00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 309                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to the Interstate Compact on Placement of Children."                                                   
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 47.70 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                 
04            Sec. 47.70.035.  Original documents required.  (a) When this state is the                                  
05       sending state and supporting documentation is requested by the receiving state under                              
06       art. III(c) of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, the Department of                             
07       Health and Social Services shall supply to the receiving state the original of the                                
08       documents requested.  When this state is intended to be the receiving state, the                                  
09       Department of Health and Social Services may not accept placement of the child                                    
10       unless documentation requested under art. III(c) of the compact is supplied in original                           
11       form.  Oral information, facsimiles, photocopies, and internet communications are not                             
12       considered to be in original form for purposes of this section.                                                   
13            (b)  Each agreement under which this state is the sending or receiving state for                             
14       a particular child must be in writing, and an original of the agreement shall be held in                          
15       the files of the department for each child sent from or brought into this state under the                         

01       Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children.                                                                  
02    * Sec. 2.  AS 47.70.040 is amended to read:                                                                        
03            Sec. 47.70.040.  Agreements.  The officers and agencies of this state and its                              
04       subdivisions having authority to place children are empowered to enter into                                       
05       agreements with appropriate officers or agencies of or in other party states under art.                           
06       V(b) of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children.  An agreement under                              
07       this section must be in writing, and an original of the agreement shall be held in                            
08       the files of the department.                                                                                  
09    * Sec. 3.  AS 47.70.070 is amended to read:                                                                        
10            Sec. 47.70.070.  Violations of compact.  A person who sends, brings, or                                    
11       causes to be sent or brought into this state from any party state, or from this state into                        
12       any party state, a person under the age of 19, in violation of the Interstate Compact on                          
13       the Placement of Children, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction is                                     
14       punishable by a definite term of imprisonment of not more than 180 days and a                                 
15       fine of not more than $1,000 for each violation.  Each day that a child is in this                            
16       state or a party state due to a violation of the compact is a separate violation for                          
17       purposes of this section [$200].