Bill Text: AZ SB1381 | 2010 | Forty-ninth Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Venture trucks; regulations
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-04 - Referred to Senate NRIPD Committee [SB1381 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2010-SB1381-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: venture trucks; regulations |
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State of Arizona Senate Forty-ninth Legislature Second Regular Session 2010
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SB 1381 |
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Introduced by Senators Gould: Allen S, Nelson
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AN ACT
amending sections 28‑101, 28‑892, 28‑943, 28‑958.01, 28‑959, 28‑966, 28‑2052, 28‑2058, 28‑2153 and 28‑4132, Arizona Revised Statutes; amending title 28, chapter 7, article 15, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 28‑2517; relating to motor vehicles.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 28-101, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
28-101. Definitions
In this title, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Alcohol" means any substance containing any form of alcohol, including ethanol, methanol, propynol and isopropynol.
2. "Alcohol concentration" if expressed as a percentage means either:
(a) The number of grams of alcohol per one hundred milliliters of blood.
(b) The number of grams of alcohol per two hundred ten liters of breath.
3. "All‑terrain vehicle" means a motor vehicle that satisfies all of the following:
(a) Is designed primarily for recreational nonhighway all‑terrain travel.
(b) Is fifty or fewer inches in width.
(c) Has an unladen weight of eight hundred pounds or less.
(d) Travels on three or more low pressure tires.
(e) Has a seat to be straddled by the operator and handlebars for steering control.
(f) Is operated on a public highway.
4. "Authorized emergency vehicle" means any of the following:
(a) A fire department vehicle.
(b) A police vehicle.
(c) An ambulance or emergency vehicle of a municipal department or public service corporation that is designated or authorized by the department or a local authority.
(d) Any other ambulance, fire truck or rescue vehicle that is authorized by the department in its sole discretion and that meets liability insurance requirements prescribed by the department.
5. "Aviation fuel" means all flammable liquids composed of a mixture of selected hydrocarbons expressly manufactured and blended for the purpose of effectively and efficiently operating an internal combustion engine for use in an aircraft but does not include fuel for jet or turbine powered aircraft.
6. "Bicycle" means a device, including a racing wheelchair, that is propelled by human power and on which a person may ride and that has either:
(a) Two tandem wheels, either of which is more than sixteen inches in diameter.
(b) Three wheels in contact with the ground, any of which is more than sixteen inches in diameter.
7. "Board" means the transportation board.
8. "Bus" means a motor vehicle designed for carrying sixteen or more passengers, including the driver.
9. "Business district" means the territory contiguous to and including a highway if there are buildings in use for business or industrial purposes within any six hundred feet along the highway, including hotels, banks or office buildings, railroad stations and public buildings that occupy at least three hundred feet of frontage on one side or three hundred feet collectively on both sides of the highway.
10. "Combination of vehicles" means a truck or truck tractor and semitrailer and any trailer that it tows but does not include a forklift designed for the purpose of loading or unloading the truck, trailer or semitrailer.
11. "Controlled substance" means a substance so classified under section 102(6) of the controlled substances act (21 United States Code section 802(6)) and includes all substances listed in schedules I through V of 21 Code of Federal Regulations part 1308.
12. "Conviction" means:
(a) An unvacated adjudication of guilt or a determination that a person violated or failed to comply with the law in a court of original jurisdiction or by an authorized administrative tribunal.
(b) An unvacated forfeiture of bail or collateral deposited to secure the person's appearance in court.
(c) A plea of guilty or no contest accepted by the court.
(d) The payment of a fine or court costs.
13. "County highway" means a public road constructed and maintained by a county.
14. "Dealer" means a person who is engaged in the business of buying, selling or exchanging motor vehicles, trailers or semitrailers and who has an established place of business.
15. "Department" means the department of transportation acting directly or through its duly authorized officers and agents.
16. "Director" means the director of the department of transportation.
17. "Drive" means to operate or be in actual physical control of a motor vehicle.
18. "Driver" means a person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle.
19. "Driver license" means a license that is issued by a state to an individual and that authorizes the individual to drive a motor vehicle.
