Bill Text: AZ HB2069 | 2019 | Fifty-fourth Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced


Bill Title: Text messaging while driving; prohibition

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-20 - House PS Committee action: Do Pass, voting: (4-3-0-0-0-0) [HB2069 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2019-HB2069-Introduced.html

 

 

PREFILED    JAN 14 2019

REFERENCE TITLE: text messaging while driving; prohibition

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-fourth Legislature

First Regular Session

2019

 

 

 

HB 2069

 

Introduced by

Representative Kavanagh

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending title 28, chapter 3, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding article 22; relating to traffic and vehicle regulation.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 


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

Section 1.  Title 28, chapter 3, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding article 22, to read:

ARTICLE 22.  TEXT MESSAGING WHILE DRIVING

START_STATUTE28-1211.  Text messaging while driving; prohibition; exceptions

A.  A person may not operate a motor vehicle on a highway while using a wireless communication device to manually write or send a written message.

B.  This section does not apply to any of the following:

1.  Law enforcement and safety personnel while in performance of official duties.

2.  Drivers of authorized emergency vehicles while in performance of official duties.

3.  The use of a wireless communication device for global positioning or navigation services. END_STATUTE

START_STATUTE28-1212.  Nonmoving violation; civil penalties; accident reports

A.  A violation of this article is a nonmoving civil traffic violation.

B.  If a person commits a first violation of this article and the person is not involved in a motor vehicle accident, the person is subject to a civil penalty of $100.

C.  If a person commits a second or subsequent violation of this article and the person is not involved in a motor vehicle accident, the person is subject to a civil penalty of $300.

D.  If a person violates this article and the person is involved in a motor vehicle accident, the person is subject to a civil penalty of $500 except that if the accident results in the death of another person, the person is subject to a civil penalty of $10,000.

E.  If a person is cited for violating this article, the person is involved in a motor vehicle accident and a written accident report is required pursuant to article 4 of this chapter, the law enforcement officer investigating the accident shall indicate on the written accident form the person's use of a wireless communication device to manually write or send a written message at the time of the accident. END_STATUTE

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