Bill Amendment: AZ HB2429 | 2014 | Fifty-first Legislature 2nd Regular
Bill Title: Towed vehicles; impounded notification
Status: 2014-04-30 - Chapter 266 [HB2429 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2014-HB2429-HOUSE_ADOPTED_AMENDMENT_Fann_Floor_Amendment_Reference_to_TRANSPORTATION_Committee_amendment.html
Fifty-first Legislature Fann
Second Regular Session H.B. 2429
FANN FLOOR AMENDMENT
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO H.B. 2429
(Reference to TRANSPORTATION Committee amendment)
Page 1, between lines 1 and 2, insert:
"Section 1. Section 28-1108, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
28-1108. Vehicle towing; rules; contractual agreement for towing services; weight exemption
A. If a vehicle is towing another vehicle, the drawbar or other connection shall be of sufficient strength to pull all weight towed by the vehicle and the drawbar or other connection shall not exceed fifteen feet from one vehicle to the other, except the connection between any two vehicles transporting poles, pipe, machinery or other objects of a structural nature that cannot readily be dismembered. For the purposes of this subsection, "drawbar" means a rigid structure that connects a trailer and a towing vehicle and that articulates at the point of connection with the trailer and articulates at the point of connection with the towing vehicle.
B. If a vehicle is towing another vehicle and the connection consists of a chain, rope or cable, a white flag or cloth at least twelve inches square shall be displayed on the connection.
C. The director of the department of public safety shall adopt and enforce rules that are not inconsistent with this chapter to govern the design and operation of all tow trucks.
D. A person may not operate a tow truck for the purpose of towing vehicles without first registering with the director of the department of public safety, obtaining a bond and obtaining a permit pursuant to the rules that govern tow trucks and that are adopted by the department of public safety.
E. The director of the department of public safety or a county, city or town may enter into a contractual agreement with a towing firm or firms for towing or storage services, or both. At the time of application for a contractual agreement, a towing firm must disclose in writing the owners of the towing firm and, if the owners own other towing firms that are also applying for the same contractual agreement, the names of those towing firms. The contractual agreement shall comply with this section and all rules adopted under this section. Contracts shall be awarded on the basis of competitive bidding. The director of the department of public safety or a county, city or town shall reserve the right to reject all bids. If only one bid is received, the director of the department of public safety or a county, city or town may reject the bid and negotiate a contract without bidding if the negotiated contract is at a price lower than the bid price under the terms and conditions specified in the call for bids.
F. Except as provided in subsection G of this section, a towing firm may only have one contractual agreement per solicitation with the department of public safety or a county, city or town for towing or storage services, or both. The towing firm must disclose to the department of public safety or the county, city or town all employees, managers, storage facilities, equipment or any other asset for the benefit of any other towing firm that also has a contractual agreement with the department of public safety or the county, city or town for towing or storage services, or both. A towing firm that has a contractual agreement pursuant to this section may not use the employees, managers, storage facilities or equipment of another towing firm, except that a central dispatch center may answer calls from different towing firms.
G. If a towing firm that has a contractual agreement pursuant to this section acquires another towing firm that has a contractual agreement pursuant to this section, both contractual agreements remain valid until the agreements expire.
F. H. The
total weight of a tow truck and the towed vehicle is exempt from the maximum
total gross weight load allowed under section 28‑1100 if a damaged,
disabled or abandoned vehicle or vehicle combination is towed."
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