Bill Text: AZ HB2543 | 2011 | Fiftieth Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Vehicle accident report; technical correction

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-24 - Introduced [HB2543 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2011-HB2543-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: vehicle accident report; technical correction

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fiftieth Legislature

First Regular Session

2011

 

 

HB 2543

 

Introduced by

Representative Yee

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending section 28-669, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to accidents.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

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

Section 1.  Section 28-669, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE28-669.  Accident report forms

A.  The department shall prepare and on request supply to police departments, sheriffs and other suitable agencies forms for accident reports required under this article that are appropriate with respect to the persons required to make the reports and the purposes to be served.  The written reports required to be made by investigating officers shall call for sufficiently detailed information to disclose with reference to a traffic accident the cause, the conditions then existing and the persons and vehicles involved.

B.  An accident report required to be made in writing shall be made on the appropriate form approved by the department and shall contain all of the information required in the form unless it is not available.

C.  The department shall modify the written accident report form in conjunction with state and local law enforcement agencies, engineering agencies and emergency medical service organizations. END_STATUTE