05/03/2002 01:15 PM House JUD

SB 339 - INCREASE CRIMINAL FINES                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Number 1443                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR ROKEBERG  announced that  the next  order of business  would                                                              
be  SENATE BILL  NO. 339,  "An Act  increasing  fines for  certain                                                              
criminal offenses."                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  BERKOWITZ  asked   how  often  judges  impose  the                                                              
maximum fines under the current scheme.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Number 1482                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
MARILYN  WILSON,  Staff to  Senator  Dave Donley,  Senate  Finance                                                              
Committee,  Alaska  State  Legislature,  said  on  behalf  of  the                                                              
Senate Finance  Committee,  sponsor, that  she does not  currently                                                              
have that information.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR ROKEBERG closed the public hearing on SB 339.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Number 1615                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  MEYER moved  to  report SB  339  out of  committee                                                              
with  individual  recommendations   and  the  accompanying  fiscal                                                              
notes.                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  BERKOWITZ objected  for the  purpose of  remarking                                                              
that it  would be  helpful, when  the bill is  heard in  the House                                                              
Finance  Committee, for  that committee  to be  provided with  the                                                              
information  regarding  how often,  under  the current  scheme  of                                                              
fines, the  maximum fine has been  imposed.  He then  withdrew his                                                              
objection.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Number 1650                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  ROKEBERG noted  that there  were no  further objections  to                                                              
the motion to report  the bill from committee.   Therefore, SB 339                                                              
was reported from the House Judiciary Standing Committee.