HB578 Alabama 2011 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Kurt Wallace

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2011

Title

Motor vehicles, speed limits, local law enforcement officers being prohibited from enforcing speed limits on Interstates within police jurisdiction, provisions deleted, Act 2010-564, 2010 Reg. Sess. am'd.; Sec. 32-5A-171 am'd.

Summary

HB578 would remove existing limits that prevented some municipal police from enforcing speed limits on interstate highways, including within their own police jurisdictions.

What This Bill Does

The bill would delete two provisions in current law that restrict how and where municipal officers can enforce interstate speed limits. This means municipal law enforcement in applicable towns could enforce speed limits on interstates, even within the municipality's police jurisdiction. Enforcement would occur under the same maximum speed limits already established by Alabama law.

Who It Affects

• Municipal law enforcement officers in towns with fewer than 19,000 residents, who would gain authority to enforce interstate speed limits.
• Drivers on interstate highways within municipalities' police jurisdictions, who could be cited by local police for speeding.

Key Provisions

• Delete the provision prohibiting certain municipal officers from enforcing speed limits on interstate highways.
• Delete the provision prohibiting municipal law enforcement officers from enforcing speed limits on interstate highways within the police jurisdiction of the municipality.

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Subjects

Motor Vehicles