Opinion ID: 2637749
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Whether AS 28.15.271(b)(3) Applies to Suspensions Under Chapters 20 or 22

Text: Bradshaw's appeal has not raised, even implicitly, any issue of whether AS 28.15.271(b)(3) actually applies to his suspension, but an alert reader might wonder whether we are implicitly holding that it does. Subsection .271(b)(3)(A) instructs DMV to impose the $100 reinstatement fee if the person's license has ... been suspended, revoked, or limited under the provisions of this chapter.  (Emphasis added.) The emphasized phrase seems to refer to Chapter 15. But Bradshaw's license was suspended because he violated Chapter 20, the Alaska Mandatory Automobile Insurance Act, and Chapter 22, the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act. There is therefore a potential question whether the phrase under the provisions of this chapter in AS 28.15.271(b)(3)(A) was satisfied. Possibly other provisions in Title 28 have the effect of rendering suspensions under Chapter 20 and 22 as though they are suspensions under the provisions of Chapter 15. It is also unclear whether the phrase under the provisions of this chapter modifies all the elements of the list suspended, revoked, or limited, or applies only to the immediate antecedent element of the list, limited. [30] If it were the latter, the phrase would not apply to reinstatement of a suspended license. In any event, these issues were not raised below and have not been briefed by any party on appeal and are therefore not properly before us.