00 SENATE BILL NO. 100                                                                                                   
01 "An Act relating to the payment by indigent persons for legal services and                                              
02 related costs."                                                                                                         
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  AS 18.85.120(c) is amended to read:                                                                  
05  (c)  The  [UPON THE PERSON'S CONVICTION, THE] court may enter a                                                     
06 judgment that a person for whom counsel is appointed pay for services of                                                
07 representation and court costs.  Enforcement of a judgment under this subsection may                                    
08 be stayed by the trial court or the appellate court during the pendency of an appeal of                                 
09 the person's conviction.  Upon a showing of financial hardship, the court (1) shall                                     
10 allow a person subject to a judgment entered under this subsection to make payments                                     
11 under a payment schedule; (2) shall allow a person subject to a judgment entered under                                  
12 this subsection to petition the court at any time for remission, reduction, or deferral of                              
13 the unpaid portion of the judgment; and (3) may remit or reduce the balance owing on                                    
14 the judgment or change the method of payment if the payment would impose manifest                                       
01 hardship on the person or the person's immediate family.  Payments made under this                                      
02 subsection shall be paid into the state general fund.