REFERENCE TITLE: criminal speeding

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-fifth Legislature

First Regular Session

2021

 

 

 

HB 2366

 

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:

START_STATUTE28-701.02.  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 ninety 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. END_STATUTE