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HB 204                                                                       
The Finance 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(FIN)                                                                       
                                                                               
Signing do pass:  Senator Halford, Cochair, Senators Phillips,                 
Donley, Zharoff, Sharp.  Signing no recommendation:  Senator                   
Rieger.                                                                        
                                                                               
Previous House zero fiscal notes apply to the Senate Committee                 
Substitute.                                                                    
                                                                               
The bill was referred to the Rules Committee.