20. "Electric personal assistive mobility device" means a self‑balancing two nontandem wheeled device with an electric propulsion system that limits the maximum speed of the device to fifteen miles per hour or less and that is designed to transport only one person.
21. "Farm" means any lands primarily used for agriculture production.
22. "Farm tractor" means a motor vehicle designed and used primarily as a farm implement for drawing implements of husbandry.
23. "Foreign vehicle" means a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer that is brought into this state other than in the ordinary course of business by or through a manufacturer or dealer and that has not been registered in this state.
24. "Golf cart" means a motor vehicle that has not less than three wheels in contact with the ground, that has an unladen weight of less than one thousand eight hundred pounds, that is designed to be and is operated at not more than twenty‑five miles per hour and that is designed to carry not more than four persons including the driver.
25. "Hazardous material" means a material, and its mixtures or solutions, that the United States department of transportation determines under 49 Code of Federal Regulations is, or any quantity of a material listed as a select agent or toxin under 42 Code of Federal Regulations part 73 that is, capable of posing an unreasonable risk to health, safety and property if transported in commerce and that is required to be placarded or marked as required by the department's safety rules prescribed pursuant to chapter 14 of this title.
26. "Implement of husbandry" means a vehicle designed primarily for agricultural purposes and used exclusively in the conduct of agricultural operations, including an implement or vehicle whether self‑propelled or otherwise that meets both of the following conditions:
(a) Is used solely for agricultural purposes including the preparation or harvesting of cotton, alfalfa, grains and other farm crops.
(b) Is only incidentally operated or moved on a highway whether as a trailer or self‑propelled unit. For the purposes of this paragraph subdivision, "incidentally operated or moved on a highway" means travel between a farm and another part of the same farm, from one farm to another farm or between a farm and a place of repair, supply or storage.
27. "Limousine" means a motor vehicle providing prearranged ground transportation service for an individual passenger, or a group of passengers, that is arranged in advance or is operated on a regular route or between specified points and includes ground transportation under a contract or agreement for services that includes a fixed rate or time and is provided in a motor vehicle with a seating capacity not exceeding fifteen passengers including the driver.
28. "Livery vehicle" means a motor vehicle that:
(a) Has a seating capacity not exceeding fifteen passengers including the driver.
(b) Provides passenger services for a fare determined by a flat rate or flat hourly rate between geographic zones or within a geographic area.
(c) Is available for hire on an exclusive or shared ride basis.
(d) May do any of the following:
(i) Operate on a regular route or between specified places.
(ii) Offer prearranged ground transportation service as defined in section 28‑141.
(iii) Offer on demand ground transportation service pursuant to a contract with a public airport, licensed business entity or organization.
29. "Local authority" means any county, municipal or other local board or body exercising jurisdiction over highways under the constitution and laws of this state.
30. "Manufacturer" means a person engaged in the business of manufacturing motor vehicles, trailers or semitrailers.
31. "Moped" means a bicycle that is equipped with a helper motor if the vehicle has a maximum piston displacement of fifty cubic centimeters or less, a brake horsepower of one and one‑half or less and a maximum speed of twenty‑five miles per hour or less on a flat surface with less than a one per cent grade.
32. "Motor driven cycle" means a motorcycle, including every motor scooter, with a motor that produces not more than five horsepower.
33. "Motor vehicle":
(a) Means either:
(i) A self‑propelled vehicle.
(ii) For the purposes of the laws relating to the imposition of a tax on motor vehicle fuel, a vehicle that is operated on the highways of this state and that is propelled by the use of motor vehicle fuel.
(b) Does not include a motorized wheelchair, an electric personal assistive mobility device or a motorized skateboard. For the purposes of this subdivision:
(i) "Motorized skateboard" means a self‑propelled device that has a motor, a deck on which a person may ride and at least two tandem wheels in contact with the ground.
(ii) "Motorized wheelchair" means a self‑propelled wheelchair that is used by a person for mobility.
