SB 132-MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEES  8:05:44 AM CHAIR LYNN announced that the first order of business was CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 132(STA), "An Act relating to exemptions from the payment of motor vehicle registration fees for residents 65 years of age or older; and providing for an effective date." 8:05:57 AM SENATOR ANNA FAIRCLOUGH, Alaska State Legislature, as prime sponsor, introduced SB 132. She stated that the proposed legislation would amend AS 28.10.411(f), which offers one exemption from a vehicle registration fee for a resident who is 65 on January 1 [of the year the vehicle is registered]. She explained that under current law, a person who turns 65 [later in the year] and tries to take advantage of the exemption would be denied, thus not receiving the same benefit as his/her peers. Senator Fairclough stated that because the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) operates using a biennial vehicle registration schedule, people could be 67 before they actually receive a benefit that they should have been eligible for at age 65. She said the proposed legislation would clean up an unintended consequence of a previous legislature's choice of the January 1 date. 8:07:32 AM REPRESENTATIVE ISAACSON thanked the bill sponsor, and he opined that SB 132 would satisfy the intention of the law. 8:07:56 AM CHAIR LYNN noted that he had had an exemption for one car for several years. He opined that SB 132 was a good bill. 8:08:51 AM REPRESENTATIVE KELLER commented that not having the ability proposed in SB 132 puts the DMV in a tough spot. 8:08:58 AM REPRESENTATIVE KELLER moved to report CSSB 132(STA) out of committee with individual recommendations and the accompanying fiscal notes. There being no objection, CSSB 132(STA) was reported out of the House State Affairs Standing Committee.