Arizona Administrative Code › Title 13 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 3 - Department of Public Safety - Tow Trucks › Article 7 - DEFINITIONS, SCOPE, AND ENFORCEMENT DATES › Section R13-3-701 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. The definitions
				in A.R.S. §§
									28-101
				and
				41-1701
				apply to this Chapter.
B. In this
				Chapter:
1. "Alter" means adding, modifying,
				or removing any equipment or component after a tow truck has received a permit
				decal from the Department, in a manner that may affect the operation of the tow
				truck, compliance with A.R.S. §
										28-1108
				and this Chapter, or the health, safety, or welfare of any
				individual.
2. "Bed assembly" means
				the part of a tow truck that is located behind the cab, is attached to the
				frame, and is used to mount a boom assembly, hoist, winch, or equipment for
				transporting vehicles.
3. "Boom
				assembly" means a device, consisting of sheaves, one or more winches, and wire
				rope, that is attached to a tow truck and used to lift or tow another
				vehicle.
4. "Collision" means an
				incident involving one or more moving vehicles resulting in damage to a vehicle
				or its load that requires the completion of a written report of accident under
				A.R.S. §
										28-667(A).
5. "Collision recovery" means initial towing
				or removing a vehicle involved in a collision from the collision
				scene.
6. "Denial" means refusal to
				satisfy a request.
7. "Department"
				means the Arizona Department of Public Safety.
8. "Director" means the Director of the
				Arizona Department of Public Safety or the Director's designee.
9. "Emergency brake" means the electrical,
				mechanical, hydraulic, or air brake components used to slow or stop a vehicle
				after a failure of the service brake system.
10. "Flatbed" means an open platform that is
				located behind the cab and attached to the frame of a truck.
11. "G.V.W.R." means Gross Vehicle Weight
				Rating, the value specified by the manufacturer as the fully assembled weight
				of a single motor vehicle.
12.
				"Hook" means a steel hook attached to an end of a wire rope or chain.
13. "Parking brake system" means the
				electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, or air brake components used to hold the tow
				truck or combination under any condition of loading to prevent movement when
				parked.
14. "Permit decal" means
				the non-transferable decal that a tow truck company is required to obtain from
				the Department before operating a tow truck for the purpose of towing a
				vehicle.
15. "Person" means the
				same as in A.R.S. §
										1-215.
16. "Power-assisted service brake system"
				means a service-brake system that is equipped with a booster to supply
				additional power to the service-brake system by means of air, vacuum, electric,
				or hydraulic pressure.
17.
				"Power-operated winch" means a winch that is operated by electrical,
				mechanical, or hydraulic power.
18.
				"Service-brake system" means the electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, or air
				brake components used to slow or stop a vehicle in motion.
19. "Snatch block" means a metal case that
				encloses one or more pulleys and can be opened to receive a wire rope and
				redirect energy from a winch.
20.
				"State" means the state of Arizona.
21. "Steering wheel clamp" means a device
				used to secure in a fixed position the steering wheel of a vehicle being
				towed.
22. "Suspension" is the
				temporary withdrawal of the tow truck permit decal because the Department
				determines the tow truck or tow truck agent is not in compliance with one or
				more requirements of this Chapter.
23. "Tow bar" means a device attached to the
				rear of a tow truck to secure a towed vehicle to the tow truck by chains,
				straps, or hooks.
24. "Tow plate"
				means a solid metal support attached to the rear of a tow truck to secure a
				towed vehicle to the tow truck by chains, straps, or hooks.
25. "Tow sling" means two or more flexible
				straps attached to the wire rope or boom assembly of a tow truck to hoist a
				towed vehicle by chains, straps, or hooks.
26. "Tow truck" means a motor vehicle
				designed, manufactured, or altered to tow or transport one or more vehicles.
				The following are tow trucks:
a. A truck with
				a flatbed equipped with a winch;
b.
				A truck drawing a semi-trailer or trailer equipped with a winch;
c. A motor vehicle that has a boom assembly
				or hoist permanently attached to its bed or frame;
d. A motor vehicle that has a tow sling, tow
				plate, tow bar, under-lift, or wheel-lift attached to the rear of the vehicle;
				and
e. A truck-tractor drawing a
				semi-trailer equipped with a winch.
27. "Tow truck agent" means an individual who
				operates a tow truck on behalf of a tow truck company, and includes owners,
				individuals employed by the tow truck company, and independent
				contractors.
28. "Tow truck
				company" means a person that owns, leases, or operates a tow truck that travels
				on a street or highway to transport a vehicle, including, but not limited to a
				vehicle that is damaged, disabled, unattended, repossessed, or
				abandoned.
29. "Truck-tractor
				protection valve" means a device that supplies air to the service brake system
				of a trailer to release the service brakes while the trailer is being towed by
				a truck- tractor, or to activate the service brakes if the supply of air from
				the truck-tractor to the trailer is disconnected or depleted.
30. "Under-lift" means an electrical,
				mechanical, or hydraulic device attached to the rear of a tow truck used to
				lift the front or rear of a vehicle by its axles or frame.
31. "Vehicle" means the same as in A.R.S.
				§
										28-101.
32. "Wheel lift" means an electrical,
				hydraulic, or mechanical device attached to the rear of a tow truck used to
				lift the front or rear of a vehicle by its tires or wheels.
33. "Winch" means a device used for winding
				or unwinding wire rope.
34. "Wire
				rope" means flexible steel or synthetic strands that are twisted or braided
				together and may surround a hemp or wire core.
35. "Work lamp" means a lighting system that
				is mounted on a tow truck capable of illuminating an area to the rear of the
				tow truck.