04/04/2008 01:00 PM House JUDICIARY

HB 323 - CRIMINAL LAW/PROCEDURE:  OMNIBUS BILL                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
2:45:34 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR RAMRAS announced that the  final order of business would be                                                               
HOUSE BILL NO. 323, "An Act  relating to the crimes of assault in                                                               
the fourth  degree and of  resisting or interfering  with arrest;                                                               
relating to the  determination of time of  a conviction; relating                                                               
to  offenses   concerning  controlled  substances;   relating  to                                                               
issuance   of  search   warrants;  relating   to  persons   found                                                               
incompetent to stand trial  concerning criminal conduct; relating                                                               
to probation  and to  restitution for  fish and  game violations;                                                               
relating  to  aggravating  factors  at  sentencing;  relating  to                                                               
criminal  extradition authority  of  the  governor; removing  the                                                               
statutory  bar to  prosecution of  certain crimes;  amending Rule                                                               
37(b), Alaska Rules of Criminal  Procedure, relating to execution                                                               
of warrants; and  providing for an effective date."   [Before the                                                               
committee was the proposed committee  substitute (CS) for HB 323,                                                               
Version 25-GH2038\E,  Luckhaupt, 3/25/08, which had  been adopted                                                               
as the  work draft on  3/28/08; included in members'  packets was                                                               
another proposed  committee substitute  (CS) for HB  323, Version                                                               
25-GH2038\K, Luckhaupt, 4/2/08.]                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
2:45:55 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE DAHLSTROM  moved to adopt  the proposed CS  for HB
, Version 25-GH2038\K, Luckhaupt,  3/25/08, as the work draft.                                                               
There being no objection, Version K was before the committee.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR RAMRAS, in  response to a question,  explained that changes                                                               
from Version [E]  to Version [K] were that Sections  1 and 2 will                                                               
make serving alcohol  to a minor a class A  misdemeanor, and that                                                               
Version K  no longer contains  the "three strikes"  provision for                                                               
assault in  the fourth degree  because that proposed  language is                                                               
now part of another bill.   He further noted that by request from                                                               
the  Department of  Law, the  House Judiciary  Standing Committee                                                               
will introduce a letter of intent clarifying Section 26.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
[HB 323, Version K, was held over.]