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AL HB578
Bill
Status
4/27/2011
Primary Sponsor
Kurt Wallace
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AI Summary
HB578 Summary
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Deletes the prohibition preventing law enforcement officers of incorporated municipalities with fewer than 19,000 inhabitants from enforcing speed limits on interstate highways.
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Removes the restriction preventing municipal law enforcement officers from enforcing speed limits within the police jurisdiction of their municipality, allowing enforcement only within corporate limits.
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Amends Section 32-5A-171 of the Alabama Code relating to maximum speed limits for motor vehicles.
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Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor.
Legislative Description
Motor vehicles, speed limits, local law enforcement officers being prohibited from enforcing speed limits on Interstates within police jurisdiction, provisions deleted, Act 2010-564, 2010 Reg. Sess. am'd.; Sec. 32-5A-171 am'd.
Motor Vehicles
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
4/27/2011