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HB2800 - 572R - H Ver
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ignition interlock
devices; violation; classification
State of Arizona
House of Representatives
Fifty-seventh Legislature
Second Regular Session
2026
HOUSE BILL 2800
AN
ACT
Amending section 28-1464, Arizona Revised
Statutes; relating to ignition interlock devices.
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Be it
enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 28-1464, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
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28-1464.
Ignition interlock devices; violations; classification;
definition
A. Except in cases of a substantial emergency, a
person shall not knowingly rent, lease or lend a motor vehicle to
a person whose
another person while knowing that
the other person who wishes to rent, lease or receive the motor vehicle has a
limited
driving privilege
is limited
pursuant to
section 28-1381, 28-1382, 28-1383 or 28-3319 or
a
restricted
driving PRIVILEGE
pursuant
to section 28-1402 unless the motor vehicle is equipped with a
functioning certified ignition interlock device.
B. A person whose driving privilege is limited
pursuant to section 28-1381, 28-1382, 28-1383 or 28-3319
or restricted pursuant to section 28-1402 and who rents, leases or
borrows a motor vehicle from another person shall notify the person who rents,
leases or lends the motor vehicle to the person that the person has specific
requirements for the operation of the motor vehicle and the nature of the
requirements.
C. During any period when a person whose driving
privilege is limited pursuant to section 28-1381, 28-1382, 28-1383
or 28-3319 or restricted pursuant to section 28-1402 is required to
operate only a motor vehicle that is equipped with a certified ignition
interlock device, the person shall not request or
permit
allow
any other person to breathe into the ignition interlock
device or start a motor vehicle equipped with an ignition interlock device for
the purpose of providing the person with an operable motor vehicle.
D. A person shall not breathe into an ignition
interlock device or start a motor vehicle equipped with an ignition interlock
device for the purpose of providing an operable motor vehicle to a person whose
driving privilege is limited pursuant to section 28-1381, 28-1382,
28-1383 or 28-3319 or restricted pursuant to section 28-1402.
E. A person whose driving privilege is limited
pursuant to section 28-1381, 28-1382, 28-1383 or 28-3319
or restricted pursuant to section 28-1402 shall not tamper with or
circumvent the operation of an ignition interlock device.
F. A person who is not an ignition interlock service
provider or an agent or subcontractor of an ignition interlock service provider
and who is not a person whose driving privilege is limited pursuant to section
28-1381, 28-1382, 28-1383 or 28-3319 or restricted
pursuant to section 28-1402 shall not tamper with or circumvent the
operation of an ignition interlock device.
G. Except in cases of substantial emergency, a
person whose driving privilege is limited pursuant to section 28-1381, 28-1382,
28-1383 or 28-3319 or restricted pursuant to section 28-1402
shall not operate a motor vehicle without a functioning certified ignition
interlock device during the applicable time period.
H. If the ignition interlock device is removed from
a vehicle by an ignition interlock service provider, the ignition interlock
manufacturer shall electronically notify the department in a form prescribed by
the department that the ignition interlock device has been removed from the
vehicle.
I. If
the
a
person does not provide evidence to the department within seventy-two hours
that the person has installed a functioning certified ignition interlock device
in each vehicle operated by the person and has provided proof of installation
to the department, the department shall suspend the special ignition interlock
restricted driver license or privilege as prescribed in section 28-1463.
J. A person who is ordered by the court or required
by the department pursuant to section 28-3319 to equip any motor vehicle
the person operates with a certified ignition interlock device shall while
under arrest submit to any test chosen by a law enforcement officer pursuant to
section 28-1321, subsection A.
K. A person who violates this section is guilty of a
class 1 misdemeanor
except a person who knowingly lends a motor
vehicle to another person in violation of subsection A of this section and
during the time the other person operates the motor vehicle the other person is
INVOLVED in a collision that results in death or serious physical injury as
defined in section 13-105, the person who knowingly lends the motor vehicle is
guilty of a class 6 felony
. Additionally, if a person is
convicted of violating subsection B, C, E or G of this section, the department
shall extend the duration of the certified ignition interlock device
requirement for not more than one year.
L. For the purposes of this section,
"substantial emergency" means that a person other than the person
whose driving privilege is limited pursuant to section 28-1381, 28-1382,
28-1383 or 28-3319 or restricted pursuant to section 28-1402
is not reasonably available to drive in response to an emergency.
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