04/01/2005 02:09 PM House JUD

HB 54 - BAIL REVIEW                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR McGUIRE  announced that  the first  order of business  would                                                              
be HOUSE BILL NO.  54, "An Act relating to bail  review."  [Before                                                              
the committee  was the proposed  committee substitute (CS)  for HB
,  Version  24-LS0271\Y,  Luckhaupt,  3/21/05,  which  had  been                                                              
adopted as the work draft on 3/30/05.]                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
2:09:14 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR McGUIRE, after  ascertaining that no one  wished to testify,                                                              
closed  public  testimony  on HB  54.    She noted  that  member's                                                              
packets  included  a  proposed  amendment  labeled  24-LS0271\Y.2,                                                              
Luckhaupt, 3/30/05, which read:                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
     Page 2, following line 27:                                                                                                 
     Insert a new bill section to read:                                                                                         
        "*  Sec. 7.    The uncodified  law  of  the State  of                                                               
     Alaska is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                                         
          CONDITIONAL EFFECT.  AS 12.45.015, added by sec.                                                                      
     3 of this Act,  takes effect only if sec. 5  of this Act                                                                   
     receives  the two-thirds  majority  vote  of each  house                                                                   
     required  by  art.  IV, sec.  15,  Constitution  of  the                                                                   
     State of Alaska.                                                                                                           
        *  Sec.  8.   The  uncodified  law  of the  State  of                                                                 
     Alaska is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                                         
          CONDITIONAL EFFECT.  AS 47.12.110(f), added by                                                                        
     sec.  4 of  this Act,  takes effect  only if  sec. 6  of                                                                   
     this Act receives  the two-thirds majority vote  of each                                                                   
     house  required by  art. IV,  sec.  15, Constitution  of                                                                   
     the State of Alaska."                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
     Renumber the following bill section accordingly.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
SARA  NIELSEN,  Staff  to  Representative  Ralph  Samuels,  Alaska                                                              
State Legislature,  one of the prime  sponsors of HB 54,  said, on                                                              
behalf  of Representative  Samuels,  that  the proposed  amendment                                                              
simply states  that the  court rule changes  would require  a two-                                                              
thirds vote.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  McGUIRE  made a  motion  to  adopt the  foregoing  proposed                                                              
amendment as Amendment  1.  There being no objection,  Amendment 1                                                              
was adopted.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  ANDERSON moved to  report the  proposed CS  for HB
, Version  24-LS0271\Y, Luckhaupt,  3/21/05, as amended,  out of                                                              
committee  with individual  recommendations  and the  accompanying                                                              
zero fiscal  notes.   There being no  objection, CSHB  54(JUD) was                                                              
reported from the House Judiciary Standing Committee.