Sponsor(s): Senator Holley
Synopsis and Analysis: Under existing law, a golf cart may not be operated upon the public highways of the state unless the manufacturer of the golf cart certifies that a particular golf cart is designed for use on the streets and highways of the state and the golf cart meets several statutory requirements, including having a license plate tag, being equipped with safety belts, rearview mirrors, horns, and head and tail lamps.
Also under existing law, municipalities in Baldwin County and Class 2 municipalities, by ordinance, may authorize the use of golf carts or other low-speed vehicles.
This bill would provide that, except as authorized in Class 2 municipalities and Baldwin County, and except as may be authorized by local law or municipal ordinance under certain conditions, a person is prohibited from operating a low-speed vehicle on the public highways of the state.
This bill would establish a fine for a violation.
Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose.
The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of the amendment. However, the bill does not require approval of a local governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective because it comes within one of the specified exceptions contained in the amendment.
League Action and Justification: Monitor.
Bill Progress in Legislature
| Calendar Date | Body | Amd/Sub | Matter | Committee | Nay | Yea | Abstain | Vote |
| 03/06/2019 | S | Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Transportation and Energy | T&E | | | | | |
03/07/2019 | S | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment | | 0 | 13 | 0 | | |
03/08/2019 | S | Third Reading Passed | | | | | | |
03/08/2019 | S | 197640-2 | Transportation and Energy Amendment Offered | | | | | |
03/08/2019 | S | Holley motion to Table adopted Voice Vote | | | | | ||
03/08/2019 | S | 197706-1 | Holley first Substitute Offered | | | | | |
03/08/2019 | S | Holley motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 11 | | | | | Roll 11 | |
03/08/2019 | S | 197719-1 | Scofield Amendment Offered | | | | | |
03/08/2019 | S | Scofield motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 12 | | | | | Roll 12 | |
03/08/2019 | S | 197722-1 | Albritton Amendment Offered | | | | | |
03/08/2019 | S | Albritton motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 13 | | | | | Roll 13 | |
03/08/2019 | S | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 14 | | | | | Roll 14 | |
03/08/2019 | S | Motion to Reconsider pending | | | | | | |
03/08/2019 | S | 197725-1 | Holley Amendment Offered | | | | | |
03/08/2019 | S | Holley motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 20 | | | | | Roll 20 | |
03/08/2019 | S | Motion to Read Again a Third Time and Pass as Amended adopted Roll Call 21 | | | | | Roll 21 | |
03/11/2019 | S | Engrossed | | | | | | |
03/11/2019 | H | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure | TU&I | | | | | |
03/12/2019 | H | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar | | | | | | |
| H | Pending third reading on day 6 Favorable from Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure | |
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