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3	3	HB361
4	4	IT9E66W-1
5	5	By Representative Bedsole
6	6	RFD: Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure
7	7	First Read: 21-Mar-24
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12	12	5 IT9E66W-1 03/19/2024 CMH (L)bm 2024-773
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15	15	SYNOPSIS:
16	16	Under existing law, the Federal Motor Carrier
17	17	Safety Administration (FMCSA) is the federal agency
18	18	responsible for regulating and providing oversight of
19	19	commercial motor vehicles engaged in interstate
20	20	commerce.
21	21	This bill would revise existing state law to
22	22	conform to various changes to FMCSA regulations,
23	23	including deleting a requirement for a driver to report
24	24	certain violations; deleting a school bus driver fee
25	25	and written test waiver; revising fees for commercial
26	26	driver licenses and learner's permits; adding a human
27	27	trafficking ban; and repealing a steel coil transport
28	28	certification requirement.
29	29	Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of
30	30	2022, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect
31	31	would be to require a new or increased expenditure of
32	32	local funds from becoming effective with regard to a
33	33	local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3
34	34	vote unless: it comes within one of a number of
35	35	specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected
36	36	entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or
37	37	provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for
38	38	the purpose.
39	39	The purpose or effect of this bill would be to
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69	69	The purpose or effect of this bill would be to
70	70	require a new or increased expenditure of local funds
71	71	within the meaning of the section. However, the bill
72	72	does not require approval of a local governmental
73	73	entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective
74	74	because it comes within one of the specified exceptions
75	75	contained in the section.
76	76	A BILL
77	77	TO BE ENTITLED
78	78	AN ACT
79	79	Relating to commercial motor vehicles; to amend
80	80	Sections 32-6-49.5, 32-6-49.8, 32-6-49.10, 32-6-49.11,
81	81	32-6-49.19, 32-9A-2, and 32-9A-4, Code of Alabama 1975, to
82	82	revise existing state law to conform to various changes to
83	83	Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)
84	84	regulations, including deleting a requirement for a driver to
85	85	report certain violations; deleting a school bus driver fee
86	86	and written test waiver; revising fees for commercial driver
87	87	licenses and learner's permits; adding a human trafficking
88	88	ban; and repealing a steel coil transport certification
89	89	requirement; and in connection therewith would have as its
90	90	purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased
91	91	expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section
92	92	111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.
93	93	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
94	94	Section 1. Sections 32-6-49.5, 32-6-49.8, 32-6-49.10,
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124	124	Section 1. Sections 32-6-49.5, 32-6-49.8, 32-6-49.10,
125	125	32-6-49.11, 32-6-49.19, 32-9A-2, and 32-9A-4, Code of Alabama
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127	127	"§32-6-49.5
128	128	Notification required by driver shall be as follows:
129	129	(a) Notification of convictions:
130	130	(1) TO STATE. Any driver holding a commercial driver
131	131	license issued by this state, who is convicted of violating
132	132	any state law or local ordinance relating to motor vehicle
133	133	traffic control, in any other state or federal, provincial,
134	134	territorial, or municipal laws of Canada, other than parking
135	135	violations, must notify the Department of Public Safety in the
136	136	manner specified by the department within 30 days of the date
137	137	of conviction.
138	138	(2) TO EMPLOYERS. (a) Any driver holding a commercial
139	139	driver license issued by this state, who is convicted of
140	140	violating any state law or local ordinance relating to motor
141	141	vehicle traffic control in this or any other state, or
142	142	federal, provincial, territorial, or municipal laws of Canada,
143	143	other than parking violations, must notify his or her employer
144	144	in writing of the conviction within 30 days of the date of
145	145	conviction.
146	146	(b) Any driver whose commercial driver license is
147	147	suspended, revoked, or cancelled by any state, or federal,
148	148	provincial, territorial, or municipal laws of Canada, or who
149	149	loses the privilege to drive a commercial motor vehicle in any
150	150	such state for any period, including being disqualified from
151	151	driving a commercial motor vehicle, or who is subject to an
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182	182	out of service order, must notify his or her employer of that
183	183	fact before the end of the business day following the day the
184	184	driver received notice of that fact.
