00                      CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 102(JUD)                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to the theft of propelled vehicles."                                                                   
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 11.46.360(a) is amended to read:                                                                  
04            (a)  A person commits the crime of vehicle theft in the first degree if, having                              
05       no right to do so or any reasonable ground to believe the person has such a right, the                            
06       person drives, tows away, or takes                                                                                
07                 (1)  the car, truck, motorcycle, motor home, bus, aircraft, or watercraft                               
08       of another;                                                                                                       
09                 (2)  the propelled vehicle of another and                                                               
10                      (A)  the vehicle or any other property of another is damaged in                            
11            a total amount of $1,000 or more;                                                                        
12                      (B)  [, OR] the owner incurs reasonable expenses as a result of                                
13            the loss of use of the vehicle, in a total amount of $1,000 [$500]or more; or                        
14                      (C)  the owner is deprived of the use of the vehicle for seven                                 
15            days or more;                                                                                            

01                 (3)  the propelled vehicle of another and the vehicle is marked as a                                    
02       police or emergency vehicle; or                                                                                   
03                 (4)  the propelled vehicle of another and, within the preceding seven                                   
04       years, the person was convicted under                                                                             
05                      (A)  this section or AS 11.46.365;                                                                 
06                      (B)  former AS 11.46.482(a)(4) or (5);                                                             
07                      (C)  former AS 11.46.484(a)(2);                                                                    
08                      (D)  AS 11.46.120 - 11.46.140 of an offense involving the theft                                    
09            of a propelled vehicle; or                                                                                   
10                      (E)  a law or ordinance of this or another jurisdiction with                                       
11            elements substantially similar to those of an offense described in (A) - (D) of                              
12            this paragraph.                                                                                              
13    * Sec. 2.  AS 11.46.360(b)(2) is amended to read:                                                                  
14                 (2)  "all-terrain vehicle" means a [THREE-WHEELED] propelled                                            
15       vehicle that has three or more wheels or two or more tracks or treads, is less than                           
16       75 inches in width, has [AND HAVING] a dry weight of 800 pounds or less, is                               
17       equipped with low pressure tires or rubberized or metal tracks or treads, and is                          
18       designed primarily for travel over unimproved terrain;                                                            
19    * Sec. 3.  AS 11.46.360(b)(4) is amended to read:                                                                  
20                 (4)  "watercraft" means a propelled vehicle used or capable of being                                    
21       used as a means of transportation, for recreational or commercial purposes, on water;                         
22       in this paragraph, "watercraft" does not include a shallow draft propelled                                    
23       vehicle not more than 12 feet in length with an inboard motor powering a water                                
24       jet pump as its primary means of propulsion that is designed to carry not more                                
25       than two persons who sit, stand, or kneel on the vehicle.