SSHB 74: "An Act relating to equipment, registration, and identification of custom collector vehicles; and providing for an effective date."
00SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 74 01 "An Act relating to equipment, registration, and identification of custom collector 02 vehicles; and providing for an effective date." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 28.05 is amended by adding a new section to article 2 to read: 05 Sec. 28.05.106. CUSTOM COLLECTOR VEHICLE EQUIPMENT. (a) A 06 custom collector vehicle shall be equipped with 07 (1) hydraulic service brakes on all wheels; 08 (2) sealed beam or halogen headlights; 09 (3) safety belts for all occupants; 10 (4) turn signals and turn signaling switch; 11 (5) safety glass or lexan; 12 (6) electric or vacuum windshield wiper located in front of the driver; 13 (7) standard or blue-dot taillights; and 14 (8) a parking brake that operates on at least two wheels on the same
01 axle. 02 (b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this title or regulations adopted 03 under this title, the department may not require a custom collector vehicle to be 04 equipped with a bumper, hood, or fenders. 05 (c) A custom collector vehicle shall be equipped in a manner that while in 06 motion and functional on the vehicle's four rims on a flat surface, the suspension, 07 steering, or chassis does not contact the highway, vehicular way, or area. 08 * Sec. 2. AS 28.10 is amended by adding a new section to read: 09 Sec. 28.10.065. CUSTOM COLLECTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND 10 IDENTIFICATION. When the department is satisfied as to the ownership of a replica 11 of a custom collector vehicle and the vehicle does not have an identification number, 12 the department shall assign a vehicle identification number to the vehicle and have the 13 number stamped on the vehicle. A custom collector replica vehicle shall be registered 14 as a vehicle constructed during the period represented by the replica. 15 * Sec. 3. AS 28.10.181 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 16 (r) Special request custom collector plates. Upon application by the owner of 17 a custom collector vehicle, the department may design and issue registration plates 18 appropriate for custom collector vehicles. The department may disapprove the 19 issuance of registration plates under this subsection when the requested plates are a 20 duplication of an existing registration. 21 * Sec. 4. AS 28.10.421(d)(2) is amended to read: 22 (2) special request plates for 23 (A) Alaska National Guard personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $30; 24 (B) veterans or retired veterans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $30; 25 (C) recipients of the Purple Heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $30; 26 (D) owners of custom collector vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $50; 27 (E) other special request plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $30; 28 plus the fee required for that vehicle under (b) of this section; the fee required by this 29 paragraph shall be collected only on the first issuance and on the replacement of 30 special request plates; 31 * Sec. 5. AS 28.40.100(a) is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:
01 (23) "custom collector vehicle" means a vehicle whose body and frame 02 were manufactured before 1949 or a replica of a vehicle whose body and frame were 03 manufactured before 1949 and that has been modified for safe road use; in this 04 paragraph, "modified" includes a material alteration of the drive-train, suspension, 05 brake system, or dimensions of the body. 06 * Sec. 6. This Act takes effect January 1, 1994.