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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Sixth Legislature, First Regular Session
toll roads; conversion; prohibition
Purpose
Prohibits the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) or a county board of supervisors (county BOS) from converting a publicly funded or maintained street or highway into a toll road.
Background
A person who desires to construct a toll road, bridge or ferry within one
or more counties must publish a notice in the local newspaper once each week
for six successive weeks and submit an application to the county BOS. The
application must be in triplicate, and each copy must be accompanied by: 1) an
engineer's plat of the route of the proposed road; 2) proposed construction
plans and details; and 3) estimates of cost (A.R.S.
§ 28-6802). The county BOS may not grant an application if: 1) the Highway
Commission files a written statement with the county BOS that the proposed toll
road will interfere with an existing or proposed state highway or state route;
or
2) the proposed toll road will interfere with an existing or completed county
highway (A.R.S.
§ 28-6803).
A toll road includes trails for the passage of saddle and pack animals and foot passengers, as well as roads designed for the passage of vehicles, if the trails have been built in mountainous or precipitous places or in other places where the building of roads for the passage of vehicles would be impracticable (A.R.S. § 28-6801).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.
Provisions
1. Prohibits a county BOS from granting an application to construct a toll road if the proposed toll road will be converted from a publicly funded or maintained street or highway.
2. Prohibits ADOT from entering into a public-private partnership agreement that allows the conversion of an existing publicly funded or maintained street or highway to a toll road, including a conversion to implement a traffic management strategy, as prescribed.
3. Makes technical and conforming changes.
4. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Prepared by Senate Research
February 9, 2023
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