SB194 Alabama 2016 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2016

Title

Municipalities, motor vehicles, automated photographic parking enforcement, authorized, procedures, adoption of municipal ordinances, civil fines, municipal court jurisdiction, appeals

Description

<p class="bill_description"> This bill would authorize the city council or other governing body of a municipality to adopt a municipal ordinance providing for parking enforcement and collection</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would provide for parking enforcement civil violations</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would authorize each municipality to adopt a municipal ordinance consistent with this act</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would provide certain procedures to be followed by the municipality for parking enforcement</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would provide that the owner of the vehicle unlawfully parked shall be presumptively liable for a civil violation and the payment of a civil fine, but providing procedures to contest liability</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would provide for jurisdiction in the municipal court of the municipality over the civil violations and allow appeals to the circuit court of the county where the municipality is situated for trial de novo without a jury</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would provide the procedure for collection of outstanding parking tickets to include immobilization and impoundment</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> To authorize the city council or other governing body of a municipality to adopt a municipal ordinance providing for parking enforcement and collection; to provide for parking enforcement civil violations; to authorize each municipality to adopt a municipal ordinance consistent with this act; to provide certain procedures to be followed by the municipality for parking enforcement; to provide that the owner of the vehicle unlawfully parked shall be presumptively liable for a civil violation and the payment of a civil fine, but providing procedures to contest liability; to provide for jurisdiction in the municipal court of the municipality over the civil violations and allow appeals to the circuit court of the county where the municipality is situated for trial de novo without a jury; and to provide the procedure for collection of outstanding parking tickets to include immobilization and impoundment. </p>

Subjects

Court, Circuit