SB258 Alabama 2024 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Keith KelleySenator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2024

Title

Commercial driver licenses, updated to conform to Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regulations

Summary

SB258 updates Alabama's commercial driver license laws to align with FMCSA rules, adds a human trafficking disqualification, adjusts fees, and revises steel coil rules, with a new effective date in 2024.

What This Bill Does

The bill brings Alabama CDL rules in line with FMCSA by removing the requirement for drivers to report certain violations and by eliminating a school bus driver fee and the written-test waiver. It revises fees for CDLs and learner's permits, creates a separate school-bus license, adds a life-time disqualification for trafficking offenses, and repeals a steel coil transport certification requirement. It also sets an effective date of October 1, 2024 and notes the local-funding impact is exempt under the constitution due to specified exceptions.

Who It Affects

• Commercial drivers and CDL applicants, whose reporting duties, testing requirements, and fees are changed and who now face new disqualification rules.
• School bus drivers and school districts, due to changes in school bus licensing, waivers, and related fees.

Key Provisions

• Deletes the requirement for drivers to report certain out-of-state or federal violations.
• Eliminates the school bus driver fee and the written-test waiver; revises CDL-related fees (for CDL and learner's permits) and adds a $20 school-bus license fee; license duration changes described in the bill.
• Adds a human-trafficking disqualification, potentially a life-time ban under certain offenses.
• Modifies load-securement rules for metal coils and repeals or alters the steel coil certification requirement.
• Aligns testing to FMCSA standards, allows third-party testing under specified conditions, and updates endorsements and penalties for violations.
• Effective date: October 1, 2024; local expenditures are addressed as exempt under Section 111.05 due to specified exceptions.

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Subjects

Motor Vehicles & Traffic