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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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