HB249 Alabama 2013 Session

Under existing law, the driver of a motor vehicle is required to move over or slow down when approaching a parked law enforcement vehicle, emergency vehicle, wrecker, or utility vehicle

This bill would also require the driver of a motor vehicle to yield the right-of-way and move over or slow down when approaching a garbage, trash, refuse, or recycling collection vehicle that is actively engaged in the collection of garbage, trash, refuse, or recycling materials

Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose

The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of the amendment. However, the bill does not require approval of a local governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective because it comes within one of the specified exceptions contained in the amendment

Relating to motor vehicles; to amend Section 32-5A-58.2, Code of Alabama 1975, the Alabama Move Over Act, to include garbage, trash, refuse, or recycling collection vehicles in the type of vehicles on the roadside which the driver of another motor vehicle is required to move over or slow down when approaching; to require drivers to yield the right-of-way to garbage, trash, refuse, or recycling collection vehicles; to provide for traffic violations; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended.