HB446 Alabama 2012 Session
In Committee
Bill Summary
Sponsors
Session
Regular Session 2012
Title
School buses, automated civil enforcement of school bus violations, county and city boards of education may initiate and enforce, district and municipal courts, county and city law enforcement.
Description
<p class="bill_description"> This bill would enable county and municipal
boards of education to initiate civil enforcement
of offenses related to overtaking a school bus by
using automated detection devices, and allowing a
civil notice of violation to be issued by mail. It
would provide that the owner of the vehicle is
presumptively responsible but provide procedures to
transfer responsibility or to contest the notice of
violation. District and municipal courts would be
granted subject matter jurisdiction to adjudicate
the civil notice. The bill would provide for
appeals. Civil fines would be authorized. Any
person who becomes responsible for payment of the
civil fine would not have the violation entered on
the driver's history, not suffer other adverse
consequences so long as the civil fine is timely
paid, and insurance companies could not use a
violation to set or change insurance rates. Failure
to timely pay a civil fine would result in civil
collection efforts by a county or a municipal board
of education</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> Authorizing automated enforcement related to
overtaking a school bus in counties and municipalities as a
civil offense; authorizing a county or municipal board of
education to initiate automated school bus violation
enforcement; requiring certain procedures to be followed by a
county or municipal board of education using automated school
bus enforcement; making the owner of the vehicle involved in a
violation presumptively responsible for payment of a civil
fine, but providing procedures to contest responsibility or
transfer responsibility to another person; providing for
jurisdiction in district courts and in municipal courts over
the civil offenses and allowing appeals to the circuit court;
providing enforcement regarding licensing, titling and
driver's license issuance and renewal until the civil fine is
paid.
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Subjects
School Bus Violations
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| March 1, 2012 | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary |
Bill Text
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | HB446 Alabama 2012 Session - Introduced |