00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 279                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to statutes of limitations for civil actions."                                                         
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 09.10.060(c) is amended to read:                                                                  
04            (c)  Notwithstanding other provisions in this chapter, a person may bring an                                 
05       action at any time against the perpetrator of [FOR] the following acts if the                             
06       perpetrator has been convicted of the act:                                                                    
07                 (1)  [FELONY] sexual abuse [OF A MINOR]; or                                                             
08                 (2)  murder [FELONY SEXUAL ASSAULT].                                                                
09    * Sec. 2.  AS 09.10.060 is amended by adding new subsections to read:                                              
10            (d)  Except as provided in (c) of this section, a person may not bring an action                             
11       for sexual abuse or murder based on the perpetrator's intentional conduct for an injury,                          
12       condition, or death caused by the sexual abuse or murder unless the action is                                     
13       commenced within 10 years.                                                                                        
14            (e)  In this section, "sexual abuse" means an act committed by the defendant                                 
15       against the plaintiff maintaining the cause of action if the defendant's conduct would                            

01       have violated a provision of                                                                                      
02                 (1)  AS 11.41.410 - 11.41.440;                                                                          
03                 (2)  AS 11.41.450 - 11.41.458; or                                                                       
04                 (3)  AS 11.66.110 - 11.66.130 if the victim was, at the time of the                                     
05       offense, under 18 years of age.                                                                                   
06    * Sec. 3.  AS 09.55.580(a) is amended to read:                                                                     
07            (a)  Except as provided under (f) of this section, when the death of a person is                             
08       caused by the wrongful act or omission of another, the personal representatives of the                            
09       former may maintain an action therefor against the latter, if the former might have                               
10       maintained an action, had the person lived, against the latter for an injury done by the                          
11       same act or omission.  Except as provided in AS 09.10.060, the [THE] action shall                             
12       be commenced within two years after the death, and the damages therein shall be the                               
13       damages the court or jury may consider fair and just.  The amount recovered, if any,                              
14       shall be exclusively for the benefit of the decedent's spouse and children when the                               
15       decedent is survived by a spouse or children, or other dependents.  When the decedent                             
16       is survived by no spouse or children or other dependents, the amount recovered shall                              
17       be administered as other personal property of the decedent but shall be limited to                                
18       pecuniary loss.  When the plaintiff prevails, the trial court shall determine the                                 
19       allowable costs and expenses of the action and may, in its discretion, require notice                             
20       and hearing thereon.  The amount recovered shall be distributed only after payment of                             
21       all costs and expenses of suit and debts and expenses of administration.