00SENATE BILL NO. 166                                                                                                     
01 "An Act relating to registration of a motor vehicle, and issuance, renewal,                                             
02 reinstatement, and revocation of a driver's license for failure to appear in court                                      
03 or failure to pay a fine."                                                                                              
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1.  AS 28.10.041 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                            
06  (d)  If an applicant has received actual notice of a required court appearance                                        
07 or of a fine for a parking offense and has failed to appear in court as required by law                                 
08 or failed to pay a fine for a parking offense, the department shall refuse to register the                              
09 applicant's vehicle until the applicant makes the required court appearance or provides                                 
10 proof that the fine has been paid.                                                                                      
11    * Sec. 2.  AS 28.15.181 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                               
12  (g)  After the court has provided at least 10 days written notice of the                                              
13 impending license revocation, the court may revoke the driver's license of a person                                     
14 licensed in this state who fails to appear in court as required by a citation for an                                    

01 offense involving a moving motor vehicle, or who fails to pay a fine as required by                                     
02 the court for an offense involving a moving motor vehicle.  If the court revokes a                                      
03 driver's license under this subsection, the court shall also provide written notice of the                              
04 revocation to the department and to the person whose license is revoked.  Notice of                                     
05 the impending license revocation and notice to the person after a license is revoked                                    
06 shall be mailed to the address indicated on the driver's license records of the                                         
07 department.  Revocation imposed under this subsection shall remain in effect until the                                  
08 person appears in court as required by the citation, or pays the fine as required by the                                
09 court.  When the person appears in court or pays the required fine, the court shall                                     
10 terminate the revocation imposed under this subsection and provide notice of the                                        
11 court's action to the department.                                                                                       
12    * Sec. 3.  AS 28.15.191(a) is amended to read:                                                                       
13  (a)  A court that convicts a person of an offense under this title or a regulation                                    
14 adopted under this title, or another law or regulation of this state, or a municipal                                    
15 ordinance that regulates the driving of vehicles, shall forward a record of the                                         
16 conviction to the department.  [A CONVICTION OF A STANDING OR PARKING                                                   
17 OFFENSE NEED NOT BE REPORTED.]                                                                                          
18    * Sec. 4.  AS 28.15.191(f) is amended to read:                                                                       
19  (f)  A municipality that accepts a fine payment after a plea of no contest to a                                       
20 charge of a violation of a municipal ordinance for which a scheduled fine has been                                      
21 established shall forward a record of the payment to the department [; HOWEVER, A                                       
22 CONVICTION FOR A STANDING OR PARKING OFFENSE NEED NOT BE                                                                
23 REPORTED].