00HOUSE BILL NO. 6                                                                                                      
01 "An Act relating to display of motor vehicle registration plates."                                                      
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
03    * Section 1.  AS 28.10.171 is amended to read:                                                                     
04  (a)  Except as provided under AS 28.10.181(j), when  [WHEN] two                                                     
05 registration plates are issued for a vehicle,  one may  [THEY SHALL] be attached to                                   
06 the  front of the  vehicle for which issued, [ONE IN FRONT] and the other  shall be                                  
07 attached to  [IN] the rear  of the vehicle for which issued .  When one registration                                 
08 plate is issued, it shall be attached to the rear of the vehicle for which issued.                                      
09  (b)  Every registration plate issued under this chapter  and required to be                                          
10 attached to a vehicle  shall be securely fastened to the vehicle to which it is assigned,                              
11 with the upper edge of the plate horizontal, at a height of not less than 12 inches from                                
12 the ground measuring from the bottom of the plate, and maintained in a location and                                     
13 condition so as to be clearly legible.  However, when considered necessary to  ensure                                 
14 [INSURE] legibility, the commissioner may provide by regulation for another method                                      

01 of installation.