00                       CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 180(MLV)                                                                    
01 "An Act authorizing the Department of Administration to note a person's status as a                                     
02 retired veteran or a veteran discharged under honorable conditions on the person's                                      
03 driver's license or identification card and to provide certain information to the                                       
04 Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs; and providing for an effective date."                                     
05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
06    * Section 1. AS 18.65.310 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                           
07            (l)  The department shall provide a designation on an identification card                                    
08       identifying the person as a retired veteran or a veteran of the armed forces of the                               
09       United States discharged under honorable conditions. The department may not charge                                
10       a fee solely for the designation. To receive a veteran designation, the person shall                              
11       provide a United States Department of Defense form DD-214 or DD-215 or a National                                 
12       Guard Bureau form NGB-22 to the department as proof of veteran status that shows                                  
13       the person is retired or discharged under honorable conditions. The department shall                              
14       provide the name and address of a person receiving a veteran designation under this                               
01       subsection to the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs.                                                   
02    * Sec. 2. AS 28.15.111 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                              
03            (c)  The department shall provide a designation on a license identifying the                                 
04       driver as a retired veteran or a veteran of the armed forces of the United States                                 
05       discharged under honorable conditions. The department may not charge a fee solely                                 
06       for the designation. To receive a veteran designation, the driver shall provide a United                          
07       States Department of Defense form DD-214 or DD-215 or a National Guard Bureau                                     
08       form NGB-22 to the department as proof of veteran status that shows that the person is                            
09       retired or discharged under honorable conditions. The department shall provide the                                
10       name and address of a driver receiving a veteran designation under this subsection to                             
11       the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs.                                                                 
12    * Sec. 3. This Act takes effect March 1, 2012.