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AL HB265
Bill
Status
1/14/2010
Primary Sponsor
Mike Hill
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AI Summary
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Amends Section 32-5A-177 of the Code of Alabama to expand speeding enforcement authority from state troopers to any law enforcement officer.
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Authorizes any law enforcement officer to issue speeding citations based on speed information relayed from a fellow officer operating a speed measuring device on the ground or in the air.
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Requires reasonable and proper identification of the vehicle and speed to be communicated to the arresting officer before arrest can be made.
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Requires operators of visual average speed computer devices to be certified as competent operators by the department.
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Effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor.
Legislative Description
Motor vehicles, speeding violations, provision authorizing state trooper to give a ticket based on the relay of a speed measuring device reading from another trooper, applicable to any law enforcement officer, Sec. 32-5A-177 am'd.
Motor Vehicles
Last Action
Indefinitely Postponed
4/14/2010