Senate Bills

Motor fuel taxes levied by counties and municipalities, use restricted to road and bridge construction.

Relating to municipalities and counties; to require the proceeds from motor fuel taxes levied by municipalities and counties to be used for road and bridge construction and maintenance with certain exceptions.

Motor vehicle value protection agreements, insurance policy of provider required to insure payments of obligations of provider

Relating to consumer credit financing in the sale or lease of motor vehicles; to amend Section 8-37A-4 of the Code of Alabama 1975, as added by Act 2022-179 of the 2022 Regular Session, relating to motor vehicle value protection agreements and the requirements of a provider of the agreements to insure performance of the obligations of the provider; to further clarify the requirements of an insurance policy maintained by the provider for this purpose.

Relating to motor vehicle registration and distinctive motor vehicle license plates; to authorize the issuance of a distinctive motor vehicle license plate to benefit brain cancer research.

Relating to driver license suspensions; to provide for the suspension of an individual's driver license or driving privilege in certain circumstances.

Highways, roads and bridges, contracts for construction, repair or maintenance, awarding authority defined, contractors immune from civil liability if compliant with contract and accepted by awarding authority.

Relating to civil liability; to amend Sections 6-5-700, 6-5-702, and 6-5-703, Code of Alabama 1975, to establish certain conditions under which a contractor who performs work on a road, bridge, highway, or street shall be granted civil immunity; and to repeal Section 6-5-701, Code of Alabama 1975.

Department of Corrections, sale of vehicles and equipment, distribution of proceeds

Relating to the Department of Corrections; to create the Corrections Motor Vehicle Replacement Fund; to allow the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections to dispose of department vehicles and equipment and to provide for the proceeds of the sales; and to provide for certain notice requirements.

Industrial access roads, public corporation construction of public roads, access roads for entry to industrial facilities not a taking of public property.

Relating to use of industrial access roads and bridges; to amend Section 23-6-9, Code of Alabama 1975, to exclude certain industrial access roads constructed by certain public corporations from the public highway and street system of the state; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.

Motor Vehicle Registration; provide an additional exception from the mandatory motor vehicle liability insurance law for an Alabama registered vehicle owned by a military member while residing on active military duty or assignment in another state

Relating to mandatory motor vehicle liability insurance; to amend Section 32-7A-5, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide an exception to allow an individual on active military duty, whose motor vehicle is registered in Alabama but who, as a result of his or her military assignment, is required to reside in another state, to satisfy the requirement for mandatory motor vehicle liability insurance by purchasing liability coverage in the state where residing on active military duty or assignment in an amount equal to or greater than the minimum amount required in Alabama.

Motor vehicles, confirmed that centralized motor vehicle registration is prohibited.

Relating to motor vehicles; to amend Section 32-6-65, Code of Alabama 1975, to confirm that centralized motor vehicle registration is specifically prohibited and it is the legislature's intent that motor vehicle registration shall remain at the county level with no centralized motor vehicle registration system provided by any state agency; to provide for retroactive effect; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.

Driver licenses, to further provide for foreign national's licenses

Relating to driver licenses; to amend Section 32-6-10.1, Code of Alabama 1975, to reduce the minimum time period certain Alabama licenses may be issued to a foreign national; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.

Motor Vehicle Registrations; USS Alabama Battleship Commission distinctive license tag for former and current Commission chair

Relating to Motor Vehicle Registrations and to the USS Alabama Battleship Commission; to amend Section 32-6-55, Code of Alabama 1975; to allow former and current chairs of the USS Alabama Battleship Commission to use the USS Alabama Battleship Commission distinctive license tag; to require that the commission annually certify to the Department of Revenue a list of those individuals eligible for the distinctive license tag.

Motor vehicles, use of motor vehicles equipped with an automated driving system

Relating to motor vehicles; to provide for the authorization and use of motor vehicles equipped with an automated driving system.

Mandator Liability Insurance, exception for inoperable or stored vehicles, further provided, procedures for violation, further provided

Relating to the Mandatory Liability Insurance Act; to amend Sections 32-7A-5 and 32-7A-16, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the exceptions to the act for inoperable or stored motor vehicles; to prohibit the continued operation of a motor vehicle in violation of the registration and insurance requirements.

Motor vehicle registrations; distinctive license plates for brain cancer research.

Relating to motor vehicle registration and distinctive motor vehicle license plates; to authorize the issuance of a distinctive motor vehicle license plate to benefit brain cancer research.

Counties & Municipalities, prohibited municipalities from setting speed limits on county-maintained streets

Relating to motor vehicles and traffic; to amend Sections 11-49-4, 32-5A-173, and 32-5A-176, Code of Alabama 1975; to prohibit a municipality from setting speed limits on county-maintained streets within its corporate limits; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.

Vessels; placement of navigational markers on waters of this state, provided

Relating to vessels and navigation; to provide for the placement of a uniform system of navigational markers on the waters of this state; to amend Section 33-5-4, Code of Alabama 1975, to require the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency to provide general oversight and maintenance of permitted navigational markers on the waters of this state; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.

Driver license suspensions; to provide for the elimination of the suspension of an individual's driver license or driving privilege in certain circumstances, and to provide retroactive effect.

Relating to driver license suspensions; to provide for the suspension of an individual's driver license or driving privilege in certain circumstances.

Motor vehicles; speed contests and exhibitions of speed, prohibited; criminal penalties, provided

Relating to motor vehicles; to prohibit certain motor vehicle speed contests, motor vehicle exhibitions of speed, and motor vehicle sideshows; to provide criminal penalties for a violation; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.

Driver licenses; eight-year license renewal period, authorized

Relating to driver licenses; to amend Section 32-6-1, Section 32-6-4, as last amended by Act 2022-300, 2022 Regular Session, Section 32-6-5, Section 32-6-6, as last amended by Act 2022-300, 2022 Regular Session, and Section 32-6-6.1, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the renewal of a driver license; to provide for an eight-year renewal period of driver licenses; and to provide for the required fee for the issuance of an eight-year driver license.

L-MAP Emergency Medical Services Providers my purchase distinctive motor vehicle license plates.

Relating to distinctive motor vehicle license plates; to amend Section 32-6-281, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide for the distribution of proceeds of sales of distinctive motor vehicle license plates to emergency medical services providers.