HB411 Alabama 2010 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Tammy Irons

Democrat

Co-Sponsors

Barry MaskSteve ClouseJim BartonJim McClendonSteve McMillanJoe FaustHarry ShiverJoe HubbardDuwayne BridgesHoward SanderfordWarren BeckRichard J. LairdAllen TreadawaySpencer CollierRobert BentleyMicky HammonPhil WilliamsDavid GrimesGerald H. AllenDickie DrakeCraig FordJeremy OdenJohnny Mack MorrowJames C. FieldsHenry A. WhiteSteve HurstJody LetsonTerry SpicerTodd GreesonRandy DavisJack WilliamsMike BallJay LovePat MooreGregory CanfieldMac McCutcheonMike HillH. Mac GipsonMary Sue McClurkin

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

Motor vehicles, driving without license or insurance or proof of legal entry into the United States, motor vehicle may be impounded, Secs. 32-6-18, 32-7A-4 am'd.

Description

Under existing law, each person who drives a motor vehicle on a public highway in this state must be properly licensed to drive the vehicle.

This bill would provide that a motor vehicle operated by a driver who does not have a driver's license and proof of legal entry into the United States may be impounded.

This bill would provide that a motor vehicle that is operated on the highway of this state may be impounded if there is no proof that the motor vehicle is covered by a liability insurance policy, motor vehicle liability bond, or a deposit of cash.

This bill would provide that an officer may not impound a vehicle if he or she can verify the driver is properly licensed by other means or if the license had expired within 90 days of the stop.

This bill would require each lien holder of the vehicle to be notified within 48 hours of the impoundment.

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.

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Subjects

Motor Vehicles