SB73 Alabama 2011 Session

In Committee

Bill Summary

Sponsors

Scott Beason

Session

Regular Session 2011

Title

Motor vehicles, licensing and registration of trucks and truck tractors, motor vehicle wreckers (tow trucks), licensing and registration based on gross vehicle weight not to include vehicle towed, Sec. 40-12-248 am'd.

Description

This bill would specify that a motor vehicle wrecker, commonly known as a tow truck, that is used to recover disabled vehicles or used for impoundment purposes would be licensed and registered based on its gross vehicle weight without regard to the gross vehicle weight of any motor vehicle to be towed by the wrecker.

Relating to motor vehicles; to amend Section 40-12-248 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the licensing and registration of trucks and truck tractors, to provide for the licensing and registration of motor vehicle wreckers, commonly known as tow trucks, based on the gross vehicle weight of the wrecker without regard to the gross vehicle weight of any motor vehicle to be towed by the wrecker.

Subjects

Motor Vehicles

Bill Actions

Action Date	Chamber	Action
June 1, 2011		Indefinitely Postponed
March 3, 2011		Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
March 1, 2011		Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Commerce, Transportation, and Utilities

Bill Text

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Bill Documents

Type	Link
Bill Text	SB73 Alabama 2011 Session - Introduced