00                  HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 29 am                                                                 
01 Relating to support for therapeutic courts for repeat driving while under the influence                                 
02 offenders.                                                                                                              
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04       WHEREAS the Twenty-Second Alaska State Legislature enacted legislation                                          
05 establishing pilot therapeutic court models and establishing standards for court-ordered                                
06 treatment programs; and                                                                                                 
07       WHEREAS pilot courts in Anchorage and Bethel are applying the therapeutic court                                 
08 model effectively, and the communities of Juneau, Fairbanks, and Ketchikan and the Alaska                               
09 Court System are in the process of developing therapeutic courts for driving while under the                            
10 influence (DUI) and other substance offenders; and                                                                      
11       WHEREAS the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has instituted a                                     
12 national program to provide federal funds for the startup of DUI therapeutic courts; and                                
13       WHEREAS the participation of the Department of Law and its local district attorney                              
14 offices, the Public Defender Agency, and the Department of Corrections, division of                                     
15 probation and parole, is vital to the startup of these courts;                                                          
16       BE IT RESOLVED that                                                                                             

01            (1)  the legislature supports the efforts of therapeutic courts to reduce DUI                                
02 crime, thereby reducing public harm and saving public costs;                                                            
03            (2)  the Department of Law, the Public Defender Agency, and the Department                                   
04 of Corrections, division of probation and parole, are encouraged to actively participate in the                         
05 startup of therapeutic courts in Fairbanks, Ketchikan, and other communities where there is a                           
06 large population of DUI offenders and local support for therapeutic courts.                                             
07       COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Gregg Renkes, Alaska                                   
08 Attorney General; the Honorable Alexander O. Bryner, Chief Justice of the Alaska Supreme                                
09 Court; the Honorable Mike Miller, Commissioner, Department of Administration; the                                       
10 Honorable Stephanie J. Cole, Administrative Director, Alaska Court System; the Honorable                                
11 Barbara Brink, Public Defender; and the Honorable Marc Antrim, Commissioner, Department                                 
12 of Corrections.