SB117 Summary

• Amends Alabama Code Section 32-5A-195 to establish specific timeframes for the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency to suspend driver's licenses for certain criminal convictions.

• Requires license revocation within three months of receiving a conviction record for offenses including manslaughter, homicide by vehicle, DUI convictions, felonies involving motor vehicles, and hit-and-run offenses.

• Permits license suspension within six months of receiving evidence of serious traffic violations, habitual recklessness, incompetence to drive, or conviction of fleeing police or racing on highways.

• Establishes that the agency may not suspend licenses more than six months after conviction for most violations, or more than one year for other suspension grounds.

• Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor.