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HB55
36X2VEE-2
By Representatives Bolton, Pettus, Bedsole
RFD: Public Safety and Homeland Security
First Read: 06-Feb-24
PFD: 12-Jan-24
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PFD: 12-Jan-24
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to motor vehicles; to provide prohibitions on
the alteration of the height of the fender of a motor
vehicles; and in connection therewith would have as its
purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased
expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section
111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as
the Alabama Squat Truck Law.
Section 2. (a)(1) Except as otherwise provided in
subdivision (2), it shall be unlawful for any person to
operate a passenger car or truck, as defined under Section
32-1-1.1, Code of Alabama 1975, on the highways of this state
if, by alteration of the suspension, frame, or chassis, the
height of the front fender is raised four or more inches
greater than the height of the accompanying rear fender. For
purposes of this section, the height of the fender shall be a
vertical measurement from and perpendicular to the ground,
through the centerline of the wheel, and to the bottom of the
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through the centerline of the wheel, and to the bottom of the
fender.
(2) This subsection does not apply to any vehicle
modification or alteration that has been made for bona fide
commercial or agricultural purposes.
(b) A person who violates this section shall be guilty
of a violation and shall punished as follows:
(1) On a first conviction, a fine of not more than
fifty dollars ($50).
(2) On a second conviction, a fine of not more than one
hundred dollars ($100).
(3) On a third or subsequent conviction, a fine of two
hundred fifty dollars ($250).
(c) For purposes of determining whether a prior
conviction has occurred under this section, the court shall
only consider offenses that occurred within the preceding five
years of the current offense.
Section 3. Although this bill would have as its purpose
or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of
local funds, the bill is excluded from further requirements
and application under Section 111.05 of the Constitution of
Alabama of 2022, because the bill defines a new crime or
amends the definition of an existing crime.
Section 4. This act shall become effective October 1,
2024.
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2024.
House of Representatives
Read for the first time and referred
to the House of Representatives
committee on Public Safety and
Homeland Security
................06-Feb-24
Read for the second time and placed
on the calendar:
1 amendment
................21-Feb-24
Read for the third time and passed
as amended
Yeas 91
Nays 5
Abstains 1
................22-Feb-24
John Treadwell
Clerk
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