HB196 Alabama 2015 Session

Updated Feb 24, 2026

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Jimmy Martin
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2015
Title: Municipalities with population less than 19,000, auth. to enforce speed limits on interstate highways, provision repealed, Sec. 32-5A-171 am'd.
Summary: HB196 would remove two restrictions so municipal police officers can enforce speed limits on interstate highways and within their police jurisdictions, including in smaller municipalities.
What This Bill Does
It repeals the rule that prevents officers from municipalities with fewer than 19,000 people from enforcing general speed limits on interstate highways. It also repeals the rule that prohibits enforcement of interstate speed limits within a municipality's police jurisdiction. As a result, municipal officers could enforce speed limits on interstates and within their police jurisdictions, not just inside corporate limits.

Who It Affects
Municipal law enforcement officers in municipalities with fewer than 19,000 inhabitants, who would gain authority to enforce speed limits on interstate highways and within their police jurisdictions.
Drivers and residents in Alabama who travel on interstate highways (and within municipal police jurisdictions), who could be subject to speeding enforcement by municipal officers under the expanded authority.

Key Provisions
Repeals the prohibition on enforcement of interstate speed limits by law enforcement officers of municipalities with fewer than 19,000 inhabitants.
Repeals the prohibition on enforcement of interstate speed limits within the police jurisdiction of a municipality.

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Subjects: Municipalities