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AZ HB2512

Bill

Status

Engrossed

2/23/2017

Primary Sponsor

Drew John

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-third Legislature - First Regular Session (2017)

AI Summary

  • Amends Arizona statutes 28-960 and 28-961 regarding warning devices required on motor vehicles operating outside city/town limits during nighttime hours.

  • Clarifies that portable reflector units meeting 49 Code of Federal Regulations section 571.125 standards satisfy compliance requirements for flares, fusees, and electric lanterns on motor trucks, passenger buses, and truck tractors.

  • Removes departmental approval requirement for portable reflector units, replacing it with a reference to federal safety standards for reflector unit design and construction.

  • Applies portable reflector unit compliance option to disabled vehicles, allowing reflectors displayed on roadways to satisfy warning device requirements instead of traditional flares, fusees, or electric lanterns.

  • Maintains separate rules for vehicles transporting flammable liquids in bulk or compressed flammable gases, which must use electric lanterns rather than flame-producing warning devices.

Legislative Description

Warning devices; motor vehicles

Transportation

Last Action

Senate Committee of the Whole action: Retained

3/30/2017

Full Bill Text

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