34. "Motor vehicle fuel" includes all products that are commonly or commercially known or sold as gasoline, including casinghead gasoline, natural gasoline and all flammable liquids, and that are composed of a mixture of selected hydrocarbons expressly manufactured and blended for the purpose of effectively and efficiently operating internal combustion engines. Motor vehicle fuel does not include inflammable liquids that are specifically manufactured for racing motor vehicles and that are distributed for and used by racing motor vehicles at a racetrack, use fuel as defined in section 28‑5601, aviation fuel, fuel for jet or turbine powered aircraft or the mixture created at the interface of two different substances being transported through a pipeline, commonly known as transmix.
35. "Motorcycle" means a motor vehicle that has a seat or saddle for the use of the rider and that is designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground but excluding a tractor and a moped.
36. "Neighborhood electric vehicle" means a self‑propelled electrically powered motor vehicle to which all of the following apply:
(a) The vehicle is emission free.
(b) The vehicle has at least four wheels in contact with the ground.
(c) The vehicle complies with the definition and standards for low speed vehicles set forth in federal motor vehicle safety standard 500 and 49 Code of Federal Regulations sections 571.3(b) and 571.500, respectively.
37. "Nonresident" means a person who is not a resident of this state as defined in section 28‑2001.
38. "Off‑road recreational motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle that is designed primarily for recreational nonhighway all‑terrain travel and that is not operated on a public highway. Off‑road recreational motor vehicle does not mean a motor vehicle used for construction, building trade, mining or agricultural purposes.
39. "Operator" means a person who drives a motor vehicle on a highway, who is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle on a highway or who is exercising control over or steering a vehicle being towed by a motor vehicle.
40. "Owner" means:
(a) A person who holds the legal title of a vehicle.
(b) If a vehicle is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale or lease with the right of purchase on performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee, the conditional vendee or lessee.
(c) If a mortgagor of a vehicle is entitled to possession of the vehicle, the mortgagor.
41. "Pedestrian" means any person afoot. A person who uses an electric personal assistive mobility device or a manual or motorized wheelchair is considered a pedestrian unless the manual wheelchair qualifies as a bicycle. For the purposes of this paragraph, "motorized wheelchair" means a self‑propelled wheelchair that is used by a person for mobility.
42. "Power sweeper" means an implement, with or without motive power, that is only incidentally operated or moved on a street or highway and that is designed for the removal of debris, dirt, gravel, litter or sand whether by broom, vacuum or regenerative air system from asphaltic concrete or cement concrete surfaces, including parking lots, highways, streets and warehouses, and a vehicle on which the implement is permanently mounted.
43. "Public transit" means the transportation of passengers on scheduled routes by means of a conveyance on an individual passenger fare‑paying basis excluding transportation by a sight‑seeing bus, school bus or taxi or a vehicle not operated on a scheduled route basis.
44. "Reconstructed vehicle" means a vehicle that has been assembled or constructed largely by means of essential parts, new or used, derived from vehicles or makes of vehicles of various names, models and types or that, if originally otherwise constructed, has been materially altered by the removal of essential parts or by the addition or substitution of essential parts, new or used, derived from other vehicles or makes of vehicles. For the purposes of this paragraph, "essential parts" means integral and body parts, the removal, alteration or substitution of which will tend to conceal the identity or substantially alter the appearance of the vehicle.
45. "Residence district" means the territory contiguous to and including a highway not comprising a business district if the property on the highway for a distance of three hundred feet or more is in the main improved with residences or residences and buildings in use for business.
46. "Right‑of‑way" when used within the context of the regulation of the movement of traffic on a highway means the privilege of the immediate use of the highway. Right‑of‑way when used within the context of the real property on which transportation facilities and appurtenances to the facilities are constructed or maintained means the lands or interest in lands within the right‑of‑way boundaries.
47. "School bus" means a motor vehicle that is designed for carrying more than ten passengers and that is either:
(a) Owned by any public or governmental agency or other institution and operated for the transportation of children to or from home or school on a regularly scheduled basis.
(b) Privately owned and operated for compensation for the transportation of children to or from home or school on a regularly scheduled basis.
