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SB 36                                                                                                                         
The State Affairs Committee considered SENATE BILL NO. 36 "An                                                                   
Act relating to sentencing for the commission of certain offenses                                                               
influenced by alcohol and to the offense of consumption of alcohol in                                                           
violation of sentence" and recommended it be replaced with                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
          CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 36(STA)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
and further recommended the adoption of the following State Affairs                                                             
Committee Letter of Intent:                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
                               Letter of Intent                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
          The legislature recognizes that laws alone may not                                                                    
          achieve the same level of behavioral correction that                                                                  
          counseling and treatment are designed to provide. It                                                                  
          is therefore the intent of the legislature that the                                                                   
          courts, when addressing those who are first time                                                                      
          violators of AS 12.55.015(a)(13) in this act, use when                                                                
          available, Therapeutic Court in lieu of a standard                                                                    
          sentencing.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
          If openings in the Therapeutic Court are not                                                                          
          available, the legislature intends that standard                                                                      
          sentencing for a class A misdemeanor be carried out                                                                   
          as set out in AS 11.56.768(b)&(d) of this Act.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Signing no recommendation: Senator McGuire, Chair; Senator Green.                                                               
Signing do pass: Senator French.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal information was published today:                                                                           
 Fiscal Note No. 1, indeterminate, Alaska Court System                                                                          
 Fiscal Note No. 2, indeterminate, Department of Administration                                                                 
 Fiscal Note No. 3, indeterminate, Department of Administration                                                                 
 Fiscal Note No. 4, indeterminate, Department of Corrections                                                                    
 Fiscal Note No. 5, zero, Department of Law                                                                                     

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The bill was referred to the Judiciary Committee.