Arizona 2025 Regular Session

Arizona House Bill HB2863 Compare Versions

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1		-	~~House Engrossed~~ trailers; HOV lanes; prohibition State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025 ~~HOUSE BILL~~ 2863 AN ACT Amending section 28-737, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to high occupancy vehicle lanes. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
	1	+	REFERENCE TITLE: trailers; HOV lanes; prohibition State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025 HB 2863 Introduced by Representative Carter N AN ACT Amending section 28-737, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to high occupancy vehicle lanes. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
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59	68		Amending section 28-737, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to high occupancy vehicle lanes.
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69	78		Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Section 28-737, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE28-737. High occupancy vehicle lanes; civil penalty; definition A. Except as provided in sections 28-2416 and 28-2416.01 and subsection B of this section, a person shall not drive a vehicle carrying fewer than two persons, including the driver, in a high occupancy vehicle lane at any time the use of the high occupancy vehicle lane is restricted to vehicles carrying two or more persons, including the driver. A vehicle towing a trailer, semitrailer or pole trailer may not use a high occupancy vehicle lane at any time. B. Subsection A does not apply to any of the following: 1. During the performance of a tow truck operator's duties, a tow truck operator driving a tow truck. 2. A person driving a motorcycle. 3. A person driving a public transportation vehicle. 4. An authorized emergency vehicle as defined in section 28-101 that is in use by a first responder in the line of duty. C. A person who violates subsection A of this section is subject to a civil penalty of two hundred dollars $200. D. Notwithstanding section 28-1554, one hundred dollars $100 of each civil penalty collected pursuant to subsection C of this section shall be deposited in the state general fund. E. For the purposes of this section, "public transportation vehicle" means any vehicle that provides a public entity's public transportation service and either: 1. Is owned or operated by the public entity. 2. Is operated under a contract with the public entity. END_STATUTE
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71	80		Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
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73	82		Section 1. Section 28-737, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
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75	84		START_STATUTE28-737. High occupancy vehicle lanes; civil penalty; definition
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77	86		A. Except as provided in sections 28-2416 and 28-2416.01 and subsection B of this section, a person shall not drive a vehicle carrying fewer than two persons, including the driver, in a high occupancy vehicle lane at any time the use of the high occupancy vehicle lane is restricted to vehicles carrying two or more persons, including the driver. A vehicle towing a trailer, semitrailer or pole trailer may not use a high occupancy vehicle lane at any time.
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89	98		C. A person who violates subsection A of this section is subject to a civil penalty of two hundred dollars $200.
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91	100		D. Notwithstanding section 28-1554, one hundred dollars $100 of each civil penalty collected pursuant to subsection C of this section shall be deposited in the state general fund.
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93	102		E. For the purposes of this section, "public transportation vehicle" means any vehicle that provides a public entity's public transportation service and either:
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97	106		2. Is operated under a contract with the public entity. END_STATUTE