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SB55
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By Senators Elliott, Smitherman, Bell, Orr, Kelley, Weaver
RFD: County and Municipal Government
First Read: 04-Feb-25
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First Read: 04-Feb-25
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to driver licenses; to invalidate the use of
certain classes of driver licenses; to amend Section 32-6-2,
Code of Alabama 1975; to prevent certain individuals from
qualifying for certain driver license exemptions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. (a) A driver license of a class issued
exclusively to individuals who did not exercise the option of
providing proof of lawful presence in the United States when
obtaining the license is not valid in this state and does not
authorize the holder to operate a motor vehicle in this state.
(b) A law enforcement officer who stops an individual
driving with a license as described in subsection (a) shall
issue a citation to the individual for driving without a
license pursuant to Section 32-6-18, Code of Alabama 1975,
unless the individual has in his or her possession other
documentation showing proof of lawful presence in the United
States.
(c) To facilitate the enforcement of this section and
to aid in providing notice to visitors and the general public
concerning invalid driver licenses, the Alabama State Law
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concerning invalid driver licenses, the Alabama State Law
Enforcement Agency shall maintain on its website a statement
summarizing this section.
(d) The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall
design and the State Department of Transportation shall
install signage anywhere there is a sign welcoming drivers to
the State of Alabama to give notice regarding the provisions
of this section.
Section 2. Section 32-6-2, Code of Alabama 1975, is
amended to read as follows:
"ยง32-6-2
The following persons individuals, when driving a motor
vehicle under the following conditions , are exempt from a the
requirement to obtain a driver license hereunder:
(1) Any person individual in the service of the federal
government while driving an official motor vehicle in such
service;.
(2) Any person individual while driving any road
machine, farm tractor, or implement of husbandry temporarily
driven or moved on a highway ;.
(3) A nonresident who is at least 16 years of age and
who has in his or her immediate possession a valid driver's
driver license issued in his or her home state or country ;.
This exemption does not apply if the nonresident's license is
invalid under Section 1 of the act amending this section.
(4) Any nonresident who is at least 16 years of age
whose home state or country does not require the licensing of
drivers for a period of not more than 90 days in any calendar
year, if the motor vehicle so driven is duly registered in the
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year, if the motor vehicle so driven is duly registered in the
home state or country of such nonresident. "
Section 3. This act shall become effective on October
1, 2025.
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1, 2025.
Senate
Read for the first time and referred
to the Senate committee on County
and Municipal Government
................04-Feb-25
Read for the second time and placed
on the calendar:
0 amendments
................05-Feb-25
Read for the third time and passed
as amended
Yeas 24
Nays 4
Abstains 0
................13-Feb-25
Patrick Harris,
Secretary.
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