Legislature(1995 - 1996)
1996-05-05 Senate Journal
Full Journal pdf1996-05-05 Senate Journal Page 3969 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 1996-05-05 Senate Journal Page 3970 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.