SENATOR TAYLOR brought SB 166 (DRIVER'S LIC REVOC;PARKING AUTHORITIES) before the committee as the next order of business. JUANITA HENSLEY, Chief, Driver Services, Division of Motor Vehicles, Department of Public Safety, directed her comments to a proposed Judiciary CS. Ms. Hensley explained the bill will allow the court to suspend a drivers license of anyone who fails to appear in court or fails to pay a fine for a moving violation. It will also allow putting a hold on the vehicle registration electronically for unpaid parking fines that will require full payment of all of an individual's parking fines before their vehicle can be re-registered. The actual notice of the suspension from the court would be the traffic citation that the person is being issued. That traffic citation will be revised to be the actual notice of suspension, so, if an individual fails to pay the fine or fails to appear in court, the court can then suspend their driving privilege until the individual meets all of the requirements. Number 255 SENATOR TAYLOR noted the states of Hawaii, Washington, Oregon and California are using this same concept, and he commented this would save Alaska's law enforcement people a lot of time because they are constantly having to go out and serve bench warrants and do checks on various people. Number 264 SENATOR LITTLE asked how the suspension of the drivers license would occur. MS. HENSLEY responded that the traffic citation issued to an individual on the spot will be revised to provide that it is a notice of license suspension if the individual fails to appear in court or fails to pay a fine for the offense. Speaking to the fiscal note, MS. HENSLEY pointed out that the court system has advised that there are 25,000 failed to appear or failed to pay traffic fines a year. It is estimated that the court will suspend 10 percent of those. Based on historical background from the Division of Motor Vehicles, 90 percent of all people whose licenses are suspended or revoked will come in and reinstate. Number 311 SENATOR DONLEY referred to the language on page 2, line 6, "register the applicant's vehicle" and suggested changing it to "any vehicle owned by the applicant," because an individual may own more than one vehicle. SENATOR TAYLOR moved that CSSB 166(JUD) be adopted. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered. SENATOR DONLEY moved his suggested amendment to page 2, line 6. Hearing no objection, the amendment was adopted. Number 338 SENATOR LITTLE asked why Sections 4 and 5 of the original bill were deleted in the committee substitute. MS. HENSLEY clarified that those sections dealt with reinstatement fees, and with them in the bill, the state would not have been able to recoup the costs of operating this program. She said it takes a certain amount of work to reinstate a drivers license, and these individuals should be subject to the same $100 reinstatement fee as anyone else whose license is suspended or revoked. Number 359 SENATOR TAYLOR asked for the pleasure of the committee. SENATOR LITTLE moved that CSSB 166(JUD), as amended, be passed out of committee with individual recommendations. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered.