1996-10-21                     House Journal                      Page 4848
HB 204                                                                       
A message dated August 10, 1996, was received stating the Governor             
has signed the following bill and is transmitting the engrossed and            
enrolled copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for permanent              
filing:                                                                        
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 204(FIN)                                  
An Act relating to the administrative revocation of a minor's                 
license to drive; creating criminal offenses of minor operating a              
vehicle after consuming alcohol, a minor's refusal to submit to                
chemical test, and driving during the 24 hours after being cited for           
minor operating a vehicle after consuming alcohol or refusal to                
submit to chemical test; establishing penalties for these offenses;            
relating to court ordered drug and alcohol screening, evaluation,              
referral, and programs; relating to implied consent to certain                 
testing if operating a motor vehicle, aircraft, or watercraft; relating        
to an instrument's working tolerance in a chemical breath test;                
relating to the authority of a court to impose a suspended sentence            
after failure to complete a treatment program upon conviction of               
felony driving while intoxicated or felony refusal to submit to a              
chemical test; relating to the period of time a court may consider             
for determining prior convictions in sentencing a person convicted             
of felony driving while intoxicated or felony refusal to submit to             
a chemical test; amending Rules 6 and 32.1, Alaska Rules of                    
Criminal Procedure, to allow the use of hearsay evidence before                

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HB 204                                                                       
a grand jury in a prosecution for felony driving while intoxicated            
or felony refusal to submit to a chemical test and to not require a            
presentence report for a first felony driving while intoxicated or             
first felony refusal to submit to a chemical test; and providing for           
an effective date.                                                             
                                                                               
Chapter No. 143, SLA 1996                                                     
Effective Date:  See Chapter