00                      CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 180(STA)                                                                    
01 "An Act authorizing the Department of Administration to note a person's status as a                                     
02 retired veteran or a veteran discharged under honorable conditions on the person's                                      
03 driver's license or identification card and to provide certain information to the                                       
04 Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs; and providing for an effective date."                                     
05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
06    * Section 1. AS 18.65.310 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                           
07            (l)  The department shall provide a designation on an identification card                                    
08       identifying the person as a retired veteran or a veteran of the armed forces of the                               
09       United States discharged under honorable conditions. The department may not charge                                
10       a fee solely for the designation. To receive a veteran designation, the person shall                              
11       provide proof of veteran status that shows the person is retired or discharged under                              
12       honorable conditions. The department shall provide the name and address of a person                               
13       receiving a veteran designation under this subsection to the Department of Military                               
14       and Veterans' Affairs.                                                                                            

01    * Sec. 2. AS 28.15.111 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                              
02            (c)  The department shall provide a designation on a license identifying the                                 
03       driver as a retired veteran or a veteran of the armed forces of the United States                                 
04       discharged under honorable conditions. The department may not charge a fee solely                                 
05       for the designation. To receive a veteran designation, the driver shall provide proof of                          
06       veteran status that shows that the person is retired or discharged under honorable                                
07       conditions. The department shall provide the name and address of a driver receiving a                             
08       veteran designation under this subsection to the Department of Military and Veterans'                             
09       Affairs.                                                                                                          
10    * Sec. 3. This Act takes effect March 1, 2012.