00 CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 304(TRA)                                                                                       
01 "An Act relating to regulation of highways and motor vehicles; and providing for                                        
02 an effective date."                                                                                                     
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  AS 28.05.151 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                          
05  (d)  The supreme court, in establishing scheduled amounts of bail under this                                          
06 section, and each municipality that establishes or has established a fine schedule under                                
07 this section shall provide that the scheduled amount of bail or fine, as applicable, for                                
08 a motor vehicle or traffic offense that is committed in a highway work zone shall be                                    
09 double the amount of the bail or fine for the offense if it had not been committed in                                   
10 a highway work zone.                                                                                                    
11    * Sec. 2.  AS 28.35 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                    
12  Sec. 28.35.165.  Operation of vehicle on state highways or vehicular ways                                            
13 or areas.  (a)  A person operating a motor vehicle on a divided highway with at least                                  
14 two traffic lanes on each side may not drive in the far left lane unless the person is                                  
01 overtaking another vehicle, the person is making a left turn from the divided highway,                                  
02 or traffic or road conditions require driving in the left lane.                                                         
03  (b)  A person who violates this section is subject to a fine of up to $50.                                            
04    * Sec. 3.  AS 28.40 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                    
05  Sec. 28.40.070.  Fines for offenses committed within highway work zones                                              
06 doubled.  Whenever a person violates a provision of this title or a regulation adopted                                 
07 under the authority of this title within a highway work zone, notwithstanding the                                       
08 amount of the fine or the maximum fine set under this title, the fine, or maximum fine,                                 
09 is double the amount provided in this title.                                                                            
10    * Sec. 4.  AS 28.40.100(a) is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                           
11   (25)  "highway work zone" means an area identified by advance signing                                                
12 where road construction, repair, or maintenance work is being done on or adjacent to                                    
13 a highway, whether or not work is actually being done at that time.                                                     
14    * Sec. 5.  This Act takes effect June 30, 1999.