2017 Alaska Statutes
Title 28. Motor Vehicles
Chapter 33. Commercial Motor Vehicles
Article 3. General Provisions
Sec. 28.33.190. Definitions.

In this chapter,

(1) "alcoholic beverage" has the meaning given in AS 04.21.080(b);

(2) "commerce" means

(A) any trade, traffic, or transportation within the jurisdiction of the United States between a place in a state and a place outside of the United States; and

(B) trade, traffic, and transportation in the United States that affects any trade, traffic, and transportation described in (A) of this paragraph;

(3) "commercial driver's license" means a license issued by a state or other jurisdiction, in accordance with the standards contained in 49 C.F.R. 383, to an individual authorizing the individual to operate a class of a commercial motor vehicle;

(4) "commercial motor vehicle" has the meaning given in AS 28.90.990;

(5) "controlled substance" means any substance listed as being controlled under AS 11.71 or 21 U.S.C. 812 — 813, or determined under federal regulations to be controlled for purposes of 21 U.S.C. 801 — 813 (Controlled Substances Act);

(6) "conviction" means an unvacated adjudication or conviction of guilt, or a determination that a person has violated or failed to comply with the law in a court of original jurisdiction or by an authorized administrative agency, an unvacated forfeiture of bail or collateral deposited to secure the person's appearance in court, a plea of guilty or nolo contendere accepted by the court, the payment of a fine or court cost, or violation of a condition of release without bail, regardless of whether the penalty is rebated, suspended, or probated;

(7) "disqualification" means a withdrawal of the privilege to drive a commercial motor vehicle;

(8) "disqualified" means that a person's privilege to drive a commercial motor vehicle has been withdrawn;

(9) "domicile" means a state of the United States where a person has the person's true, fixed, and permanent home and principal residence and to which the person has the intention of returning whenever the person is absent;

(10) "drive a commercial motor vehicle" means to affect the movement, attempt to affect the movement, or to be in actual physical control, of a commercial motor vehicle in motion, excluding slight motion incidental to loading, unloading, servicing, or inspecting the vehicle;

(11) "employer" means a person who

(A) provides compensation to a person who operates a commercial motor vehicle, including wages or other remuneration, whether through an employment relationship or by contract; or

(B) acts as an agent of someone who provides compensation to a person who operates a commercial motor vehicle, with authority to allow, require, permit, assign, or authorize the person being compensated to operate a commercial motor vehicle;

(12) "hazardous material" means any material that has been designated as hazardous under 49 U.S.C. 5103 and is required to be placarded under subpart F of 49 C.F.R. 172 or any quantity of a material listed as a select agent or toxin in 42 C.F.R. 73;

(13) "imminent hazard" means the existence of a condition that presents a substantial likelihood that death, serious illness, severe personal injury, or a substantial endangerment to health, property, or the environment may occur before the reasonably foreseeable completion date of a formal proceeding by the United States Department of Transportation begun to lessen the risk of that death, illness, injury, or endangerment;

(14) "operating a commercial motor vehicle" means

(A) to drive a commercial motor vehicle; or

(B) whether or not the vehicle is in motion, or is capable of being moved, to be in actual physical control, or to attempt to affect the movement, of a commercial motor vehicle;

(15) "out-of-service order" means an order issued under regulations adopted under AS 19.10.060(c) or AS 28.05.011 that prohibits an owner or operator of a commercial motor vehicle from operating a commercial motor vehicle; and

(16) "serious traffic violation" means

(A) speeding 15 miles per hour or more above the posted limit;

(B) reckless or negligent driving, in violation of AS 28.35.400 or 28.35.410 or an ordinance with substantially similar elements;

(C) violation of a provision of this title, or a regulation adopted under this title, relating to improper lane changes or following too closely, or an ordinance with substantially similar elements;

(D) violation of a law or ordinance relating to traffic control, which was determined by the court by a preponderance of the evidence to have been a factor in causing physical injury to a person;

(E) driving a commercial motor vehicle without obtaining a license to drive a commercial motor vehicle;

(F) driving a commercial motor vehicle without a license to drive a commercial motor vehicle in the driver's possession; however, if an individual provides proof to the department by the date that the individual was required to appear in court or pay any fine for that violation that the individual held a valid license to drive a commercial motor vehicle on the date the citation was issued, the driving may not be considered as a serious traffic violation under this paragraph;

(G) driving a commercial motor vehicle without the proper class of license to drive a commercial motor vehicle and any required endorsements for the specific vehicle group being operated, or for the passengers or type of cargo being transported; or

(H) driving a commercial motor vehicle in violation of AS 28.35.161.