Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 28 > Chapter 9 > Article 2 - Transportation Financial Responsibility

• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Bus: means a motor vehicle designed for carrying sixteen or more passengers, including the driver. See Arizona Laws 28-101
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Declared gross weight: has the meaning prescribed in section 28-5431. See Arizona Laws 28-4031
• 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
• Gross weight: has the meaning prescribed in section 28-5431. See Arizona Laws 28-4031
• Hazardous material: means a material, and its mixtures or solutions, that the United States department of transportation determines under 49 Code of Federal Regulations is, or any quantity of a material listed as a select agent or toxin under Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 73 that is, capable of posing an unreasonable risk to health, safety and property if transported in commerce and that is required to be placarded or marked as required by the department's safety rules prescribed pursuant to chapter 14 of this title. 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
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• License: means a license, temporary instruction permit or temporary license issued under the laws of this state pertaining to the licensing of persons to operate motor vehicles. See Arizona Laws 28-4001
• Limousine: means a motor vehicle providing prearranged ground transportation service for an individual passenger, or a group of passengers, that is arranged in advance or is operated on a regular route or between specified points and includes ground transportation under a contract or agreement for services that includes a fixed rate or time and is provided in a motor vehicle with a seating capacity not exceeding fifteen passengers including the driver. See Arizona Laws 28-101
• Livery vehicle: means a motor vehicle that:

  (a) Has a seating capacity not exceeding fifteen passengers including the driver. See Arizona Laws 28-101

• Motor vehicle: means a self-propelled vehicle that is registered or required to be registered under the laws of this state. See Arizona Laws 28-4001
• Motor vehicle liability policy: means an owner's or an operator's policy of liability insurance that is both:

  (a) Certified as provided in section 28-4077 or 28-4078 as proof of financial responsibility. See Arizona Laws 28-4001

• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Operator: means a person who is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle, whether or not the person has a license. See Arizona Laws 28-4001
• Owner: means :

  (a) A person who holds the legal title of a vehicle. See Arizona Laws 28-101

• Person: means :

  (a) An owner or operator of a motor vehicle or vehicle combination subject to the financial responsibility requirements of this article. See Arizona Laws 28-4031

• Proof of financial responsibility: means proof of ability to respond in damages for liability on account of accidents occurring after the effective date of the proof and arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of a motor vehicle, in the amounts required by section 28-4009 or 28-4033. See Arizona Laws 28-4001
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Registration: means the registration certificate or certificates and license plates issued under the laws of this state pertaining to the registration of motor vehicles. See Arizona Laws 28-4001
• State: means a state, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia or a province of the Dominion of Canada. See Arizona Laws 28-4001
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Taxi: means a motor vehicle that has a seating capacity not exceeding fifteen passengers, including the driver, that provides passenger services and that:

  (a) Does not primarily operate on a regular route or between specified places. See Arizona Laws 28-101

• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Vehicle combination: has the meaning prescribed in section 28-5431. See Arizona Laws 28-4031