185	185	(c) Any person who applies to be a commercial motor
186	186	vehicle driver must provide the employer, at the time of the
187	187	application, with the following information for the 10 years
188	188	preceding the date of application:
189	189	(1) A list of the names and addresses of the
190	190	applicant's previous employers for which the applicant was a
191	191	driver of a commercial motor vehicle;
192	192	(2) The dates between which the applicant drove for
193	193	each employer; and
194	194	(3) The reason for leaving that employer.
195	195	The applicant must certify that all information
196	196	furnished is true and complete. An employer may require an
197	197	applicant to provide additional information."
198	198	"§32-6-49.8
199	199	Commercial driver license qualification standards shall
200	200	be as follows:
201	201	(a) Testing.
202	202	(1) GENERAL. No person may be issued a commercial
203	203	driver license unless that person is a resident of this state
204	204	and has passed a knowledge and skills test for driving a
205	205	commercial motor vehicle which complies with minimum federal
206	206	standards established by federal regulation enumerated in 49
207	207	C.F.R. part Part 383, subparts Subparts G and H, and has
208	208	satisfied all other requirements of the CMVSA in addition to
209	209	other requirements imposed by state law or federal regulation.
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240	240	The tests shall be prescribed and conducted by the department.
241	241	(2) THIRD PARTYTHIRD-PARTY TESTING. The department may
242	242	authorize a person, including an agency of this or another
243	243	state, an employer, a private driver training facility, or
244	244	other private institution, or a department, agency, or
245	245	instrumentality of local government to administer the skills
246	246	test specified by this section, if the test is the same as
247	247	what would otherwise be administered by the state and the
248	248	third party has entered into an agreement with this state
249	249	which complies with requirements of 49 C.F.R. part Part
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251	251	(b) Waiver of skills test. The department may waive the
252	252	skills test specified in this section for a commercial driver
253	253	license applicant who meets the requirements of 49 C.F.R. part
254	254	Part 383.77. In the case of school bus drivers the department
255	255	shall waive the skills test herein specified.
256	256	(c) Limitations on issuance of license. A commercial
257	257	driver license may not be issued to a person while the person
258	258	is subject to a disqualification from driving a commercial
259	259	motor vehicle, or while the person's driver license is
260	260	suspended, revoked, or cancelled in any state or foreign
261	261	jurisdiction with reciprocity; nor may a commercial driver
262	262	license be issued to a person who has a commercial driver
263	263	license issued by any other state unless the person first
264	264	surrenders all such licenses, which shall be returned to the
265	265	issuing state(s) for cancellation.
266	266	(d) The holder of a valid commercial driver license
267	267	learner's permit may drive a commercial motor vehicle only
268	268	when accompanied by the holder of a commercial driver license
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298	298	when accompanied by the holder of a commercial driver license
299	299	valid for the type of vehicle driven who occupies a seat
300	300	beside the individual for the purpose of giving instruction in
301	301	driving the commercial vehicle.
302	302	(e) A commercial driver license learner's permit for a
303	303	particular class or classes of commercial vehicle may be
304	304	issued to a person who meets all the qualifications required
305	305	of a person seeking a commercial driver license and has passed
306	306	the vision and written tests for that class of commercial
307	307	driver license. Commercial driver license learner's permits
308	308	may be issued with any endorsements or restrictions provided
309	309	for in 49 C.F.R. Part 383. The endorsements or restrictions
310	310	shall be coded in accordance with the provisions of 49 C.F.R.
311	311	§ 383.153."
312	312	"§32-6-49.10
313	313	(a) The commercial driver license shall be marked
314	314	"Commercial Driver License" or "CDL," and shall be, to the
315	315	maximum extent practicable, tamper proof. It shall include,
316	316	but not be limited to, all of the following information:
317	317	(1) The name and residential address of the person.
318	318	(2) The person's color photograph.
319	319	(3) A physical description of the person including sex,
320	320	height, weight, eye and hair color.
321	321	(4) Date of birth.
