CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 19(RLS)(efd am) "An Act relating to permanent motor vehicle registration in the unorganized borough and in a municipality that has elected to allow permanent registration; relating to the registration fee for noncommercial trailers and to the motor vehicle tax for trailers; and providing for an effective date." 10:21:21 AM Co-Chair Meyer requested clarification on the definition of "trailers" as it pertained to the legislation. 10:21:40 AM DARRELL BREESE, STAFF, REPRESENTATIVE BILL STOLTZE, replied that the bill spoke to any type of non-commercial, personal use trailers. He noted that statute excluded campers and residential mobile homes. 10:22:42 AM Co-Chair Meyer queried why the bill spoke specifically to 8 year-old cars. Mr. Breese responded that the 8 year-old age was selected based on the motor vehicle registration tax; after 8 years the tax did not decrease or increase from year to year, which would make it easier for the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to implement the program. Senator Bishop clarified that the bill would allow people to register a trailer once and then not have to do it again, ever. Mr. Breese replied in the affirmative. 10:24:47 AM Co-Chair Meyer inquired how the bill would impact cities that required I/M testing (emissions testing). Mr. Breese responded that there were currently no cities in the state that required I/M testing. He furthered that should the state implement I/M testing, the issue would need to be revisited. 10:26:01 AM Co-Chair Meyer asked how the legislation would impact the state financially. 10:26:22 AM AMY ERICKSON, DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES, DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION, replied that since the bill had been amended to allow municipalities to opt into the program, it was difficult for DMV to determine the future impact. She said that if a municipality chose to opt in, a person could pay the $25.00 for the registration and never return to the DMV to renew, which would result on lost revenues. 10:26:49 AM Co-Chair Meyer understood that when a person registered their car the state and the city shared in those revenues. Ms. Erickson responded that the motor vehicle registration tax was collected by the DMV and then returned to communities. She gave the example of the $70 registration for an 8 year-old car in Anchorage would be given to the community minus 8 percent. The 8 percent was the DMV processing fee which, in turn, was put into the General Fund in order to benefit the entire state. 10:28:12 AM Co-Chair Meyer queried the DMV's position on the legislation. Ms. Erickson replied that the department did not have an official position on the legislation, but that the department could implement the program without difficulty. 10:28:51 AM Co-Chair Meyer OPENED public testimony. Co-Chair Meyer CLOSED public testimony. 10:29:05 AM Co-Chair Meyer noted the indeterminate fiscal note. He asked how the sponsor determined the $25.00 fee. Mr. Breese replied that $25.00 had seemed a reasonable fee to charge. 10:29:42 AM Co-Chair Meyer understood that the program was optional for municipalities. Mr. Breese replied yes. 10:30:38 AM AT EASE 10:32:33 AM RECONVENED 10:32:39 AM AT EASE 10:32:49 AM RECONVENED Co-Chair Meyer discussed housekeeping. SB 119 was SCHEDULED but not HEARD. HB 263 was SCHEDULED but not HEARD.