CSHB 73(FIN): "An Act relating to special fire fighter and emergency medical service provider license plates; and providing for an effective date."
00 CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 73(FIN) 01 "An Act relating to special fire fighter and emergency medical service provider license 02 plates; and providing for an effective date." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 28.10.181 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 05 (z) Special request active fire fighter and emergency medical service provider 06 plates, former fire fighter and emergency medical service provider plates, and plates 07 commemorating fire fighters and emergency medical service providers. On application 08 by the owner of a motor vehicle, the department may issue registration plates for 09 active fire fighters and emergency medical service providers, registration plates for 10 former fire fighters and emergency medical service providers, and registration plates 11 commemorating fire fighters and emergency medical service providers. The 12 commissioner shall determine the design and color of the plates. The department may 13 disapprove the issuance of registration plates under this subsection when the requested 14 plates are a duplication of an existing registration. To be eligible for
01 (1) an active fire fighter and emergency medical service provider plate, 02 a person must present satisfactory proof that the person is an active member of 03 (A) a fire department in this state and the fire department is 04 recognized as a fire department by the state fire marshal; or 05 (B) an out-of-hospital emergency medical service certified by 06 the Department of Health and Social Services; 07 (2) a former fire fighter and emergency medical service provider plate 08 a person must present satisfactory proof that the person was an active member of 09 (A) a fire department in this state for a minimum of 10 years; 10 or 11 (B) an out-of-hospital emergency medical service certified by 12 the Department of Health and Social Services for a minimum of 10 years. 13 * Sec. 2. AS 28.10.421(d) is amended by adding a new paragraph to read: 14 (18) special request plates 15 (A) for active fire fighter and emergency medical service 16 provider..................................................................................................... 17 (B) for former fire fighter and emergency medical service 18 provider..................................................................................................... 19 (C) commemorating fire fighters and emergency medical 20 service providers.........................................................................................$10 21 plus a fee of $35 and the fee required for that vehicle under (b), (c), (h), or (i) of this 22 section; the fee required by (A) - (C) of this paragraph shall be collected only on the 23 first issuance of and the replacement of the plates; the $35 fee required by this 24 paragraph shall be collected biennially in the same manner as the fee required under 25 (b), (c), (h), or (i) of this section; the commissioner of administration shall separately 26 account for the fees received under this paragraph that the department deposits in the 27 general fund; notwithstanding (g) of this section, the annual estimated balance in the 28 account that is in excess of the cost of issuing special request plates may be 29 appropriated by the legislature for the purposes provided in AS 14.43.085. 30 * Sec. 3. This Act takes effect July 1, 2010.