HB 19: "An Act relating to permanent motor vehicle registration; relating to the registration fee for noncommercial trailers and to the motor vehicle tax for trailers; and providing for an effective date."
00 HOUSE BILL NO. 19 01 "An Act relating to permanent motor vehicle registration; relating to the registration fee 02 for noncommercial trailers and to the motor vehicle tax for trailers; and providing for 03 an effective date." 04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 05 * Section 1. AS 28.10.108(a) is amended to read: 06 (a) Except for a vehicle registered under AS 28.10.152 or 28.10.155, a vehicle 07 required to be registered under this chapter shall be registered under the procedures set 08 out in this section. 09 * Sec. 2. AS 28.10 is amended by adding a new section to read: 10 Sec. 28.10.155. Permanent motor vehicle registration. (a) The owner of a 11 motor vehicle, other than a commercial motor vehicle, that is required to be registered 12 under this chapter may elect to register the motor vehicle permanently in lieu of 13 registration under AS 28.10.108 if the vehicle is at least eight years old. The 14 permanent registration expires when the owner transfers or assigns the owner's title or
01 interest in the vehicle. A permanent registration may not be renewed. On receiving the 02 proper application and fees, the department shall issue to the registered owner 03 registration plates, tabs, and a permanent registration form. 04 (b) The fees for permanent registration must equal the fees that would be 05 applicable if the motor vehicle were registered under AS 28.10.108, plus a permanent 06 registration fee of $25. The motor vehicle registration tax for a permanently registered 07 vehicle is the rate established for permanent motor vehicle registration under 08 AS 28.10.431(j). If a municipality has not established a tax for a permanently 09 registered motor vehicle, the biennial rate established in AS 28.10.431(b) or (j), if any, 10 is levied upon the vehicle and is payable only once at the time a motor vehicle is 11 permanently registered. Except as provided in AS 28.10.423(b), the owner of a 12 permanently registered motor vehicle is not required to pay other registration fees or 13 taxes under this chapter. 14 * Sec. 3. AS 28.10.411(f) is amended to read: 15 (f) A resident 65 years of age or older on January 1 of the year the vehicle is 16 registered or a resident with a disability that limits or impairs the ability to walk and 17 who provides proof of that disability as provided in 23 C.F.R. 1235.2 is entitled to an 18 exemption from the registration fee required under this section for one vehicle subject 19 to registration under AS 28.10.421(b)(1), (2), or (5), or (j) [(6)]. An exemption may 20 not be granted except upon written application for the exemption on a form prescribed 21 by the department. 22 * Sec. 4. AS 28.10.421 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 23 (j) When a person registers a trailer not used or maintained for the 24 transportation of persons or property for hire or for other commercial use, including a 25 boat trailer, baggage trailer, box trailer, utility trailer, house trailer, travel trailer, or 26 trailer rented or offered for rent, the person may choose to pay a biennial registration 27 fee of $30 or to register the trailer permanently. If the person permanently registers the 28 trailer, the person shall pay the biennial registration fee plus a permanent registration 29 fee of $25. If the person permanently registers the trailer, no additional registration 30 fees are required if the same person who initially registered the trailer continues to 31 own the trailer. A new owner of a trailer previously registered under this subsection
01 shall register and pay the biennial registration fee or the permanent registration fee as 02 provided in this subsection. The motor vehicle registration tax for a permanently 03 registered trailer is the rate established for permanent trailer registration under 04 AS 28.10.431(j). If a municipality has not established a tax for a permanently 05 registered trailer, the biennial rate established in AS 28.10.431(b) or (j), if any, is 06 levied upon the trailer and is payable only once at the time a trailer is permanently 07 registered. If the person pays the registration tax as required by this subsection and 08 AS 28.10.431, no additional registration taxes are required if the same person who 09 initially registered the trailer continues to own the trailer. 10 * Sec. 5. AS 28.10.423 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 11 (b) In addition to the permanent registration fee established in AS 28.10.155, a 12 $2 fee is imposed on the owner of each permanently registered motor vehicle required 13 to be inspected under an emission control program established in AS 46.14.400 or 14 46.14.510. That fee shall be collected biennially. 15 * Sec. 6. AS 28.10.431(b) is amended to read: 16 (b) The biennial tax is levied upon motor vehicles subject to the registration 17 fee under AS 28.10.411 and 28.10.421 and is based upon the age of vehicles as 18 determined by model year in the first year of the biennial period, according to the 19 following schedule: 20 Tax According to Age of 21 Vehicle 22 Since Model Year: 23 8th 24 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th or over 25 Motor Vehicle 26 (1) motorcycle $ 17 $ 15 $ 13 $ 10 $ 7 $ 5 $ 4 $ 4 27 (2) vehicles specified 21 99 77 55 39 28 19 16 28 in AS 28.10.421(b)(1) 29 (3) vehicles specified 121 99 77 55 39 28 19 16 30 in AS 28.10.421(b)(3) 31 (4) vehicles specified
01 in AS 28.10.421(c)(1)-(4) 02 5,000 pounds or less 121 99 77 55 39 28 19 16 03 5,001-12,000 pounds 198 154 121 99 77 55 33 22 04 12,001-18,000 pounds 447 392 348 304 260 227 205 194 05 18,001 pounds or over 546 469 403 348 304 260 216 194 06 (5) vehicles specified 198 154 121 99 77 55 33 22 07 in AS 28.10.421(b)(4) 08 (6) vehicles specified 17 15 13 10 7 5 4 4 09 in AS 28.10.421(j) 10 [AS 28.10.421(b)(6)] 11 (7) vehicles specified 121 99 77 55 39 28 19 16 12 in AS 28.10.421(d)(8) 13 (8) vehicles specified 121 99 77 55 39 28 19 16 14 in AS 28.10.421(b)(2) 15 (9) vehicles eligible 88 16 for dealer 17 plates under 18 AS 28.10.421(d)(9). 19 * Sec. 7. AS 28.10.431(c) is amended to read: 20 (c) Except as provided in (m) of this section, the [THE] registration tax 21 shall be levied, collected, enforced, and otherwise administered in the same manner as 22 provided for the registration fee in this chapter. Only one registration tax may be 23 collected with respect to the same motor vehicle in the year for which the tax is paid. 24 * Sec. 8. AS 28.10.431(j) is amended to read: 25 (j) A municipality that imposes a motor vehicle registration tax as described 26 under (a) of this section may also, by passage of an appropriate ordinance, increase 27 the scheduled amount of tax described under (b) or (l) of this section, establish a tax 28 for a motor vehicle that is permanently registered under AS 28.10.155, or 29 establish a tax for a trailer that is permanently registered under AS 28.10.421(j) 30 [BY PASSAGE OF AN APPROPRIATE ORDINANCE]. A municipality that chooses 31 to change the tax imposed under (b) or (l) of this section or establishes a tax for
01 permanently registered motor vehicles or trailers shall file a written notice of the 02 change with the department by January 1 of the year preceding the year in which the 03 change in tax is to take effect. A municipality may not change the amount of the tax 04 imposed under this section more than once every two years. The department may 05 charge a municipality a one-time fee to cover the cost to the department of 06 implementing a change under this subsection. 07 * Sec. 9. AS 28.10.431 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 08 (m) The department may not collect a registration tax established by a 09 municipality under (j) of this section for a permanently registered motor vehicle or 10 trailer if the amount of the tax is greater than $100 unless the tax is for a motor vehicle 11 subject to registration under AS 28.10.421(c)(3) and (4). 12 * Sec. 10. AS 28.10.421(b)(6) is repealed. 13 * Sec. 11. This Act takes effect January 1, 2014.