Legislature(2005 - 2006)BELTZ 211

02/24/2005 03:30 PM Senate STATE AFFAIRS


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* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ SB 75 PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS/EMERGENCIES TELECONFERENCED
Heard & Held
*+ SB 101 REVISOR'S BILL TELECONFERENCED
Heard & Held
Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled
= SB 104 PERMANENT FUND DIVIDEND FRAUD
Moved CSSB 104(STA) Out of Committee
= SB 95 COLLECTION OF DNA/USE OF FORCE
Moved SB 95 Out of Committee
             SB  95-COLLECTION OF DNA/USE OF FORCE                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
3:49:15 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR GENE TERRIAULT announced SB 95 to be up for consideration.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR THERRIAULT  recapped the  previous hearing  regarding the                                                               
question  about reciprocity  and  whether  inmates prosecuted  in                                                               
other states  who came  to Alaska  would be  treated the  same as                                                               
inmates  prosecuted  and incarcerated  in  Alaska.  He asked  Ms.                                                               
Wickersham to comment.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
3:50:09 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
LAUREN  WICKERSHAM,  staff  to   Senator  Con  Bunde,  referenced                                                               
Section 44.41.035(k)  and read,  "The provisions of  this section                                                               
apply  to  a  person  from  another state  that  this  state  has                                                               
accepted under any interstate  corrections or probation agreement                                                               
or  compact, regardless  of  whether the  person  is confined  or                                                               
released,  if the  person was  convicted  of an  offense that  is                                                               
similar  to  an  offense  described  in  (b)  of  this  section."                                                               
Subsection (k) would obviously apply to (b) she said.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
3:51:02 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  THERRIAULT clarified  the Alaska  Statutes already  have a                                                               
section similar to the Idaho  Statute he cited during the 2/22/05                                                               
hearing.  He asked  Ms. Wickersham  if  she had  other issues  to                                                               
address.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
MS.WICKERSHAM  mentioned the  discussion  regarding the  language                                                               
"in  this state"  in lines  8 and  11 and  said Senator  Bunde is                                                               
determined it stay  in both lines. That would make  it clear that                                                               
DNA needn't  be collected  from convicted  felons that  enter the                                                               
state unless they are still on probation or parole.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
3:52:31 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR   THERRIAULT  noted   the  reciprocity   language  operates                                                               
independently of these two sections.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
3:53:06 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR THERRIAULT  asked whether any  other issues were  left from                                                               
the  previous  hearing. Hearing  none,  he  pointed to  the  four                                                               
fiscal  notes  and told  members  that  Anne Carpeneti  from  the                                                               
Department of Law was available to answer questions.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
3:54:02 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR ELTON asked  whether the DNA databank would  be linked to                                                               
the federal  system so that Alaska  data could be a  resource for                                                               
federal and other state's use and vice-a-versa.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
MS. WICKERSHAM said that's correct.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
3:55:03 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
There being  no further questions or  testimony, Chair Therriault                                                               
asked for a motion.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  HUGGINS  motioned to  report  SB  95 and  four  attached                                                               
fiscal  notes  from  committee with  individual  recommendations.                                                               
There being no objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                    

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