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

01       driver's license issued by another jurisdiction when the permanent residence of the                               
02       member is maintained in that jurisdiction;                                                                        
03                 (4)  a person when driving an implement of husbandry, as defined by                                     
04       regulation, that is only temporarily driven or moved on a highway;                                            
05                 (5)  a person when driving or operating an off-highway vehicle,                                     
06       watercraft, aircraft, or other vehicle not designed for highway use as specified by                           
07       the department by regulation.                                                                                 
08    * Sec. 2.  This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).