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AZ SB1324

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/25/2021

Primary Sponsor

David Gowan

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-fifth Legislature - First Regular Session (2021)

AI Summary

  • Amends Arizona Revised Statutes section 28-337 regarding high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane operations and degradation.
  • Requires the Department of Transportation to monitor the impact of single occupancy vehicles authorized under sections 28-2416 and 28-2416.01 on HOV lane operations.
  • When an HOV lane becomes degraded, restricts lane use to vehicles in priority order: passenger vehicles with 2+ occupants, public transit buses, buses with 2+ occupants, motorcycles, alternative fuel vehicles, and low emission/energy efficient vehicles.
  • Defines a degraded HOV lane as one where vehicles fail to maintain 45 miles per hour or greater 90 percent of the time over a consecutive 180-day period during morning and evening weekday peak-hour periods.
  • Makes technical corrections to statutory language, changing "per cent" to "percent" and "peak hour" to "peak-hour."

Legislative Description

HOV lanes; degradation; technical correction

Technical Correction

Last Action

Senate APPROP Committee action: Discussed and Held, voting: (0-0-0-0)

2/23/2021

Committee Referrals

Rules1/26/2021
Appropriations1/25/2021

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