00                      CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 403(STA)                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to registration and operation of low-speed vehicles."                                                  
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 28.10.041 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                           
04            (e)  The department may not refuse to register a low-speed vehicle as a                                      
05       passenger vehicle if that vehicle meets the safety and equipment requirements set for                             
06       passenger vehicles by this state or meets federal motor vehicle safety standards for                              
07       low-speed vehicles.                                                                                               
08    * Sec. 2. AS 28.10.421(b) is amended to read:                                                                      
09            (b)  The biennial registration fees under this subsection are imposed within the                             
10       following classifications for:                                                                                    
11                 (1)  a passenger vehicle, a low-speed vehicle, or motor home not used                               
12       or maintained for the transportation of persons or property for hire or for other                                 
13       commercial use ...................................................................................................
14                 (2)  a pick-up truck or a van not exceeding 10,000 pounds unladen                                       
15       weight and not registered in the name of a company or business ........................$100;                      

01                 (3)  a taxicab ................................................................................ $160;   
02                 (4)  a motor bus with a seating capacity for 20 or more persons and                                     
03       used exclusively for commercial purposes in the transporting of visitors or tourists                              
04       ..................................................................................................................
05                 (5)  a motorcycle or a motor-driven cycle...................................... $60;                    
06                 (6)  a trailer not used or maintained for the transportation of persons or                              
07       property for hire or for other commercial use, including, but not limited to, a boat                              
08       trailer, baggage trailer, box trailer, utility trailer, house trailer, travel trailer, or a trailer               
09       rented or offered for rent .......................................................................................
10    * Sec. 3. AS 28.35 is amended by adding a new section to article 5 to read:                                        
11            Sec. 28.35.261. Operation of low-speed vehicles. (a) The operator of a low-                                
12       speed vehicle is subject to all the traffic and other laws applicable to operators of                             
13       passenger vehicles.                                                                                               
14            (b)  The operator of a low-speed vehicle may not operate that vehicle on a                                   
15       highway that has a maximum speed of more than 35 miles an hour. Notwithstanding                                   
16       this subsection, the operator of a low-speed vehicle may cross a highway that has a                               
17       maximum speed limit of more than 35 miles an hour if the crossing is made at the                                  
18       intersection with a highway that is authorized for low-speed vehicles.                                            
19            (c)  Notwithstanding AS 28.01.010, a municipality may further restrict the                                   
20       operation of low-speed vehicles within its jurisdiction.                                                          
21    * Sec. 4. AS 28.40.100(a) is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                            
22                 (27)  "low-speed vehicle" has the meaning given in federal law.