2003-03-28                     Senate Journal                      Page 0611
           "An Act relating to civil liability for use or attempted                                
               use of an automated external defibrillator; and                                     
          providing for an effective date."                                                         
                                                                                                    
was read the first time and referred to the Health, Education and Social                            
Services and Judiciary Committees.                                                                  
                                                                                                    
SB 161                                                                                            
SENATE BILL NO. 161 BY THE SENATE RULES COMMITTEE                                                   
BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR, entitled:                                                               
                                                                                                    
          "An Act relating to certain civil actions brought by                                      
          the attorney general under monopoly and restraint of                                      
          trade statutes; relating to the award of damages in                                       
          actions brought under those statutes; and providing                                       
          for an effective date."                                                                   
                                                                                                    
was read the first time and referred to the Judiciary and Finance                                   
Committees.                                                                                         
                                                                                                    
The following fiscal information was published today:                                               
 Fiscal Note No. 1, indeterminate, Department of Law                                                
                                                                                                    
Governor's transmittal letter dated March 26:                                                       
                                                                                                    
Dear President Therriault:                                                                          
                                                                                                    
Under the authority of art. III, sec. 18, of the Alaska Constitution, I am                          
transmitting a bill relating to legal action brought by the attorney                                
general on behalf of direct and indirect purchasers under the statutes                              
on monopolies and restraint of trade (antitrust statutes).                                          
                                                                                                    
This bill updates the Alaska antitrust statutes consistent with recent                              
United States Supreme Court precedent to provide a statutory basis for                              
the attorney general to bring a parens patrie action on behalf of state                             
businesses, residents, and governmental entities as indirect purchasers                             
for violations of our antitrust statutes and to recover damages. In                                 
contrast to other states, under current Alaska antitrust statutes, indirect                         
purchasers are without any remedy for antitrust injuries. Indirect                                  
purchasers are usually consumers, governmental entities, and small