322	322	(5) Any other number or identifier not to include the
323	323	Social Security number of the person deemed appropriate by the
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325	325	(6) The person's signature.
326	326	(7) The class or type of commercial motor vehicle or
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356	356	(7) The class or type of commercial motor vehicle or
357	357	vehicles which the person is authorized to drive together with
358	358	any endorsements or restrictions.
359	359	(8) The name of this state.
360	360	(9) The dates between which the license is valid.
361	361	(b) Commercial driver licenses may be issued with the
362	362	following classifications, endorsements, and restrictions as
363	363	provided below. The holder of a valid commercial driver
364	364	license may drive all vehicles in the class for which that
365	365	license is issued, and all lesser classes of vehicles
366	366	including Class D, except motorcycles (Class M). Vehicles
367	367	which require an endorsement may not be driven unless the
368	368	proper endorsement appears on the license.
369	369	(1) Commercial driver licenses shall be classified as
370	370	follows:
371	371	Class A - Any combination of vehicles with a gross
372	372	vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of 26,001 pounds or more,
373	373	provided the GVWR of the vehicle(s) vehicle or vehicles being
374	374	towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
375	375	Class B - Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001
376	376	pounds or more, and any such vehicle towing a vehicle not in
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378	378	Class C - Any single vehicle with a GVWR of less than
379	379	26,001 pounds or any such vehicle towing a vehicle with a GVWR
380	380	not in excess of 10,000 pounds comprising:
381	381	(i) Vehicles designed to transport 16 or more
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383	383	(ii) Vehicles used in the transportation of hazardous
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414	414	materials which require the vehicle to be placarded under 49
415	415	C.F.R., Part 172, Subpart F.
416	416	(2) Endorsements and restrictions shall be coded as
417	417	follows:Commercial driver licenses may be issued with any
418	418	endorsements or restrictions provided for in 49 C.F.R. Part
419	419	383. The endorsements or restrictions shall be coded in
420	420	accordance with 49 C.F.R. § 383.153.
421	421	"H" - Authorizes the driver to drive a vehicle
422	422	transporting hazardous materials.
423	423	"K" - Restricts the driver to vehicles not equipped
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425	425	"T" - Authorizes driving double and triple trailers.
426	426	"P" - Authorizes driving vehicles carrying passengers.
427	427	"S" - Authorizes driving a school bus.
428	428	"N" - Authorizes driving tank vehicles.
429	429	"X" - Represents a combination of hazardous materials
430	430	and tank vehicle endorsements.
431	431	(c) Before issuing a commercial driver license, the
432	432	department shall obtain driving record information through the
433	433	Commercial Driver License Information System, the National
434	434	Driver Register, and from each state in which the person has
435	435	been licensed.
436	436	(d) Within 10 days after issuing a commercial driver
437	437	license, the department shall notify the Commercial Driver
438	438	License Information System of that fact, providing all
439	439	information required to ensure identification of the person.
440	440	(e) A commercial driver license issued pursuant to this
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472	472	(f) Renewal procedures for commercial driver licenses
473	473	shall be as follows: Every person applying for renewal of a
474	474	commercial driver license shall complete the application form
475	475	required by subsection (a), providing updated information and
476	476	required certifications. If the applicant wishes to retain a
477	477	hazardous materials endorsement, the written test for a
478	478	hazardous materials endorsement shall be taken and passed."
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480	480	(a)(1) Any person is disqualified from driving a
481	481	commercial motor vehicle for a period of not less than one
482	482	year if convicted of a first violation of one of the
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484	484	(1)a. Driving a motor vehicle under the influence of
485	485	alcohol, or a controlled substance or any other drug which
486	486	renders a person incapable of safely driving.
487	487	(2)b. Driving a commercial motor vehicle while the
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490	490	(3)c. Knowingly and willfully leaving the scene of an
491	491	accident involving a motor vehicle driven by the person.
