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HB 194                                                                                                                        
The Judiciary Committee considered:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 194                                                                                                          
    "An Act relating to fines for certain offenses involving                                                                    
    aeronautics, alcoholic beverages, boats, fish and game, health care                                                         
    records and public health, medical review organizations, public                                                             
    restroom facilities, smoking, shelter cabins, refrigerators and                                                             
    similar equipment, radiation sources, high voltage lines, child                                                             
    labor, employment in underground mines, marriage licenses,                                                                  
    motor vehicles and driver's licenses, ignition interlock devices,                                                           
    pipelines, use of the state seal, and emissions requirements;                                                               

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    relating to the maximum fine provided for violations and                                                                    
    infractions and to the definition of 'minor offenses'; redesignating                                                        
    certain fish and game misdemeanor offenses as class A                                                                       
    misdemeanors; relating to violations and offenses that are                                                                  
    committed on state land, water, and land and water or that are                                                              
    related to water management or dam and reservoir safety;                                                                    
    amending Rule 8(b), Alaska District Court Rules of Criminal                                                                 
    Procedure; and providing for an effective date."                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 194(JUD)                                                                                              
    "An Act relating to fines for certain offenses involving                                                                    
    aeronautics, alcoholic beverages, boats, fish and game, health care                                                         
    records and public health, medical review organizations, public                                                             
    restroom facilities, smoking, shelter cabins, refrigerators and                                                             
    similar equipment, radiation sources, high voltage lines, child                                                             
    labor, employment in underground mines, marriage licenses,                                                                  
    motor vehicles and driver's licenses, ignition interlock devices,                                                           
    pipelines, use of the state seal, and emissions requirements;                                                               
    relating to the maximum fine provided for violations and                                                                    
    infractions and to the definition of 'minor offenses'; redesignating                                                        
    certain fish and game misdemeanor offenses as class A                                                                       
    misdemeanors; amending Rule 8(b), Alaska District Court Rules                                                               
    of Criminal Procedure; and providing for an effective date."                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The report was signed by Representative Ramras, Chair, with the                                                                 
following individual recommendations:                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Do pass (1):  Ramras                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
No recommendation (5):  Gruenberg, Coghill, Dahlstrom, Samuels,                                                                 
Holmes                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHB 194(JUD):                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
1.  Zero, Dept. of Administration                                                                                               
2.  Zero, Dept. of Administration                                                                                               
3.  Zero, Dept. of Law                                                                                                          
4.  Zero, Dept. of Natural Resources                                                                                            

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5.  Zero, Dept. of Public Safety                                                                                                
6.  Indeterminate, Dept. of Environmental Conservation                                                                          
7.  Indeterminate, Dept. of Environmental Conservation                                                                          
8.  Indeterminate, Dept. of Labor & Workforce Development                                                                       
9.  Indeterminate, Dept. of Public Safety                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
HB 194 was referred to the Finance Committee.