48. "Semitrailer" means a vehicle that is with or without motive power, other than a pole trailer, that is designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and that is constructed so that some part of its weight and that of its load rests on or is carried by another vehicle. For the purposes of this paragraph, "pole trailer" has the same meaning prescribed in section 28‑601.
49. "State" means a state of the United States and the District of Columbia.
50. "State highway" means a state route or portion of a state route that is accepted and designated by the board as a state highway and that is maintained by the state.
51. "State route" means a right‑of‑way whether actually used as a highway or not that is designated by the board as a location for the construction of a state highway.
52. "Street" or "highway" means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way if a part of the way is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.
53. "Taxi" means a motor vehicle that has a seating capacity not exceeding fifteen passengers, including the driver, that is registered as a taxi in this state or any other state, that provides passenger services and that:
(a) Does not operate on a regular route or between specified places.
(b) Offers local transportation for a fare determined primarily on the basis of the distance traveled.
54. "Trailer" means a vehicle that is with or without motive power, other than a pole trailer, that is designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and that is constructed so that no part of its weight rests on the towing vehicle. A semitrailer equipped with an auxiliary front axle commonly known as a dolly is deemed to be a trailer. For the purposes of this paragraph, "pole trailer" has the same meaning prescribed in section 28‑601.
55. "Truck" means a motor vehicle designed or used primarily for the carrying of property other than the effects of the driver or passengers and includes a motor vehicle to which has been added a box, a platform or other equipment for such carrying.
56. "Truck tractor" means a motor vehicle that is designed and used primarily for drawing other vehicles and that is not constructed to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the vehicle and load drawn.
57. "Vehicle" means a device in, on or by which a person or property is or may be transported or drawn on a public highway, excluding devices moved by human power or used exclusively on stationary rails or tracks.
58. "Vehicle transporter" means either:
(a) A truck tractor capable of carrying a load and drawing a semitrailer.
(b) A truck tractor with a stinger‑steered fifth wheel capable of carrying a load and drawing a semitrailer or a truck tractor with a dolly mounted fifth wheel that is securely fastened to the truck tractor at two or more points and that is capable of carrying a load and drawing a semitrailer.
59. "Venture truck" means a motor vehicle that is used primarily for carrying cargo, to which a box, platform or other equipment has been affixed for the purpose of carrying cargo and that has all of the following:
(a) Not less than four wheels in contact with the ground.
(b) An unladen weight of less than one thousand eight hundred pounds.
(c) A design to carry not more than two persons including the driver.
(d) A wheel base of six feet three inches or less.
Sec. 2. Section 28-892, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
28-892. Riding on motorcycle, venture truck, off-highway vehicle, off-road recreational motor vehicle or all‑terrain vehicle; definition
A. A person operating a motorcycle, venture truck, off-highway vehicle, off-road recreational motor vehicle or all‑terrain vehicle shall ride only on the permanent and regular seat attached to the motorcycle, venture truck, off-highway vehicle, off-road recreational motor vehicle or all‑terrain vehicle. The operator of a motorcycle, venture truck, off‑highway vehicle, off-road recreational motor vehicle or all‑terrain vehicle shall not carry any other person and any other person shall not ride on a motorcycle, venture truck, off-highway vehicle, off-road recreational motor vehicle or all‑terrain vehicle unless the motorcycle, venture truck, off-highway vehicle, off-road recreational motor vehicle or all‑terrain vehicle is designed to carry more than one person. On a motorcycle, venture truck, off-highway vehicle, off-road recreational motor vehicle or all‑terrain vehicle designed to carry more than one person, a passenger may ride on the permanent and regular seat if it is designed for two persons or on another seat firmly attached to the motorcycle, venture truck, off-highway vehicle, off-road recreational motor vehicle or all‑terrain vehicle at the rear or side of the operator.
