00                      CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 26(STA)                                                                    
01 "An Act setting special registration fees for alternative fuel vehicles; and providing for                              
02 an effective date."                                                                                                     
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 28.10.421 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                           
05            (j)  Instead of the otherwise appropriate biennial registration fee under (b) or                             
06       (c) of this section, a $20 biennial registration fee is imposed on a qualified alternative                        
07       fuel vehicle normally subject to a registration fee under (b) or (c) of this section.                             
08       Instead of the otherwise appropriate annual registration fee under (h) of this section, a                         
09       $10 annual registration fee is imposed on a qualified alternative fuel vehicle normally                           
10       subject to a registration fee under (h) of this section. To be qualified under this                               
11       subsection, an alternative fuel vehicle                                                                           
12                 (1)  must be manufactured primarily for use on public streets, roads,                                   
13       and highways;                                                                                                     
14                 (2)  may not have been modified from the original manufacturer                                          

01       specifications;                                                                                                   
02                 (3)  must be capable of achieving a speed of at least 55 miles an hour;                                 
03                 (4)  must be a model year of 2010 or newer;                                                             
04                 (5)  must be fueled or powered                                                                          
05                      (A)  solely by                                                                                     
06                           (i)  compressed natural gas;                                                                  
07                           (ii)  liquefied natural gas;                                                                  
08                           (iii)  liquefied petroleum gas;                                                               
09                           (iv)  hydrogen;                                                                               
10                           (v)  a liquid at least 85 percent of the total volume of                                      
11                 which consists of ethanol; or                                                                           
12                           (vi)  electricity but only if the vehicle is powered by a                                     
13                 motor that draws the electricity from a battery that has a capacity of at                               
14                 least four kilowatt-hours and is capable of being recharged from an                                     
15                 external source of electricity; or                                                                      
16                      (B)  by an engine capable of running on two fuels or power                                         
17            sources, one of which is gasoline or diesel and one of which is compressed                                   
18            natural gas, liquefied natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, hydrogen, or                                    
19            electricity;                                                                                                 
20                 (6)  must meet other requirements set by the department by regulation.                                  
21    * Sec. 2. AS 28.10.421(j)(5)(B) is repealed December 31, 2015.                                                     
22    * Sec. 3. AS 28.10.421(j) is repealed December 31, 2019.                                                           
23    * Sec. 4. This Act takes effect January 1, 2012.