492	492	(4)d. Using a motor vehicle in the commission of any
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494	494	(5)e. Refusal to submit to a test to determine the
495	495	driver's use of a controlled substance or alcohol
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497	497	(2) If any of the violations in subdivisions (1) to
498	498	(5), inclusive,described in this subsection occurred while
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530	530	the person is disqualified for a period of not less than three
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532	532	(b) A person is disqualified for life if convicted of
533	533	two or more violations of any of the offenses specified in
534	534	subsection (a), or any combination of those offenses, arising
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536	536	(c) The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency may issue
537	537	regulations and promulgate establishing adopt rules and
538	538	establish guidelines, including conditions, under which a
539	539	disqualification for life under subsection (b) may be reduced
540	540	to a period of not less than 10 years.
541	541	(d) A person is disqualified from driving a commercial
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543	543	commission of any felony involving the manufacture,
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547	547	(e) A person is disqualified from driving a commercial
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549	549	vehicle in the commission of a felony involving any act or
550	550	practice of severe forms of trafficking in persons, as defined
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552	552	(e)(f) A person is disqualified from driving a
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554	554	if convicted of two serious traffic violations, or 120 days if
555	555	convicted of three serious traffic violations, committed in a
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588	588	(f)(g)(1) A person is disqualified from driving a
589	589	commercial motor vehicle for not less than 90 days nor more
590	590	than one year upon a first conviction of driving a commercial
591	591	vehicle while under an out-of-service order.
592	592	(2) A person is disqualified from driving a commercial
593	593	motor vehicle for not less than one year nor more than five
594	594	years if during any 10-year period the person receives two
595	595	convictions of driving a commercial vehicle while under an
596	596	out-of-service order where the convictions arise out of
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598	598	(3) A person is disqualified from driving a commercial
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600	600	years if during any 10-year period the person receives three
601	601	or more convictions of driving a commercial vehicle while
602	602	under an out-of-service order where the convictions arise out
603	603	of separate incidents.
604	604	(4) If a conviction of driving a commercial motor
605	605	vehicle while under an out-of-service order arises out of an
606	606	arrest where the person was transporting hazardous materials
607	607	required to be placarded under the Hazardous Materials
608	608	Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. § 5101, et seq., or while
609	609	operating motor vehicles designed to transport more than 15
610	610	passengers, including the driver, the person is disqualified
611	611	for not less than 180 days nor more than two years upon a
612	612	first conviction and not less than three years nor more than
613	613	five years upon any subsequent conviction within a 10-year
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646	646	commercial motor vehicle for not less than 60 days upon a
647	647	first conviction, not less than 120 days if during any
648	648	three-year period the person receives two convictions, and not
649	649	less than one year if during any three-year period the person
650	650	receives three or more convictions of any of the following
651	651	railroad-highway grade crossing violations:
652	652	a. The driver is not required to stop, but fails to
653	653	slow down and check that tracks are clear of an approaching
654	654	train.
655	655	b. The driver is not required to stop, but fails to
656	656	stop before reaching the crossing if the tracks are not clear.
657	657	c. The driver is always required to stop, but fails to
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659	659	d. The driver fails to have sufficient space to drive
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661	661	e. The driver fails to obey a traffic control device or
662	662	the directions of an enforcement official at the crossing.
663	663	f. The driver fails to negotiate a crossing because of
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665	665	(2) A person is disqualified for not less than 120 days
666	666	if during any three-year period the person receives two
667	667	convictions of a railroad-highway grade crossing violation.
668	668	(3) A person is disqualified from operating a
669	669	commercial motor vehicle for not less than one year if during
670	670	any three-year period the person receives three or more
671	671	convictions of a railroad-highway grade crossing violation.
672	672	(h)(i) After suspending, revoking, or canceling a
673	673	commercial driver license, the Alabama State Law Enforcement
674	674	Agency shall update its records to reflect that action within
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704	704	Agency shall update its records to reflect that action within
705	705	10 days. After suspending, revoking, or canceling a
706	706	nonresident commercial driver's privilege, the Alabama State
707	707	Law Enforcement Agency shall notify the licensing authority of
708	708	the state that issued the commercial driver license or
709	709	commercial driver instruction permit within 10 days.
710	710	(j) Any failureA person who fails to report or disclose
711	711	required information under this section , either before or
712	712	after issuance of a commercial driver license , shall be guilty
713	713	of a Class C felony and shall, upon conviction thereof, be
714	714	punished as provided by law ."
