ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Phoenix, Arizona
recreational vehicles;
length restrictions
Increases the maximum length
for motor homes from 40 feet to 45 feet.
Unless otherwise specified,
current statute limits any vehicle including the load on the vehicle to 40 feet
overall dimension, including front and rear bumpers. Size and weight standards are applicable throughout the state and
are not amendable by local authority. According to the Recreation Vehicle
Industry Association, 32 states permit over 40-foot motor homes to travel
throughout their state.
H.B. 2486 increases the
maximum length of recreational vehicles from 40 feet to 45 feet. This legislation limits recreational
vehicles to include a motor home designed to provide temporary living quarters
for recreational, camping or travel use and built on or permanently attached to
a self-propelled motor vehicle chassis or an a chassis cab or van that is an
integral part of the completed vehicle.
There is no anticipated
fiscal impact to the state general fund associated with this legislation.
1. Exempts motor homes that do not exceed 45 feet in length from the 40-foot limit for all vehicles including front and rear bumpers.
2. Provides for a general effective date.
TRANS 2/12/01 DPA 9-0-0-1
3rd Read 2/19/01 58-0-2-0
Prepared by Senate Staff
March 13, 2001