Arizona 2024 2024 Regular Session

Arizona Senate Bill SB1408 Engrossed / Bill

Filed 02/21/2024

                    Senate Engrossed   aggravated unlawful flight; law enforcement             State of Arizona Senate Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session 2024           SENATE BILL 1408                    An Act   amending title 28, chapter 3, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 28-622.02; relating to traffic Laws.     (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)   

 

 

 

Senate Engrossed   aggravated unlawful flight; law enforcement
State of Arizona Senate Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session 2024
SENATE BILL 1408

Senate Engrossed

 

aggravated unlawful flight; law enforcement

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-sixth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2024

 

 

 

SENATE BILL 1408

 

 

 

 

An Act

 

amending title 28, chapter 3, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 28-622.02; relating to traffic Laws.

 

 

(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 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 28-622.02, to read: START_STATUTE28-622.02. Aggravated unlawful flight from a pursuing law enforcement vehicle; violation; classification A. A driver of a motor vehicle commits aggravated unlawful flight from a pursuing law enforcement vehicle if the driver wilfully operates a motor vehicle in a manner that recklessly endangers the life of another person while attempting to flee or elude a pursuing official law enforcement vehicle as described in section 28-622.01. B. Aggravated unlawful flight from a pursuing law enforcement vehicle is a class 4 felony, except that aggravated unlawful flight from a pursuing law enforcement vehicle is a class 2 felony if any of the following applies: 1. The offense results in serious physical injury as defined in section 13-105 to another.  2. At the time of the offense the driver was transporting a minor under fifteen years of age.  3. At the time of the offense the driver was in violation of section 28-1381 or 28-1382. C. A person who is convicted under subsection B, paragraph 3 of this section is not eligible for probation, pardon, commutation or suspension of sentence or release on any other basis until the person has served not less than four months in prison. END_STATUTE 

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

Section 1. Title 28, chapter 3, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 28-622.02, to read:

START_STATUTE28-622.02. Aggravated unlawful flight from a pursuing law enforcement vehicle; violation; classification

A. A driver of a motor vehicle commits aggravated unlawful flight from a pursuing law enforcement vehicle if the driver wilfully operates a motor vehicle in a manner that recklessly endangers the life of another person while attempting to flee or elude a pursuing official law enforcement vehicle as described in section 28-622.01.

B. Aggravated unlawful flight from a pursuing law enforcement vehicle is a class 4 felony, except that aggravated unlawful flight from a pursuing law enforcement vehicle is a class 2 felony if any of the following applies:

1. The offense results in serious physical injury as defined in section 13-105 to another. 

2. At the time of the offense the driver was transporting a minor under fifteen years of age. 

3. At the time of the offense the driver was in violation of section 28-1381 or 28-1382.

C. A person who is convicted under subsection B, paragraph 3 of this section is not eligible for probation, pardon, commutation or suspension of sentence or release on any other basis until the person has served not less than four months in prison. END_STATUTE