REFERENCE TITLE: criminal speeding |
State of
Arizona House of
Representatives Fifty-fourth
Legislature Second Regular
Session 2020 |
HB 2473 |
|
Introduced by Representative Payne |
AN ACT
amending section
28‑701.02, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to vehicle speed
restrictions.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 28-701.02, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
28-701.02. Excessive speeds; classification
A. A person shall not:
1. Exceed thirty‑five miles per hour approaching a school crossing.
2. Exceed the posted speed limit in a business or residential district by more than twenty miles per hour, or if no speed limit is posted, exceed forty‑five miles per hour.
3. Exceed eighty‑five the posted speed limit by more than twenty miles per hour in other locations.
B. A person who violates subsection A of this section is guilty of a class 3 misdemeanor.
C. A person who is charged
with a violation of this section may not be issued a civil complaint for a
violation of section 28‑701 if the civil complaint alleges a violation
arising out of the same circumstances.