AL HJR231

Urges the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to review and rescind its ruling that prohibits Alabama from enforcing the Metal Coil Securement Act of 2009 on interstate carriers.

Documents that from 1987 through 2006, approximately 30 trucks lost loads of metal coils in the Birmingham area, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars in road and bridge damage and public safety threats.

Notes that over 50,000 motor carrier drivers hauling metal coils received training and certification under the 2009 act, resulting in zero metal coil spills since the law's passage.

Contends that Alabama's driver training and certification requirements constitute a valid exercise of state police power and do not violate the U.S. Constitution's commerce clause.

Directs that copies of the resolution be forwarded to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the Governor.