CSHB 363(STA): "An Act relating to motor vehicle registration fees; and providing for an effective date."
00CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 363(STA) 01 "An Act relating to motor vehicle registration fees; and providing for an effective 02 date." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 28.10.421(a) is amended to read: 05 (a) Unless otherwise provided by law, 06 (1) the fees prescribed in this section shall be paid to the department 07 at the times provided under AS 28.10.108 and 28.10.111; and 08 (2) [AN ADDITIONAL FEE OF $10 SHALL BE ADDED TO] the 09 registration fee set out in this section shall be reduced by $5 when [FOR] registration 10 is [NOT] conducted by mail [; THE DEPARTMENT MAY WAIVE THIS 11 ADDITIONAL FEE FOR A GOOD CAUSE BASED ON CRITERIA ESTABLISHED 12 IN REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE DEPARTMENT]. 13 * Sec. 2. AS 28.10.421(b) is amended to read: 14 (b) The annual registration fees under this subsection are imposed within the
01 following classifications for: 02 (1) a passenger vehicle or motor home not used or maintained for the 03 transportation of persons or property for hire or for other commercial use 04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $40 [$35]; 05 (2) a pick-up truck or a van not exceeding 6,000 pounds unladen 06 weight and not used or maintained for the transportation of persons or property for hire 07 or for other commercial use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $45 [$40]; 08 (3) a taxicab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $75 [$70]; 09 (4) a motor bus with a seating capacity for 20 or more persons and 10 used exclusively for commercial purposes in the transporting of visitors or tourists 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $90 [$85]; 12 (5) a motorcycle or a motor-driven cycle . . . . . . . . . . $25 [$20]; 13 (6) a trailer not used or maintained for the transportation of persons 14 or property for hire or for other commercial use, including, but not limited to, a boat 15 trailer, baggage trailer, box trailer, utility trailer, house trailer, travel trailer, or a trailer 16 rented or offered for rent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10 [$ 5]. 17 * Sec. 3. AS 28.10.421(c) is amended to read: 18 (c) The annual registration fees under this subsection are imposed and are 19 based upon the actual unladen weight as established by the manufacturer's advertised 20 weight or upon the actual weight which the owner shall furnish, subject to the approval 21 of the commissioner or the commissioner's representative, for a vehicle, including a 22 motor vehicle pulling a trailer or semi-trailer, that is registered in the name of a 23 company or business, or is used or maintained for the transportation of passengers for 24 hire, excepting taxicabs and buses under (b) of this section, or for the transportation 25 of property for hire or for other commercial purposes, including a trailer, semi-trailer, 26 truck, wrecker, tow car, hearse, ambulance, and tractor, as follows: 27 (1) up to and including 5,000 pounds . . . . . . . . . . . . $56 [$51]; 28 (2) more than 5,000 pounds to and including 12,000 pounds 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $91 [$86]; 30 (3) more than 12,000 pounds to and including 18,000 pounds 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $161 [$156];
01 (4) more than 18,000 pounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $226 [$221]. 02 * Sec. 4. AS 28.10.421(d) is amended to read: 03 (d) The special registration fees under this subsection are imposed annually, 04 unless otherwise specified, for: 05 (1) an historic vehicle (one time only upon initial registration under 06 AS 28.10.181) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10; 07 (2) special request plates for 08 (A) Alaska National Guard personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $30; 09 (B) veterans or retired veterans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $30; 10 (C) recipients of the Purple Heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $30; 11 (D) owners of custom collector vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $50; 12 (E) other special request plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $30; 13 plus the fee required for that vehicle under (b) of this section; the fee required 14 by this paragraph shall be collected only on the first issuance and on the 15 replacement of special request plates; 16 (3) a vehicle owned by a disabled veteran or other handicapped person, 17 and registered under AS 28.10.181 or a resident 65 years of age or older who files a 18 written application for an exemption on a form prescribed by the department . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . none; 20 (4) a vehicle owned by the state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . none; 21 (5) a vehicle owned by an elected state official . . . . . . . . the fee 22 required for that vehicle under (b) of this section; 23 (6) [REPEALED 24 (7)] a vehicle owned by a rancher, farmer, or dairyman and registered 25 under AS 28.10.181. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $40 [$35]; 26 (7) [(8)] a snowmobile or off-highway vehicle . . . . . . . $10 [$ 5]; 27 (8) [(9)] an amateur mobile radio station vehicle, 28 (A) with a transceiver capable of less than 5-band operation 29 . . . the fee required for that vehicle under (b) or (c) of this section; 30 (B) in recognition of service to the public: a mobile amateur 31 radio station owned by an amateur with general class or higher license,
01 provided the station must be satisfactorily proved capable of operating on at 02 least five bands from 160 through 10 meters, must have an antenna, and must 03 have a power supply and wiring as a permanent part of the vehicle; the 04 transmitting unit may be removed from the car for service or dry storage . . . 05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .none 06 for a mobile amateur radio station vehicle included in (b)(1) or (2) of this 07 section; 08 (9) [(10)] dealer registration plates, 09 (A) the initial set of plates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $50 [$45]; 10 (B) each subsequent set of plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . $30 [$25]; 11 (10) [(11)] a vehicle owned by a municipality or charitable organization 12 meeting the requirements of AS 28.10.181(e) . . . . . . . . . . . $10 [$ 5]; 13 [(12) REPEALED] 14 (11) [(13)] a vehicle owned by a Pearl Harbor survivor or a former 15 prisoner of war . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . none; 16 (12) [(14) REPEALED 17 (15)] special request university plates . . . . . . . . . $50 plus the fee 18 required for that vehicle under (b)(1) or (2) of this section; the fee required by this 19 paragraph shall be collected only on the first issuance and on the replacement of 20 special request plates; the commissioner of administration shall separately account by 21 university campus designation for the fees received under this paragraph that the 22 department deposits in the general fund; the annual estimated balance in the accounts 23 that is in excess of the cost of issuing special request university plates may be 24 appropriated by the legislature for the support of programs at each campus. 25 * Sec. 5. AS 28.10.431(b)(7) is amended to read: 26 (7) vehicles specified 66 55 44 33 22 17 11 8 27 in AS 28.10.421(d)(8) [AS 28.10.421(d)(9)] 28 * Sec. 6. AS 28.10.431(h) is amended to read: 29 (h) A vehicle owned by a former prisoner of war exempted from registration 30 fees under AS 28.10.431(d)(11) [AS 28.10.421(d)(13)] is subject to a motor vehicle 31 registration tax under this section.