REFERENCE TITLE: municipalities; traffic citation quota; prohibition

State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-second Legislature First Regular Session 2015

HB 2410

Introduced by Representatives Stevens, Cardenas, Petersen, Senator Kavanagh: Representatives Bowers, Espinoza, Leach, Senator Meza

 

AN ACT

 

Amending title 9, chapter 4, article 8, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 9-500.34; relating to municipal law enforcement.

 

 

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

Section 1.  Title 9, chapter 4, article 8, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 9-500.34, to read:

START_STATUTE9-500.34.  Traffic citation quota; determination of rank or classification based on traffic citations; prohibition

A municipality or police department may not establish a traffic citation quota for peace officers employed by the police department, base the determination of a peace officer's rank or classification on the number of traffic citations the peace officer issues or consider as a factor the number of traffic citations a peace officer issues when determining the peace officer's rank or classification. END_STATUTE