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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Seventh Legislature, Second Regular Session
traffic schools; instructors; fingerprint clearance
Purpose
Requires instructors who are employed by or under contract with a traffic survival school to provide the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) with a standard fingerprint clearance card.
Background
A person may not act as a traffic survival school unless the person applies for and obtains a license from the Director of ADOT (Director) in a manner and form prescribed by the Director. Rules adopted by the Director must state the requirements for a traffic survival school license, including requirements concerning location, equipment, courses of instruction, previous records of the school and instructors and a requirement that course of instruction must: 1) consist of at least eight hours of instruction and include information relating to aggressive driving; and 2) be offered and completed in person and may not be offered online unless the Governor declares a state of emergency or ADOT issues a person a one-time waiver of the in-person requirement when the person demonstrates that completing the course in person would impose a substantial burden on the person. Each applicant for a traffic survival school license who owns 20 percent or more of an entity and each partner or stakeholder who owns 20 percent or more of an entity who seeks licensure must provide ADOT or a contracted private entity of ADOT with a valid fingerprint clearance card (A.R.S. § 28-3413).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.
Provisions
1. Requires each instructor who is employed by or under contract with a traffic survival school to provide ADOT or a contracted private entity of ADOT with a standard fingerprint clearance card.
2. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
House Action
TI 2/4/26 DP 7-0-0-0
3rd Read 2/26/26 49-3-8
Prepared by Senate Research
March 20, 2026
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