B. For the purposes of this section, "off-highway vehicle" has the same meaning prescribed in section 28-1171.
Sec. 3. Section 28-943, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
28-943. Single beam road lighting equipment
Head lamps that are arranged to provide a single distribution of light are permitted on motor vehicles manufactured and sold before January 1, 1951, and on neighborhood electric vehicles and on venture trucks, in lieu of multiple beam road lighting equipment specified in this article, if the single distribution of light complies with the following requirements and limitations:
1. The head lamps are aimed so that when the vehicle is not loaded none of the high intensity portion of the light projects, at a distance of twenty‑five feet ahead, higher than a level of five inches below the level of the center of the lamp that is aimed and in no case higher than forty‑two inches above the level on which the vehicle stands at a distance of seventy‑five feet ahead.
2. The intensity is sufficient to reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least two hundred feet.
Sec. 4. Section 28-958.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
28-958.01. Rear fender splash guards
A. A person shall not operate a truck, trailer, semitrailer or bus on a highway unless the vehicle is equipped with rear fender splash guards that comply with the specifications provided in this section.
B. The splash guards:
1. Shall be attached in a manner that prevents the splashing of mud or water on the windshield of other motor vehicles.
2. Shall extend to a length of not more than eight inches from the ground.
3. Shall be wide enough to cover the full tread or treads of the tires being protected.
4. Shall be installed close enough to the tread surface of the tire or wheel to control the side throw of the bulk of the thrown road surface material.
5. May be constructed of a flexible rubberized material.
6. Shall be attached in a manner that, regardless of movement either in the splash guards or the vehicle, the splash guards retain their general parallel relationship to the tread surface of the tire or wheel under all ordinary operating conditions.
C. This section does not apply to:
1. A vehicle commonly known as a pickup truck with a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of ten thousand pounds or less or a venture truck, except that this section applies if the pickup truck has been modified from the original bumper height design to raise the center of gravity of the pickup truck.
2. A truck tractor or converter dolly when used in combination with another vehicle.
3. A single, tandem or triple axle trailer with fenders that are wide enough to cover the full tread or treads of the tires being protected and that extend to a length of not more than fourteen inches from the ground.
Sec. 5. Section 28-959, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
28-959. Safety glass required; applicability; approval list; denial or suspension of registration; definition
A. A person shall not sell and the department shall not register a new motor vehicle as specified in this section unless the vehicle is equipped with safety glass wherever glass is used in doors, windows and windshields. The safety glass shall be of a type approved by the director.
B. This section applies to passenger motor vehicles, other than golf carts and venture trucks, including passenger buses and school buses. For trucks, including truck tractors, the requirements of this section for safety glass apply to all glass used in doors, windows and windshields in the drivers' compartments of the vehicles.
C. The director shall compile and publish a list of types of glass by name that are approved by the director and that meet the requirements of this section.
D. The director shall not register a new motor vehicle unless it is equipped with an approved type of safety glass. The director shall suspend the registration of any motor vehicle that is subject to this section and that the director finds is not equipped with an approved type of safety glass. The suspension shall continue until the motor vehicle is made to conform to the requirements of this section.
E. A person shall not replace glass or glazing materials used in partitions, doors, windows, windshields or wind deflectors in a motor vehicle with a material other than safety glass of a type approved by the director.
F. For the purposes of this section, "safety glass" means either:
1. A product composed of glass that is manufactured, fabricated or treated in a manner that substantially prevents shattering and flying of the glass when struck or broken.
2. Other or similar products as approved by the director.
Sec. 6. Section 28-966, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
28-966. Neighborhood electric vehicles; venture trucks; speed; restrictions
A. A neighborhood electric vehicle shall not be operated at a speed of more than twenty‑five miles per hour.
B. A neighborhood electric vehicle or venture truck shall not be driven on a highway that has a posted speed limit of more than thirty‑five miles per hour. This subsection does not prohibit a neighborhood electric vehicle or venture truck from crossing a highway that has a posted speed limit of more than thirty‑five miles per hour at an intersection.
C. A neighborhood electric vehicle or venture truck shall have a notice of the operational restrictions applying to the vehicle permanently attached to or painted on the vehicle in a location that is in clear view of the driver.
