ADOT; primitive roads; designation

Plain English Breakdown

The provided candidate explanation includes a claim about making technical changes, which is not supported by the official source material. The bill summary does mention 'makes technical changes' but it's unclear what specific changes are made and they do not seem to be detailed in the given text.

Designating Primitive Roads in Arizona

This bill allows ADOT to designate state highways or routes as primitive roads, sets signage requirements for these roads, and limits liability for damages or injuries.

What This Bill Does

• Allows the Director of ADOT to label a state highway or route as a primitive road.
• Requires ADOT to put up signs on designated primitive roads that warn drivers about potential risks.
• Specifies that signs must include a warning message stating 'primitive road, caution, use at your own risk' and inform users that the surface is not regularly maintained.
• Exempts the state and its employees from liability for damages or injuries caused by using a primitive road, except in cases of intentional harm or gross negligence.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT)
• Drivers who use roads designated as primitive
• Local government bodies that manage public roads

Terms To Know

Primitive road

A road that was opened before June 13, 1990 and not constructed according to county standards.

ADOT

Arizona Department of Transportation

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify the fiscal impact on the state General Fund.
• It is unclear how many roads will be designated as primitive under this new authority.

Official Summary Text

SB1456 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet

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ARIZONA STATE SENATE

Fifty-Seventh
Legislature, Second Regular Session

FACT SHEET FOR
S.B. 1456

ADOT; primitive
roads; designation

Purpose

Allows the
Director of the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) to designate a
state highway or route as a primitive road and outlines signage requirements
for primitive roads.

Background

The county board
of supervisors or the governing body of a city or town may designate a public
road within the governing body's jurisdiction as a primitive road if the road
was opened before June 13, 1990, and was not constructed according to county
standards. A governing body must place signs identifying a road as a primitive
road in adequate locations to warn the public. Neither a governing body nor the
governing body's employees are liable for damages or injuries resulting from
the use of a road that has been designated as a primitive road, except as
prescribed for intentional injuries or gross negligence. A governing body may
not designate a state or county highway as a primitive road (
A.R.S.
� 28-6706
).

There is no
anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this
legislation.

Provisions

1.

Allows the Director of ADOT to designate a state highway or route as a
primitive road.

2.

Requires ADOT to place signs on each road that is designated as a
primitive road in adequate locations to warn the public.

3.

Requires primitive road signs to contain the statement:
primitive
road, caution, use at your own risk. This surface is not regularly maintained
.

4.

Specifies that neither the State or State's employees are liable for
damages or injuries resulting from the use of a primitive road, except for
intentional injuries or gross negligence caused by an employee acting within
the scope of the employee's duties.

5.

Makes technical changes.

6.

Becomes effective on the general effective date.

Prepared by Senate Research

February 6, 2026

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Current Bill Text

SB1456 - 572R - H Ver

House Engrossed
Senate Bill

ADOT;
primitive roads; designation

(now: authorized third party; bond exemption)

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SENATE BILL 1456

AN
ACT

Amending section 28-5101.01, Arizona
Revised Statutes; relating to transportation authorized third parties.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section 1. Section 28-5101.01, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
28-5101.01.

Authorized
third party driver license providers; requirements

A. Except as provided in section 28-5101.03,
an authorized third party driver license provider must perform both of the
following:

1. Driver license skills and written testing.

2. Driver license processing.

B. A person who is a third party driver license
provider authorized pursuant to this section may also be authorized pursuant to
this article to perform certain title and registration functions.

C. A person who applies for authorization pursuant
to this section shall submit with the application all of the following:

1. A bond in a form to be approved by the director
and in an amount of at least $300,000 for an initial application for
authorization pursuant to this section and an additional $100,000 for each
additional location providing driver license functions prescribed in subsection
A of this section, except that if the authorized third party is also authorized
pursuant to this article to perform certain title and registration functions at
the same location only a single $100,000 bond is required for that location.
The total bond amount required by this paragraph shall not exceed $1,000,000.
The bond requirements of this paragraph do not apply to
government

entities prescribed in section 28-5104, subsection E, paragraphs 1, 2, 3,
5
,

and
11
and 12
.

2. Documentation that the applicant satisfies all of
the following:

(a) Has been an authorized third party pursuant to
this chapter for at least the immediately preceding three years.

(b) Has conducted an average of at least one
thousand retention transactions per month for the previous calendar year.

(c) Is in good standing with the department.

(d) Has a facility plan for each location that shows
adequate space and equipment necessary to perform the functions prescribed in
subsection A of this section.

3. Documentation that the applicant has during
business hours at least one certified processor qualified to perform at a
minimum all of the following at each location:

(a) Fraudulent document recognition.

(b) Ignition interlock requirements.

(c) Driver license reinstatements.

D. A third party driver license provider authorized
pursuant to this section must comply with all quality control requirements
prescribed by the department.

E. A third party driver license provider authorized
pursuant to subsection A of this section may perform administrative functions
or testing functions or both administrative functions and testing functions for
the issuance and renewal of commercial driver licenses as authorized by the
director and pursuant to federal law.
END_STATUTE