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32-9-20.1
Section 32-9-20.1 Appurtenance exceeding maximum prescribed width. Notwithstanding the provisions
of Section 32-9-20, an appurtenance attached to a motor home, travel trailer, self-propelled
camper or house car, truck camper, or recreational vehicle commonly known as an R.V. may exceed
the maximum prescribed width provided in Section 32-9-20 if the appurtenance does not extend
six inches beyond the sidewall of the vehicle. For the purpose of this section, an appurtenance
is a part which is an integral part of the vehicle including, but not limited to, awnings,
grab handles, lighting equipment, cameras, and vents. An appurtenance may not be used as a
load-carrying device. (Act 2005-323, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 787, §1.)...
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32-9-20
Section 32-9-20 Schedule of restrictions. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to drive
or move on any highway in this state any vehicle or vehicles of a size or weight except in
accordance with the following: (1) WIDTH. Vehicles and combinations of vehicles, operating
on highways with traffic lanes 12 feet or more in width, shall not exceed a total outside
width, including any load thereon, of 102 inches, exclusive of mirrors or other safety devices
approved by the Department of Transportation. The Director of Transportation may, in his or
her discretion, designate other public highways for use by vehicles and loads with total outside
widths not exceeding 102 inches, otherwise; vehicles and combinations of vehicles, operating
on highways with traffic lanes less than 12 feet in width, shall not exceed a total outside
width, including any load thereon, of 96 inches, exclusive of mirrors or other safety devices
approved by the Department of Transportation. No passenger vehicle shall...
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32-9-29
by the director may withhold such permit or, if such permit is issued, may establish seasonal
or other time limitations within which the vehicles described may be operated on the public
road indicated, or may otherwise limit or prescribe conditions of operation of such vehicle,
when necessary to assure against undue damage to the road foundation, surfaces, or bridge
structures, and require such undertaking or other security as may be deemed necessary to compensate
the state for any injury to any roadway or bridge structure. (6) For just cause, including,
but not limited to, repeated and consistent past violations, the director or an official of
the department designated by the director may refuse to issue, or may cancel, suspend, or
revoke, the permit of an applicant or permittee. (b) Duration and limits of permits; bond
or insurance requirements. (1)a. ANNUAL. The director or the official of the department designated
by the director, pursuant to this section, may issue an...
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32-5A-191
over two thousand dollars ($2,000) for a fourth or subsequent conviction within 10 years, the
first one hundred dollars ($100) of that additional amount shall be deposited to the Alabama
Chemical Testing Training and Equipment Trust Fund, after three percent of the one hundred
dollars ($100) is deducted for administrative costs, and beginning October 1, 1997, and thereafter,
the second one hundred dollars ($100) of that additional amount shall be deposited in the
Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund after deducting five percent of the
one hundred dollars ($100) for administrative costs and the remainder of the funds shall be
deposited to the State General Fund. (2) Fines collected for violations of this section charged
pursuant to a municipal ordinance where the total fine is paid at one time shall be deposited
as follows: The first three hundred fifty dollars ($350) collected for a first conviction,
the first six hundred dollars ($600) collected for a second conviction...
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32-1-1.1
any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer, singly or in combination, new or used, constitutes
the commodity being transported, when one set or more of wheels of any such vehicle are on
the roadway during the course of transportation, whether or not any such vehicle furnishes
the motive power. (14) DRIVER. Every person who drives or is in actual physical control of
a vehicle. (15) DRIVER'S LICENSE. Any license to operate a motor vehicle issued under the
laws of this state. (16) ELECTRIC PERSONAL ASSISTIVE MOBILITY DEVICE. A self-balancing,
two non-tandem wheeled device designed to transport only one person with an electric propulsion
system with an average power of 750 watts (1 h.p.), that has a maximum speed on a paved level
surface, when powered solely by such a propulsion system while ridden by an operator who weighs
not more than 170 pounds, of less than 20 m.p.h. The term shall not include a motorized bicycle,
motorized scooter, or motorized skateboard. (17) ESSENTIAL PARTS....
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32-9-21
Section 32-9-21 Maximum permissible length and width of motor bus. (a) The term motor bus,
wherever used in this section, means any motor-propelled vehicle used on the highways of this
state for the transportation of passengers for hire. (b) Except as provided in subsection
(d), it shall be lawful to drive or operate upon any highway in this state any motor bus which
does not exceed 45 feet in length, and eight and one-half feet in width, exclusive of detachable
wind deflection devices which have been approved by the State Department of Transportation
and safety equipment. (c) The term articulated motor bus, wherever used in this section, means
any motor bus, divided into joined sections, that actuates in a manner ensuring a turning
radius which is less than a motor bus of the same length without such joined actuation. (d)
It shall be lawful to drive or operate on any highway in this state an articulated motor bus
which does not exceed 60 feet in length, and eight and one-half feet in...
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32-9-31
Section 32-9-31 Measuring and weighing vehicles. Any officer enumerated in Section 32-9-3 having
reason to believe that the height, length, width, or weight of any truck, semitrailer truck,
or trailer is in excess of the maximum limits prescribed by Section 32-9-20 or permitted by
any permit issued under authority of Section 32-9-29 is authorized to measure or weigh the
same, either by means of portable or stationary scales, and may require such vehicle to be
driven to the nearest stationary scales, in the event such scales are within a distance of
five miles. All scales used for the weighing of vehicles as provided in this section shall
be approved by the weights and measures division of the Department of Agriculture and Industries.
The officer shall require the operator of the truck, semitrailer truck, or trailer to unload
such portion of load as may be necessary to decrease the gross weight of such vehicle to the
maximum gross weight permitted by this title or by the terms of any...
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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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32-9A-2
including, but not limited to, training in current federal motor carrier safety regulations,
safety inspection procedures, and out-of-service criteria. The annual training requirements
shall be designated and specified by the director. An officer qualified under this section
to make an arrest or issue a citation pursuant to subdivision (3) may arrest or issue a citation
to the driver of a commercial motor vehicle without a warrant and without witnessing the violation
personally if, upon personal investigation, the officer has reasonable cause to believe
that a violation has occurred. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) or any other provision of
law to the contrary: (1) Amendments to the hours of service regulations promulgated by the
U.S. Department of Transportation at 68 Federal Register 22456, April 28, 2003 and effective
June 27, 2003, shall not apply to utility service vehicles as defined at 49 C.F.R. §395.2,
not including television cable or community antenna service...
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45-45-201.09
Section 45-45-201.09 License procedures by mail; fees; forms. The Director of the Madison County
License Department shall charge and collect a fee not to exceed two dollars ($2) for each
motor vehicle license tag issued by mail, in addition to all other fees prescribed by law.
The additional fee shall be paid by the owner of the motor vehicle with his or her mailed
request for license tags, and the fees collected by the director of the department shall be
paid into the general fund of the county. The actual expense of mailing application forms
to the owners of motor vehicles and of mailing tags as hereinabove provided shall be paid
from the general fund of the county upon proper warrant signed by the director of the department
and approved by the county governing body as provided by law. All the forms necessary in the
administration of this part shall be furnished by the State Department of Revenue. (Act 96-794,
p. 1495, § 1.)...
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