HB144 Alabama 2010 Session

Under existing law, a person is required to have a commercial driver license issued by the Department of Public Safety with a P endorsement in order to drive a commercial vehicle carrying passengers or with an S endorsement in order to drive a school bus

This bill would prohibit a person required to register as a sex offender from being issued a commercial driver license with a P or an S endorsement. The bill would also prohibit a person convicted of a crime requiring registration as a sex offender from driving a commercial motor vehicle required to be operated by a commercial driver with a P or an S endorsement, would provide for the revocation of licenses, and would provide penalties for violations

Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose

The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of the amendment. However, the bill does not require approval of a local governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective because it comes within one of the specified exceptions contained in the amendment

Relating to commercial driver licenses issued by the Department of Public Safety; to add Section 36-6-49.25 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to prohibit the issuance of a commercial driver license with an endorsement authorizing the license holder to drive a commercial passenger vehicle (P endorsement) or a school bus (S endorsement) if the person is required to register as a sex offender; to prohibit a person convicted of a crime requiring registration as a sex offender from driving a commercial motor vehicle required to be operated by a commercial driver with a P or an S endorsement; to provide for the revocation of licenses under certain conditions; to provide penalties for violations; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended.