SB63 Alabama 2020 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Clyde Chambliss Senator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2020

Title

Motor vehicles, nonconforming low-speed vehicles, prohibited from use on public roads unless authorized by ordinance or resolution, conditions for authorization provided

Description

Under existing law, a low-speed vehicle, such as a golf cart, may not be operated upon the public highways of the state unless the manufacturer of the low-speed vehicle certifies that it conforms with 49 C.F.R. § 571.500 and is properly registered.

Also under existing law, municipalities in Baldwin County and Class 2 municipalities, by ordinance, may authorize the use of golf carts or other low-speed vehicles that do not comply with 49 C.F.R. § 571.500.

This bill would provide that a person is prohibited from operating a nonconforming low-speed vehicle on the public highways unless authorized by ordinance or resolution under certain conditions.

This bill would establish a fine for a violation.

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