Legislature(1999 - 2000)

05/03/2000 02:00 PM House 004

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                   CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON SB 4                                                                               
                            May 3, 2000                                                                                         
                             2:00 p.m.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                              
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Senator Rick Halford, Chairman                                                                                                  
Senator Georgianna Lincoln                                                                                                      
Representative Joe Green                                                                                                        
Representative Lisa Murkowski                                                                                                   
Representative Ethan Berkowitz                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Senator Dave Donley                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SENATE BILL NO. 4                                                                                                               
"An  Act relating  to establishing  an  office of  victims'  rights;                                                            
relating to compensation  of victims of violent crimes;  relating to                                                            
eligibility for  a permanent fund dividend for persons  convicted of                                                            
and incarcerated for certain  offenses; and amending Rule 16, Alaska                                                            
Rules of Criminal  Procedure, Rule 9, Alaska Delinquency  Rules, and                                                            
Rule 501, Alaska Rules of Evidence."                                                                                            
     MOVED CCS SB 4 OUT OF COMMITTEE                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
PREVIOUS ACTION                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Jrn-Date    Jrn-Page           Action                                                                                           
 1/19/99        13     (S)  PREFILE RELEASED - 1/8/99                                                                           
 1/19/99        14     (S)  READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRAL(S)                                                                   
 1/19/99        14     (S)  JUD, FIN                                                                                            
 1/22/99      Text     (S)  JUD AT  1:30 PM BELTZ ROOM 211                                                                      
 1/22/99      Text     (S)  MOVED CS (JUD) OUT OF COMMITTEE                                                                     
 1/22/99      Text     (S)  MINUTE(JUD)                                                                                         
 1/25/99        77     (S)  JUD RPT  CS  3DP 1NR      SAME TITLE                                                                
 1/25/99        77     (S)  DP:TAYLOR, HALFORD, ELLIS;                                                                          
 1/25/99         77    (S)  NR: TORGERSON                                                                                       
 1/25/99        77     (S)  FNS TO SB & CS (LAA, DPS, COR)                                                                      
 1/25/99        77     (S)  INDETERMINATE FN TO SB & CS (LAW)                                                                   
 1/25/99        77     (S)  ZERO FNS TO SB & CS (ADM-2, DPS)                                                                    
 3/30/99      Text     (S)  FIN AT  8:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532                                                                  
 3/30/99      Text     (S)  HEARD AND HELD                                                                                      
 3/30/99      Text     (S)  MINUTE(FIN)                                                                                         
 3/30/99       740     (S)  COSPONSOR(S): WILKEN                                                                                
 4/22/99      Text     (S)  FIN AT  6:00 PM SENATE FINANCE 532                                                                  
 4/22/99      Text     (S)  HEARD AND HELD                                                                                      
 4/22/99      Text     (S)  MINUTE(FIN)                                                                                         
 4/27/99      Text     (S)  FIN AT  9:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532                                                                  
 4/27/99      Text     (S)  MOVED CS (FIN) OUT OF COMMITTEE                                                                     
 4/27/99      Text     (S)  MINUTE(FIN)                                                                                         
 4/27/99      1130     (S)  FIN RPT  CS  7DP 1NR      NEW TITLE                                                                 
 4/27/99      1131     (S)  LETTER OF INTENT WITH FIN REPORT                                                                    
 4/27/99      1131     (S)  DP: TORGERSON,PARNELL,PHILLIPS,GREEN                                                                
 4/27/99      1131     (S)  PETE KELLY, DONLEY, WILKEN; NR: ADAMS                                                               
 4/27/99      1131     (S)  PREVIOUS ZERO FNS (ADM-2, DPS)                                                                      
 4/27/99      1131     (S)  PREVIOUS FNS (COR, DPS)                                                                             
 4/27/99      1131     (S)  PREVIOUS INDETERMINATE FN (LAW)                                                                     
 4/28/99      Text     (S)  RLS AT 11:45 AM FAHRENKAMP 203                                                                      
 4/28/99      Text     (S)  MINUTE(RLS)                                                                                         
 4/28/99      1148     (S)  FISCAL NOTE TO CS (DPS)                                                                             
 4/29/99      1170     (S)  RULES TO CALENDAR  4/29/99                                                                          
 4/29/99      1171     (S)  READ THE SECOND TIME                                                                                
