HB576 Alabama 2011 Session

Updated Jan 10, 2026

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Mac McCutcheon
Republican
Co-Sponsors: Mike Ball Allen Treadaway Alan Boothe April Weaver Wayne Johnson Paul Beckman Mark Tuggle Allen Farley
Session: Regular Session 2011
Title: Motor vehicles, motorcycles, Class M motorcycle license including restricted license to operate a motor-driven cycle, issuance by Public Safety Department, knowledge test required under certain conditions, skills test required for persons 17 and under after a certain date, Secs. 32-5A-240, 32-12-22 am'd.
Description: Under existing law, a person age 16 or older may operate a motorcycle and a person age 14 or older may operate a motor-driven cycle. A motor-driven cycle is defined as a motorcycle which is smaller in weight and power.
The Department of Public Safety issues Class M motorcycle licenses and Class M motorcycle licenses restricted to the operation of a motor-driven cycle and issues Class M motorcycle endorsements on driver's licenses for the operation of motorcycles.
This bill would require a person who on the effective date of the act does not have a Class M motorcycle license or endorsement on his or her license to take and pass a motorcycle knowledge test given by the Department of Public Safety in order to have a motorcycle endorsement displayed on his or her driver's license or to obtain a Class M motorcycle license, including a Class M motorcycle license restricted to a motor-driven cycle.
The bill would also provide that the provisions of the graduated driver's license law restricting the operation of a motor vehicle by a person age 16 or 17 and its provision for exceptions and suspensions of licenses would under certain conditions apply to persons under age 18 operating a motorcycle or a motor-driven cycle.
This bill would also require effective June 1, 2012, that in order for a person 17 years of age or younger to obtain a Class M motorcycle endorsement or license, including a Class M motorcycle license restricted to a motor-driven cycle, the person would be required to pass a skills test as provided for by rule of the department.
Subjects: Motor Vehicles