SCS HB 11(FIN): "An Act relating to driver's licensing; and providing for an effective date."
00SENATE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 11(FIN) 01 "An Act relating to driver's licensing; and providing for an effective date." 02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 03 * Section 1. AS 28.15.031(a) is amended to read: 04 (a) The department may not issue a driver's license to a person who is 05 (1) under the age of 16 years, except that the department may issue a 06 permit under AS 28.15.051 or a restricted license under AS 28.15.121 ; or 07 (2) at least 16 years of age but not yet 18 years of age unless the 08 person meets the requirements of AS 28.15.057 . 09 * Sec. 2. AS 28.15.051(a) is amended to read: 10 (a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, a person who is at least 14 years 11 of age may apply to the department for an instruction permit. The department may, 12 after the applicant has successfully passed all parts of the examination under 13 AS 28.15.081 other than the driving test, issue to the applicant an instruction permit. 14 The permit allows a person, while having the permit in the person's immediate
01 possession, to drive a specified type or class of motor vehicle on a highway or 02 vehicular way or area for a period not to exceed two years. The permittee shall 03 [MUST] be accompanied by a person at least 21 [19] years of age who has been 04 licensed at least one year to drive the type or class of vehicle being used, who is 05 capable of exercising control over the vehicle and who occupies a seat beside the 06 driver, or who accompanies and immediately supervises the driver when the permittee 07 drives a motorcycle. An instruction permit may be renewed. 08 * Sec. 3. AS 28.15 is amended by adding new sections to read: 09 Sec. 28.15.055. Provisional driver's license. Upon application, the 10 department may issue a provisional driver's license to a person who is at least 16 years 11 of age but not yet 18 years of age if the person has been licensed under an instruction 12 permit issued under AS 28.15.051 or under the law of another state with substantially 13 similar requirements for at least six months. 14 Sec. 28.15.057. Restrictions on driver's license issued to a person under 18. 15 Except as provided under AS 28.15.051, a person who is at least 16 years of age but 16 not yet 18 years of age may not be issued a driver's license unless the person has been 17 licensed under an instruction permit issued under AS 28.15.051 for at least six months 18 and has held a valid provisional driver's license issued under AS 28.15.055 for at least 19 one year. 20 * Sec. 4. AS 28.15.241(b) is amended to read: 21 (b) In addition to (a) of this section, two points shall be deducted from the 22 assessed total upon the driver's furnishing to the department adequate proof of 23 successful completion, within 12 months of the date of the driver's last violation, of 24 a driver improvement course approved by the department , except that 25 (1) not [. NO] more than one driver improvement course may be 26 used to obtain a reduction in points in any 12-month period ; and 27 (2) a driver improvement course for a person under 21 years of age 28 must be a course that is designed to benefit persons under 21 years of age and 29 must be certified by a national organization . 30 * Sec. 5. AS 28.15.253 is amended to read: 31 Sec. 28.15.253. Driver improvement course. Upon conviction of a violation
01 of a traffic law that results in a driver accumulating six or more points from offenses 02 committed during any consecutive 12-month period or nine or more points from 03 offenses committed during any 24-month period, (1) on request of the department , the 04 court may, in addition to any other penalty authorized by law, require the driver to 05 successfully complete a driver improvement course approved by the department within 06 a period of time prescribed by the court ; and (2) the department shall require a 07 person licensed under a provisional license to complete a driver improvement 08 course approved by the department within a time period prescribed by the 09 department. A driver improvement course approved under this section for a 10 person who is under 21 years of age must be a course that is designed to benefit 11 persons under 21 years of age and must be certified by a national organization . 12 The department may suspend, revoke, or deny the driver's license of a person who 13 fails to successfully complete the driver improvement course required by the court 14 under this section within the prescribed time period. 15 * Sec. 6. AS 28.40.100(a)(8) is amended to read: 16 (8) "driver's license" or "license," when used in relation to driver 17 licensing, means a license , provisional license, or permit to drive a motor vehicle, or 18 the privilege to drive or to obtain a license to drive a motor vehicle, under the laws 19 of this state [,] whether or not a person holds a valid license issued in this or another 20 jurisdiction; 21 * Sec. 7. This Act takes effect January 1, 1999.