00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 397                                                                          
01 "An Act exempting a person driving a snowmobile from driver licensing requirements."                                    
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 28.15.021 is amended to read:                                                                     
04            Sec. 28.15.021.  Persons exempt from driver licensing.  The following                                      
05       persons are exempt from driver licensing under this chapter:                                                      
06                 (1)  an employee of the United States government while operating a                                      
07       motor vehicle owned by or leased to the United States government and being operated                               
08       on official business, unless the employee is required by the United States government                             
09       or an agency of that government to have a state driver's license;                                                 
10                 (2)  a nonresident who is at least 16 years of age and who has a valid                                  
11       driver's license issued by another jurisdiction; however, an Alaska driver's license                              
12       must be obtained by the end of a 90-day period after entry into the state;                                        
13                 (3)  a member of the armed forces of the United States who has a valid                                  
14       driver's license issued by another jurisdiction when the permanent residence of the                               
15       member is maintained in that jurisdiction;                                                                        

01                 (4)  a person when driving an implement of husbandry, as defined by                                     
02       regulation, that is only temporarily driven or moved on a highway;                                            
03                 (5)  a person when driving a snowmobile.