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AZ HB2003
Bill
Status
4/22/2014
Primary Sponsor
Sonny Borrelli
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AI Summary
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Modifies watercraft casualty reporting requirements and penalties, changing the offense for property-only damage from involving an "attended" watercraft to any "property of another" watercraft, reducing the classification to a class 3 misdemeanor.
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Redirects certain criminal penalties and assessments from the "public safety equipment fund" (section 41-1723) to the "law enforcement and boating safety fund" (section 5-383) for boating under the influence convictions under sections 5-395.01, 5-396, and 5-397.
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Adds a new civil penalty structure for refusal to submit to alcohol or drug testing while operating a motorized watercraft, imposing a $750 civil penalty plus additional assessments totaling $1,000.
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Establishes that monies collected from boating DUI assessments must be deposited in the law enforcement and boating safety fund to support county boating law enforcement, personnel, equipment, and training programs.
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Updates section 41-1723 to remove references to boating-related DUI assessments that are now directed to the separate boating safety fund instead.
Legislative Description
Watercraft; civil and criminal penalties
Last Action
Chapter 127
4/22/2014