HB532 Alabama 2019 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Randy WoodRepresentative

Republican

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.

Summary

HB 532 would remove restrictions on municipal police enforcing speed limits on interstate highways and within a municipality’s police jurisdiction.

What This Bill Does

It deletes two provisions in Section 32-5A-171 that previously barred certain municipal officers from enforcing interstate speed limits and from enforcing only within the corporate limits. As a result, municipal officers would be able to enforce speed limits on interstates and inside their police jurisdictions. The existing overall speed-limit structure and authority (including governor adjustments and federal-funding considerations) remain in place.

Who It Affects

• Municipal police departments in incorporated towns and cities (including those with fewer than 19,000 residents) would gain authority to enforce speed limits on interstate highways and within their police jurisdictions.
• Drivers and other road users in Alabama would be subject to speed enforcement by municipal officers on interstates and within municipal police jurisdictions.

Key Provisions

• Deletes the prohibition that municipal law enforcement officers cannot enforce the speed limit on interstate highways.
• Deletes the prohibition that enforcement of speed limits by municipal officers is limited to within the corporate limits and not within the police jurisdiction of the municipality.
• Maintains the rest of the speed-limit framework (e.g., urban 30 mph, certain rural and county limits, interstate 70 mph, other multi-lane highways 65 mph) and related authorities (including governor adjustments and federal-funding provisions).
• Retains special provisions in the law, such as the treatment of Corridor X/I-22 for speed-limit purposes.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 24, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.

Subjects

Motor Vehicles