Arizona SB 1205: technical correction; AHCCCS; capitation rates

Bill Text

Chapter 0156 - 572R - S Ver of SB1205 

 Senate Engrossed

 motor vehicle 
 booting; fees; regulation

 State of Arizona

 Senate

 Fifty-seventh Legislature

 Second Regular Session

 2026

 CHAPTER 156

 SENATE BILL 1205

AN 
ACT

amending title 9, chapter 4, article 8, 
arizona revised statutes, by adding section 9-500.54; relating to 
municipal regulations.

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

Section 1. Title 9, chapter 4, article 8, 
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 9-500.54, to read:

START_STATUTE9-500.54. Motor vehicle booting; regulation; notice; restrictions; fees; 
violation; classification; definitions

A. a city or town may not adopt any 
law, ordinance or other regulation that prohibits booting a motor vehicle that 
is located on private property without the permission of the owner or operator 
of the motor vehicle. 

B. a city or town may adopt a law, 
ordinance or other regulation that regulates the rates that a motor vehicle 
booting service may charge that are consistent with subsection G of this section. The city or town may adopt signage 
requirements and booted motor vehicle release practices that are consistent 
with subsections C and E of this section if the motor vehicle that is subject 
to booting is located on private property within the boundaries of the city or 
town.

C. The owner or agent of the owner of 
the private property is deemed to have given consent to unrestricted parking by 
the general public in any parking area of the private property unless the 
parking area is posted with signs as prescribed by this subsection that are 
clearly visible and readable from any point within the parking area and at each 
entrance. the sign must contain, at a minimum, the following:

1. Restrictions on parking.

2. Disposition of motor vehicles 
found in violation of the parking restrictions.

3. the Maximum cost to the owner or 
operator of the motor vehicle for removal of the booting device.

4. a Telephone number and address for 
the vehicle booting service for ASSISTANCE with boot removal.

D. A motor vehicle booting service 
may boot a motor vehicle on private property if both of the following apply:

1. The motor vehicle booting service 
receives a request from a law enforcement agency or has obtained the written 
permission from the owner or the agent of the owner of the private property 
that complies with subsection C of this section.

2. The motor vehicle booting service 
does not act as the agent of the owner Of the private property except to the 
extent required to collect unpaid parking fees.

E. A motor vehicle booting service 
shall release a booted motor vehicle within thirty minutes after receiving a 
request for the motor vehicle's release. A motor vehicle booting 
service shall have the ability to release a booted motor vehicle twenty-four 
hours a day, seven days a week. All charges for the booting of the 
motor VEHICLE and all unpaid parking fees must be paid before the release of 
the booted motor vehicle.

F. A motor VEHICLE booting service or 
a parking area management company shall provide a motor vehicle owner with a 
dispute process for a motor vehicle booting dispute. If the owner of 
a booted motor vehicle files a dispute regarding the booting of the motor 
vehicle, the dispute shall be decided by an officer of an authorized agent of 
the motor vehicle booting service or of the parking area management 
company. The motor vehicle booting service or the parking area 
management company shall provide notice of the decision of the dispute to the 
motor vehicle owner within sixty days after the motor vehicle booting dispute 
is filed.

G. A motor vehicle booting service 
may charge at least $90 but not more than $150 for booting a motor 
vehicle. The statutory motor vehicle booting service fees for 
booting a motor vehicle must automatically be adjusted every three years based 
on the consumer price index as published by the united states department of 
labor, bureau of labor statistics. A motor vehicle booting SERVICE 
may not charge an additional fee for the use of a credit card to pay booting 
fees and unpaid parking fees. If a motor vehicle booting service 
releases a booted motor vehicle after thirty minutes but before sixty minutes 
of receiving a request to release the motor vehicle, the motor vehicle booting 
service shall reduce the motor vehicle booting fee by fifty percent. If 
a motor vehicle booting service releases a booted vehicle after sixty minutes 
of receiving a request to release the motor vehicle, the motor vehicle booting 
service may not charge a fee for the release of the motor vehicle. A 
motor vehicle booting service may charge only one fee for booting a combination 
of motor vehicles. A motor vehicle booting service may charge an 
additional fee for booting a trailer or other vehicle that is separated from 
the motor vehicle that is the trailer's or other