HB 137 — An Act requiring the Department of Administration to maintain and operate certain offices that provide services related to motor vehicles; and providing for an effective date.

32-LS0650\G32-LS0650\A CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO.

137(STA)137 IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION BY THEREPRESENTATIVE HOUSEFIELDS STATEIntroduced: AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Referred:

Community3/17/21 andReferred: Regional Affairs Sponsor(s):

REPRESENTATIVEState FIELDSAffairs, Community and Regional Affairs A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED "An Act relatingrequiring to the provisionDepartment of Administration to maintain and operate certain offices that provide services related to motor vehicles;

MaintenanceDepartment andto operationmaintain ofand certainoperate offices thatfor provide motor vehicle services.

(a) The department,department may not close, or contract for the operation of, an office that was operated by the department inon partnershipJanuary with1, a2021, municipal,in state,a orcommunity federalof agency,the shallstate maintainwith anda operatepopulation atof least850 onepersons officeor more that provides the public with services related to motor vehicles inthat each community of the statedepartment (1)is withrequired ato populationprovide ofunder 850AS persons28. or more;

andIn (2)this thatsection, had,"community" onmeans Januarya 1,place 2021,in anthe officeunorganized providingborough, servicesin relateda toborough, motoror vehiclesin operateda byunified themunicipality department,that oris bynot incorporated as a municipal,municipality state,and in which 850 or federalmore agencyindividuals inreside partnershipas witha thesocial department.unit.

(b) An office under (a) of this section shall provide the public with all services HB0137b -1- CSHB 137(STA) New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 32-LS0650\G related to motor vehicles that the office offered in the community on January 1, 2021.

(c) In this section, "community" means a place in the unorganized borough, in a borough, or in a unified municipality that is not incorporated as a municipality and in which 850 or more individuals reside as a social unit.

The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to HB0137a -1- HB 137 New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 32-LS0650\A read:

APPLICABILITY.

AS 28.05.013, enacted by sec.

1 of this Act, does not apply to a contract entered into, amended, extended, or renewed before the effective date of this Act.

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