ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-sixth Legislature

Second Regular Session

House: TI DP 9-2-0-0

HB 2833: class G driver licenses; qualifications

Sponsor: Representative Gillette, LD 30

Caucus & COW

Overview

Requires the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) to establish an adult driver education course and requires a driver's license applicant who has not previously been issued a license or whose license is expired, suspended or revoked to complete the course. 

History

A person under 18 years old may apply for a Class G driver's license if they are at least 16 years old and have held a valid instruction permit for at least six months. The applicant must also:

1)   have a custodial parent or guardian certify in writing to ADOT that the applicant has completed at least 30 hours of supervised driving practice with at least 10 hours of practice happening at night;

2)   have satisfactorily completed an ADOT-approved driver education program. If the program is offered by a public school, it must be approved by ADOT in consultation with the Department of Education; or

3)   both:

i. complete a driver education program offered by a certified defensive driving school that is approved by the Supreme Court or a traffic survival school; and

ii.   have a custodial parent or guardian certify in writing to ADOT that the applicant has completed at least 20 hours of supervised driving practice with at least 6 hours of practice happening at night.

For the first six months that a Class G licensee holds their license they cannot drive a motor vehicle on a public highway with more than one passenger under the age of 18 unless they are accompanied by a parent or legal guardian seated next to them who has a Class A, B, C or D license or the passengers are the licensee's siblings.

For the first six months that a Class G licensee holds their license they cannot drive a motor vehicle on a public highway from 12:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. unless they are accompanied by a parent or legal guardian seated next to them who has a Class A, B, C or D license or they are driving to or from a sanctioned school sponsored activity, their place of employment, a sanctioned religious activity or a family emergency  (A.R.S. § 28-3174).

Provisions

1.   ☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal NoteDirects ADOT to establish an adult driver education course (course) to enhance street and highway safety and to reduce vehicle collisions and moving traffic violations. (Sec. 1)

2.   Requires an applicant before they may be issued a driver's license and regardless of other law to complete the course if the applicant either:

a)   is at least 16 years old and has not previously:

i. been issued a driver's license from this state or another state;

ii.   completed an ADOT-approved driver education course; or

b)   has an expired, suspended or revoked driver's license from this state or another state. (Sec. 1)

3.   Directs the course to be only taught by an ADOT-approved provider. (Sec. 1)

4.   States that, depending on the provider's authority from ADOT, the course may be conducted in a classroom or online. (Sec. 1)

5.   Directs the course curriculum to be four hours in length and be demonstrably effective in reducing vehicle collisions or moving violations, or both. (Sec. 1)

6.   Requires a course provider to submit an effectiveness study to ADOT that demonstrates the effectiveness of the course curriculum before the course may be approved by ADOT in a manner determined by the Director of ADOT. (Sec. 1)

7.   Stipulates that the study must be exclusively conducted by independent state agencies or accredited academic institutions within the United States. (Sec. 1)

8.   Allows a prelicensure course that has undergone efficacy studies in other states to qualify as demonstrating the effectiveness of the curriculum of the ADOT-approved provider's course. (Sec. 1)

9.   Requires a Class G driver's license applicant who is under 18 years old to successfully complete an ADOT-approved adult driver program. (Sec. 2)

10.  Requires an adult driver program to:

a)   include literature on the restrictions on a Class G license holder in the first six months of holding the license; and

b)   be taught by an ADOT-approved provider and may be conducted in a classroom or online depending on the provider's authority from ADOT. (Sec. 2)

11.  States that a Class G driver's license applicant who is under 18 years old and has successfully completed an adult driver program is not required to pass the driver's license examination administered by ADOT. (Sec. 2)

12.  Removes the requirement for a Class G driver's license applicant to pass the driver's license examination administered by ADOT. (Sec. 2)

13.  Requires a Class G driver's license applicant's parent or legal guardian to sign a form stating that the parent or legal guardian understands the restrictions on a Class G license holder in the first six months of holding the license. (Sec. 2)

14.  Makes conforming changes. (Sec. 2)

 

 

 

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