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REFERENCE TITLE: signs; lane use; civil penalty |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025
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HB 2235 |
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Introduced by Representative Martinez
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AN ACT
Amending title 28, chapter 3, article 3, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 28-654; amending section 28-721, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to traffic signs.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 28, chapter 3, article 3, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 28-654, to read:
28-654. Signs; lane use; requirements
A. The department and each local authority shall place signs on a highway with two or more lanes for use by motor vehicles traveling in the same direction that direct slower traffic to travel in a lane other than the farthest left lane.
B. The sign must:
1. read "left lane for passing only, slow TRAFFIC keep right."
2. be ACCOMPANIED by a smaller sign that reads "$500 fine" PURSUANT to the civil penalty imposed in section 28-721.
Sec. 2. Section 28-721, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
28-721. Driving on right side of roadway; civil penalty; driving on shoulder; exceptions; education
A. On all roadways of sufficient width, a person shall drive a vehicle on the right half of the roadway except as follows:
1. When overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction under the rules governing the movement.
2. When the right half of a roadway is closed to traffic while under construction or repair.
3. On a roadway divided into three marked lanes for traffic under the rules applicable on the roadway.
4. On a roadway designated and signposted for one-way traffic.
B. On all roadways, a person driving a vehicle proceeding at less than the normal speed of traffic at the time and place and under the conditions then existing shall drive the vehicle in the right-hand lane then available for traffic or as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway, except when overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction or when preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway. The department and each local authority shall place signs on a highway with two or more lanes for use by motor vehicles traveling in the same direction pursuant to section 28-654. A person who violates this subsection is subject to a civil penalty of $500.
C. In an age restricted community that is located in an unincorporated area of a county with a population of more than three million persons, a person may drive a golf cart or a neighborhood electric vehicle on a paved shoulder that is adjacent to a roadway or as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of a paved roadway if there is no delineated paved shoulder.
D. Defensive driving school courses that are offered by defensive driving schools operated pursuant to chapter 8, article 7 of this title and traffic survival schools operated pursuant to chapter 8, article 7.1 of this title shall include educational information relating to subsections A and B of this section. The department shall include information relating to subsections A and B of this section in any of the department's examination, information and education materials.