CSHB 181(HES): "An Act relating to traffic offenses and traffic offenses committed in a school zone; and providing for an effective date."
00 CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 181(HES) 01 "An Act relating to traffic offenses and traffic offenses committed in a school zone; and 02 providing for an effective date." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 28.05.151(d) is amended to read: 05 (d) The supreme court, in establishing scheduled amounts of bail under this 06 section, and each municipality that establishes or has established a fine schedule under 07 this section shall provide that the scheduled amount of bail or fine, as applicable, for a 08 motor vehicle or traffic offense that is committed in a highway work zone, school 09 zone, or traffic safety corridor shall be double the amount of the bail or fine for the 10 offense if it had not been committed in a highway work zone, school zone, or traffic 11 safety corridor. 12 * Sec. 2. AS 28.15.221 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 13 (d) The regulations adopted under (a) of this section must include a provision 14 that a person who commits a moving violation in a school zone shall be assessed
01 double the points normally assessed for that violation in a school zone if the violation 02 is the person's second or subsequent moving violation in a school zone within 24 03 months. 04 * Sec. 3. AS 28.90.010(c) is amended to read: 05 (c) Unless otherwise specified by law a person convicted of a violation of a 06 regulation adopted under this title, or a municipal ordinance regulating vehicles or 07 traffic when the municipal ordinance does not correspond to a provision of this title, is 08 guilty of an infraction and is punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000 [$300]. 09 * Sec. 4. AS 28.90 is amended by adding a new section to read: 10 Sec. 28.90.050. Double penalty notice signs required for school zones; use 11 of automated technology to enforce traffic laws within school zones. (a) Signs 12 identifying school zones must include a notice that double penalties apply for 13 violations within school zones. 14 (b) Automated technology, such as photoradar, may be used to enforce traffic 15 laws within school zones in a municipality if use of the technology is authorized by 16 ordinance and notice that the technology is being used is included on the signs 17 identifying the school zone. 18 * Sec. 5. AS 28.90.990(a) is amended by adding a new paragraph to read: 19 (29) "school zone" means, while a school speed limit is in effect as 20 indicated on a school speed limit sign, the area of a highway between an official 21 school speed limit sign and (A) the official sign that terminates the school speed limit 22 zone, or (B) if there is no sign terminating the school zone, the sign marking the 23 beginning of the school speed limit for opposing traffic; if there is no sign marking the 24 end of a school speed limit zone as provided in (A) or (B) of this paragraph, a school 25 zone ends 500 feet following the sign marking the beginning of the school zone or the 26 last marked school crosswalk, whichever extends further. 27 * Sec. 6. 13 AAC 02.325(d) and 13 AAC 03.325(d) are annulled. 28 * Sec. 7. Section 2 of this Act takes effect July 1, 2012. 29 * Sec. 8. Except as provided in sec. 7 of this Act, this Act takes effect July 1, 2007.