HB555 Alabama 2014 Session

Under existing law, it is not specifically illegal to allow a person under the age of 21 to ride in the bed of a pickup truck

This bill would specifically prohibit the operator of a pickup truck from allowing a person age 21 or under to ride in the bed of the pickup truck on a paved highway. The bill would prescribe a penalty for a violation. The bill would provide for a phased in implementation

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

Prohibiting the operator of a pickup truck from allowing a person of a certain age to ride in the bed of the pickup truck on a paved highway; providing certain exceptions; prescribing a penalty for a violation of this act; providing for a phased in implementation of this act; 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.