Legislature(2009 - 2010)CAPITOL 120
02/26/2010 01:00 PM House JUDICIARY
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HB331 | |
HB52 | |
HB323 | |
HB138 | |
Adjourn |
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ teleconferenced
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+= | HB 138 | TELECONFERENCED | |
*+ | HB 323 | TELECONFERENCED | |
*+ | HB 52 | TELECONFERENCED | |
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+= | HB 331 | TELECONFERENCED | |
HB 331 - YOUTH COURTS AND CRIMINAL FINES 1:09:50 PM CHAIR RAMRAS announced that the first order of business would be HOUSE BILL NO. 331, "An Act relating to funding for youth courts; and relating to accounting for criminal fines." 1:10:23 PM T. TERRY HARVEY, Staff, Representative Cathy Munoz, Alaska State Legislature, on behalf of the sponsor, Representative Munoz, again explained that HB 331 offers a means by which Alaska's youth courts could be funded; specifically, the bill authorizes an appropriation of a portion of the criminal fines collected [by the Alaska Court System (ACS)]. Youth courts provide a very important alternative in Alaska's juvenile justice system (JJS). He mentioned that the sponsor is amenable to a forthcoming amendment intended to address members' concerns. REPRESENTATIVE GRUENBERG began describing Amendment 1. The committee took an at-ease from 1:11 p.m. to 1:12 p.m. 1:12:35 PM REPRESENTATIVE GRUENBERG [made a motion to adopt] Amendment 1, which would add to page 1, line 10, the words "up to" between the words "appropriate" and "25"; the new language on lines 10- 11 would then in part read, "The legislature may appropriate up to 25 percent of the fines". CHAIR RAMRAS objected for the purpose of discussion. REPRESENTATIVE GRUENBERG proffered that Amendment 1 would eliminate any possible misinterpretation of the bill, in that it would clarify that any appropriation under the bill could also be less 25 percent. The committee took an at-ease from 1:14 p.m. to 1:17 p.m. MR. HARVEY, in response to a question, acknowledged that in his youth, had he been able to go before a youth court, it might have benefited him. 1:18:44 PM TIANA PETERSON questioned how many students in Alaska have participated in a youth court. MR. HARVEY relayed that although he doesn't have the exact number, he's heard that about 1,000 [students] have, adding that the youth court program has been very well utilized in Alaska. CHAIR RAMRAS noted that youth courts in Alaska have an average recidivism rate of 8 percent. He offered his understanding that for every misdemeanant juvenile who's gone before a youth court, the ACS has saved about $10,000 and is therefore able to focus more on felony-level cases. CHAIR RAMRAS then removed his objection to Amendment 1. There being no further objection, Amendment 1 was adopted. 1:21:15 PM REPRESENTATIVE DAHLSTROM moved to report HB 331, as amended, out of committee with individual recommendations and the accompanying fiscal notes. There being no objection, CSHB 331(JUD) was reported from the House Judiciary Standing Committee.
Document Name | Date/Time | Subjects |
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01 hearing request HB 138.pdf |
HJUD 2/26/2010 1:00:00 PM |
HB 138 |
02 HB138 Sponsor Statement 2.5.10.pdf |
HJUD 2/26/2010 1:00:00 PM |
HB 138 |
03 HB138 version S.pdf |
HJUD 2/26/2010 1:00:00 PM |
HB 138 |
04 HB138 Bill CS v. T.pdf |
HJUD 2/26/2010 1:00:00 PM |
HB 138 |
05 explanation of changes from original HB 138.pdf |
HJUD 2/26/2010 1:00:00 PM |
HB 138 |
06 HB138-LAW-CRIM-02-12-10.pdf |
HJUD 2/26/2010 1:00:00 PM |
HB 138 |
07 HB138 DOC FN.pdf |
HJUD 2/26/2010 1:00:00 PM |
HB 138 |
08 HB138 Support.pdf |
HJUD 2/26/2010 1:00:00 PM |
HB 138 |
09 AS 11 61 140.pdf |
HJUD 2/26/2010 1:00:00 PM |
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01 HB323 HJUD Hearing request.pdf |
HJUD 2/26/2010 1:00:00 PM |
HB 323 |
02 HB323 Bill v. A.pdf |
HJUD 2/26/2010 1:00:00 PM |
HB 323 |
03 HB323 Sponsor Statement.pdf |
HJUD 2/26/2010 1:00:00 PM |
HB 323 |
04 HB323-ACS-02-03-10.pdf |
HJUD 2/26/2010 1:00:00 PM |
HB 323 |
05 HB323-AJC-AJC-2-8-10.pdf |
HJUD 2/26/2010 1:00:00 PM |
HB 323 |
01 HB52 Sponsor Statement.pdf |
HJUD 2/26/2010 1:00:00 PM |
HB 52 |
02 HB52 Bill v. A.pdf |
HJUD 2/26/2010 1:00:00 PM |
HB 52 |
03 HB52-CT-FN.pdf |
HJUD 2/26/2010 1:00:00 PM |
HB 52 |
04 HB52 Support.pdf |
HJUD 2/26/2010 1:00:00 PM |
HB 52 |