CSHB 482(TRA): "An Act relating to registration fees for certain noncommercial pickup trucks and vans and to registration of vehicles owned by disabled persons or persons who are 65 years of age or older; and providing for an effective date."
00CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 482(TRA) 01 "An Act relating to registration fees for certain noncommercial pickup trucks and 02 vans and to registration of vehicles owned by disabled persons or persons who 03 are 65 years of age or older; and providing for an effective date." 04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 05 * Section 1. AS 28.10.108 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 06 (l) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, the following vehicles 07 are not required to be registered biennially and shall be registered one time only: 08 (1) a vehicle qualifying for registration under AS 28.10.181(d); or 09 (2) a vehicle owned by a person who is 65 years of age or older; this 10 paragraph applies to only one vehicle owned by the person who is 65 years of age or 11 older. 12 * Sec. 2. AS 28.10.411(f) is amended to read: 13 (f) A resident 65 years of age or older on January 1 of the year the vehicle is 14 registered is entitled to an exemption [ONCE EACH BIENNIAL REGISTRATION
01 PERIOD] from the registration fee required under this section for one [MOTOR] 02 vehicle subject to registration under AS 28.10.421(b)(1), (2), (5), or (6). An exemption 03 may not be granted except upon written application for the exemption on a form 04 prescribed by the department. 05 * Sec. 3. AS 28.10.421(b) is amended to read: 06 (b) The biennial registration fees under this subsection are imposed within the 07 following classifications for: 08 (1) a passenger vehicle or motor home not used or maintained for the 09 transportation of persons or property for hire or for other commercial use . . $ 68; 10 (2) a pick-up truck or a van not exceeding 10,000 [6,000] pounds 11 unladen weight and not registered in the name of a company or business [USED OR 12 MAINTAINED FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF PERSONS OR PROPERTY FOR 13 HIRE OR FOR OTHER COMMERCIAL USE]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 78; 14 (3) a taxicab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $138; 15 (4) a motor bus with a seating capacity for 20 or more persons and 16 used exclusively for commercial purposes in the transporting of visitors or tourists 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $168; 18 (5) a motorcycle or a motor-driven cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 38; 19 (6) a trailer not used or maintained for the transportation of persons or 20 property for hire or for other commercial use, including, but not limited to, a boat 21 trailer, baggage trailer, box trailer, utility trailer, house trailer, travel trailer, or a trailer 22 rented or offered for rent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 10. 23 * Sec. 4. This Act takes effect July 1, 1998.