Bill Text: AZ SB1438 | 2015 | Fifty-second Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Vehicle equipment; lighting

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-04 - Referred to Senate TRANS Committee [SB1438 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2015-SB1438-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: vehicle equipment; lighting

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-second Legislature

First Regular Session

2015

 

 

SB 1438

 

Introduced by

Senator Smith

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending sections 28-925, 28-927 and 28-939, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to vehicle equipment.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

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

Section 1.  Section 28-925, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE28-925.  Tail lamps

A.  A motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer and any other vehicle that is being drawn at the end of a train of vehicles shall be equipped with at least one tail lamp mounted on the rear.  When lighted as required by this article, the each tail lamp shall emit a red light plainly visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the rear, except that in the case of a train of vehicles, only the tail lamp on the rearmost vehicle need actually be seen from the distance specified.

B.  A tail lamp on a vehicle shall be located at a height of not more than seventy-two inches nor less than fifteen inches to be measured as provided in section 28‑923, subsection B.

C.  Either a tail lamp or a separate lamp shall be constructed and placed in a manner that illuminates with a white light the rear license plate and renders it clearly legible from a distance of fifty feet to the rear.  A tail lamp or tail lamps together with any separate lamp for illuminating the rear license plate shall be wired to provide that the tail lamp or lamps are lighted whenever the head lamps or auxiliary driving lamps are lighted. END_STATUTE

Sec. 2.  Section 28-927, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE28-927.  Stop lamps

A person shall not sell a new motor vehicle, including a motorcycle or motor driven cycle, in this state and shall not drive a vehicle on the highways unless it is equipped with a stop lamp that and every stop lamp on the vehicle meets the requirements of section 28‑939.

Sec. 3.  Section 28-939, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE28-939.  Signal lamps and devices

A.  A motor vehicle may be equipped and if required under this article shall be equipped with the following:

1.  A stop lamp on the rear that emits a red or yellow light, that is actuated on application of the service or foot brake and that may be incorporated with a tail lamp.

2.  One or more lamps or a mechanical signal device that is capable of clearly indicating an intention to turn either to the right or to the left and that is visible both from the front and rear.

B.  A stop lamp shall be plainly visible and understandable from a distance of one hundred feet to the rear both during normal sunlight and at nighttime.  A signal lamp or lamps indicating the intention to turn shall be visible and understandable during daytime and nighttime from a distance of one hundred feet both to the front and rear.  If a vehicle is equipped with a stop lamp, tail lamp or other signal lamps lamp, the each lamp or lamps shall:

1.  Be maintained at all times in good working condition.

2.  Not project a glaring or dazzling light.

C.  A mechanical signal device shall be self‑illuminated when in use at the times provided in section 28‑922. END_STATUTE