 4/29/99      1172     (S)  FIN CS ADOPTED UNAN CONSENT                                                                         
 4/29/99      1172     (S)  ADVANCED TO 3RD READING UNAN CONSENT                                                                
 4/29/99      1172     (S)  READ THE THIRD TIME  CSSB 4(FIN)                                                                    
 4/29/99      1172     (S) (S) ADOPTED FIN LETTER OF INTENT                                                                     
 4/29/99      1172     (S) COSPONSOR(S): T.KELLY, LINCOLN,ELLIS,                                                                
 4/29/99      1172     (S)  PARNELL, MACKIE, MILLER, PETE KELLY,                                                                
 4/29/99      1172     (S)  WARD                                                                                                
 4/29/99      1173     (S)  PASSED Y18 N- E2                                                                                    
 4/29/99      1173     (S)  EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE                                                                   
 4/29/99      1173     (S)  COURT RULE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE                                                                       
 4/29/99      1175     (S)  TRANSMITTED TO (H)                                                                                  
 4/30/99      1101     (H)  READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRAL(S)                                                                   
 4/30/99      1101     (H)  JUD, FIN                                                                                            
 5/03/99      1145     (H)  CROSS SPONSOR(S): PORTER                                                                            
 5/10/99      Text     (H)  JUD AT  1:30 PM CAPITOL 120                                                                         
 5/10/99      Text     (H)  HEARD AND HELD SUBCMTE APPOINTED                                                                    
 5/10/99      Text     (H)  MINUTE(JUD)                                                                                         
 5/12/99      Text     (H)  JUD AT  1:30 PM CAPITOL 120                                                                         
 5/12/99      Text     (H)  MOVED HCS CSSB 4(JUD) OUT OF COMMITTEE                                                              
 5/12/99      Text     (H)  MINUTE(JUD)                                                                                         
 5/13/99      1367     (H)  JUD RPT HCS(JUD) NT 4NR 1AM                                                                         
 5/13/99      1367     (H)  ...TECHNICAL TITLE CHANGE                                                                           
 5/13/99      1367     (H)  NR: MURKOWSKI, GREEN, JAMES, KOTT;                                                                  
 5/13/99      1367     (H)  AM: ROKEBERG                                                                                        
 5/13/99      1368     (H)  SENATE LETTER INTENT WITH JUD REPORT                                                                
 5/13/99      1368     (H)  SENATE FISCAL NOTE (DPS) 4/28/99                                                                    
 5/13/99       1368     (H) 2 SENATE FISCAL NOTES  (DPS,COR) 1/25/99                                                            
 5/13/99       1368     (H)  INDETERMINATE  SENATE FN (LAW)  1/25/99                                                            
 5/13/99       1368     (H)  3 SENATE  ZERO FNS (2ADM, DPS)  1/25/99                                                            
 4/19/00      Text     (H)  FIN AT  1:30 PM HOUSE FINANCE 519                                                                   
 4/19/00      Text     (H)  Heard & Held                                                                                        
 4/20/00      Text     (H)  FIN AT  9:00 AM HOUSE FINANCE 519                                                                   
 4/20/00      Text     (H)  Moved HCS SB 4(FIN) Out of Committee                                                                
 4/20/00      3371     (H)  MOVED TO BOTTOM OF CALENDAR                                                                         
 4/20/00      3385     (H)  RULES TO CALENDAR 4/20/00                                                                           
 4/21/00      3406     (H)  FIN RPT  HCS(FIN) NT  1DP 9NR 1AM                                                                   
 4/21/00      3406     (H)  ...TECHNICAL TITLE CHANGE                                                                           
 4/21/00      3407     (H)  DP: FOSTER; NR: THERRIAULT, MULDER                                                                  
 4/21/00       3407     (H)  BUNDE,  AUSTERMAN, GRUSSENDORF,  MOSES,                                                            
 4/21/00       3407     (H)  DAVIS,  WILLIAMS, PHILLIPS;  AM: DAVIES                                                            
 4/21/00      3407     (H)  SENATE LETTER INTENT WITH FIN REPORT                                                                
 4/21/00      3407     (H)  2 FISCAL NOTES (COR, GOV)                                                                           
 4/21/00      3407     (H)  INDETERMINATE FISCAL NOTE (LAW)                                                                     
 4/21/00      3407     (H)  3 ZERO FISCAL NOTES (ADM, LAA, DPS)                                                                 
 4/21/00      3409     (H)  RULES TO CALENDAR 4/21/00                                                                           
 4/21/00      3409     (H)  READ THE SECOND TIME                                                                                
 4/21/00      3410     (H)  FIN HCS ADOPTED UNAN CONSENT                                                                        
 4/21/00       3410     (H)  ADVANCED  TO 3RD READING 4/24  CALENDAR                                                            
 4/21/00      3431     (H)  CROSS SPONSOR(S): MASEK                                                                             
 4/24/00      3451     (H)  READ THE THIRD TIME  HCS CSSB 4(FIN)                                                                
 4/24/00      3452     (H)  PASSED Y38 A2                                                                                       
 4/24/00      3452     (H)  EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE                                                                   
 4/24/00      3452     (H)  COURT RULE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE                                                                       
