HB218 Alabama 2017 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2017

Title

Motor vehicles, Anti-Road Rage Act, established, right side driving required, exceptions, Sec. 32-5A-80 am'd.

Description

<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, the rules of the road specify that vehicles traveling at less than the normal speed of traffic are to travel in the right-hand lane or as close to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway as practicable. Under existing law, a violation of any of the rules of the road is a misdemeanor unless otherwise specified</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would require a vehicle traveling on an interstate highway to travel in the right lane unless passing another vehicle. This bill would provide exceptions</p><p class="bill_description"> Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901 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</p><p class="bill_description"> The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Amendment 621. 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 Amendment 621</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> Relating to motor vehicles and traffic; to amend Section 32-5A-80 of Code of Alabama 1975, to require a vehicle traveling on an interstate highway to travel in the right lane unless passing another vehicle; to provide exceptions; 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.. </p>

Subjects

Motor Vehicles