02/11/2014 09:00 AM Senate STATE AFFAIRS

             SB 132-MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEES                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
9:02:26 AM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR DYSON announced that SB 132 was before the committee.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  DYSON  welcomed  Senator  Wielechowski  to  the  committee                                                               
meeting.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
9:02:46 AM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR GIESSEL  moved the CS  for SB 132,  labeled, 28-LS1218\N,                                                               
as the working document.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  DYSON  announced that  [without  objection]  version N  is                                                               
adopted.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
9:03:12 AM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  ANNA  FAIRCLOUGH,   Alaska  State  Legislature,  Juneau,                                                               
Alaska,  sponsor  SB  132,  announced  that  the  CS  before  the                                                               
committee addressed clean-up language for SB 132.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
She  remarked  about the  difficulty  from  statutes in  previous                                                               
legislative bodies for individuals  turning 65 in receiving their                                                               
one-car motor  vehicle benefit for  registering without  fee. She                                                               
detailed that an  individual turning 65 after January  1 may have                                                               
to  wait  for  their  benefit  for  nearly  two  years  due.  She                                                               
explained that  the current auto  registration is for  two years.                                                               
She stated  that the initial  legislative intent was not  to have                                                               
an individual  65 or  over wait  2 years.  She asserted  that her                                                               
intent is to  fix the wrong in delaying  registration benefits to                                                               
individuals who turn 65.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
9:04:13 AM                                                                                                                    
TALLY TEAL, Staff, Senator  Fairclough, Alaska State Legislature,                                                               
Juneau, Alaska, addressed  the CS for SB 132. She  said there are                                                               
three  changes from  the original  bill. First,  after discussion                                                               
with Amy  Erickson from the Alaska  of Administration-Division of                                                               
Motor Vehicles (DMV),  a language change was  made that specifies                                                               
a person  must be 65 at  the time of registration  to be eligible                                                               
for the  exemption. She  explained that  DMV was  concerned about                                                               
any confusion about the possibility  of having to refund fees for                                                               
someone who  had registered  at age  64 earlier  in the  year and                                                               
would turn  65 with an expectation  for a refund. Second,  at the                                                               
request of the  DMV, an effective date will for  the bill will be                                                               
January 1, 2015 in order to  keep records and accounting as clean                                                               
as possible.  Third, language was added  to the title to  make it                                                               
specific to vehicle registration fee exemptions for seniors.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR DYSON  asked to  clarify that  if a  person turns  65 after                                                               
they registered  their vehicle,  the individual  has to  wait the                                                               
two years.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
MS. TEAL [indicated "yes" with a gesture.]                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR GIESSEL asked to confirm that the fiscal note is zero.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MS. TEAL answered yes.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  FAIRCLOUGH   pointed  out   that  the  fiscal   note  is                                                               
indeterminate. She said  DMV thinks the fiscal note  will be very                                                               
minimal and the effect will be a very small amount.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR DYSON asked  if anyone wanted to testify. He  noted that no                                                               
one  requested  to testify.  He  announced  that the  Chair  will                                                               
entertain a motion.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
9:06:52 AM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR GIESSEL  SENATOR moved to  report CS for SB  132, version                                                               
28-LS1218\N  from committee  with individual  recommendations and                                                               
attached zero fiscal note.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
9:07:06 AM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR  DYSON announced  that seeing  no objection,  CSSB 132(STA)                                                               
passes from committee.