00CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 26(JUD)                                                                                        
01 "An Act relating to hindering prosecution and to providing false information or                                         
02 reports to a peace officer."                                                                                            
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  AS 11.56.780(a) is amended to read:                                                                  
05  (a)  A person commits the crime of hindering prosecution in the second degree                                         
06 if the person renders assistance to another who has committed a crime punishable  as                                   
07 a misdemeanor  [BY IMPRISONMENT FOR MORE THAN 90 DAYS], with intent                                                    
08 to                                                                                                                      
09   (1)  hinder the apprehension, prosecution, conviction, or punishment of                                              
10 the other person; or                                                                                                    
11   (2)  assist the other person in profiting or benefiting from the                                                     
12 commission of the crime.                                                                                                
13    * Sec. 2.  AS 11.56.800 is amended to read:                                                                        
14  Sec. 11.56.800.   False information or  [MAKING A FALSE] report.  (a)  A                                            

01 person commits the crime of [MAKING A] false  information or  report if the person                                    
02    (1)   knowingly [(1)] gives false information to a peace officer with the                                         
03 intent of implicating another in a crime;                                                                              
04    (2)  knowingly  makes a false report to a peace officer that a crime has                                         
05 occurred or is about to occur;                                                                                          
06   (3)  knowingly  makes a false report or gives a false alarm that a fire                                            
07 or other incident dangerous to life or property calling for an emergency response has                                   
08 occurred or is about to occur; or                                                                                       
09   (4)  having committed a crime, knowingly gives false information                                                    
10 to a peace officer with the intent of avoiding apprehension, prosecution,                                               
11 conviction, or punishment  [MAKES A FALSE REPORT TO THE DEPARTMENT                                                     
12 OF NATURAL RESOURCES UNDER AS 46.17 CONCERNING THE CONDITION                                                            
13 OF A DAM OR RESERVOIR].                                                                                                 
14  (b)  False information or  [MAKING A FALSE] report is a class A                                                     
15 misdemeanor.