00 CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 19(RLS) 01 "An Act relating to permanent motor vehicle registration in the unorganized borough 02 and in a municipality that has elected to allow permanent registration; relating to the 03 registration fee for noncommercial trailers and to the motor vehicle tax for trailers; and 04 providing for an effective date." 05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 06 * Section 1. AS 28.10.108(a) is amended to read: 07 (a) Except for a vehicle registered under AS 28.10.152 or 28.10.155, a vehicle 08 required to be registered under this chapter shall be registered under the procedures set 09 out in this section. 10 * Sec. 2. AS 28.10 is amended by adding a new section to read: 11 Sec. 28.10.155. Permanent motor vehicle registration. (a) The owner of a 12 motor vehicle, other than a commercial motor vehicle, that is required to be registered 13 under this chapter may elect to register the motor vehicle permanently in lieu of 14 registration under AS 28.10.108 if the vehicle is at least eight years old and the owner 01 resides in the unorganized borough or in a municipality that elects, by passage of an 02 appropriate ordinance, to allow the permanent registration of motor vehicles. The 03 permanent registration expires when the owner transfers or assigns the owner's title or 04 interest in the vehicle. A permanent registration may not be renewed. On receiving the 05 proper application and fees, the department shall issue to the registered owner 06 registration plates, tabs, and a permanent registration form. 07 (b) The fees for permanent registration must equal the fees that would be 08 applicable if the motor vehicle were registered under AS 28.10.108, plus a permanent 09 registration fee of $25. The motor vehicle registration tax for a permanently registered 10 vehicle is the rate established for permanent motor vehicle registration under 11 AS 28.10.431(j). If a municipality has not established a tax for a permanently 12 registered motor vehicle, the biennial rate established in AS 28.10.431(b) or (j), if any, 13 is levied upon the vehicle and is payable only once at the time a motor vehicle is 14 permanently registered. Except as provided in AS 28.10.423(b), the owner of a 15 permanently registered motor vehicle is not required to pay other registration fees or 16 taxes under this chapter. 17 * Sec. 3. AS 28.10.411(f) is amended to read: 18 (f) A resident 65 years of age or older on January 1 of the year the vehicle is 19 registered or a resident with a disability that limits or impairs the ability to walk and 20 who provides proof of that disability as provided in 23 C.F.R. 1235.2 is entitled to an 21 exemption from the registration fee required under this section for one vehicle subject 22 to registration under AS 28.10.421(b)(1), (2), or (5), or (j) [(6)]. An exemption may 23 not be granted except upon written application for the exemption on a form prescribed 24 by the department. 25 * Sec. 4. AS 28.10.421 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 26 (j) When a person registers a trailer not used or maintained for the 27 transportation of persons or property for hire or for other commercial use, including a 28 boat trailer, baggage trailer, box trailer, utility trailer, house trailer, travel trailer, or 29 trailer rented or offered for rent, the person may choose to pay a biennial registration 30 fee of $30 or, if the person resides within the unorganized borough or in a 31 municipality that elects, by passage of an appropriate ordinance, to allow the 01 permanent registration of motor vehicles, to register the trailer permanently. If the 02 person permanently registers the trailer, the person shall pay the biennial registration 03 fee plus a permanent registration fee of $25. If the person permanently registers the 04 trailer, no additional registration fees are required if the same person who initially 05 registered the trailer continues to own the trailer. A new owner of a trailer previously 06 registered under this subsection shall register and pay the biennial registration fee or 07 the permanent registration fee as provided in this subsection. The motor vehicle 08 registration tax for a permanently registered trailer is the rate established for 09 permanent trailer registration under AS 28.10.431(j). If a municipality has not 10 established a tax for a permanently registered trailer, the biennial rate established in 11 AS 28.10.431(b) or (j), if any, is levied upon the trailer and is payable only once at the 12 time a trailer is permanently registered. If the person pays the registration tax as 13 required by this subsection and AS 28.10.431, no additional registration taxes are 14 required if the same person who initially registered the trailer continues to own the 15 trailer. 16 * Sec. 5. AS 28.10.423 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 17 (b) In addition to the permanent registration fee established in AS 28.10.155, a 18 $2 fee is imposed on the owner of each permanently registered motor vehicle required 19 to be inspected under an emission control program established in AS 46.14.400 or 20 46.14.510. That fee shall be collected biennially. 21 * Sec. 6. AS 28.10.431(b) is amended to read: 22 (b) The biennial tax is levied upon motor vehicles subject to the registration 23 fee under AS 28.10.411 and 28.10.421 and is based upon the age of vehicles as 24 determined by model year in the first year of the biennial period, according to the 25 following schedule: 26 Tax According to Age of 27 Vehicle 28 Since Model Year: 29 8th 30 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th or over 31 Motor Vehicle 01 (1) motorcycle $ 17 $ 15 $ 13 $ 10 $ 7 $ 5 $ 4 $ 4 02 (2) vehicles specified 21 99 77 55 39 28 19 16 03 in AS 28.10.421(b)(1) 04 (3) vehicles specified 121 99 77 55 39 28 19 16 05 in AS 28.10.421(b)(3) 06 (4) vehicles specified 07 in AS 28.10.421(c)(1)-(4) 08 5,000 pounds or less 121 99 77 55 39 28 19 16 09 5,001-12,000 pounds 198 154 121 99 77 55 33 22 10 12,001-18,000 pounds 447 392 348 304 260 227 205 194 11 18,001 pounds or over 546 469 403 348 304 260 216 194 12 (5) vehicles specified 198 154 121 99 77 55 33 22 13 in AS 28.10.421(b)(4) 14 (6) vehicles specified 17 15 13 10 7 5 4 4 15 in AS 28.10.421(j) 16 [AS 28.10.421(b)(6)] 17 (7) vehicles specified 121 99 77 55 39 28 19 16 18 in AS 28.10.421(d)(8) 19 (8) vehicles specified 121 99 77 55 39 28 19 16 20 in AS 28.10.421(b)(2) 21 (9) vehicles eligible 88 22 for dealer 23 plates under 24 AS 28.10.421(d)(9). 25 * Sec. 7. AS 28.10.431(j) is amended to read: 26 (j) A municipality that imposes a motor vehicle registration tax as described 27 under (a) of this section may also, by passage of an appropriate ordinance, increase 28 the scheduled amount of tax described under (b) or (l) of this section, establish a tax 29 for a motor vehicle that is permanently registered under AS 28.10.155, or 30 establish a tax for a trailer that is permanently registered under AS 28.10.421(j) 31 [BY PASSAGE OF AN APPROPRIATE ORDINANCE]. A municipality that chooses 01 to change the tax imposed under (b) or (l) of this section or establishes a tax for 02 permanently registered motor vehicles or trailers shall file a written notice of the 03 change with the department by January 1 of the year preceding the year in which the 04 change in tax is to take effect. A municipality may not change the amount of the tax 05 imposed under this section more than once every two years. The department may 06 charge a municipality a one-time fee to cover the cost to the department of 07 implementing a change under this subsection. 08 * Sec. 8. AS 28.10.421(b)(6) is repealed. 09 * Sec. 9. This Act takes effect January 1, 2014.