00 Enrolled SB 59                                                                                                          
01 Relating to the operation of low-speed vehicles.                                                                        
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03    * Section 1. AS 28.35.261(b) is amended to read:                                                                   
04            (b)  The operator of a low-speed vehicle may not operate that vehicle on a                                   
05       highway that has a maximum speed limit of more than 35 miles an hour.                                         
06       Notwithstanding this subsection, the operator of a low-speed vehicle may operate                              
07       that vehicle                                                                                                  
08                 (1)  on a highway with a maximum speed limit of 45 miles an hour                                    
09       if the highway is                                                                                             
10                      (A)  within a municipality that                                                                
11                           (i)  has a population of less than 35,000;                                                
12                           (ii)  is not connected by road to Anchorage or                                            
13                 Fairbanks; and                                                                                      
14                           (iii)  has passed an ordinance allowing for the                                           
15                 operation of low-speed vehicles as provided for in this                                             
01                 subparagraph; or                                                                                    
02                      (B)  within an area of the unorganized borough, outside of a                                   
03            city, that is not connected by road to Anchorage or Fairbanks;                                           
04                 (2)  across an intersection with [CROSS] a highway that has a                                       
05       maximum speed limit greater than is permissible [OF MORE THAN 35 MILES AN                                     
06       HOUR IF THE CROSSING IS MADE AT THE INTERSECTION WITH A                                                           
07       HIGHWAY THAT IS AUTHORIZED] for low-speed vehicles under this                                                 
08       subsection.