SB 109: "An Act relating to fines for offenses committed within school zones."
00 SENATE BILL NO. 109 01 "An Act relating to fines for offenses committed within school zones." 02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 03 * Section 1. AS 28.05.151(d) is amended to read: 04 (d) The supreme court, in establishing scheduled amounts of bail under this 05 section, and each municipality that establishes or has established a fine schedule under 06 this section shall provide that the scheduled amount of bail or fine, as applicable, for a 07 motor vehicle or traffic offense that is committed in a highway work or school zone 08 shall be double the amount of the bail or fine for the offense if it had not been 09 committed in a highway work zone or school zone. 10 * Sec. 2. AS 28.40.070 is amended to read: 11 Sec. 28.40.070. Fines for offenses committed within highway work and 12 school zones doubled. Whenever a person violates a provision of this title or a 13 regulation adopted under the authority of this title within a highway work or school 14 zone, notwithstanding the amount of the fine or the maximum fine set under this title, 15 the fine, or maximum fine, is double the amount provided in this title.
01 * Sec. 3. AS 28.40.100(a) is amended by adding a new paragraph to read: 02 (27) "school zone" means an area identified by flashing yellow lights 03 and by signs as being near a school.