00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 269                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to failure to use headlights."                                                                         
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 28.35.191(a) is amended to read:                                                                   
04            (a)  A person commits the offense of failure to use headlights if the person                                 
05       operates a motor vehicle without the use of motor vehicle headlights                                              
06                 (1)  between one half-hour after sunset and one half-hour before sunrise                                
07       during the period when use is not required under (4) or (5) of this section;                                  
08                 (2)  at any other time when, because of insufficient light or other                                     
09       atmospheric conditions, persons or motor vehicles are not clearly discernible at a                                
10       distance of 1,000 feet; [OR]                                                                                      
11                 (3)  on a road that is a designated traffic safety corridor under                                       
12       AS 19.10.075;                                                                                                 
13                 (4)  from                                                                                           
14                      (A)  September 16 through April 30, inclusive,                                                 
15                           (i)  north of 60 North Latitude; or                                                       

01                           (ii)  at any latitude on a paved portion of the Sterling                                  
02                 Highway;                                                                                            
03                      (B)  October 1 through April 14, inclusive, south of 60 North                                  
04            Latitude; or                                                                                             
05                 (5)  during a lawful operating period allowing the operation of a                                   
06       motor vehicle with studded tires or chains by an emergency order issued under                                 
07       AS 28.35.155.                                                                                                 
08    * Sec. 2. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
09 read:                                                                                                                   
10       APPLICABILITY. AS 28.35.191(a), as amended by sec. 1 of this Act, applies to                                      
11 offenses committed on or after the effective date of this Act.