ARIZONA STATE SENATE
RESEARCH STAFF
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ZACK DEAN |
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LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH ANALYST TRANSPORTATION & TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE Telephone: (602) 926-3171 |
TO: MEMBERS OF THE SENATE
TRANSPORTATION & TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
DATE: March 25, 2019
SUBJECT: Strike everything amendment to H.B. 2265, relating to defensive driving schools
Purpose
Requires the curriculum in a defensive driving school to be substantially different from the curriculum of other programs and limits the number of courses that may be listed to a single location at a time.
Background
The Arizona Supreme Court is required to adopt rules that establish certification criteria for schools and instructors (A.R.S. § 28-3395). An individual who is issued a citation for a civil traffic moving violation pursuant to statute or a local civil traffic ordinance is eligible to attend a defensive driving school. A court may also allow an individual to attend defensive driving school for a citation of criminal excessive speeding (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).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.
Provisions
1. Requires a defensive diving school to submit the school's future schedule of classroom courses which must include the date, start time and end time, instructor name and location of each course.
2. Stipulates that a defensive driving school is only allowed to offer or list a course at a single location at a time.
3. Requires a defensive driving school to submit curriculum for approval, if the curriculum is delivered online, that is substantially different from other programs' curriculum as determined by the court.
4. Becomes effective on the general effective date.