HB532 Alabama 2019 Session

In Committee

Bill Summary

Sponsors

Randy Wood

Session

Regular Session 2019

Title

Motor vehicles, speed limits, enforcement by municipal police officers on interstate and in police jurisdiction, authorized, Sec. 32-5A-171 am'd.

Description

Under existing law, a law enforcement officer of an incorporated municipality or town with less than 19,000 inhabitants is prohibited from enforcing the speed limit set by general law on any interstate highway Existing law provides that a law enforcement officer of a municipality can enforce the speed limit set by general law inside the corporate limits of the municipality but cannot enforce the speed limit within the police jurisdiction of the municipality This bill would delete both of these provisions To amend Section 32-5A-171, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to maximum speed limits; to delete the provision prohibiting certain municipal law enforcement officers from enforcing the speed limit on interstate highways; and to delete the provision prohibiting municipal law enforcement officers from enforcing the speed limit within the police jurisdiction of the municipality.

Subjects

Motor Vehicles

Bill Actions

Action Date	Chamber	Action
May 8, 2019	H	Pending third reading on day 18 Favorable from Public Safety and Homeland Security with 1 amendment
May 8, 2019	H	Public Safety and Homeland Security first Amendment Offered
May 8, 2019	H	Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment
April 30, 2019	H	Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security

Bill Calendar

Type	Date	Location	Description
Hearing	May 8, 2019	Room 206 at 09:00	House PS&HS Hearing

Bill Text

Download HB532 Alabama 2019 Session PDF

Bill Documents

Type	Link
Bill Text	HB532 Alabama 2019 Session - Introduced
Bill Amendments	House Public Safety and Homeland Security first Amendment Offered