00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 291                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to requiring completion of a driver's education program for                                            
02 provisional driver's licensees."                                                                                        
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 28.15.055 is amended to read:                                                                      
05            Sec. 28.15.055. Provisional driver's license. Upon application, the                                        
06       department may issue a provisional driver's license to a person who is at least 16 years                          
07       of age but not yet 18 years of age if the                                                                         
08                 (1)  person has been licensed under an instruction permit issued under                                  
09       AS 28.15.051 or under the law of another state with substantially similar requirements                            
10       for at least six months;                                                                                          
11                 (2)  person's parent, legal guardian, or employer provides proof                                        
12       satisfactory to the department that the person [APPLICANT] has at least 40 hours of                           
13       driving experience, including at least 10 hours of driving in progressively challenging                           
14       circumstances, such as driving in inclement weather and nighttime driving; [AND]                                  

01                 (3)  person has not been convicted of a violation of a traffic law within                               
02       the six months before the application is filed; in this paragraph, "traffic law" has the                          
03       meaning given to "traffic laws" in AS 28.15.261; and                                                          
04                 (4)  person submits proof satisfactory to the department of                                         
05       completion of a driver's education program that includes practice driving and is                              
06       approved by the department.