SB1442 Summary

• Amends sections 28-3396 and 28-3397 of Arizona Revised Statutes concerning fees for defensive driving schools and court diversion processes.

• Changes fee collection responsibility from defensive driving schools to courts of record, requiring courts to collect the court diversion fee and surcharge before or when an individual attends defensive driving school.

• Establishes that the first $10,400,000 in annual surcharge revenue goes to the Department of Public Safety Forensics Fund, with remaining money deposited in the state general fund.

• Maintains a $45 surcharge for individuals attending defensive driving school and a maximum $15 additional fee established by the supreme court for the defensive driving school fund.