00HOUSE BILL NO. 372                                                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to criminal sentencing and restitution."                                                               
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
03    * Section 1.  AS 12.55 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                 
04  Sec. 12.55.011.  Victim and community involvement in sentencing.  A court,                                        
05 when considering and imposing sentence under this chapter for an offense other than                                     
06 a violation of AS 11.41, may, with the consent of the offender, impose a sentence that                                  
07 has been determined by a negotiated agreement between the offender and the victim,                                      
08 or between the offender and the community if there is no victim, if that sentence                                       
09 otherwise complies with this chapter and accomplishes the goals of restoration of the                                   
10 victim and the community and rehabilitation of the offender.                                                            
11    * Sec. 2.  AS 12.55.045 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                             
12  (h)  In imposing restitution under this section, the court may require the                                            
13 defendant to make restitution by means other than the payment of money if the                                           
14 restitution has been determined under a negotiated agreement for a sentence under                                       

01 AS 12.55.011.                                                                                                           
02    * Sec. 3.  AS 12.55.155(d) is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                           
03   (18)  the defendant and the victim, or the defendant and the community                                               
04 if there is no victim, have negotiated an agreement for a sentence under AS 12.55.011.