(a) The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall develop and implement a Class D hardship driver license program with specified and limited driving privileges for inmates in work release programs or community corrections programs and for persons released from incarceration from the Department of Corrections. Each person released from a period of confinement from the Department of Corrections, immediately following his or her release, shall be eligible to apply for a hardship driver license with specified and limited driving privileges from the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency and shall be subject to rules, terms, regulations, restrictions, and eligibility requirements established by the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, as well as subject to payment of a fee not to exceed the cost of production and issuance of the hardship driver license.

(b) The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall develop and implement a Class D hardship driver license program with specified and limited driving privileges for a person with a suspended or revoked license who can demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the agency that he or she does not pose a risk to public safety and cannot obtain reasonable transportation as further provided in this section. Any person with a suspended or revoked license who can fully demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the agency that he or she cannot obtain reasonable transportation shall be eligible to apply for a hardship driver license with specified and limited driving privileges from the agency and shall be subject to rules, terms, regulations, restrictions, and eligibility requirements established by the agency, as well as subject to payment of a fee not to exceed the cost of production and issuance of the hardship driver license.

(c) A person whose hardship driver license has been revoked shall not be eligible to apply for a driver's license until at least six months from the date the license was revoked.

(d) A person who has been adjudicated or convicted of driving under the influence, pursuant to Section 32-5A-191, shall not be eligible for a hardship driver license.

(e) The Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall promulgate such rules, regulations, restrictions, and eligibility requirements as are necessary to implement the provisions of this section. Additionally, the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall collaborate with the Board of Pardons and Paroles to implement the provisions of this section.