Legislature(1997 - 1998)
04/24/1998 12:30 PM House TRA
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HOUSE TRANSPORTATION STANDING COMMITTEE
April 24, 1998
12:30 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Representative William K. (Bill) Williams, Chairman
Representative Beverly Masek, Vice Chair
Representative John Cowdery
Representative Jerry Sanders
Representative Albert Kookesh
MEMBERS ABSENT
Representative Bill Hudson
Representative Kim Elton
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
HOUSE BILL 482
"An Act relating to registration of noncommercial trailers and to
registration of vehicles owned by disabled persons or persons who
are 65 years of age or older; and providing for an effective date."
- MOVED CSHB 482(TRA) OUT OF COMMITTEE
(* First public hearing)
PREVIOUS ACTION
BILL: HB 482
SHORT TITLE: MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION
SPONSOR(S): TRANSPORTATION
Jrn-Date Jrn-Page Action
4/06/98 2886 (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRAL(S)
4/06/98 2886 (H) TRANSPORTATION
4/15/98 (H) TRA AT 1:00 PM CAPITOL 17
4/15/98 (H) TRA AT 1:00 PM CAPITOL 17
WITNESS REGISTER
PETER ECKLUND, Legislative Assistant
to Representative Bill Williams
Alaska State Legislature
Capitol Building, Room 424
Juneau, Alaska 99801
Telephone: (907) 465-3424
POSITION STATEMENT: Provided information on CSHB 482(TRA).
JUANITA HENSLEY, Chief
Driver Services
Division of Motor Vehicles
Department of Administration
P.O. Box 20020
Juneau, Alaska 99811
Telephone: (907) 465-4361
POSITION STATEMENT: Testified in support of CSHB 482(TRA).
ACTION NARRATIVE
TAPE 98-19, SIDE A
Number 0001
CHAIRMAN WILLIAM K. (BILL) WILLIAMS called the House Transportation
Standing Committee meeting to order at 12:30 p.m. Members present
at the call to order were Representatives Williams, Masek, Cowdery,
Sanders. Representatives Kookesh arrived at 12:32 p.m.
HB 482 - MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION
Number 0003
CHAIRMAN WILLIAMS announced HB 482, "An Act relating to
registration of noncommercial trailers and to registration of
vehicles owned by disabled persons or persons who are 65 years of
age or older; and providing for an effective date."
Number 0005
REPRESENTATIVE BEVERLY MASEK made a motion to adopt CSHB 482, O-
LS1721\B, Ford, 4/23/98, as the working draft. There being no
objections, CSHB 482 was before the committee.
Number 0009
PETER ECKLUND, Legislative Assistant to Representative Bill
Williams, Alaska State Legislature came before the committee to
explain the committee substitute. He pointed out the difference is
the original version also dealt with noncommercial trailers and
proposing a one-time registration for those. He explained that has
been removed, it's not in the new committee substitute, there was
a problem of working out the municipal tax structure if we would
have made that change. Since it's a larger issue, and with such a
short time left in session, he suggested that it should be left for
discussions for maybe next year.
MR. ECKLUND reported senior citizens, who currently register their
vehicle, now register annually and are not subject to a fee, what
the bill would do, is to require them to register once. And the
same with disabled persons, they're required under current law to
register annually but the bill proposes to have them register just
once. There is no impact to the general fund because we currently
don't receive a registration fee from those people.
Number 0021
MR. ECKLUND referred to page 2 of the committee substitute. He
stated currently there are many trucks on the market that are
extended cabs and (indisc. - noise) the way current law is written,
even though you as a private citizen may own one of those larger
trucks that weights more than 6,000 pounds, and you may not use it
for a business, the way the law is written you would have to
register it as a commercial vehicle. Since there are more and more
trucks coming on the market that are more than 6,000 pounds, we
propose to move that to 10,000 pounds so if you own a vehicle and
use it for private purposes you would not have to register it
commercially.
PETER ECKLUND stressed it also clarifies that, if you register your
vehicle in the name of the company or business, then you should
register that as a commercial vehicle.
Number 0032
JUANITA HENSLEY, Chief, Driver Services, Division of Motor
Vehicles, Department of Administration came before the committee to
testify. She expressed the departments support of the committee
substitute and thanked the committee for introducing it on their
behalf.
MS. HENSLEY spoke on the fiscal note. Because we register them,
but we do not receive any money for the general fund for those
license plates that we issue to handicapped recipients or for
senior citizens exemption, the fiscal note would be zero. He
indicated she can't show any cost-savings because there spread all
over the state, she can't say that there's 50 registered in
Ketchikan and 100 registered in Juneau, so it's not feasible to
reduce any type of revenues that way.
Number 0040
REPRESENTATIVE MASEK asked how many registrations will this bill be
dealing with.
MS. HENSLEY replied the Division of Motor Vehicles deals with
14,000 senior citizen exemptions and approximately 6,000
handicapped license plates, that's around 20,000 transactions.
Number 0043
REPRESENTATIVE JOHN COWDERY asked if the senior exemption applies
to a husband and wife if they each have their own vehicle. Or they
have to apply separately.
MS. HENSLEY responded it allows one exemption per household for a
calendar year.
Number 0048
REPRESENTATIVE MASEK made a motion to move CSHB 482 as amended,
with individual recommendations and attached zero fiscal note.
There being no objections, CSHB 482(TRA) moved from the House
Transportation Standing Committee.
ADJOURNMENT
Number 0053
CHAIRMAN WILLIAMS adjourned the House Transportation Standing
Committee at 12:33 p.m.
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