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REFERENCE TITLE: motorcycles; all-terrain vehicles; cycles; equipment |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-second Legislature First Regular Session 2015
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HB 2345 |
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Introduced by Representatives Fann: Campbell
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AN ACT
amending section 28-964, 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 28-964, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
28-964. Motorcycles; all‑terrain vehicles; motor driven cycles; equipment; exception
A. An operator or passenger of a motorcycle, all‑terrain vehicle or motor driven cycle who is under eighteen years of age shall wear at all times a protective helmet on the operator's or passenger's head in an appropriate manner. The protective helmet shall be safely secured while the operator or passenger is operating or riding on the motorcycle, all‑terrain vehicle or motor driven cycle. An operator of a motorcycle, all‑terrain vehicle or motor driven cycle shall wear at all times protective glasses, goggles or a transparent face shield of a type approved by the director unless the motorcycle, all‑terrain vehicle or motor driven cycle is equipped with a protective windshield. This subsection does not apply to electrically powered three wheeled vehicles or three wheeled vehicles on which the operator and passenger ride within an enclosed cab.
B. A motorcycle, all‑terrain vehicle and motor driven cycle shall be equipped with a rearview mirror, seat and footrests for the operator. A motorcycle, all‑terrain vehicle or motor driven cycle operated with a passenger shall be equipped with a seat, and footrests and handrails for the passenger.
C. A person shall not operate a motorcycle, all‑terrain vehicle or motor driven cycle equipped with handlebars that are positioned so that the hands of the operator are above the operator's shoulder height when the operator is sitting astride the seat and the operator's hands are on the handlebar grips.