Alabama Legislature passes bill blocking officers from boarding boats for random safety inspections
The Alabama House and Senate have given final passage to legislation prohibiting law enforcement officers from stopping or boarding vessels for safety or marine sanitation equipment inspections without probable cause. HB254, sponsored by State Rep. Shane Stringer (R-Citronelle) and carried in the Senate by Sen. Chris Elliott (R-Josephine), extends to Alabama waterways the same standard […] The post Alabama Legislature passes bill blocking officers from boarding boats for random safety inspections appeared first on Yellowhammer News .