Sec. 7. Section 28-2052, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
28-2052. Title and registration of foreign vehicles
A. Except as provided in subsection E of this section, the owner of a foreign vehicle that has been registered in another state or country and for which an application for a certificate of title is made shall surrender to the department the license plates assigned to the vehicle, the registration card, the certificate of title, the certificate of ownership or other evidence of foreign registration and satisfactory evidence of ownership showing that the applicant is the lawful owner or possessor of the vehicle.
B. If in the course of interstate operation of a vehicle registered in another state or country it is desirable to retain registration of the vehicle in the other state or country, the applicant need not follow the requirements of subsection A of this section but shall submit evidence of the foreign registration and ownership for inspection. The department shall register the vehicle on a proper showing of evidence of registration but shall not issue a certificate of title for the vehicle.
C. The department shall inspect a foreign vehicle before titling or registration, including examination and inspection to establish compliance with section 28‑955, under conditions and standards as required by the director of environmental quality. The department may establish procedures to accept vehicle inspections completed in another state.
D. Before the department issues a certificate of title to a vehicle imported into this country, the owner shall obtain a certificate of compliance that states that the vehicle meets all federal vehicle equipment and emissions equipment requirements. This subsection does not apply to a golf cart manufactured or modified before June 17, 1998, or a neighborhood electric vehicle manufactured or modified before June 17, 1998 or a venture truck manufactured or modified on or before December 31, 1998.
E. The department may establish procedures to accept evidence that the certificate of title or certificate of ownership has been voided or destroyed by another state.
Sec. 8. Section 28-2058, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
28-2058. Transfer of title; odometer mileage disclosure statement
A. When the owner of a registered or unregistered vehicle transfers or assigns the owner's title or interest to the vehicle:
1. If the vehicle is registered:
(a) The owner shall endorse on the certificate of title to the vehicle an assignment with the warranty of title in the form printed on the certificate.
(b) Except as provided in section 28‑2094, the owner shall deliver the certificate to the purchaser or transferee at the time of delivery of the vehicle to the purchaser or transferee.
(c) The registration of the vehicle expires and the owner shall transfer the license plates, surrender the license plates to the department or an authorized third party or submit an affidavit of license plate destruction within thirty days after the owner transfers or assigns the owner's title or interest in the vehicle.
(d) Except as provided in section 28‑2091, the acquiring owner shall apply for registration or title, or both, within fifteen days after the relinquishing owner transfers or assigns the relinquishing owner's title or interest in the vehicle. The director may prorate the registration period as the director deems necessary to coincide with emissions inspection requirements.
(e) Except if the acquiring owner is an insurer who acquires the vehicle pursuant to a claim settlement, the acquiring owner shall display on the vehicle a temporary registration plate, another permit or a valid license plate as prescribed by the department until ownership of the vehicle is transferred in the department's records.
2. Regardless of whether or not the vehicle is registered:
(a) Except as provided in subsection B of this section, the owner shall deliver to the purchaser or transferee an odometer mileage disclosure statement in a form prescribed by the director.
(b) Except as provided in sections 28‑2060 and 28‑2091, the purchaser or transferee shall present the certificate of title or proof of ownership satisfactory to the director if the purchaser or transferee is unable to obtain a certificate of title from the seller to the department with the required fee within fifteen days after the transfer and:
(i) Except as provided in section 28‑2064, the department shall issue a new certificate of title if proof of ownership satisfactory to the director is furnished to the department pursuant to section 28-2059.
(ii) If required, the purchaser or transferee shall apply for and obtain registration, and the department shall issue new license plates to the purchaser or transferee.
B. The odometer disclosure requirement of subsection A of this section does not apply to:
1. A motor vehicle that is ten model years of age or older.
2. A motor vehicle that has a gross vehicle weight rating of sixteen thousand pounds or more.
3. A vehicle that is not self‑propelled.
4. A motor vehicle that is sold directly by the manufacturer to an agency of the United States in conformity with contractual specifications.
5. A new motor vehicle that is purchased for resale and not for use by the purchaser.
Sec. 9. Section 28-2153, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
28-2153. Registration requirement; exceptions; assessment; violation; classification
A. A person shall not operate, move or leave standing on a highway a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer unless the motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer has been registered with the department for the current registration year or is properly registered for the current registration year by the state or country of which the owner or lessee is a resident.
