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SB 105                                                                                            
The Judiciary Committee has considered:                                                             
                                                                                                    
     CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 105(FIN)                                                                
     "An Act relating to victims' rights; relating to establishing an                               
     office of victims' rights; relating to the authority of litigants and                          
     the court to comment on the crime victim's choice to appear or                                 
     testify in a criminal case; relating to compensation of victims of                             
     violent crimes; relating to eligibility for a permanent fund                                   
     dividend for persons convicted of and incarcerated for certain                                 
     offenses; relating to notice of appropriations concerning victims'                             
     rights; amending Rules 16 and 30, Alaska Rules of Criminal                                     
     Procedure, Rule 9, Alaska Delinquency Rules, and Rule 501,                                     
     Alaska Rules of Evidence; and providing for an effective date."                               

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and recommends it be replaced with the following committee                                          
substitute, pending authorization by a concurrent resolution:                                       
                                                                                                    
     HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 105(JUD)                                                   
     "An Act relating to victims' rights; relating to establishing an                               
     office of victims' rights; relating to the crime victim's choice to                            
     appear or testify in a criminal case; relating to compensation of                              
     victims of violent crimes; relating to eligibility for a permanent                             
     fund dividend for persons convicted of and incarcerated for certain                            
     offenses; relating to notice of appropriations concerning victims'                             
     rights; relating to restitution for criminal and delinquency acts;                             
     authorizing the state to collect restitution on behalf of victims of                           
     crime and delinquent acts and the release of certain information                               
     related to that collection; relating to the forfeiture of certain cash                         
     and other security for payment of other restitution; relating to                               
     access by the Violent Crimes Compensation Board to certain                                     
     records regarding delinquency acts to award compensation to                                    
     victims; relating to immunity for damages related to certain                                   
     collections of restitution; amending Rule 82, Alaska Rules of Civil                            
     Procedure, Rule 16, Alaska Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 9,                                
     Alaska Delinquency Rules, and Rules 402 and 501, Alaska Rules                                  
     of Evidence; and providing for an effective date."                                             
                                                                                                    
The report was signed by Representative Rokeberg, Chair, with the                                   
following individual recommendations:                                                               
                                                                                                    
Do pass (3):  Meyer, James, Rokeberg                                                                
                                                                                                    
No recommendation (2):  Berkowitz, Coghill                                                          
                                                                                                    
The following fiscal note(s) apply to HCS CSSB 105(JUD):                                            
                                                                                                    
1.  Fiscal, Dept. of Corrections                                                                    
2.  Indeterminate, Dept. of Law                                                                     
3.  Zero, Dept. of Revenue                                                                          
4.  Fiscal, Legislative Affairs Agency                                                              
                                                                                                    
CSSB 105(FIN) was referred to the Finance Committee.