1994-05-05                     Senate Journal                      Page 4392
HJR 43                                                                       
Senator Taylor moved and asked unanimous consent for the adoption              
of the Judiciary Senate Committee Substitute offered on page 4316.             
Without objection, SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE JOINT                            
RESOLUTION NO. 43(JUD) Proposing amendments to the                             
Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to the rights of victims          
of crimes and to criminal administration" was adopted.                         
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO.                                
43(JUD) was read the second time.                                              
                                                                               
Senator Taylor moved and asked unanimous consent that SENATE                   
CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 43(JUD) be                            
considered engrossed, advanced to third reading and placed on final            
passage.  Without objection, it was so ordered.                                
                                                                               
Senators Pearce, Halford, Taylor, Frank, Kelly, Miller, Sharp, Phillips        
moved and asked unanimous consent that they be shown as cross                  
sponsors on the resolution.  Without objection, it was so ordered.             
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO.                                
43(JUD) was read the third time.                                               
                                                                               
Senator Donley moved and asked unanimous consent that the                      
following Letter of Intent be adopted.  Senator Rieger objected.               
                                                                               
                                Letter of Intent                               
                                      for                                      
                           SCS for CS for HJR 43(JUD)                          
                                                                               
It is the intent of the legislature in proposing this                         
amendment to the Constitution of the State of                                  
Alaska relating to the rights of victims of crimes                             
and to criminal administration that, if this                                   
amendment is adopted, the Rights of Victims Act                                
passed in 1989 should be accepted as a codification                            
of the rights secured by this constitutional provision,                        
subject to further clarification or expansion as                               
deemed appropriate by the legislature.                                         
                                                                               
The question being: "Shall the Letter of Intent be adopted?"  The              
roll was taken with the following result: