00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 259                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to covered or enclosed loads."                                                                         
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 28.35.251(a) is amended to read:                                                                  
04            (a)  A person may not drive a motor vehicle loaded with sand, gravel, rock, or                               
05       similar materials on a highway unless                                                                             
06                 (1)  the load is covered or enclosed [CONTAINED OR CONFINED]                                        
07       to prevent the load from dropping, shifting, leaking, or escaping, except that sand or                            
08       other substances may be dropped, sprinkled, or sprayed for the purpose of cleaning or                             
09       maintaining the highway or providing traction; and                                                                
10                 (2)  the load is subjected to treatment by methods, approved by the                                     
11       commissioner of public safety by regulation, designed to settle the load or remove                                
12       loose material before the vehicle is driven on the highway.