SB 1127 — vehicle speed limits

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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 the posted speed limit by more than twenty 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 Sec. 2.

Section 28-702.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE28-702.01.

Waste of a finite resource;

civil penalties;

urbanized areas;

definition A.

If the maximum speed limit on a public highway in this state is fifty-five at least thirty miles per hour in an area that is outside of an urbanized area, a person shall not drive a motor vehicle at a speed in excess of fifty-five miles per hour the posted speed limit on that highway.

If the maximum speed limit on a public highway in this state is at least forty miles per hour in an urbanized area, a person shall not drive a motor vehicle at a speed in excess of the posted speed limit on that highway.

If the speed at which the person is alleged to have driven as provided in section 28-707, subsection A or the speed at which the court finds the person drove is sixty-five not more than ten miles per hour or less in excess of the posted speed limit, the offense is may be designated as the waste of a finite resource and is a civil traffic violation subject to subsection B of this section.

B.

If a person is found responsible for a civil traffic violation pursuant to subsection A of this section:

1.

A department or agency of this state shall not consider the violation for the purpose of determining whether the person's driver license should be suspended or revoked and a court shall not transmit abstracts of records of judgment for the violation to the department.

2.

An insurer shall not consider the violation as a moving traffic violation against the person for the purpose of establishing rates of motor vehicle insurance charged by the insurer and shall not cancel or refuse to renew a policy of insurance because of the violation.

3.

The civil penalty shall not exceed fifteen dollars $15 plus the surcharges imposed pursuant to sections 12-116.01 and 12-116.02.

4.

A report shall not be made under section 28-1559, subsection B.

C.