HB79 Alabama 2012 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Jim McClendon

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2012

Title

Public Safety Department, wrecker rotation list, territory served by a wrecker/towing service may not be reduced under certain conditions

Summary

HB79 prevents the Department of Public Safety from reducing the territory where certain wrecker services can receive rotation calls if they were authorized there before January 1, 2002.

What This Bill Does

If DPS previously wrote an authorization for a wrecker service to receive rotation calls in a territory (through a trooper commander) on or before January 1, 2002, that service’s designated territory cannot be reduced. The bill effectively freezes those pre-2002 territories so the services can continue to operate in the same areas. It also states that any laws that conflict with this act are repealed and that the act takes effect immediately after the Governor approves it.

Who It Affects

• Wrecker/towing services that were authorized in writing to receive rotation calls in a specific territory on or before January 1, 2002 (their territories cannot be reduced).
• Department of Public Safety and its trooper commanders (their authority to modify those pre-2002 territories is constrained by this act).

Key Provisions

• Section 1: Notwithstanding other laws, if DPS, through a trooper commander, authorized a wrecker/towing service to receive rotation calls in certain territory in a county or counties, the territory in which the service was authorized to operate on or before January 1, 2002 shall not be reduced by DPS.
• Section 2: Any laws or parts of laws that conflict with this act are repealed.
• Section 3: The act becomes effective immediately following the Governor's approval.

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Subjects

Public Safety Department