B. A resident shall not operate, move or leave standing on a highway a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer that is:
1. Owned by a nonresident and that is primarily under the control of a resident of this state for more than seven months unless the motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer has been registered with the department for the current registration year.
2. Leased by the resident for more than twenty‑nine days unless the motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer has been registered with the department for the current registration year.
C. This section applies to a trailer or semitrailer without motive power unless the vehicle is disabled or is being towed as an abandoned vehicle at the direction of a law enforcement agency.
D. This section does not apply to:
1. A farm tractor.
2. A trailer used solely in the operation of a farm for transporting the unprocessed fiber or forage products of a farm or any implement of husbandry designed primarily for or used in agricultural operations and only incidentally operated or moved on a highway.
3. A road roller or road machinery, including a power sweeper, that is temporarily operating or moved on the highway.
4. An owner permitted to operate a vehicle under special provisions relating to lienholders, manufacturers, dealers and nonresidents.
5. Motorized or nonmotorized equipment designed primarily for and used in mining operations and only incidentally operated or moved on a highway.
6. A motor vehicle that is being towed by a tow truck that has been registered and for which a permit has been obtained pursuant to section 28‑1108.
7. A golf cart used in the operation of a golf course or only incidentally operated or moved on a highway.
8. Wheeled equipment. For the purposes of this paragraph, "wheeled equipment" means:
(a) A compressor.
(b) A forklift.
(c) A portable cement mixer.
(d) A single axle tow dolly as defined in section 28‑1095.
(e) A tar pot.
(f) A water trailer used for watering livestock or for agricultural or domestic purposes.
(g) A welder.
(h) Any other similar item designed and used primarily for construction or building trade purposes.
9. An all‑terrain vehicle, a venture truck or an off‑road recreational motor vehicle operating on a dirt road that is located in an unincorporated area of this state. For the purposes of this paragraph, "dirt road" means an unpaved or ungraveled road that is not maintained by this state or a city, town or county of this state.
10. A person operating an off‑highway vehicle who is participating in an off‑highway vehicle special event as defined in section 28‑1171.
11. An all-terrain vehicle or an off-highway vehicle as defined in section 28-1171 that is only incidentally operated or moved on a highway.
12. A venture truck incidentally operated or moved on a highway.
E. A person who owns or operates a trailer that is exempt from registration pursuant to subsection D, paragraph 2 of this section shall notify the county assessor of the exemption, and the assessor shall assess the trailer.
F. A person who violates subsection E of this section is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.
Sec. 10. Title 28, chapter 7, article 15, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 28-2517, to read:
28-2517. Venture trucks
A. A number that is approved by the director and that identifies the truck for ownership and registration purposes shall be permanently affixed to the frame of a venture truck.
B. A venture truck shall not use rights-of-way designated for exclusive use by bicycles.
Sec. 11. Section 28-4132, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
28-4132. Financial responsibility requirement exemptions
This article does not apply to the owner or operator of any:
1. Farm tractor.
2. Trailer used solely in the operation of a farm for transporting the unprocessed fiber or forage products of a farm or an implement of husbandry designed primarily for or used in agricultural operations and only incidentally operated or moved on a highway.
3. Road‑roller or road machinery, including a power sweeper, temporarily operating or moved on the highway.
4. Trailer not used for commercial purposes or semitrailer not used for commercial purposes.
5. Motor vehicle rented without a driver that meets the requirements of section 28‑2166.
6. Motor vehicle registered pursuant to section 28‑2154.
7. Motor vehicle owned by the United States government.
8. Golf cart used in the operation of a golf course or only incidentally operated or moved on a highway.
9. All‑terrain vehicle, venture truck or off‑road recreational motor vehicle operating on a dirt road that is located in an unincorporated area of this state. For the purposes of this paragraph, "dirt road" means an unpaved or ungraveled road that is not maintained by this state or a city, town or county of this state.
10. Off‑highway vehicle participating in an off‑highway vehicle special event as defined in section 28‑1171.
11. Venture truck incidentally operated or moved on a highway.
