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16-27-6
Section 16-27-6 Seat belts. (a) No school bus shall be operated on a public street, highway
or elsewhere unless it shall be equipped with a seat belt for the driver. (b) The driver of
a school bus while transporting pupils on a public street or highway or elsewhere shall wear
a properly fastened seat belt when the bus is in motion. Failure of a bus driver to comply
with this requirement shall be prima facie evidence of nonfeasance of duty, and any driver
who fails to comply with this requirement shall be subject to dismissal. (c) Every contract
between a board of education and a school bus contract operator shall contain a clause requiring
the driver of a school bus to wear a properly fastened seat belt when the bus is being used
for the transporting of pupils on a public street or highway or elsewhere. Failure of any
driver to comply with this requirement shall constitute a breach of contract on the part of
the contract operator. (Acts 1969, No. 281, p. 614, §5.)...
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32-1-1.1
Section 32-1-1.1 Definitions. The following words and phrases when used in this title, for
the purpose of this title, shall have meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section,
except when the context otherwise requires: (1) ALLEY. A street or highway intended to provide
access to the rear or side of lots or buildings in urban districts and not intended for the
purpose of through vehicular traffic. (2) ARTERIAL STREET. Any United States or state numbered
route, controlled-access highway, or other major radial or circumferential street or highway
designated by local authorities within their respective jurisdictions as part of a major arterial
system of streets or highways. (3) AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLE. Such fire department vehicles,
police vehicles, and ambulances as are publicly owned, and such other publicly or privately
owned vehicles as are designated by the Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency
or the chief of police of an incorporated city. (4) BICYCLE....
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32-5A-330
Section 32-5A-330 Definitions; applicability; violations. (a) As used in this section, the
following terms are defined: (1) OPEN CONTAINER. A container which is other than in the manufacturer's
sealed condition. (2) PUBLIC HIGHWAY or RIGHT-OF-WAY OF A PUBLIC HIGHWAY. The entire width
between and immediately adjacent to the boundary lines of any public road, street, highway,
interstate, or other publicly maintained way when any part is open to the use of the public
for purposes of motor vehicle travel. (b) It is unlawful for a person to have in his or her
possession alcoholic beverages in an open container in the passenger area of a motor vehicle
of any kind on a public highway or right-of-way of a public highway of this state. (c) This
section shall not apply to: (1) A passenger of a motor vehicle designed, maintained, or primarily
used for the transportation of persons for compensation and the driver holds a valid commercial
driver's license. (2) A passenger of a bus for which the...
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40-12-240
Section 40-12-240 Definitions. (a) For the purpose of this article, the following terms shall
have the respective meanings ascribed by this section: (1) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department
of Revenue. (2) ESTABLISHED PLACE OF BUSINESS. A place actually occupied either continuously
or at regular periods at or from which a business or a part thereof is transacted. (3) FARM
TRACTOR. Every motor vehicle designed and used primarily as a farm implement for drawing plows,
mowing machines, and other implements designed and used for agricultural purposes and only
incidentally moved upon public highways. (4) FARMER. An individual, partnership, cooperative
corporation, or other entity actively engaged in agriculture or agricultural activities as
the same are circumscribed and defined in paragraphs a. and b. of Section 41-14-51(1). (5)
FLEET. A group of similarly classified fleet vehicles comprised of 50 or more units or other
amount as prescribed by the department. (6) FLEET OPERATOR. A person,...
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32-5A-154
Section 32-5A-154 Overtaking and passing school bus or church bus; penalties and fines. (a)
The driver of a vehicle upon meeting or overtaking from either direction any school bus which
has stopped for the purpose of receiving or discharging any school children on a highway,
on a roadway, on school property, or upon a private road or any church bus which has stopped
for the purpose of receiving or discharging passengers shall bring the vehicle to a complete
stop before reaching the school or church bus when there is in operation on the school or
church bus a visual signal as specified in Section 32-5A-155. The driver shall not proceed
until the school or church bus resumes motion or is signaled by the school or church bus driver
to proceed or the visual signals are no longer actuated. (b) Every bus used for the transportation
of school children shall bear upon the front and rear thereof plainly visible signs containing
the words "school bus" in letters not less than eight inches in...
