ARIZONA
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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HB 2265: NOW: defensive driving schools; course requirements |
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PRIME SPONSOR: Representative Payne, LD 21 BILL STATUS: Senate Engrossed |
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The House Engrossed version of HB 2265 modifies the requirements for certification of a defensive driving school and prohibits defensive driving schools that have common ownership or use of assets from being listed more than once on the Supreme Court's website or other state-sponsored advertisement.
The Senate adopted a strike-everything amendment that does the following:
Overview
Requires each defensive driving school to submit the future schedule of classroom courses to the Supreme Court and outlines additional requirements and prohibitions regarding defensive driving school courses and instructors.
History
A.R.S. § 28-3395 outlines the duties of the Supreme Court regarding defensive driving schools, which include: 1) supervising the use of schools by the courts; 2) making the amount of the court diversion fee and the total cost to attend a school in each court public; 3) establishing an automated statewide database for keeping a record of individuals who attend a school; 4) adopting rules that establish certification criteria for schools and instructors; 5) establishing procedures for courts and schools to remit required reports; 6) certifying and monitoring schools and instructors that serve as a court authorized diversion program; and 7) requiring that a class not exceed four and a half hours, including testing, reviewing and grading.
An individual who is issued a citation for a civil traffic moving violation is eligible to attend a defensive driving school. A court may also allow an individual to attend defensive driving school for a criminal excessive speeding citation (A.R.S. § 28-3392).
If an individual successfully completes the course at a defensive driving school, the court is required to dismiss the civil or criminal traffic citation. In addition, the Arizona Department of Transportation is prohibited from including the civil or criminal traffic citation on the individual's driving record (A.R.S. § 28-3394).
Provisions
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Requires each defensive
driving school to submit the school's future schedule of classroom courses,
including the dates, start and end times, instructors' names and location for
each course to the Supreme Court. (Sec. 1)
2. Requires each scheduled defensive driving school class to only admit students who are registered with that school. (Sec. 1)
3. Prohibits a course's date, time and location from being changed or canceled except in extraordinary circumstances. (Sec. 1)
4. Prohibits a certified defensive driving school instructor from teaching or facilitating a class for more than one school during the same class instruction time period. (Sec. 1)
5. Prohibits the Supreme Court from conducting an efficacy study or adopting or amending any rules relating to defensive driving schools until July 1, 2020 unless the Administrative Director of the Supreme Court determines an emergency exists that necessitates immediate adoption or amendment of a rule. (Sec. 2)
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Fifty-fourth Legislature HB 2265
First Regular Session Version 5: Senate Engrossed
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