CSHB 387(CRA): "An Act relating to fines for moving motor vehicle or traffic offenses committed within highway work or school zones; and providing for an effective date."
00 CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 387(CRA) 01 "An Act relating to fines for moving motor vehicle or traffic offenses committed within 02 highway work or school zones; 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(d) is amended 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 a 08 moving motor vehicle or traffic offense that is committed in a highway work or 09 school zone shall be double the amount of the bail or fine for the offense if it had not 10 been committed in a highway work or school zone. If the offense was committed in 11 a zone with differential speed limits, the double bail or fine applies only during 12 the period of time when a lower speed limit is in effect. 13 * Sec. 2. AS 28.40.070 is amended to read: 14 Sec. 28.40.070. Fines for offenses committed within highway work and
01 school zones doubled. Whenever a person violates a moving motor vehicle or 02 traffic provision of this title or a regulation adopted under the authority of this title 03 within a highway work or school zone, notwithstanding the amount of the fine or the 04 maximum fine set under this title, the fine, or maximum fine, is double the amount 05 provided in this title. 06 * Sec. 3. AS 28.40.100(a) is amended by adding a new paragraph to read: 07 (27) "school zone" means an area identified by signs as being near a 08 school. 09 * Sec. 4. This Act takes effect January 1, 2005.