715	715	"§32-6-49.19
716	716	(a) For the purpose of defraying the cost of issuing
717	717	commercial drivers' license driver licenses, the Alabama State
718	718	Law Enforcement Agency, judge of probate , or license
719	719	commissioner shall collect forall of the following fees:
720	720	(1) For each commercial driver license or commercial
721	721	driver license learner's permit, a fee equal to the sum of all
722	722	fees imposed for the issuance of a Class D driver license.
723	723	(2) For each Class A commercial driver license ,thean
724	724	additional sum of fifty dollars ($50); thirty dollars ($30).
725	725	(3) For each Class B commercial driver license, thean
726	726	additional sum of forty dollars ($40) for each Class B
727	727	commercial driver license; twenty dollars ($20). and the sum of
728	728	twenty dollars ($20) for each Class C commercial driver
729	729	license and commercial driver license learner's permit. The
730	730	fee for any school bus driver license shall be twenty dollars
731	731	($20) and the license shall be restricted to the operation of
732	732	a school bus and noncommercial vehicle.
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762	762	a school bus and noncommercial vehicle.
763	763	(b)(1)TheseCommercial driver licenses shall be issued
764	764	for a period of four years , except a commercial .
765	765	(2) Commercial driver license learner's permit
766	766	whichpermits shall be issued for a period of one year.
767	767	(b)(c) The additional revenue from the additional fees
768	768	collected pursuant to this section , as amended by Act
769	769	2004-521, shall be deposited in the Highway Traffic Safety
770	770	Fund of the Department of Public Safety Public Safety Fund ."
771	771	"§32-9A-2
772	772	(a)(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b),
773	773	no person may operate a commercial motor vehicle in this
774	774	state, or fail to maintain required records or reports, in
775	775	violation of the federal motor carrier safety regulations as
776	776	prescribed by the U.S. Department of Transportation, 49 C.F.R.
777	777	Part 107, Parts 171-180, Part 380, Parts 382-387, and Parts
778	778	390-399 and as they may be amended in the future. Except as
779	779	otherwise provided herein, this chapter shall not be construed
780	780	to repeal or supersede other laws relating to the operation of
781	781	motor vehicles.
782	782	(2)a. No person may operate a commercial motor vehicle
783	783	in this state in violation of 49 C.F.R. § 393.120, as amended,
784	784	relating to load securement for certain metal coils.
785	785	b. No one owning, leasing, or allowing a commercial
786	786	vehicle to be operated in this state shall knowingly or
787	787	negligently be in violation of 49 C.F.R. § 393.120, as
788	788	amended, relating to load securement for metal coils.
789	789	(3) No person may knowingly or negligently own or lease
790	790	or cause to be operated on any public highway, road, street,
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820	820	or cause to be operated on any public highway, road, street,
821	821	or other public right-of-way a commercial motor vehicle loaded
822	822	with a metal coil in a manner that fails to comply with 49
823	823	C.F.R. §393.120 and thereby allows a metal coil to drop,
824	824	fall, spill, shift, or otherwise escape from the commercial
825	825	vehicle onto any public highway, road, street, or any other
826	826	public right-of-way.
827	827	(4)a. No motor carrier may initiate or terminate in
828	828	this state the commercial transport of metal coils, as defined
829	829	in 49 C.F.R. §393.120, unless the commercial vehicle operator
830	830	is certified in proper load securement as provided in 49
831	831	C.F.R. §393.120. Certification shall be conducted according to
832	832	standards published by the Department of Public Safety and
833	833	certified by the motor carrier and the driver on forms
834	834	provided by the department.
835	835	b. The operator of a commercial motor vehicle involved
836	836	in the commercial transport of metal coils subject to this
837	837	subdivision shall be certified in proper load securement as
838	838	provided in 49 C.F.R. §393.120.
