HB170 Alabama 2012 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2012

Title

Motor vehicles, driver's licenses, law enforcement authorized to issue citation if reasonable suspicion that driver was driving a motor vehicle without license even without personal observation of the person driving, request to see driver's license authorized under certain conditions, Sec. 32-6-9.1 added (2012-20486)

Description

<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, an individual is required to have his or her driver's license in his or her immediate possession while driving a motor vehicle and is required to display the license upon demand of a police officer or state trooper</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would authorize a law enforcement officer to issue a ticket at the scene of an accident when the officer has reasonable suspicion upon a totality of the circumstances to believe the person was driving without a license</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would allow a law enforcement officer to request that an individual display his or her driver's license if the law enforcement officer has reasonable cause to believe that the individual was driving even if the law enforcement officer does not observe the individual driving</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> To amend Section 32-6-9, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended by Act 2011-535, 2011 Regular Session, relating to possession and display of a driver's license; to allow a law enforcement officer to request to see a driver's license if the officer has reasonable cause to believe that a person was driving even if the officer did not witness the person driving a motor vehicle; and to authorize a law enforcement officer at the scene of an accident to issue a ticket when the officer has reasonable suspicion upon a totality of the circumstances to believe the person was driving without a license. </p>

Subjects

Crimes and Offenses