Bill Text: AZ SB1393 | 2013 | Fifty-first Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Texting while driving; mass transit

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-19 - Referred to Senate PS Committee [SB1393 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2013-SB1393-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: texting while driving; mass transit

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-first Legislature

First Regular Session

2013

 

 

SB 1393

 

Introduced by

Senators McGuire, Farley, Landrum Taylor, Lopez: Bradley, Jackson Jr., Tovar

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending title 28, chapter 3, article 15, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 28-913; relating to the use of handheld wireless communication devices while driving.

 

 

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

Section 1.  Title 28, chapter 3, article 15, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 28-913, to read:

START_STATUTE28-913.  Handheld wireless communication device use while operating mass transit; prohibition

A person may not use a handheld wireless communication device to make or receive a telephone call, to engage in a telephone conversation or to manually write, send or read a written message while operating mass transit. END_STATUTE