00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 348                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to abandoned vehicles."                                                                                
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 28.11.010(d) is amended to read:                                                                   
04 (d)  Except as otherwise provided in (b) of this section, the lawful owner of a                                         
05 vehicle, as shown by the records of the department, whether or not the owner has                                        
06 complied with the provisions of AS 28.10.271, is considered responsible for the                                         
07 abandonment of the vehicle and is liable for the cost of removal and disposition of the                                 
08       abandoned vehicle [UNLESS                                                                                         
09                 (1)  THE VEHICLE WAS ABANDONED BY A PERSON DRIVING                                                      
10       THE VEHICLE WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF THE OWNER; OR                                                               
11                 (2)  THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSON ABANDONING THE                                                          
12       VEHICLE IS ESTABLISHED AND THE ABANDONMENT WAS WITHOUT THE                                                        
13       CONSENT OF THE OWNER].                                                                                            
14    * Sec. 2. AS 28.11.030(a) is amended to read:                                                                      
15            (a)  A peace officer or an employee authorized by the state or a municipality                                

01                 (1)  shall [MAY] remove or have removed to a place for storage a                                    
02       vehicle abandoned on a highway or [, ON] a vehicular way or area within seven days                        
03       after the date the vehicle is abandoned under AS 28.11.020(a); [,] or                                         
04                 (2)  may remove or have removed to a place for storage a vehicle                                    
05       abandoned on private property.                                                                                
06    * Sec. 3. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
07 read:                                                                                                                   
08       APPLICABILITY. AS 28.11.010(d), as amended by sec. 1 of this Act, and                                             
09 AS 28.11.030(a), as amended by sec. 2 of this Act, apply to vehicles abandoned on or after                              
10 the effective date of this Act.