 4/24/00      3452     (H)  BERKOWITZ NOTICE OF RECONSIDERATION                                                                 
 4/24/00      3471     (H)  CROSS SPONSOR(S): HARRIS                                                                            
 4/25/00       3497     (H)  HELD  ON RECONSIDERATION TO  4/26                                                                  
 4/26/00       3525     (H)  HELD  ON RECONSIDERATION TO  4/27                                                                  
 4/28/00       3558     (H)  HELD  ON RECONSIDERATION TO  4/29                                                                  
 4/29/00      3629     (H)  CROSS SPONSOR(S): DYSON                                                                             
 4/29/00      3630     (H)  RECONSIDERATION NOT TAKEN UP                                                                        
 4/29/00      3630     (H)  TRANSMITTED TO (S) AS AMENDED                                                                       
 4/30/00      3625     (S)  FAILED CONCUR (H) AM Y- N20                                                                         
 4/30/00      3626     (S)  CONFERENCE COMMITTEE APPOINTED                                                                      
 4/30/00      3626     (S)  *HALFORD, DONLEY, LINCOLN                                                                           
 4/30/00      3656     (H)  FAILED RECEDE (H) AM  N33 A7                                                                        
 4/30/00      3657     (H)  CONFERENCE COMMITTEE APPOINTED                                                                      
 4/30/00      3658     (H)  *GREEN, MURKOWSKI, BERKOWITZ                                                                        
 5/01/00      Text     (S)  004 AT  3:30 PM BUTROVICH 205                                                                       
 5/01/00       3653     (S) (S)LIMITED POWER FREE  CONFERENCE GRANTE                                                            
 5/01/00       3707     (H) (H)LIMITED POWER FREE  CONFERENCE GRANTE                                                            
 5/03/00      Text     (S)  004 AT  2:00 PM BUTROVICH 205                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
ACTION NARRATIVE                                                                                                              
Tape 00-02, Side A                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
               SB   4-VICTIMS' RIGHTS/PRISONER'S PFD                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRMAN HALFORD  called the Conference  Committee on SB  4 to order                                                            
at  2:00  p.m.   Present  were  Senators  Lincoln  and  Halford  and                                                            
Representatives Green, Berkowitz and Murkowski.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRMAN  HALFORD  noted  the  conference  committee  discussed  the                                                            
sunset  provision  and  the  department   location.    The  proposed                                                            
conference  committee  substitute  places  the  Office  of  Victims'                                                            
Rights in the  Department of Public  Safety however that  department                                                            
does not  want to house  it.  The committee  then discussed  placing                                                            
the office in  the Department of Law, recognizing  that anywhere the                                                            
Office  of Victims'  Rights  is placed,  other  than  in a  separate                                                            
ombudsman-type setting,  a conflict of interest will be created.  He                                                            
suggested adopting the  proposed conference committee substitute and                                                            
then amending it.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  LINCOLN moved to  adopt the proposed  conference  committee                                                            
substitute dated  5/2/00, Version X.  Without objection,  the motion                                                            
carried.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRMAN  HALFORD  noted  a  conceptual   amendment  to  change  the                                                            
department  location from  the Department  of Public  Safety to  the                                                            
Department of Law was in order.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  BERKOWITZ so moved.   There being no objection,  the                                                            
location was changed to the Department of Law.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRMAN HALFORD  asked for a motion  to include a letter  of intent                                                            
requesting  that  an  audit  be  performed  in  the  third  year  of                                                            
operation.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  GREEN  so  moved.   There  being no  objection,  the                                                            
motion carried.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRMAN  HALFORD  asked members  if  they would  like  to view  the                                                            
letter of intent prior to moving CCSSB 4 out of committee.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  LINCOLN said  she did  not but  reminded  members that  the                                                            
sunset provision needs to be addressed.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRMAN  HALFORD informed  committee  members  that the  conference                                                            
committee  substitute contains  a sunset date  of 2006.  He  pointed                                                            
out the  letter of intent  will request a  performance audit  in the                                                            
year 2005.  No one objected.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRMAN  HALFORD asked  members to  sign the  conference  committee                                                            
report.  With no further  business to come before the committee,  he                                                            
adjourned the meeting at 2:05 p.m.                                                                                              

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