USA Statutes : alabama
Title : Title 32 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC.
Chapter : Chapter 18 MUNICIPAL TESTING STATIONS.
Section 32-18-1

Section 32-18-1
Definitions.

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

(1) PERSON. Every natural person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation.

(2) OPERATOR. Every person who is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle upon a street, alley or thoroughfare.

(3) MOTOR VEHICLE. Any vehicle propelled by any power other than muscular power, including traction engines, tractor cranes, power shovels, road building machines, road rollers, road sweepers and sand spreaders, which are self-propelled; and trailers, semitrailers and motorcycles. This definition shall not include traction engines, tractor cranes, power shovels, road building machines, road rollers, road sweepers and sand spreaders which are not self-propelled; or tractors used exclusively for agricultural purposes, well drillers, electric trucks with small wheels used in factories, warehouses and railroad stations and operated principally on private property and such vehicles as run only upon rails or tracks; or motor vehicles to the extent of five or more owned by any person having testing equipment and facilities meeting the requirements of the city; or motor vehicles engaged in the business of carrying and transporting passengers or property and subject to the supervision and regulation of the Alabama Public Service Commission.

(4) OWNER. A person who holds the legal title to a motor vehicle, or, in the event a motor vehicle is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale or lease thereof with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee or in the event a mortgagor of a motor vehicle is entitled to possession, then such conditional vendee or lessee or mortgagor shall be deemed the owner for the purpose of this chapter.

(Acts 1943, No. 542, p. 522, §1.)Section 32-18-2

Section 32-18-2
City may set up or designate testing stations.

Any city shall have the power to acquire, establish, erect, equip, operate and maintain motor vehicle testing stations therein, to pay for the same out of the proceeds of the collection of fees charged for testing motor vehicles and to make rules and regulations for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of any ordinance adopted under the terms of this chapter. Such city may also designate privately operated stations as official inspecting stations on which such city shall by agreement with the owners or operators of such stations impose the power and authority to conduct such inspections in lieu of or in addition to the stations operated by such city and in accordance with the terms of this chapter and any ordinance adopted under its provisions.

(Acts 1943, No. 542, p. 522, §2.)Section 32-18-3

Section 32-18-3
Fees.

Such city shall have the power to fix the amount of fees, not exceeding $1.00 per test and not more than $2.00 per annum, for the inspection of any motor vehicle for any and all defects prohibited by law upon and for every restriction and requirement imposed by law with respect to the equipment and maintenance of any such motor vehicle operated upon the streets, alleys or highways of such city. In addition to inspections required by ordinance, any owner or operator may have his motor vehicle inspected as often as he may reasonably desire, between such inspection periods as may be fixed by such city. Such city shall have additional power to set aside all fees so collected by it in a separate fund out of which all costs and expenses in connection with or growing out of the construction, establishment, equipment, operation and maintenance of such stations by it shall be paid. Any surplus remaining in such fund shall be paid into a fund for traffic regulation and enforcement.

(Acts 1943, No. 542, p. 522, §3; Acts 1963, No. 550, p. 1169, §1.)Section 32-18-4

Section 32-18-4
Use of streets dependent upon compliance with ordinance.

The right to use the streets, alleys and highways of any city enacting any such ordinance shall be dependent upon compliance with the terms of such ordinance and with the laws of the state relating to motor vehicles and the parking or use thereof on the streets, alleys or highways of such city.

(Acts 1943, No. 542, p. 522, §4.)Section 32-18-5

Section 32-18-5
Stickers; control of tests.

The Director of Public Safety of Alabama shall approve the shape, size, color and inscription of a sticker to be placed by any such city so operating or in which are operated motor vehicle testing stations hereunder upon the windshield of any motor vehicle so passing the tests herein provided. No such certificate shall be issued or attached to any motor vehicle until and unless such vehicle shall, upon such inspection, be found to comply with the terms and conditions and requirements imposed by law and the ordinance adopted under this chapter. The director shall also have supervision and control over the type of tests and the facilities therefor in any such motor vehicle testing station, and any such city desiring to establish any such station or to designate any privately owned station shall first procure the approval of such tests and facilities by the Director of Public Safety.

(Acts 1943, No. 542, p. 522, §5.)Section 32-18-6

Section 32-18-6
City may pay for testing stations from earnings or out of general fund.

Any such city shall have additional powers to pay for any such testing station or stations operated by it and for the equipment, maintenance and operation thereof out of past or future earnings of such station or stations or out of the general fund.

(Acts 1943, No. 542, p. 522, §6.)Section 32-18-7

Section 32-18-7
Applicable to residents or persons who maintain place of business in city.

Any such city may provide for the inspection of motor vehicles operated upon the streets, alleys or highways thereof when owned or operated by residents or by persons who maintain a place of business in any such city where so operated.

(Acts 1943, No. 542, p. 522, §7; Acts 1963, No. 550, p. 1169, §2.)Section 32-18-8

Section 32-18-8
Penalty; seizure of motor vehicle.

Any such city shall have the power to enforce such ordinance by fine, not exceeding $100.00, or imprisonment, not exceeding six months, or both. Each day's violation of such ordinance shall constitute a separate offense. Such fine or imprisonment may be imposed upon either the owner or operator of any such motor vehicle. Such city shall have authority also to seize and impound any motor vehicle which has not been inspected in accordance with the terms of such ordinance and to hold the same until inspection is made as provided by such ordinance. Any expense incurred in the seizure and impounding of such motor vehicle, together with any storage fees, shall be a first lien on the same; and the city shall have authority to enforce such lien as provided by law.

(Acts 1943, No. 542, p. 522, §8.)