SB459 Alabama 2013 Session

This bill would relate to motor vehicles and would define medium speed vehicles. The bill would provide for the issuance of a restricted motor vehicle license plate for medium speed vehicles to operate on public roads where the minimum posted speed is not greater than 40 miles per hour. The bill would further provide that the vehicles would be registered in the same manner as private passenger automobiles and would exempt medium speed vehicles from any requirement to have a certificate of title. The bill would also specify certain safety equipment and federal safety standards for medium speed vehicles

To add Section 32-6-59.1 to the Code of Alabama 1975, and to amend Sections 32-8-31 and 40-12-240 of the Code of Alabama 1975; to establish a license plate category for medium speed vehicles; to exempt medium speed vehicles from certificate of title requirements; to establish a definition and safety standards for medium speed vehicles.