00CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 304(RLS)                                                                                       
01 "An Act relating to the bail or fine for an offense committed in a highway work                                         
02 zone; and providing for an effective date."                                                                             
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  AS 28.05.151 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                          
05  (d)  The supreme court, in establishing scheduled amounts of bail under this                                          
06 section, and each municipality that establishes or has established a fine schedule under                                
07 this section shall provide that the scheduled amount of bail or fine, as applicable, for                                
08 a motor vehicle or traffic offense that is committed in a highway work zone shall be                                    
09 double the amount of the bail or fine for the offense if it had not been committed in                                   
10 a highway work zone.                                                                                                    
11    * Sec. 2.  AS 28.40 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                    
12  Sec. 28.40.070.  Fines for offenses committed within highway work zones                                              
13 doubled.  Whenever a person violates a provision of this title or a regulation adopted                                 
14 under the authority of this title within a highway work zone, notwithstanding the                                       

01 amount of the fine or the maximum fine set under this title, the fine, or maximum fine,                                 
02 is double the amount provided in this title.                                                                            
03    * Sec. 3.  AS 28.40.100(a) is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                           
04   (25)  "highway work zone" means an area identified by advance signing                                                
05 where road construction, repair, or maintenance work is being done on or adjacent to                                    
06 a highway, whether or not work is actually being done at that time.                                                     
07    * Sec. 4.  This Act takes effect April 30, 1999.