00CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 372(JUD)                                                                                        
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 or a crime involving domestic violence, may, with the consent                                   
07 of the victim and the offender, impose a sentence that has been determined by a                                         
08 negotiated agreement between the offender and the victim, or between the offender and                                   
09 the community if there is no victim, if that sentence otherwise complies with this                                      
10 chapter and accomplishes the goals of restoration of the victim and the community and                                   
11 rehabilitation of the offender.  Before accepting a negotiated agreement, the court shall                               
12 determine that the victim has not been intimidated or coerced in reaching the                                           
13 agreement.                                                                                                              
14    * Sec. 2.  AS 12.55.045 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                             

01  (h)  In imposing restitution under this section, the court may require the                                            
02 defendant to make restitution by means other than the payment of money if the                                           
03 restitution has been determined under a negotiated agreement for a sentence under                                       
04 AS 12.55.011.                                                                                                           
05    * Sec. 3.  AS 12.55.155(d) is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                           
06   (18)  the defendant and the victim, or the defendant and the community                                               
07 if there is no victim, have negotiated an agreement for a sentence under AS 12.55.011.