MOTOR VEHICLES: REG/COMM EXAM/INSURANCE, the official text

00Enrolled SB 239
01Relating to commercial motor vehicle licensing examinations; relating to the registration and 
02 titling of legally imported motor vehicles; relating to proof of financial responsibility for 
03 suspension for nonpayment of judgments; and providing for an effective date. 
04 _______________ 
05 * Section 1. AS 28.10 is amended by adding a new section to read: 
06 Sec. 28.10.068. Registration of legally imported vehicles. If a vehicle is at 
07 least 25 years old and was legally imported into the United States, the department may 
08 not require that the vehicle comply with current federal motor vehicle safety standards 
09 before registering the vehicle under this chapter. 
10 * Sec. 2. AS 28.10.221 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 
11 (e) If a vehicle is registered under AS 28.10.068, the department may not 
12 refuse, suspend, or revoke a certificate of title based on the vehicle's failure to comply 
13 with current federal motor vehicle safety standards.

01 * Sec. 3. AS 28.20.330(b) is amended to read: 
02 (b) The proof required by (a) of this section shall be maintained 
03 (1) for one year from the date the judgment is stayed or satisfied if 
04 the suspension is the person's first suspension under AS 28.20.270; 
05 (2) for three years from the date the judgment is stayed or satisfied 
06 if the suspension is the person's second suspension under AS 28.20.270; 
07 (3) for 10 years from the date the judgment is stayed or satisfied if 
08 the suspension is the person's third suspension under AS 28.20.270; 
09 (4) during the period the person has a license or nonresident's 
10 operating privilege if the suspension is the person's fourth or subsequent 
11 suspension under AS 28.20.270. 
12 * Sec. 4. AS 28.33.100 is amended by adding a new subsection to read. 
13 (j) If an applicant does not successfully complete any portion of a driving test 
14 required under this section, the department may require the applicant to retake only the 
15 failed or incomplete portion of the test. 
16 * Sec. 5. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 
17 read: 
18 APPLICABILITY. AS 28.20.330(b), as amended by sec. 3 of this Act, applies to 
19 suspensions occurring before, on, or after the effective date of sec. 3 of this Act. 
20 * Sec. 6. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 
21 read: 
22 TRANSITION: NOTIFICATION. Within six months after the effective date of sec. 3 
23 of this Act, an insurance company doing business in the state shall provide notice of the 
24 provisions of sec. 3 of this Act to the company's customers in this state who maintain proof of 
25 financial responsibility as required under AS 28.20.330. 
26 * Sec. 7. Sections 1 and 2 of this Act take effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).