CSHB 217(CRA) am: "An Act relating to commercial motor vehicle licensing examinations; regulating autonomous vehicles; and providing for an effective date."
00 CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 217(CRA) am 01 "An Act relating to commercial motor vehicle licensing examinations; regulating 02 autonomous vehicles; and providing for an effective date." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 28.33.100 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 05 (j) If an applicant does not successfully complete any portion of a driving test 06 required under this section, the department may only require the applicant to retake the 07 failed or incomplete portions of the test. 08 * Sec. 2. AS 28.90 is amended by adding a new section to article 1 to read: 09 Sec. 28.90.050. Autonomous vehicles. (a) An autonomous vehicle registered 10 in this state must meet federal standards and regulations for a motor vehicle operated 11 on a public highway. 12 (b) An autonomous vehicle registered in this state may not be engaged in the 13 transport of interstate commerce, goods, or passengers unless 14 (1) the transport is for personal, noncommercial use, has a gross 15 vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or less, and is designed to transport not more than 16
01 passengers, including the driver; or 02 (2) a human safety operator is physically present in the vehicle and has 03 the ability to monitor and intervene in the vehicle's performance, including operating 04 or shutting off the vehicle. 05 (c) A human safety operator must meet federal and state requirements for 06 operating autonomous and nonautonomous vehicles. 07 (d) In a civil action regarding a motor vehicle accident involving an 08 autonomous vehicle, percentage of fault and apportionment of damages shall be 09 determined under AS 09.17.080. 10 (e) The requirements of this section do not apply to a personal delivery device 11 that 12 (1) is electrically powered; 13 (2) is operated on a sidewalk or path within the right-of-way of a 14 highway; 15 (3) is intended primarily to transport property; 16 (4) weighs less than 120 pounds, excluding cargo; 17 (5) has a maximum speed of 10 miles per hour; and 18 (6) is equipped with technology to allow for operation of the device 19 with or without the active control or monitoring of an operator who monitors or 20 exercises direct physical control over the navigation system and operation of the 21 device. 22 (f) In this section, 23 (1) "autonomous technology" does not include collision avoidance 24 systems, electronic blind spot assistance, automated emergency braking systems, park 25 assist, adaptive cruise control, lane keep assist or lane departure warning systems, 26 traffic jam and queuing assist, or other systems that enhance safety or provide driver 27 assistance that are not capable, singularly or collectively, of driving the vehicle 28 without the active control or monitoring of a human safety operator; 29 (2) "autonomous vehicle" means a vehicle equipped with autonomous 30 technology that has the capability to drive a vehicle without active physical control or 31 monitoring by a human safety operator that has been integrated into that vehicle and is
01 considered to have conditional driving automation, high driving automation, or full 02 driving automation; 03 (3) "conditional driving automation" means the sustained and 04 operational design domain-specific performance by an automated driving system of 05 the entire dynamic driving task with the expectation that the dynamic driving task 06 fallback human safety operator is receptive to an automated driving system-issued 07 request to intervene, as well as to dynamic driving task performance-relevant system 08 failures in other vehicle systems, and will respond appropriately; 09 (4) "dynamic driving task" includes all real-time operational and 10 tactical functions required to operate a vehicle in traffic, but does not include trip 11 scheduling, the selection of destinations and waypoints, and other strategic functions; 12 (5) "dynamic driving task fallback" means the response by the human 13 safety operator to perform the dynamic driving task or achieve a stable, stopped 14 condition in order to reduce the risk of a crash after a dynamic driving task system 15 failure, an operational design domain exit, or a response by the automated driving 16 system; 17 (6) "full driving automation" means the sustained and unconditional 18 performance by an automated driving system of the entire dynamic driving task and 19 dynamic driving task fallback without any expectation that a fallback human safety 20 operator will need to intervene; 21 (7) "high driving automation" means the sustained and operational 22 design domain-specific performance by an automated driving system of the entire 23 dynamic driving task and dynamic driving task fallback without any expectation that a 24 fallback human safety operator will need to intervene; 25 (8) "operational design domain" includes the environmental, 26 geographical, and time-of-day restrictions, presence or absence of roadway or traffic 27 characteristics, and other operating conditions under which a given driving automation 28 system or feature is specifically designed to function. 29 * Sec. 3. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).