HCS CSSB 222(FIN): "An Act relating to certain motor vehicles that are required to yield to following traffic and to fines for offenses committed in highway work zones."
00 HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 222(FIN) 01 "An Act relating to certain motor vehicles that are required to yield to following traffic 02 and to fines for offenses committed in highway work zones." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 28.35.140 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 05 (b) A person operating a motor vehicle on a two-lane roadway outside of an 06 urban area shall pull the motor vehicle off the roadway at the first opportunity to pull 07 over safely whenever there are five or more motor vehicles immediately following that 08 motor vehicle. A person operating a motor vehicle who violates this subsection is 09 guilty of an infraction as described in AS 28.40.050(d) and shall be punished by a fine 10 of at least $100. 11 * Sec. 2. AS 28.40.070 is amended to read: 12 Sec. 28.40.070. Fines for offenses committed within highway work zones 13 doubled. Whenever a person violates a provision of this title or a regulation adopted 14 under the authority of this title and the violation occurs within a highway work zone
01 that has workers present at the time of the violation, notwithstanding the amount of 02 the fine or the maximum fine set under this title, the fine, or maximum fine, is double 03 the amount provided in this title.