Legislature(2001 - 2002)
02/19/2002 02:03 PM Senate TRA
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SB 260-HISTORIC/ANTIQUE MOTOR VEHICLES
SENATOR RANDY PHILLIPS, sponsor SB 260, explained this bill
related to restored and antique vehicles and would allow the
vehicle owners to pay a one-time fee for the vehicle as opposed
to what they are paying now on a biannual basis.
Secondly, the bill would allow for the owner of the vehicle to
get an Alaskan license plate in the year the vehicle was
manufactured. He said for example he has a 1969 Plymouth
Roadrunner and if this bill were to pass and he desired to have a
plate from 1969 it would be a white plate. A lot of other states
have similar provisions in their laws to allow antique or classic
car owners to have this.
CHAIRMAN COWDERY asked if you identify it as an antique vehicle
on the plate.
SENATOR PHILLIPS said that was correct.
He said the Antique Auto Mushers Association had endorsed this
legislation. It has a zero fiscal note.
BRUCE CAMPBELL, President, Model T Ford Club, member Antique Auto
Mushers of Alaska, said they wanted to be able to use senior
license plates on antique or historic vehicles for several years.
They worked with Mary Marshburn, Director of DMV, to come up with
this legislation. It would allow them to complete restoring old
cars and put them back in the exact shape they were when they
came out of the factory. Putting on the same year license plate
makes the restoration complete and identifies the year of the car
for people who are admiring it. He said this is not going to be
a big thing because the bill specified the plates used for the
antique vehicles have to be supplied by the owner and acquiring
those plates can be quite a task. With this bill the historic
vehicle owner will have two options, he can continue on with the
existing law and the existing historic plate or he can elect to
get the same year plate.
DICK HEMMINGSEN, Vice President, Antique Auto Mushers Association
Anchorage Chapter, said they are in support of SB 260. They are
active all over Alaska. Some of their recent activities included
cars traveling to Kodiak Island, Fairbanks and Denali. They
participated in the Anchorage Fur Rendezvous, the Alaska State
Fair, the Bear Paw Festival in Eagle River and the Senior Center
in Palmer. They take their cars quite seriously and this bill
would allow them to complete their restoration process. He owns
two 1956 Fords.
SENATOR WILKEN asked where the $10 in the bill came from.
MR. CAMPBELL said existing law provided for historic license
plates and the fee for an historic license was $10. With this
bill they would still pay the $10 for the historic license plate
but if they elect to use the same year license plate they would
have to pay an additional fee of $30.
SENATOR TAYLOR said that is a one-time fee and the only time you
would have to pay it again is if you replace the plates. He said
on page 2, line 9, where it says "one time only upon initial
registration" only related to the payment of the fee not the use
of the vehicle. Page 2, line 16, says "driven or moved on a
highway for the primary purpose of historical exhibition or
similar activity" restricts the use of the vehicle. He said he
wanted to make sure they were not in any way further restricting
how the vehicle could be used. He has a 1935 Ford pickup he
fully restored and uses two or three times a year, usually in
parades.
MARY MARSHBURN, Director, Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV), said
Deputy Director Chuck Hosack was with her. He had followed the
bill in 2001. DMV had no objection to the bill.
SENATOR ELTON said he was struggling with the concept that a car
24 years younger than he could be designated an historical
vehicle. He would have preferred it if they made it any car
produced before 1948.
SENATOR TAYLOR said he was excited because the current vehicle he
drives is only two years away from being historical.
SENATOR ELTON said in his family they call that a junker.
SENATOR TAYLOR said that is what they call it in his family too
but as long as it runs he keeps using it.
SENATOR TAYLOR moved SB 260 from committee with individual
recommendations and attached zero fiscal note. There being no
object, the motion carried.
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