839	839	(5)(4) Except as it relates to subdivision (3), no law
840	840	enforcement officer may make an arrest or issue a citation
841	841	under this chapter unless he or she has satisfactorily
842	842	completed, as a part of his or her training, the basic course
843	843	of instruction developed by the Commercial Vehicle Safety
844	844	Alliance. Those law enforcement officers authorized to enforce
845	845	this chapter shall annually receive in service training
846	846	related to commercial motor vehicle operations, including, but
847	847	not limited to, training in current federal motor carrier
848	848	safety regulations, safety inspection procedures, and
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878	878	safety regulations, safety inspection procedures, and
879	879	out-of-service criteria. The annual training requirements
880	880	shall be designated and specified by the director. An officer
881	881	qualified under this section to make an arrest or issue a
882	882	citation pursuant to subdivision (3) may arrest or issue a
883	883	citation to the driver of a commercial motor vehicle without a
884	884	warrant and without witnessing the violation personally if,
885	885	upon personal investigation, the officer has reasonable cause
886	886	to believe that a violation has occurred.
887	887	(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) or any other
888	888	provision of law to the contrary:
889	889	(1) Amendments to the hours of service regulations
890	890	promulgated by the U.S. Department of Transportation at 68
891	891	Federal Register 22456, April 28, 2003 and effective June 27,
892	892	2003, shall not apply to utility service vehicles as defined
893	893	at 49 C.F.R. § 395.2, not including television cable or
894	894	community antenna service vehicles, which are owned or
895	895	operated by utilities regulated by the Public Service
896	896	Commission or electric cooperatives and which are engaged
897	897	solely in intrastate commerce in this state until June 27,
898	898	2006, provided the amendments are valid and remain in effect
899	899	as of that date. Hours of service regulations that are
900	900	applicable in this state immediately prior to June 27, 2003,
901	901	shall remain applicable to utility service vehicles engaged
902	902	solely in intrastate commerce in this state until June 27,
903	903	2006. If the U.S. Department of Transportation issues an
904	904	official finding that this provision may result in the loss of
905	905	federal Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program funding, the
906	906	department Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency may adopt
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936	936	department Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency may adopt
937	937	rules providing for earlier implementation of the amendments
938	938	to the federal hours of service regulations. If federal law or
939	939	regulations are amended at any time to exempt utility service
940	940	vehicles from the hours of service requirements, any exemption
941	941	shall be effective in this state immediately for the duration
942	942	of the federal exemption.
943	943	(2) The department Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency
944	944	may adopt rules suspending the effective date for up to three
945	945	years after adoption of any motor carrier safety regulation by
946	946	the U.S. Department of Transportation as applied to vehicles
947	947	engaged solely in intrastate commerce in this state, provided
948	948	that the suspension does not result in the loss of federal
949	949	Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program funding.
950	950	(3) The department Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency
951	951	may enter into agreements with state and local emergency
952	952	management agencies and private parties establishing
953	953	procedures for complying with 49 U.S.C. § 31502(e) and federal
954	954	regulations promulgated thereto at 49 C.F.R. § 390.23 which
955	955	provide an exemption from the hours of service regulations
956	956	during certain emergencies.
957	957	(4) The department Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency
958	958	may adopt rules granting any waiver, variance, or exemption
959	959	permitted under 49 U.S.C. § 31104(h) and federal regulations
960	960	promulgated thereto at 49 C.F.R. §§ 350.339-350.345, provided
961	961	that the waiver, variance, or exemption does not result in the
962	962	loss of federal Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program
963	963	funding and does not take effect unless approved by the U.S.
964	964	Department of Transportation if that approval is required.
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994	994	Department of Transportation if that approval is required.
995	995	(5) A commercial motor vehicle operated in intrastate
996	996	commerce which does not equal or exceed 26,001 pounds, except
997	997	a motor vehicle, regardless of weight, which is designed or
998	998	used to transport 16 or more passengers, including the driver,
999	999	or which is used in the transportation of hazardous materials
1000	1000	and required to be placarded pursuant to 49 C.F.R. Part 172,
1001	1001	Subpart F, shall be exempt from the federal motor carrier
1002	1002	regulations otherwise made applicable in this state pursuant
1003	1003	to subsection (a). For purposes of this subdivision,
1004	1004	"commercial motor vehicle " means a commercial motor vehicle as
1005	1005	defined in 49 C.F.R. § 390.5.
