SB155
SB155 ENGROSSED By Senator Brewbaker A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to the City of Brantley, Alabama, in Crenshaw County; authorizing automated speeding enforcement in the City of Brantley, Alabama, as a civil violation; authorizing the city to adopt a municipal ordinance consistent with this act; providing certain procedures to be followed by the city using automated photographic speeding enforcement; providing that the owner of the vehicle involved is presumptively liable for a civil violation and the payment of a civil fine, but providing procedures to contest liability; providing for jurisdiction in the Brantley Municipal Court over the civil violations and allowing appeals to the Crenshaw County Circuit Court for trial de novo; creating a cause of action for any person held responsible for payment of the civil fine against the person who was actually operating a vehicle while speeding; and prohibiting the tampering with automated speeding enforcement devices or equipment...
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HB509
164943-3:n:04/16/2015:KBH/th LRS2015-719R2 HB509 By Representative Williams (JD) RFD Commerce and Small Business Rd 1 16-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: Existing law does not specifically provide for the operation of a transportation network company (TNC) in the state. A TNC is a company that uses an online-enabled digital network to connect TNC riders with TNC drivers who use their personal vehicles to transport the TNC riders on a prearranged ride. This bill would authorize the operation of a TNC in the state and would require the Alabama Public Service Commission to issue annual permits for a fee and to promulgate rules consistent with this act. This bill would provide for fares charged for a prearranged ride and would require the TNC to send an electronic receipt of the fees charged to the TNC rider. This bill would require certain TNC and TNC driver insurance requirements, including TNC and insurer disclosure requirements regarding insurance coverage and limits of liability. This bill would...
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HB278
159670-1:n:03/04/2014:KBH/tan LRS2014-1095 HB278 By Representative Ford RFD Public Safety and Homeland Security Rd 1 12-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill would relate to railroad employee safety and would require certain contract carriers who transport operating employees of railroads in motor vehicles to comply with certain safety standards for any driver employed by the contract carrier. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to railroads and certain contract carriers who transport operating employees of railroads in motor vehicles; to require a contract carrier to comply with certain safety standards for any driver employed by the contract carrier. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. The following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) CONTRACT CARRIER. A common carrier who contracts to transport an operating employee of a railroad on a road or highway of this state in a motor vehicle designed to carry 15 or fewer passengers. (2) ON-DUTY TIME. Time spent by a...
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HB591
167567-1:n:04/20/2015:FC*/mfc LRS2015-1519 HB591 By Representative Martin RFD Insurance Rd 1 30-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, insurance adjusters are defined to be representatives of the insurance company and not of the insured. This bill would provide for the licensing and regulation of public adjusters of insurance claims on behalf of insureds. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to insurance; to provide for the qualifications and procedures for the licensing of public adjusters; to provide definitions and exceptions to the licensing and registration requirements; to require public adjusters to take and pass a written examination, with exception; to provide for nonresident licensing; to require public adjusters to complete a minimum of 24 hours of continuing education on a biennial basis; to provide standards of conduct for public adjusters; to require public adjusters to report administrative action taken against them in other jurisdictions; to give the Commissioner of...
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SB350
166733-3:n:04/07/2015:JET*/th LRS2015-1204R1 SB350 By Senator Holley RFD Governmental Affairs Rd 1 09-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, a bail bondsman must be approved as either a professional surety company or professional bail company and be approved by the presiding circuit judge of each county in which the bail bondsman desires to operate. This bill would prohibit a person from acting in the capacity as a professional bail agent, soliciting bail agent, bail enforcement agent, or professional bondsman, unless that person is qualified and licensed by the Department of Insurance. This bill would also require professional bondsmen and recovery agents to attend a 12-hour instructional course and pass an examination developed and administered by the Department of Insurance, and would also require professional bondsmen and recovery agents to complete eight hours of continuing education each year. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to bail bondsmen; to prohibit a person from acting...
