00SENATE BILL NO. 262                                                                                                   
01 "An Act relating to motor vehicle license plates for disabled persons."                                                 
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
03    * Section 1.  AS 28.10.181(d) is amended to read:                                                                  
04  (d)  Vehicles owned  or leased  by disabled veterans, including persons disabled                                    
05 in the line of duty while serving in the Alaska Territorial Guard, or other persons with                                
06 disabilities.  Upon the request of a person with a disability that limits or impairs the                                
07 ability to walk, as defined in 23 C.F.R. 1235.2, the department shall (1) register one                                  
08  owned or leased  passenger vehicle in the name of the person without charge; and (2)                                 
09 issue a specially designed registration plate that displays (A) recognition of the                                      
10 disabled veteran if the applicant's disability originated from the applicant's service with                             
11 the Alaska Territorial Guard or the armed forces of the United States; and (B) the                                      
12 standard symbol of disability (the wheelchair logo).  A disabled veteran who is not                                     
13 otherwise qualified under this subsection, but who presents to the department written                                   
14 proof that the person is at least 70 percent disabled or medically handicapped as a                                     

01 consequence of service in the Alaska Territorial Guard or the armed forces of the                                       
02 United States, may register one  owned or leased  passenger vehicle without charge,                                   
03 and the department shall issue a specially designed registration plate that displays                                    
04 recognition of the disabled veteran that does not display the standard handicap symbol                                  
05 and does not carry with it special parking privileges.  For purposes of this subsection,                                
06 proof of disability may be provided by a person licensed as a physician under                                           
07 AS 08.64 or as an advanced nurse practitioner under AS 08.68.                                                           
08    * Sec. 2.  AS 28.10.421(d)(3) is amended to read:                                                                  
09   (3)  a vehicle owned  or leased  by a disabled veteran or other                                                    
10 handicapped person [,] and registered under AS 28.10.181 or a  vehicle owned by a                                     
11 resident 65 years of age or older who files a written application for an exemption on                                   
12 a form prescribed by the department. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  none;