2017 Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 36 - Public Health and Safety
§ 36-2031 Criminal laws limitations
36-2031. Criminal laws limitations
A. No county, municipality or other political subdivision may adopt or enforce any local law, ordinance, resolution or rule having the force of law that includes being a common drunkard or being found in an intoxicated condition as one of the elements of the offense giving rise to criminal or civil penalty or sanctions, but nothing in this article shall affect any laws, ordinances, resolutions or rules against drunken driving, driving under the influence of alcohol or other similar offenses involving the operation of vehicles, aircraft, boats, machinery or other equipment, or regarding the sale, purchase, dispensing, possessing or using of alcoholic beverages at stated times and places or by particular classes of persons.
B. No county, municipality or other political subdivision may interpret or apply any law of general application to circumvent the provision of subsection A.
