PREFILED    JAN 05 2010

REFERENCE TITLE: unlawful roadside solicitation of employment

State of Arizona House of Representatives Forty-ninth Legislature Second Regular Session 2010

HB 2042

Introduced by Representative Kavanagh

 

AN ACT

 

Amending Title 13, Chapter 29, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 13-2928; relating to offenses against public order.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

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

Section 1.  Title 13, chapter 29, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 13-2928, to read:

START_STATUTE13-2928.  Unlawful stopping to hire and pick up passengers; classification

A.  It is unlawful for an occupant of a motor vehicle that is stopped on a street, roadway or highway to attempt to HIRE OR HIRE AND PICK UP PASSENGERS FOR WORK AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION, IF THE MOTOR VEHICLE BLOCKS OR IMPEDES THE NORMAL MOVEMENT of traffic.

b.  IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR A PERSON TO ENTER A MOTOR VEHICLE THAT IS STOPPED ON A STREET, ROADWAY OR HIGHWAY IN ORDER TO BE HIRED BY AN OCCUPANT OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE AND TO BE TRANSPORTED TO WORK AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION, IF THE MOTOR VEHICLE BLOCKS OR IMPEDES THE NORMAL MOVEMENT OF TRAFFIC.

C.  A person who violates this section is guilty of a class 3 misdemeanor. END_STATUTE