SB229 Alabama 2020 Session
In Committee
Bill Summary
Sponsors
Session
Regular Session 2020
Title
Motor vehicles, automated commercial motor vehicles and vehicles with teleoperation systems, approval by ALEA of vehicle required, criminal penalties, routes approval by Transportation, adoption of rules, Act 2019-496, 2019 Reg. Sess., am'd; Secs. 32-9B-1, 32-9B-2, 32-9B-3, 32-9B-6, 32-9B-7 am'd.
Description
<p class="bill_description"> This bill would further provide for the
operation of automated commercial motor vehicles
and commercial motor vehicles with teleoperation
systems. The bill would require any automated motor
vehicle or commercial motor vehicle with a
teleoperation system to be approved by the Alabama
State Law Enforcement Agency and the Department of
Transportation and would provide criminal penalties
and authorize impoundment or immobilization of the
vehicle. The bill would also require routes that a
vehicle uses to be approved by the Department of
Transportation. The bill would specify that the
Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, the
Department of Revenue, and the Department of
Transportation could adopt rules for the operation
of automated commercial motor vehicles and
teleoperation systems</p><p class="bill_description">
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</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 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</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> To amend Sections 1, 2, 3, 6, and 7 of Act 2019-496
of the 2019 Regular Session, now appearing as Sections
32-9B-1, 32-9B-2, 32-9B-3, 32-9B-6, and 32-9B-7, Code of
Alabama 1975, to further provide for the operation of
automated commercial motor vehicles and commercial motor
vehicles with teleoperation systems.
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Subjects
Motor Vehicles
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| February 25, 2020 | S | Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Transportation and Energy |
Bill Text
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | SB229 Alabama 2020 Session - Introduced |