00                              HOUSE BILL NO. 77                                                                          
01 "An Act allowing certain motor vehicles to be operated while unattended."                                               
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 28.05.011(a) is amended to read:                                                                  
04            (a)  The commissioner of public safety shall, unless otherwise provided by                                   
05       statute, adopt regulations in compliance with AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure                                  
06       Act) necessary to carry out the provisions of this title and other statutes whose                                 
07       administration is vested in the Department of Public Safety.  The regulations must                                
08       include                                                                                                           
09                 (1)  rules of the road relating to the driving, stopping, standing, parking,                            
10       and other conduct of vehicles, to pedestrians, and to official traffic control devices;                           
11       regulations adopted under this paragraph may not prohibit                                                         
12                      (A)  the operation of a motor vehicle while it is unattended,                                  
13            including operation by a remote starter; this subparagraph does not apply                                
14            to a motor vehicle that is unlocked or that is occupied by a disabled person                             
15            or a person under 14 years of age; or                                                                    
01                      (B)  the use of an electric personal motor vehicle on a sidewalk,                              
02            bike path, or vehicular way or area restricted to the use of pedestrians;                                    
03            limitations on regulation of electric personal motor vehicles imposed under this                             
04            subparagraph [PARAGRAPH] do not apply to a municipal ordinance                                           
05            regulating electric personal motor vehicles enacted to meet local requirements;                              
06                 (2)  minimum equipment for vehicles, including minimum standards of                                     
07       compliance to be met by manufacturers and vehicle sales and repairs businesses;                                   
08                 (3)  inspection of vehicles other than commercial motor vehicles, and                                   
09       the removal of vehicles from areas of public use when they are found to be in a                                   
10       defective or unsafe condition;                                                                                    
11                 (4)  abandonment of vehicles;                                                                           
12                 (5)  management of records of the Department of Public Safety                                           
13       required for that department's administration of this title and its regulations adopted                           
14       under this title, including provisions for ensuring the accuracy of information                                   
15       contained in automated and manual information retrieval systems;                                                  
16                 (6)  definitions of words and phrases used in this title and in regulations                             
17       adopted under this title unless otherwise provided by statute;                                                    
18                 (7)  certification and regulation of junk yards;                                                        
19                 (8)  regulations necessary to implement requirements imposed by                                         
20       federal law or regulation that relate to commercial motor vehicles and that are needed                            
21       to avoid loss or withholding of federal highway money, other than requirements                                    
22       relating to a commercial motor vehicle driver's licensing program or a commercial                                 
23       motor vehicle safety inspection program.