Under existing law, a person age 16 or older may operate a motorcycle and a person age 14 or older may operate a motor-driven cycle. A motor-driven cycle is defined as a motorcycle which is smaller in weight and power.
The Department of Public Safety issues Class M motorcycle licenses and Class M motorcycle licenses restricted to the operation of a motor-driven cycle and issues Class M motorcycle endorsements on driver's licenses for the operation of motorcycles.
This bill would require a person who on the effective date of the act does not have a Class M motorcycle license or endorsement on his or her license to take and pass a motorcycle knowledge test given by the Department of Public Safety in order to have a motorcycle endorsement displayed on his or her driver's license or to obtain a Class M motorcycle license, including a Class M motorcycle license restricted to a motor-driven cycle.
The bill would also provide that the provisions of the graduated driver's license law restricting the operation of a motor vehicle by a person age 16 or 17 and its provision for exceptions and suspensions of licenses would under certain conditions apply to persons under age 18 operating a motorcycle or a motor-driven cycle.
Public Safety and Homeland Security first Substitute Offered
Pending third reading on day 16 Favorable from Public Safety and Homeland Security with 1 substitute
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and
Referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary
Read for the first time
Engrossed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 127
McGill motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 126
McGill Amendment Offered
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Commerce, Transportation, and Utilities
Source: Alabama Legislature