ADOT; primitive roads; designation, the official text

House Engrossed
Senate Bill

[ADOT;
primitive roads; designation]

(now: authorized third party; bond exemption)

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SENATE BILL 1456

AN
ACT

Amending section 28-5101.01, Arizona
Revised Statutes; relating to transportation authorized third parties.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section 1. Section 28-5101.01, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE28-5101.01. Authorized
third party driver license providers; requirements

A. Except as provided in section 28-5101.03,
an authorized third party driver license provider must perform both of the
following:

1. Driver license skills and written testing.

2. Driver license processing.

B. A person who is a third party driver license
provider authorized pursuant to this section may also be authorized pursuant to
this article to perform certain title and registration functions.

C. A person who applies for authorization pursuant
to this section shall submit with the application all of the following:

1. A bond in a form to be approved by the director
and in an amount of at least $300,000 for an initial application for
authorization pursuant to this section and an additional $100,000 for each
additional location providing driver license functions prescribed in subsection
A of this section, except that if the authorized third party is also authorized
pursuant to this article to perform certain title and registration functions at
the same location only a single $100,000 bond is required for that location.
The total bond amount required by this paragraph shall not exceed $1,000,000.
The bond requirements of this paragraph do not apply to [government]
entities prescribed in section 28-5104, subsection E, paragraphs 1, 2, 3,
5, [and] 11 and 12.

2. Documentation that the applicant satisfies all of
the following:

(a) Has been an authorized third party pursuant to
this chapter for at least the immediately preceding three years.

(b) Has conducted an average of at least one
thousand retention transactions per month for the previous calendar year.

(c) Is in good standing with the department.

(d) Has a facility plan for each location that shows
adequate space and equipment necessary to perform the functions prescribed in
subsection A of this section.

3. Documentation that the applicant has during
business hours at least one certified processor qualified to perform at a
minimum all of the following at each location:

(a) Fraudulent document recognition.

(b) Ignition interlock requirements.

(c) Driver license reinstatements.

D. A third party driver license provider authorized
pursuant to this section must comply with all quality control requirements
prescribed by the department.

E. A third party driver license provider authorized
pursuant to subsection A of this section may perform administrative functions
or testing functions or both administrative functions and testing functions for
the issuance and renewal of commercial driver licenses as authorized by the
director and pursuant to federal law.END_STATUTE