05/10/2024 03:00 PM House STATE AFFAIRS

        HB 293-VEHICLES:REGISTER;TRANSFER; INS.; LICENSE                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
4:55:18 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SHAW  announced that the  final order of business  would be                                                               
HOUSE  BILL NO.  293, "An  Act relating  to the  registration and                                                               
titling  of vehicles;  relating  to  electronic registration  and                                                               
titling;  relating   to  the  powers   of  the   commissioner  of                                                               
administration with  respect to  motor vehicles; relating  to the                                                               
transfer  of  vehicles;  relating   to  motor  vehicle  liability                                                               
insurance;   relating   to  non-domiciled   commercial   driver's                                                               
licenses  and  non-domiciled  commercial learner's  permits;  and                                                               
providing for an effective date."                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  WRIGHT  moved  to adopt  the  proposed  committee                                                               
substitute  (CS)  for  HB   293,  Version  33-GH2373\S,  Radford,                                                               
5/2/24, as the working document.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SHAW objected.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
4:55:55 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
BUDDY  WHITT, Staff,  Representative  Laddie  Shaw, Alaska  State                                                               
Legislature, read  a sectional analysis  of the  changes proposed                                                               
under  Version  S,  the  CS  to HB  293  [included  in  committee                                                               
packet], which read as follows [original punctuation provided]:                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
       Section  1 - Page  1, Line 5  - changes the  title to                                                                    
     reference  only  "commercial   driver's  licenses"  and                                                                    
     "commercial instruction permits."                                                                                          
     •  Section 2  - Page  1, Lines  9 to  Page 2,  Line 13:                                                                    
     Amends AS 28.15.051(f) to insert the word "domiciled"                                                                      
     into  current  statute,  delineating  it  from  a  non-                                                                    
     domiciled commercial driver's permit.                                                                                      
     • Section  3 - Page  2, Line 14 to  Page 3, Line  8: AS                                                                    
     2815.051(g) Adds a new subsection for non-domiciled                                                                        
     commercial driver's instruction permit.                                                                                    
     •  Section 4  - Page  3,  Line 9  to Page  4, Line  10:                                                                    
     Amends  current   AS  28.33.100(a)   to  allow   for  a                                                                    
     nondomiciled commercial driver's license.                                                                                  
     •  Section  5     Page  4,  Lines  11-25:  Adds  a  new                                                                    
     subsection   AS   28.33.100(g)   to  provide   that   a                                                                    
     nondomiciled  commercial   driver's  license   must  be                                                                    
     clearly marked and adds provisions to align with                                                                           
     federal law.                                                                                                               
     •  Section  6     Page  4,  Lines  26-30:  Adds  a  new                                                                    
     paragraph to AS 28.90.990(a) to add "non-domiciled"                                                                        
     commercial  driver's licenses  and  permits to  current                                                                    
     statute.                                                                                                                   
      • Section 7  Page 4, Line 31: Repeals the definition                                                                      
     of "domicile" as it pertains to this article.                                                                              
     • Section 8  Effective date clause                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
4:58:27 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
EDRA  MORLEDGE,  Staff,  Representative  Julie  Coulombe,  Alaska                                                               
State Legislature, explained that a large  part of the goal of HB
, Version S  is to help people get  their non-domicile license                                                               
in Alaska  in a  more streamlined  process.   She added  that the                                                               
impetus of  the proposed  legislation is  because it  was assumed                                                               
that this  issue could be  solved with regulation change  when it                                                               
needed its own legislation to be solved.                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
5:01:00 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  SHAW  removed  his  objection.   There  being  no  further                                                               
objection, Version S was before the committee.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
5:01:26 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The committee took a brief at ease at 5:01 p.m.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
5:01:35 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  WRIGHT  moved to  report  CSHB  293, Version  33-                                                               
GH2373\S,  Radford,  5/2/24,  out of  committee  with  individual                                                               
recommendations and  the accompanying fiscal notes.   There being                                                               
no objection, CSHB  293(STA) was reported out of  the House State                                                               
Affairs Standing Committee.