Bill Text: AZ SB1258 | 2019 | Fifty-fourth Legislature 1st Regular | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Class M driver licenses; applicability

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-04-10 - Chapter 59 [SB1258 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2019-SB1258-Chaptered.html

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Senate Engrossed

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-fourth Legislature

First Regular Session

2019

 

 

 

CHAPTER 59

 

SENATE BILL 1258

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending section 28‑3101, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to driver licenses.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Section 28-3101, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE28-3101.  Driver license classes

A.  Except as provided in subsections B and C of this section and section 28‑3102, the following driver license classes are valid:

1.  Class A.  A class A license is valid for operating either of the following:

(a)  A motor vehicle that tows a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than ten thousand pounds if the combined gross vehicle weight rating is twenty‑six thousand one or more pounds.

(b)  A vehicle that requires a class B, C or D license.

2.  Class B.  A class B license is valid for operating any of the following:

(a)  A single motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of twenty‑six thousand one or more pounds.

(b)  A motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of twenty‑six thousand one or more pounds that tows a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of ten thousand pounds or less.

(c)  A vehicle that requires a class C or D license for operation.

3.  Class C.  A class C license is valid for operating any of the following:

(a)  A single motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of twenty‑six thousand pounds or less.

(b)  A motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of twenty‑six thousand pounds or less that tows a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of ten thousand pounds or less.

(c)  A motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of twenty‑six thousand pounds or less that tows a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than ten thousand pounds, if the combined gross vehicle weight rating is less than twenty‑six thousand one pounds.

(d)  A vehicle that is required to be placarded for hazardous materials.

(e)  A bus or school bus.

(f)  A vehicle that requires a class D license for operation.

4.  Class D.  A class D license is valid for operating any of the following:

(a)  A single motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of twenty‑six thousand pounds or less, including an autocycle.

(b)  A motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of twenty‑six thousand pounds or less that tows a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of ten thousand pounds or less.

(c)  A motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of twenty‑six thousand pounds or less that tows a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than ten thousand pounds if the combined gross vehicle weight rating is less than twenty‑six thousand one pounds.

(d)  A motorized touring vehicle.  For the purposes of this subdivision, "motorized touring vehicle" means a motor vehicle that is all of the following:

(i)  Owned by a commercial entity.

(ii)  Rented for use during a sightseeing tour that is guided by an employee of the commercial entity that rents the motor vehicle.

(iii)  Designed to travel with three wheels on the ground.

(iv)  Capable of a maximum speed of forty-five miles per hour.

5.  Class G.  A class G license is valid for operating a single motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of twenty‑six thousand pounds or less.

6.  Class M.  A class M license is valid for operating a motorcycle, motor driven cycle or moped but is not necessary for operating an autocycle or a motorcycle that has at least three wheels and a three‑point safety belt and bucket or bench seats and that is fully enclosed or uses a roll cage frame.  For the purpose of licensing a driver, the department may endorse a class M license classification on a valid class A, B, C, D or G license.

B.  A class A, B, C, D or G license is not valid for operating a vehicle that requires a class M license or a vehicle that requires a special endorsement unless the proper endorsement appears on the license.

C.  A commercial driver license is not required to operate a vehicle described in subsection A, paragraph 1, 2 or 3 of this section if the vehicle has been issued a historic vehicle license plate pursuant to section 28‑2484 and the department provides in the vehicle registration record both of the following:

1.  That the vehicle is classified as a noncommercial vehicle and may not be used as a commercial vehicle.

2.  The vehicle's gross vehicle weight is entered as zero. END_STATUTE

 

 

 

 

APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR APRIL 10, 2019.

 

FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE APRIL 10, 2019.