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AL HB551
Bill
Status
4/19/2016
Primary Sponsor
Roderick Scott
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AI Summary
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Amends Section 13A-12-290 of the Alabama Code to require the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency to suspend driver's licenses for six months for convictions or adjudications of trafficking, controlled substance crimes, or driving under the influence of controlled substances.
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Provides that when a person is convicted, adjudicated, or found delinquent of multiple crimes from the same course of conduct that each trigger a six-month suspension, those suspensions shall run concurrently rather than consecutively.
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Maintains existing provisions allowing credit toward suspension periods for time spent in court-ordered or court-approved in-patient drug or alcohol rehabilitation facilities.
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Becomes effective immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor, or upon otherwise becoming law.
Legislative Description
Drivers license, suspension of drivers license for controlled substance crimes, prohibit more than one 6-month suspension for multiple offenses, Sec. 13A-12-290 am'd.
Drivers' Licenses
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary
4/19/2016