Arizona Laws 28-2416.01. Low emission and energy efficient vehicle special plates; use of high occupancy vehicle lanes; civil penalty
A. Except as provided in section 28-337 and if the department receives approval from the federal government as prescribed in subsection D of this section, a person who owns a motor vehicle that is a low emission and energy efficient vehicle as defined in section 28-601 may apply for a low emission and energy efficient vehicle special plate pursuant to this section. The low emission and energy efficient vehicle special plate shall be designed by the director.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 28-2416.01
- Department: means the department of transportation acting directly or through its duly authorized officers and agents. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- Director: means the director of the department of transportation. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- Drive: means to operate or be in actual physical control of a motor vehicle. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- Driver: means a person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- highway: means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way if a part of the way is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Owner: means :
(a) A person who holds the legal title of a vehicle. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Special plates: means plates issued pursuant to this article. See Arizona Laws 28-2401
- State: means a state of the United States and the District of Columbia. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
B. A person who applies for a low emission and energy efficient vehicle special plate shall pay an eight dollar plate administration fee, except that vehicles that are registered pursuant to section 28-2511 are exempt from that fee. The department shall deposit, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, all special plate administration fees in the state highway fund established by section 28-6991.
C. The director may allow a request for a low emission and energy efficient vehicle special plate to be combined with a request for personalized special plates. If the director allows such a combination, the request shall be in a form prescribed by the director and is subject to the fees for the personalized special plates in addition to the fees required for low emission and energy efficient vehicle special plates. Low emission and energy efficient vehicle special plates may be transferred to another low emission and energy efficient vehicle for which the person is the registered owner or lessee.
D. Except as provided in section 28-337 and if the department receives approval from the federal government allowing the use of high occupancy vehicle lanes by low emission and energy efficient vehicles, as defined in section 28-601, that achieve not less than a fifty per cent increase in city fuel economy or not less than a twenty-five per cent increase in combined city-highway fuel economy in accordance with 23 United States Code § 166, a person may drive a motor vehicle with a low emission and energy efficient vehicle special plate in high occupancy vehicle lanes at any time, regardless of occupancy level, without penalty.
E. A person shall not drive a motor vehicle in a high occupancy vehicle lane with a low emission and energy efficient vehicle special plate if the motor vehicle is not a low emission and energy efficient vehicle for which a low emission and energy efficient vehicle special plate has been issued pursuant to this section. A person who violates this subsection is subject to a civil penalty of three hundred fifty dollars. Notwithstanding section 28-1554, the civil penalty collected pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited in the state general fund.
F. For the purposes of section 28-337, the department shall:
1. Limit or suspend the issuance of low emission and energy efficient vehicle special plates.
2. Remove the privilege of operating in the high occupancy vehicle lane with a single occupant, including the driver.