00                             SENATE BILL NO. 92                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to missing persons under 21 years of age."                                                             
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 18.65.620 is amended to read:                                                                     
04 Sec. 18.65.620. Duty of law enforcement agencies. A [IN ADDITION TO                                                 
05 THE REQUIREMENTS OF AS 47.10.141 REGARDING REPORTS OF MISSING                                                           
06 MINORS, A] local or state law enforcement agency shall submit to the clearinghouse                                      
07 all missing person reports received by the law enforcement agency that relate to a                                      
08 person who is not located within 48 hours after the first report concerning that person                                 
09       was filed.                                                                                                        
10    * Sec. 2.  AS 18.65.620 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                             
11            (b)  For a person under 21 years of age, a local or state law enforcement                                    
12       agency shall                                                                                                      
13 (1)  transmit a missing person’s report for entry into the Alaska Public                                                
14 Safety Information Network and the National Crime Information Center computer                                           
15 system as soon as practicable, but not later than two hours after receiving the report;                                 
01       and                                                                                                               
02 (2)  as soon as practicable, but not later than 24 hours after the agency                                               
03 learns that the person has been located, request that the information be removed from                                   
04 the Alaska Public Safety Information Network and the National Crime Information                                         
05       Center computer system.                                                                                           
06    * Sec. 3.  AS 47.10.141(a) is amended to read:                                                                     
07 (a)  Upon receiving a written, telephonic, or other request to locate a minor                                           
08 evading the minor's legal custodian or to locate a minor otherwise missing, a law                                       
09 enforcement agency shall make reasonable efforts to locate the minor and shall                                          
10 immediately complete a missing person's report containing information necessary for                                     
11 the identification of the minor. The report must be submitted to the Alaska Public                                  
12 Safety Information Network, the National Crime Information Center, and the                                          
13 Missing Persons Information Clearinghouse in accordance with AS 18.65 [AS                                           
14 SOON AS PRACTICABLE, BUT NOT LATER THAN 24 HOURS AFTER                                                                  
15 COMPLETING THE REPORT, THE AGENCY SHALL TRANSMIT THE REPORT                                                             
16 FOR ENTRY INTO THE ALASKA PUBLIC SAFETY INFORMATION                                                                     
17 NETWORK AND THE NATIONAL CRIME INFORMATION CENTER                                                                       
18 COMPUTER SYSTEM. THE REPORT SHALL ALSO BE SUBMITTED TO THE                                                              
19 MISSING PERSONS INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE UNDER AS 18.65.620.                                                           
20 AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE, BUT NOT LATER THAN 24 HOURS AFTER THE                                                           
21 AGENCY LEARNS THAT THE MINOR HAS BEEN LOCATED, IT SHALL                                                                 
22 REQUEST THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE                                                                    
23 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION REMOVE THE INFORMATION                                                                  
24       FROM THE COMPUTER SYSTEMS].