00CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 78(TRA)                                                                                         
01 "An Act relating to transfer of a vehicle title by the owner; and providing for                                         
02 an effective date."                                                                                                     
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  AS 28.10.271(d) is amended to read:                                                                  
05  (d)  An emissions inspection and maintenance certificate                                                            
06   (1)   shall be obtained when ownership of a [MOTOR] vehicle subject                                               
07 to registration under this chapter  is transferred [,] if the                                                          
08   (A)  [(1)]  transferee resides in an area designated by the                                                      
09 Department of Environmental Conservation as an emissions inspection and                                                 
10 maintenance area;                                                                                                       
11   (B)  [(2)  MOTOR] vehicle was manufactured in 1987 or earlier;                                                   
12   (C)  [(3)  MOTOR] vehicle would be subject to an emissions                                                       
13 inspection and maintenance program; and                                                                                 
14   (D)  [(4)  MOTOR] vehicle has not been inspected for emissions                                                   

01 or the existing emissions inspection and maintenance  certificate is more than                                       
02 12 months old;                                                                                                        
03   (2)  need not be obtained under (1) of this subsection if, when                                                      
04 ownership of vehicle is transferred,                                                                                    
05   (A)  the transferor surrenders the vehicle's registration plates                                                    
06 and all evidence of registration in the transferor's possession or control to                                           
07 the department; or                                                                                                      
08   (B)  the vehicle has a valid, existing emissions inspection and                                                     
09 maintenance program seasonal waiver and the purchaser signs a seasonal                                                  
10 waiver transfer acknowledgment form approved by the department .                                                       
11    * Sec. 2.  This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).