00 CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 482(TRA)                                                                                        
01 "An Act relating to registration fees for certain noncommercial pickup trucks and                                       
02 vans and to registration of vehicles owned by disabled persons or persons who                                           
03 are 65 years of age or older; and providing for an effective date."                                                     
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
05    * Section 1.  AS 28.10.108 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                          
06  (l)  Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, the following vehicles                                     
07 are not required to be registered biennially and shall be registered one time only:                                     
08   (1)  a vehicle qualifying for registration under AS 28.10.181(d); or                                                 
09   (2)  a vehicle owned by a person who is 65 years of age or older; this                                               
10 paragraph applies to only one vehicle owned by the person who is 65 years of age or                                     
11 older.                                                                                                                  
12    * Sec. 2.  AS 28.10.411(f) is amended to read:                                                                     
13  (f)  A resident 65 years of age or older on January 1 of the year the vehicle is                                      
14 registered is entitled to an exemption [ONCE EACH BIENNIAL REGISTRATION                                                 
01 PERIOD] from the registration fee required under this section for one [MOTOR]                                           
02 vehicle subject to registration under AS 28.10.421(b)(1), (2), (5), or (6).  An exemption                               
03 may not be granted except upon written application for the exemption on a form                                          
04 prescribed by the department.                                                                                           
05    * Sec. 3.  AS 28.10.421(b) is amended to read:                                                                     
06  (b)  The biennial registration fees under this subsection are imposed within the                                      
07 following classifications for:                                                                                          
08   (1)  a passenger vehicle or motor home not used or maintained for the                                                
09 transportation of persons or property for hire or for other commercial use . . $ 68;                                    
10   (2)  a pick-up truck or a van not exceeding  10,000  [6,000] pounds                                                
11 unladen weight and not  registered in the name of a company or business  [USED OR                                     
12 MAINTAINED FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF PERSONS OR PROPERTY FOR                                                            
13 HIRE OR FOR OTHER COMMERCIAL USE]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 78;                                    
14   (3)  a taxicab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $138;                                    
15   (4)  a motor bus with a seating capacity for 20 or more persons and                                                  
16 used exclusively for commercial purposes in the transporting of visitors or tourists                                    
17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $168;                                    
18   (5)  a motorcycle or a motor-driven cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 38;                                    
19   (6)  a trailer not used or maintained for the transportation of persons or                                           
20 property for hire or for other commercial use, including, but not limited to, a boat                                    
21 trailer, baggage trailer, box trailer, utility trailer, house trailer, travel trailer, or a trailer                     
22 rented or offered for rent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 10.                                    
23    * Sec. 4.  This Act takes effect July 1, 1998.