00CS FOR HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 10(HES) am                                                                       
01 Relating to allowing the state the right to determine and impose sanctions on                                           
02 motor vehicle drivers.                                                                                                  
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04  WHEREAS the State of Alaska is concerned with drug abuse by its citizens and has                                       
05 enacted numerous laws and initiated programs aimed at reducing both the demand for and                                  
06 supply of illegal drugs; and                                                                                            
07  WHEREAS the State of Alaska currently revokes the driver's licenses of persons                                         
08 convicted of driving a motor vehicle under the influence of drugs; and                                                  
09  WHEREAS 23 U.S.C. 159(a) mandates the withholding of certain federal-aid highway                                       
10 funds from states that by October 1, 1993, fail to either                                                               
11   (1)  enact legislation requiring suspension of an individual's driver's license                                       
12 upon conviction of a violation of the federal Controlled Substances Act or any drug offense;                            
13 or                                                                                                                      
14   (2)  file a certification from the Governor that the Governor is opposed to the                                       

01 enactment of such a law and that the legislature has adopted a resolution expressing its                                
02 opposition to such a law; and                                                                                           
03  WHEREAS failure of this legislature to take either mandated action will result in the                                  
04 withholding of federal-aid highway funds; and                                                                           
05  WHEREAS actions of the Congress to coerce states into passing ineffective laws are                                     
06 inappropriate; and                                                                                                      
07  WHEREAS the State of Alaska has and will continue to address illegal drugs in                                          
08 effective and cost beneficial ways;                                                                                     
09  BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature certifies that it is opposed to the                                   
10 requirement by the federal government that the state enact legislation to revoke or suspend the                         
11 driver's license of a person convicted of a drug offense if the offense does not involve the                            
12 operation of a motor vehicle, aircraft, or watercraft; and be it                                                        
13  FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature will continue its efforts in                                        
14 drug abuse education and enforcement programs and will commit its limited resources to                                  
15 programs that, based on experience in Alaska, have a reasonable chance of reducing drug                                 
16 abuse; and be it                                                                                                        
17  FURTHER RESOLVED that the Governor is respectfully requested to certify the                                            
18 Governor's opposition to adoption of legislation requiring revocation of the driver's license                           
19 of a person convicted of a drug offense.