REFERENCE TITLE: texting while driving; transportation vehicles

State of Arizona Senate Fifty-second Legislature Second Regular Session 2016

SB 1135

Introduced by Senators McGuire, Dalessandro, Hobbs, Miranda; Representatives Andrade: Otondo

 

AN ACT

 

amending title 28, chapter 3, article 15, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 28-913; relating to the use of handheld wireless communication devices while driving.

 

 

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

Section 1.  Title 28, chapter 3, article 15, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 28-913, to read:

START_STATUTE28-913.  Handheld wireless communication device use while operating public transit, livery vehicles, taxis, limousines, transportation network vehicles or buses; prohibition; exception

A.  A person may not use a handheld wireless communication device to make or receive a telephone call, to engage in a telephone conversation or to manually write, send or read a written message while operating a vehicle for public transit, a livery vehicle, a taxi, a limousine, a transportation network vehicle or a bus.

B.  This section does not apply to a person who dials the telephone number 911. END_STATUTE