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HB 204                                                                       
The Judiciary Committee considered CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO.                       
204(FIN) am 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         

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HB 204                                                                       
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 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 and             
recommended it be replaced with                                                
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO.                                           
204(JUD)                                                                       
(forthcoming)                                                                 
                                                                               
Signing do pass:  Senator Taylor, Chair, Senators Ellis, Adams,                
Miller.  Signing no recommendation:  Senator Green.                            
                                                                               
Zero fiscal note for the Judiciary Senate Committee Substitute                 
published today from Department of Health and Social Services.                 
Previous House indeterminate fiscal note and zero fiscal notes apply           
to the Senate Committee Substitute.                                            
                                                                               
The bill was referred to the Finance Committee.