1006	1006	(6) For purposes of those provisions of 49 C.F.R. § 395
1007	1007	providing for exemptions from the hours of service
1008	1008	requirements of that section respecting the operation of motor
1009	1009	vehicles for the transportation of agricultural commodities as
1010	1010	contemplated in that section, the planting and harvesting
1011	1011	season for this state is defined by the Legislature as the
1012	1012	period from April 1 of each calendar year to March 31 of the
1013	1013	next succeeding calendar year.
1014	1014	(c) Nothing in this section as amended by Act 2008-336
1015	1015	shall be interpreted to exempt any person from the obligations
1016	1016	to operate a motor vehicle in a safe and proper manner or to
1017	1017	observe the rules of the road, nor shall any provision of this
1018	1018	section as amended by Act 2008-336 be interpreted to immunize
1019	1019	any person from civil liability for actionable conduct.
1020	1020	(d) The Department of Public Safety shall publish
1021	1021	standards for training drivers of commercial motor vehicles in
1022	1022	proper load securement for metal coils as provided in 49
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1052	1052	proper load securement for metal coils as provided in 49
1053	1053	C.F.R. §393.120 and provide for certification of drivers of
1054	1054	commercial motor vehicles carrying metal coils. "
1055	1055	"§32-9A-4
1056	1056	(a) Any person violating Section 32-9A-2(a)(1) shall be
1057	1057	guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine of not less
1058	1058	than twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more than two thousand
1059	1059	dollars ($2,000) for each offense. In addition, the court may
1060	1060	impose a sentence of imprisonment in the county jail, not to
1061	1061	exceed 30 days, for each offense.
1062	1062	(b) Any person violating Section 32-9A-2(a)(2)a. or a
1063	1063	motor carrier violating Section 32-9A-2(a)(2)b. shall be
1064	1064	guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine of not less
1065	1065	than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than two thousand
1066	1066	five hundred dollars ($2,500) for each offense.
1067	1067	(c) Any operator of a commercial motor vehicle
1068	1068	violating Section 32-9A-2(a)(2)a. in which a metal coil drops,
1069	1069	falls, spills, shifts, or otherwise escapes from the vehicle
1070	1070	shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine of not
1071	1071	less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) nor more
1072	1072	than five thousand dollars ($5,000).
1073	1073	(d) Any person violating Section 32-9A-2(a)(3) or any
1074	1074	motor carrier violating Section 32-9A-2(a)(4)a. shall be
1075	1075	guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine of not less
1076	1076	than five thousand dollars ($5,000) nor more than ten thousand
1077	1077	dollars ($10,000).
1078	1078	(e) Any person violating Section
1079	1079	32-9A-2(a)(4)b.32-9A-2(a)(4) shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
1080	1080	and punishable by a fine of not less than two hundred and
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1110	1110	and punishable by a fine of not less than two hundred and
1111	1111	fifty dollars ($250) nor more than one thousand dollars
1112	1112	($1,000).
1113	1113	(f) In addition to the other penalties for a violation
1114	1114	of subdivisions (2), (3), or (4) of Section 32-9A-2(a), the
1115	1115	court may impose a sentence of imprisonment in the county
1116	1116	jail, not to exceed one year, for each conviction under
1117	1117	subdivisions (2), (3), or (4) of Section 32-9A-2(a).
1118	1118	(g) In addition to other punishment fixed by law, the
1119	1119	court may enter an order prohibiting the person from operating
1120	1120	any commercial motor vehicle for a period to be specified by
1121	1121	the court, or perpetually, as the court may determine."
1122	1122	Section 2. Although this bill would have as its purpose
1123	1123	or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of
1124	1124	local funds, the bill is excluded from further requirements
1125	1125	and application under Section 111.05 of the Constitution of
1126	1126	Alabama of 2022, because the bill defines a new crime or
1127	1127	amends the definition of an existing crime.
1128	1128	Section 3. This act shall become effective on October
1129	1129	1, 2024.
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