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REFERENCE TITLE: HOV lanes; degradation; technical correction |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-fourth Legislature First Regular Session 2019
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HB 2308 |
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Introduced by Representative Udall
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AN ACT
amending section 28-337, arizona revised statutes; relating to the department of transportation.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 28-337, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
28-337. High occupancy vehicle lane; lane degradation; priority use
A. In accordance with 23 United States Code section 166, the department shall develop procedures to monitor the impact that single occupancy vehicles authorized under sections 28-2416 and 28-2416.01 have on the operation of the high occupancy vehicle lanes.
B. If a high occupancy vehicle lane becomes degraded due to the authorization of single occupancy vehicles authorized under sections 28‑2416 and 28-2416.01, use of the lane is restricted to the following vehicles in the following priority:
1. Passenger vehicles with two or more occupants, including the driver.
2. Public transit buses.
3. Buses with two or more occupants, including the driver.
4. Motorcycles.
5. Alternative fuel vehicles.
6. Low emission and energy efficient vehicles as defined in section 28-601.
C. The department shall limit use to vehicles in the priority order prescribed in subsection B of this section and shall maintain those restrictions while the lane or portion of the lane remains degraded.
D. For the purposes of
this section, a high occupancy vehicle lane is degraded if vehicles operating
on the facility, or portions of the facility, are failing to maintain a speed
of forty-five miles per hour or greater ninety per
cent percent
of the time over a consecutive one hundred eighty day period during morning and
evening weekday peak hour peak-hour periods.