03/14/2002 01:08 PM House TRA

SB 260-HISTORIC/ANTIQUE MOTOR VEHICLES                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR KOHRING announced that the  matter before the committee was                                                               
SENATE BILL  NO. 260,  "An Act relating  to historic  and antique                                                               
motor vehicles; and providing for an effective date."                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
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SENATOR RANDY  PHILLIPS, Alaska State Legislature,  sponsor of SB
, testified  before the  committee.   He introduced  Ken Stout                                                               
and yielded his testimony.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
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KEN  STOUT,  Antique  Auto  Mushers   of  Alaska,  testified  via                                                               
teleconference.  He  told the committee that  his organization is                                                               
a  very  active  club  and conveyed  that  honors  recently  were                                                               
received by  the club  for excellence in  its newsletter  and web                                                               
site.   He said the  club has about  300 vehicles involved.   Mr.                                                               
Stout said he supports [SB 260].                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
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BRUCE  CAMPBELL, Antique  Auto  Mushers of  Alaska; Model-T  Ford                                                               
Club of Alaska,  testified via teleconference.  He  said the bill                                                               
allows the  restorers of  old vehicles  to use  the same  year of                                                               
license plate  as that  of the  manufacture of  the vehicle.   He                                                               
said it  completes the restoration  and makes a  "first-class job                                                               
of it."  He said it would not  create a great impact on the state                                                               
"one way  or the  other."   He said  that his  organizations have                                                               
worked  with the  Division of  Motor  Vehicles, and  they are  in                                                               
accord with the bill.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
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REPRESENTATIVE  OGAN  asked  how   the  old  license  plates  are                                                               
obtained.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
MR. CAMPBELL said  one of the provisions of the  bill is that the                                                               
plates must be provided by the car owner.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  KOHRING asked  for a  definition of  "classic and  antique                                                               
cars."                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
MR. CAMPBELL  said an antique  car is 30 or  more years old.   He                                                               
said a  classic car  can be  almost anything  - generally  one in                                                               
great demand.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR KOHRING  surmised that getting  the plates would  require a                                                               
one-time fee of $10 and nothing more.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
MR. CAMPBELL  said that as  the law  stands, there is  a one-time                                                               
$10 fee  for historic plates  provided by  the state.   Under the                                                               
bill, the  law will remain  the same, but  for those who  wish to                                                               
use "same-year plates," there will be  the $10 fee, there will be                                                               
an additional  fee of $30,  and the  owner must also  provide the                                                               
original plates.  He characterized them as "vanity plates."                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
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CHARLES R.  HOSACK, Deputy Director, Division  of Motor Vehicles,                                                               
Department of  Administration, testified via teleconference.   He                                                               
said  the  department  has  worked  with  Mr.  Campbell  and  the                                                               
sponsor, and that the department supports the bill.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE OGAN  asked about  the fees  and whether  the bill                                                               
would affect them.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
MR. CAMPBELL  said that there  would be a  new $30 fee  for those                                                               
who elect to provide their own plates.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
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REPRESENTATIVE OGAN moved to report  SB 260 out of committee with                                                               
individual  recommendations and  the  accompanying fiscal  notes.                                                               
There  being no  objection, SB  260 was  moved out  of the  House                                                               
Transportation Standing Committee.