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HB 204                                                                       
The Rules 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,        

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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 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.                
Signing to calendar:  Senator Miller, Chair, Senators Sharp, Pearce.           
Signing under other recommendations:  Senator Salo.                            
                                                                               
The bill is on today's calendar.