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Enrolled HB 333: Authorizing a municipality to adopt an ordinance prohibiting certain uses of cellular telephones while driving in school zones or on school property.

00Enrolled HB 333 01 Authorizing a municipality to adopt an ordinance prohibiting certain uses of cellular 02 telephones while driving in school zones or on school property. 03 _______________ 04 * Section 1. AS 28.01 is amended by adding a new section to read: 05 Sec. 28.01.017. Municipal regulation of cellular telephone use. 06 Notwithstanding other provisions of this title, a municipality may adopt an ordinance 07 prohibiting the use of a cellular telephone by a person driving a motor vehicle while 08 on school property or in an active school zone designated under the current edition of 09 the Alaska Traffic Manual prepared by the Department of Transportation and Public 10 Facilities. A municipal ordinance adopted under this section may not prohibit the 11 hands-free use of a cellular telephone.