Arizona 2024 Regular Session

Arizona House Bill HB2658 Latest Draft

Bill / Engrossed Version Filed 03/28/2024

                            Senate Engrossed House Bill   pedestrians; congregating; medians; unsafe locations (now: pedestrians; congregating; medians; intersections)             State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session 2024           HOUSE BILL 2658                    An Act   amending title 28, chapter 3, article 10, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 28-798; relating to pedestrians.     (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)   

 

 

 

Senate Engrossed House Bill   pedestrians; congregating; medians; unsafe locations (now: pedestrians; congregating; medians; intersections)
State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session 2024
HOUSE BILL 2658

Senate Engrossed House Bill

 

pedestrians; congregating; medians; unsafe locations

(now: pedestrians; congregating; medians; intersections)

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-sixth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2024

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL 2658

 

 

 

 

An Act

 

amending title 28, chapter 3, article 10, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 28-798; relating to pedestrians.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Title 28, chapter 3, article 10, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 28-798, to read: START_STATUTE28-798. Congregating or soliciting on traffic island, median, highway ramp or unsafe location; prohibition; warning; civil traffic violation; violation; classification A. A pedestrian may not congregate or engage in solicitation if the pedestrian is any of the following: 1. on a painted or raised traffic island or median. 2. on an exit or entrance ramp or roadway of a controlled access highway. 3. in an intersection where there is not a sidewalk or a safe corridor for pedestrians. B. If a person violates this section: 1. For the first violation, a PEACE officer may not issue a citation and may issue only a warning. 2. For a second violation, the person is responsible for a civil traffic violation. 3. For a third or subsequent violation, the person is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor. END_STATUTE 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 28, chapter 3, article 10, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 28-798, to read:

START_STATUTE28-798. Congregating or soliciting on traffic island, median, highway ramp or unsafe location; prohibition; warning; civil traffic violation; violation; classification

A. A pedestrian may not congregate or engage in solicitation if the pedestrian is any of the following:

1. on a painted or raised traffic island or median.

2. on an exit or entrance ramp or roadway of a controlled access highway.

3. in an intersection where there is not a sidewalk or a safe corridor for pedestrians.

B. If a person violates this section:

1. For the first violation, a PEACE officer may not issue a citation and may issue only a warning.

2. For a second violation, the person is responsible for a civil traffic violation.

3. For a third or subsequent violation, the person is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor. END_STATUTE