Bill Text: AZ HB2420 | 2016 | Fifty-second Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Unlawful flight from law enforcement

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-05 - Introduced in House and read first time [HB2420 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2016-HB2420-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: unlawful flight from law enforcement

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-second Legislature

Second Regular Session

2016

 

 

HB 2420

 

Introduced by

Representative Farnsworth E

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending section 28-622.01, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to traffic laws.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

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

Section 1.  Section 28-622.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE28-622.01.  Unlawful flight from pursuing law enforcement vehicle; violation; classification

A driver of a motor vehicle who wilfully flees or attempts to elude a pursuing official law enforcement vehicle that is being operated in the manner described in section 28‑624, subsection C is guilty of a class 5 felony.  The law enforcement vehicle shall be appropriately marked to show that it is an official law enforcement vehicle. END_STATUTE