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HB609
168681-1:n:05/04/2015:LLR/th LRS2015-1863 HB609 By Representative Coleman-Evans RFD Public Safety and Homeland Security Rd 1 05-MAY-15 SYNOPSIS: This bill would authorize the city council or other governing body of any Class 6 municipality to adopt a municipal ordinance providing for automated speeding enforcement. This bill would authorize automated speeding enforcement in a Class 6 municipality as a civil violation. This bill would authorize the municipality to adopt a municipal ordinance consistent with this act. This bill would provide certain procedures to be followed by the municipality using automated photographic speeding enforcement. This bill would provide that the owner of the vehicle involved shall be presumptively liable for a civil violation and the payment of a civil fine, but providing procedures to contest liability. This bill would provide for jurisdiction in the municipal court of the municipality over the civil violations and allowing appeals to the circuit court of...
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SB320
SB320 By Senators Singleton and Allen ENROLLED, An Act, To amend Sections 23-1-154, 23-1-155, 23-1-156, 23-1-157, and 23-1-158, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to authorization to issue bonds without regard to principal amount for public roadway improvements on terms established by the authority and payable from appropriations received by the authority and amounts paid to the authority from counties, municipalities, public corporations and other governmental entities pursuant to funding agreements with the authority, and other revenues or funds of the authority; authority for municipalities, counties, public corporations and other governmental entities to enter funding agreements with the authority; authorizes the authority to receive donations; and changes in membership of the governing body and officers of the Alabama Highway Authority. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:Section 1. Sections 23-1-154, 23-1-155, 23-1-156, 23-1-157, and 23-1-158 of the Code of Alabama 1975, are...
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SB359
164507-2:n:03/13/2015:FC/cj LRS2015-459R1 SB359 By Senator Allen RFD Transportation and Energy Rd 1 09-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, outdoor advertising is regulated by the Department of Transportation generally on land adjacent to certain federal-aid highways in the state in compliance with federal law. Under existing law, a "business area" is defined as any part of an adjacent area which is at any time zoned for business, industrial, or commercial activities under the authority of any law of this state or areas not zoned but which constitute an unzoned commercial business or industrial area. This bill would amend the definition of a "business area" to delete the words "at any time." Under existing law, the definition of "primary highway" includes a highway other than an interstate highway at any time officially designated as a part of the federal-aid primary system and approved by the appropriate federal authority. The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991,...
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HB519
164613-1:n:02/17/2015:KBH/th LRS2015-486 HB519 By Representatives Ledbetter, Daniels, Pettus, Whorton (R), Hanes, Farley, Whorton (I), Moore (B), Ainsworth, Garrett, South, Harper, Hill (M), Patterson, Sanderford, Wadsworth, Fridy, Greer and Wilcox RFD Public Safety and Homeland Security Rd 1 21-APR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, whenever the load of any vehicle extends more than four feet beyond the rear of the bed or the body of the vehicle a red or orange flag not less than 12 inches both in length and width must be placed at the end of the load. A red light or amber strobe light that is plainly visible at least 200 feet from the rear of the vehicle must be displayed at the end of the load between sunset and sunrise. This bill would require any motor vehicle or trailer transporting a load of logs, long pulpwood, poles, or posts that extend more than four feet beyond the rear of the body or bed of the vehicle to have an amber strobe light or amber LED light equipped at all times on...
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SB29
162602-3:n:10/09/2014:LLR/tj LRS2014-2608R2 SB29 By Senator Coleman RFD Banking and Insurance Rd 1 03-MAR-15 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law a debt collector is required to be licensed to collect debt in Alabama. This bill would require debt buyers and other debt collectors to possess certain basic information about the debt before initiating collection efforts, including proof of indebtedness by the consumer, date of the debt, identity of the original creditor, and itemization of all fees, charges, and payments. This bill would prohibit the collection of a consumer debt by any party not in possession of at least a copy of the original contract, or other documentation evidencing the consumer's liability. This bill would require a creditor and each subsequent holder of the debt to retain and pass on to the next holder all communications from the consumer concerning the debt and information about all known disputes and defenses. This bill would allow consumers to record abusive telephone...
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