03/02/2006 02:00 PM Senate TRANSPORTATION

                   SB 273-MOTOR VEHICLE SALES                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
2:04:15 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR   CHARLIE  HUGGINS   announced  SB   273  to   be  up   for                                                               
consideration.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
ED SNIFFEN, Assistant Attorney General,  Department of Law (DOL),                                                               
testified he has been working on  SB 273 for two years to resolve                                                               
a  current  problem in  Alaska  statutes.  Currently dealers  are                                                               
prohibited from  selling used current model  motor vehicles. They                                                               
are required to  hold onto the vehicle until the  next model year                                                               
comes out  in order to  sell them legally  as used. SB  273 would                                                               
fix  the problem  by  removing current  model  language from  the                                                               
statute.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
2:06:19 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  JOHN COWDERY  commented both  new and  used car  dealers                                                               
support the bill.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
2:07:00 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR COWDERY  moved SB  273 out  of committee  with individual                                                               
recommendations   and   attached   fiscal   notes.   Hearing   no                                                               
objections, the motion carried.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
2:07:32 PM                                                                                                                    
Senator French joined the committee.