SB214 Alabama 2019 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Gerald H. Allen Senator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2019

Title

Motor vehicles, school and church buses, special stops required when approaching, criminal penalties for violations, further penalties for causing death or bodily injury, Sec. 32-5A-154 am'd.

Description

Under existing law, when a driver of a vehicle approaches a stopped school bus that is flashing its lights for the purpose of receiving or discharging school children, the driver is required to completely stop his or her vehicle until the school bus resumes motion or ceases to flash its lights. Existing law provides penalties for a violation, including a fine, suspension of driving privileges or driver's license, and community service.

This bill would specify that the penalties for a violation are criminal and would establish the penalty based on the number of prior convictions.

This bill would increase the time period for which a person's driving privileges or driver's license is suspended or revoked for a conviction.

This bill would provide criminal penalties for a violation where, as a proximate cause of the violation, another person is injured.

This bill would provide criminal penalties for a violation where, another person dies as a proximate cause of the violation.

This bill would specify that a person whose driving privileges or driver's license is suspended as a result of a violation may not drive under any conditions during the suspension or revocation period, including with a limited driving permit or ignition interlock device.

Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, 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.

The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of the amendment. 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 the amendment.

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Subjects

Motor Vehicles