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32-6-49.19
Section 32-6-49.19 License fees and term; disposition of funds. (a) For the purpose of defraying
the cost of issuing commercial drivers' license, the judge of probate or license commissioner
shall collect for each Class A commercial driver license the sum of fifty dollars ($50); the
sum of forty dollars ($40) for each Class B commercial driver license; and the sum of twenty
dollars ($20) for each Class C commercial driver license and commercial driver license learner's
permit. The fee for any school bus driver license shall be twenty dollars ($20) and the license
shall be restricted to the operation of a school bus and noncommercial vehicle. These licenses
shall be issued for a period of four years, except a commercial driver license learner's permit
which shall be issued for a period of one year. (b) The additional revenue from the additional
fees collected pursuant to this section, as amended by Act 2004-521, shall be deposited in
the Highway Traffic Safety Fund of the Department of...
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32-9A-2
Section 32-9A-2 Compliance with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations; in-service training
by law enforcement officers. (a)(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), no person
may operate a commercial motor vehicle in this state, or fail to maintain required records
or reports, in violation of the federal motor carrier safety regulations as prescribed by
the U.S. Department of Transportation, 49 C.F.R. Part 107, Parts 171-180, Parts 382-387, and
Parts 390-399 and as they may be amended in the future. Except as otherwise provided herein,
this chapter shall not be construed to repeal or supersede other laws relating to the operation
of motor vehicles. (2)a. No person may operate a commercial motor vehicle in this state in
violation of 49 C.F.R. §393.120, as amended, relating to load securement for certain metal
coils. b. No one owning, leasing, or allowing a commercial vehicle to be operated in this
state shall knowingly or negligently be in violation of 49 C.F.R. §393.120,...
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13A-11-72
Section 13A-11-72 Certain persons forbidden to possess pistol. (a) No person who has been convicted
in this state or elsewhere of committing or attempting to commit a crime of violence, misdemeanor
offense of domestic violence, violent offense as listed in Section 12-25-32(15), anyone who
is subject to a valid protection order for domestic abuse, or anyone of unsound mind shall
own a firearm or have one in his or her possession or under his or her control. (b) No person
who is a minor, except under the circumstances provided in this section, a drug addict, or
an habitual drunkard shall own a pistol or have one in his or her possession or under his
or her control. (c) Subject to the exceptions provided by Section 13A-11-74, no person shall
knowingly with intent to do bodily harm carry or possess a deadly weapon on the premises of
a public school. (d) Possession of a deadly weapon with the intent to do bodily harm on the
premises of a public school in violation of subsection (c) of this...
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32-5A-191
Section 32-5A-191 (Effective until July 1, 2023) Driving while under influence of alcohol,
controlled substances, etc. (a) A person shall not drive or be in actual physical control
of any vehicle while: (1) There is 0.08 percent or more by weight of alcohol in his or her
blood; (2) Under the influence of alcohol; (3) Under the influence of a controlled substance
to a degree which renders him or her incapable of safely driving; (4) Under the combined influence
of alcohol and a controlled substance to a degree which renders him or her incapable of safely
driving; or (5) Under the influence of any substance which impairs the mental or physical
faculties of such person to a degree which renders him or her incapable of safely driving.
(b) A person who is under the age of 21 years shall not drive or be in actual physical control
of any vehicle if there is 0.02 percent or more by weight of alcohol in his or her blood.
The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall suspend or revoke the...
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16-27-4
Section 16-27-4 Licensing of drivers. Regulations made pursuant to an order of the board of
education requiring and providing for special training and licensing of drivers of vehicles
used to transport pupils to and from school shall require an applicant for a school bus driver's
license to be the holder of a currently valid regular driver's license and to complete a minimum
of 12 clock-hours of approved instruction in school bus driving and to pass satisfactorily
a written examination and also a driving performance test. The written examination shall be
designed by the State Superintendent of Education with the cooperation of the state Director
of Public Safety and may be given to the applicant either by an employee of the State Department
of Education or a state trooper or other representative of the State Department of Public
Safety as the State Superintendent of Education and the Director of Public Safety agree; but
the driving performance test shall be given by a state trooper or...
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