Arizona Laws 28-3394.01. Commercial driver license holders
A. The court shall forward to the department an abstract of a record of judgment against a person who holds a commercial driver license and who is eligible to attend defensive driving school pursuant to section 28-3392. The department shall include a record of the civil traffic violation on the person’s driving record. The department or an agency of this state may not consider the violation for the purpose of determining whether the person’s driver license should be suspended or revoked.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 28-3394.01
- Commercial motor vehicle: means a motor vehicle or combination of motor vehicles that is used in commerce to transport passengers or property and that includes any of the following:
(a) A motor vehicle or combination of motor vehicles that has a gross combined weight rating of twenty-six thousand one or more pounds inclusive of a towed unit with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than ten thousand pounds. See Arizona Laws 28-3001
- court: means a juvenile division of the superior court, a justice of the peace court or a municipal court. See Arizona Laws 28-3391
- Department: means the department of transportation acting directly or through its duly authorized officers and agents. 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
- Driver license: means a license that is issued by a state to an individual and that authorizes the individual to drive a motor vehicle. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- Judgment: means a final judgment and any of the following:
(a) The finding by a court that an individual is responsible for a civil traffic violation. See Arizona Laws 28-3001
- Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- State: means a state of the United States and the District of Columbia. See Arizona Laws 28-101
B. If the person described in subsection A of this section successfully completes the course at a defensive driving school:
1. The court may not impose a civil penalty for the traffic citation for which the individual attended the school.
2. For private passenger motor vehicle liability insurance, an insurer shall consider the traffic citation equivalent to a dismissed traffic citation pursuant to section 28-3394 except that an insurer of a commercial motor vehicle may consider the citation for underwriting and rating purposes for any policy covering the vehicle.