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AZ SB1123
Bill
Status
1/19/2023
Primary Sponsor
David Farnsworth
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AI Summary
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Establishes a fixed $50 fee for abandoned vehicles on private property or public land within incorporated city or town boundaries, and a $150 fee for those outside incorporated areas on national forest, state park, bureau of land management, or state trust land.
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Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to collect these fees as additional registration or driver license fees from vehicle owners and deposit them in the state highway fund.
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Provides registered towing companies that removed abandoned vehicles from national forest, state park, bureau of land management, or state trust land with a fixed $100 payment (previously 20% of collected fees), requiring them to register with the state's procurement office to receive payment.
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Requires the department to make three good faith attempts to contact the towing company within 30 days; if unsuccessful, the $100 payment reverts to the state highway fund.
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Repeals Section 28-4806 and eliminates the abandoned vehicle administration fund, with all collected monies deposited directly into the state highway fund.
Legislative Description
Towing companies; abandoned vehicles; fee
Registration
Last Action
Senate TAT Committee action: Failed To Pass, voting: (3-4-0-0)
2/13/2023