country and whether any such license is under suspension, revocation or cancellation (A.S.R. § 28-3165).
ADOT must require a licensee to update the licensee's photograph if the license has not been updated in the preceding 12 years (A.S.R. § 28-3173).
A use fuel tax of $0.09 per gallon is imposed on use fuel used in a motor vehicle transporting forest products on a highway in this state (A.R.S. § 28-5606).
All highways, roads or streets that have been constructed, laid out, opened, established or maintained for 10 years or more by the state or an agency or political subdivision of the state before January 1, 1960 are declared public highways (A.R.S. § 28-7041).
Provisions
Blood Transport Vehicle on HOV lane
1. Allows blood transport vehicles to use the HOV lane if the vehicle displays on each side and on the rear of the vehicle a removable sign or decal indicating the vehicle is transporting human blood or blood products. (Sec. 3)
2. Restricts blood transport vehicles from using the HOV lane if ADOT deems them to degrade the lane. (Sec. 2)
3. Defines blood transport vehicle as a motor vehicle that is owned or operated by a nonprofit general blood banking operation, a nonprofit blood bank or a nonprofit blood bank's agent and that is transporting blood or blood products between collection points, hospitals or blood storage centers. (Sec. 3)
Honorary Consular Official Special Plate Repeal
4. Repeals the Honorary Consular Official Special Plates. (Sec. 4)
5. Requires ADOT to recall the Honorary Consular Official Special Plates. (Sec. 16)
6. Tasks ADOT with issuing each person a standard license plate in lieu of the Honorary Consular Official Special Plate. (Sec. 16)
Driver License and Instruction Permit
7. Allows, rather than requires, an instruction permit or driver license application to include:
a. a brief description of the applicant and any other identifying information required by ADOT;
b. whether the applicant has been licensed, and if so, the type of license issued, when the license was issued and what state or country issued the license;
c. if the applicant was never licensed, the applicant's last previous state or country of residence; and
d. the applicant's social security number. (Sec. 5)
8. Adds to the list of items allowed to be included into an instruction permit or driver license other information required by ADOT. (Sec. 5)
Nonoperating Identification License
9. Permits as necessary, rather than directs, ADOT to require other identifying information from a nonoperating identification license applicant. (Sec. 6)
10. Removes the requirement that the application for a nonoperating identification license must briefly describe the applicant, state whether the applicant has been licensed and if so the type of license issued, when and by what state or country and whether any such license is under suspension, revocation or cancellation. (Sec. 6)
License Update
11. Instructs ADOT to require a licensee to update the licensee's photograph if the license has not been updated in the preceding 16 years, rather than 12 years. (Sec. 7)
12. Allows the ADOT Director to update the licensee's license at any time during the 16-year, rather than 12-year period, from the date of issuance. (Sec. 7)
Evidence-base Psychotherapy
13. Conforms evidence-based psychotherapy for a driving under the influence conviction with requirements on certified ignition interlock devices. (Sec. 8)
14. Defines evidence-based psychotherapy. (Sec. 8)
Use Fuel Tax
15. Eliminates the imposition of a use fuel tax of $0.09 per gallon used in a motor vehicle transporting forest products on a highway. (Sec. 11)
16. Removes the possibility for a person transporting forest products on a highway from applying to ADOT for a refund of the difference between the amount of use fuel tax paid and the use fuel tax rate prescribed for a motor vehicle transporting forest products. (Sec. 12)
Primitive Road Designation
17. Allows the ADOT Director, or the Director's designee, to designate a state highway or route as a primitive road. (Sec. 14)
18. Exempts this state or its employees from being held liable for damages or injuries resulting from the use of a primitive road, except for intentional injuries or gross negligence caused by an employee acting within the scope of the employee's employment. (Sec. 14)
19. Requires ADOT to place signs on each road designated as a primitive road in locations adequate to warn the public. (Sec. 14)
20. Mandates the signs to state Primitive road, caution, use at your own risk. This surface is not regularly maintained. (Sec. 14)
Failure to Register Aircraft
21. States that a notice of the assessment of an unregistered aircraft is deemed to be completed at the time of electronic transmission, rather than personal delivery. (Sec. 15)
22. Clarifies that the ADOT Director must give a notice, rather than a written notice, of the assessment to the aircraft's owner. (Sec. 15)
23. Removes the requirement that the notice must be given by either mailing in a postage prepaid sealed envelope addressed to the aircraft's owner at the owner's address as it appears in ADOT's records or by delivery in person. (Sec. 15)
Miscellaneous
24. Stipulates that any person, rather than a person who holds a driver license permit or license, who is found responsible for a moving civil traffic violation while the person is under 18 years old, is subject to attend traffic survival school or having their driving privilege suspended. (Sec. 9)
25. Requires ADOT to publish a notice of the ADOT Director's intention to allow the disposition of a junk vehicle on ADOT's website for at least 30 days, rather than once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county which the junk vehicle was found. (Sec. 10)
26. Eliminates the requirement for ADOT to issue an Alternative Fuel Vehicle Special Plate or sticker in accordance with the separate classification for taxation purposes of motor vehicles powered by alternative fuel. (Sec. 13)
27. Defines apply and application. (Sec. 1)
28. Makes conforming and technical changes. (Sec. 1-3, 8, 11, 12, 14)
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