ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session
	Senate: TTMC DPA 5-2-0-0 | 3^rd Read 21-6-3-0 House: TI DP 10-0-0-1 | 3^rd Read 45-12-2-0-1 ON RECON Final Pass: 18-11-1-0

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SB1376: vehicle loads; restrictions

Sponsor: Senator Bolick, LD 2

Transmitted to the Governor

Overview

Applies vehicle load restrictions to a street or roadway.

History

Statute outlines that a person must not drive or move a vehicle on a highway unless the vehicle is constructed or loaded in a manner to prevent any of its load from dropping, sifting, leaking or otherwise escaping from the vehicle, except the following are permitted:

1) sufficient sand may be dropped to secure traction;

2) water or another substance may be sprinkled on a roadway in cleaning or maintaining the roadway; and

3) minor pieces of agricultural materials such as leaves and stems from agricultural loads.

A person must not operate a vehicle on a highway with a load unless the load and any covering on the load are securely fastened in a manner to prevent the covering or load from becoming loose, detached or in any manner a hazard to other users of the highway.

If a person is found in violation of the outlined vehicle load restrictions but does not cause any damage or injury, for the person's first violation in a 60-month period the person is subject to a civil penalty of no more than $250. For a second or subsequent violation in a 60-month period, the person is subject to a civil penalty of no more than $350. If the violation results in an accident-causing serious physical injury to another person, the person is subject to a civil penalty of no more than $500. If the violation results in an accident causing the death of another person, the person is subject to a civil penalty of no more than $1,000 (A.R.S. § 28-1098).

Provisions

Vehicle Load Restrictions

1. Expands vehicle load restrictions to apply to a street or roadway. (Sec. 1)

2. Exempts a vehicle from vehicle load restrictions when the vehicle is being used for agricultural purposes on a farm. (Sec. 1)

3. Broadens the exemption from vehicle load restrictions for a vehicle on a highway, street or roadway that has minor pieces of agricultural material, such as leaves and stems, escaping the vehicle from agricultural equipment. (Sec. 1)

4. Makes technical and conforming changes. (Sec. 1)

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