ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-fourth Legislature

Second Regular Session

 

HB 2474: pedestrians; street crossing; medians

Sponsor:  Representative Payne, LD 21

Committee on Public Safety

Overview

Prohibits a pedestrian from being on a median for any reason except to cross a street.

History

Current law provides meaning for special pedestrian control signs that exhibit the words "walk" and "don't walk" or symbols of a walking person that symbolizes the words "walk" and "don't walk". A person who has started to cross a roadway and has not completed crossing on the "walk" signal must proceed to a sidewalk or safety island while the don't walk signal is showing. Furthermore, a person crossing the street cannot loiter or unduly delay crossing a roadway after traffic has stopped to give the right-of-way. (A.R.S. § 28-646)

Provisions

1.    Restricts a pedestrian from being on a median for any reason except to cross a street. (Sec. 5)

2.    Exempts the following individuals from the median restriction:

a)    An Arizona law enforcement officer, parking enforcement personnel or a fire department employee while performing official duties;

b)    Individuals who are authorized to perform construction on maintenance work on a state highway, street or right-of-way; and

c)    A person responding to an emergency on a street or median. (Sec. 5)

3.    Classifies, as a class 2 misdemeanor, the offense of a pedestrian being on a median for purposes other than crossing a street. (Sec. 5)

4.    Allows a pedestrian to loiter or delay crossing the roadway after traffic has stopped to give the right-of-way. (Sec. 4)

5.    Strikes the definition of personal delivery device and removes personal delivery device from the definition of motor vehicle and vehicle. (Sec. 1)

6.    ☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal NoteDefines median. (Secs. 1 & 2)

7.    Repeals laws relating to definitions on September 1, 2020. (Sec. 3)

8.    Contains a conditional enactment clause and an effective date of September 1, 2020. (Secs. 6 & 7)

9.    Makes conforming changes. (Sec. 1)

 

 

 

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