REFERENCE TITLE: vehicle occupants; evidence of identity

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-third Legislature

First Regular Session

2017

 

 

HB 2305

 

Introduced by

Representative Kern

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending section 28‑1595, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to motor vehicle occupants.

 

 

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

Section 1.  Section 28-1595, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE28-1595.  Failure to stop or provide driver license or evidence of identity; violation; classification; definition

A.  The operator of a motor vehicle who knowingly fails or refuses to bring the operator's motor vehicle to a stop after being given a visual or audible signal or instruction by a peace officer or duly authorized agent of a traffic enforcement agency is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.

B.  After stopping as required by subsection A of this section, the operator of a motor vehicle who fails or refuses to exhibit the operator's driver license as required by section 28‑3169 or a driver who is not licensed and who fails or refuses to provide evidence of the driver's evidence of identity on request is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.  The evidence of identity that is presented shall contain all of the following  information:

1.  The driver's full name.

2.  The driver's date of birth.

3.  The driver's residence address.

4.  A brief physical description of the driver, including the driver's sex, weight, height and eye and hair color.

5.  The driver's signature.

C.  A person other than the driver of a motor vehicle who fails or refuses to provide evidence of the person's evidence of identity to a peace officer or a duly authorized agent of a traffic enforcement agency on request, when such officer or agent has reasonable cause to believe the person has committed a violation of this title, is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.

D.  A peace officer or duly authorized agent of a traffic enforcement agency may give the signal or instruction required by subsection A of this section by hand, emergency light, voice, whistle or siren.

E.  A person shall not be convicted of a violation of subsection B of this section if the person provided evidence of identity required by subsection B, paragraphs 1 through 5 of this section and produces to the court a legible driver license or an authorized duplicate of the license that is issued to the person and that was valid at the time the violation of subsection B of this section occurred.

F.  For the purposes of this section, "evidence of identity" means evidence that a driver or other person presents on request and that contains all of the following information:

1.  The driver's or person's full name.

2.  The driver's or person's date of birth.

3.  The driver's or person's residential address.

4.  A brief description of the driver or person, including sex, weight, height, eye color and hair color.

5.  The driver's or person's signature.END_STATUTE