00HOUSE BILL NO. 153                                                                                                      
01 "An Act related to sentencing."                                                                                         
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 33.16.090(b) is amended to read:                                                                    
04  (b)  A [EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN (E) OF THIS SECTION, A] prisoner is                                                   
05 not eligible for discretionary parole during the term of a presumptive sentence;                                        
06 however, a prisoner is eligible for discretionary parole during a term of sentence                                      
07 enhancement imposed under AS 12.55.155(a) or during the term of a consecutive or                                        
08 partially consecutive presumptive sentence imposed under AS 12.55.025(e) or (g). A                                      
09 prisoner sentenced to a mandatory 99-year term under AS 12.55.125(a) is not eligible                                    
10 for discretionary parole during the entire term.                                                                        
11    * Sec. 2.  AS 33.16.090(c) is amended to read:                                                                       
12  (c)  A [EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN (E) OF THIS SECTION, A] prisoner                                                      
13 eligible for discretionary parole during a period of sentence enhancement imposed                                       
14 under AS 12.55.155(a) or during a consecutive or partially consecutive presumptive                                      

01 sentence imposed under AS 12.55.025(e) or (g) shall serve the unenhanced portion of                                     
02 the sentence or the initial presumptive sentence before being otherwise eligible for                                    
03 discretionary parole under AS 33.16.100(c) or (d).  For purposes of this subsection, the                                
04 sentence for the most serious offense in the case of consecutive or partially consecutive                               
05 presumptive sentences shall be considered the initial presumptive sentence. The                                         
06 unenhanced sentence or the initial presumptive sentence is considered served for                                        
07 purposes of discretionary parole on the date the unenhanced or initial presumptive                                      
08 sentence is due to expire less good time earned under AS 33.20.010.                                                     
09    * Sec. 3.  AS 12.55.175(e) and AS 33.16.090(e) are repealed.