01/30/1998 02:00 PM House FIN

                                                                               
             HOUSE FINANCE COMMITTEE                                           
                  January 30, 1998                                             
                      2:00 P.M.                                                
                                                                               
TAPE HFC 98 - 13, Side 1.                                                      
                                                                               
CALL TO ORDER                                                                  
                                                                               
Co-Chair Hanley called the House Finance Committee meeting                     
to order at 2:00 P.M.                                                          
                                                                               
PRESENT                                                                        
                                                                               
Co-Chair Hanley   Representative Kelly                                         
Co-Chair Therriault   Representative Kohring                                   
Representative J. Davies  Representative Martin                                
Representative Grussendorf Representative Mulder                               
                                                                               
Representatives Foster, Moses and G. Davis were not present                    
for the meeting.                                                               
                                                                               
ALSO PRESENT                                                                   
                                                                               
Senator Dave Donley                                                            
SUMMARY                                                                        
                                                                               
SB 63 An Act providing for automatic waiver of juvenile                        
jurisdiction and prosecution of minors as adults                               
for certain violations of laws by minors who use                               
deadly weapons to commit offenses that are crimes                              
against a person, and relating to the sealing of                               
the records of those minors.                                                   
                                                                               
HCS SB 63 (FIN) was reported out of Committee                                  
with a "do pass" recommendation and with fiscal                                
notes by the Alaska Court System, the Department                               
of Corrections and two by the Department of                                    
Administration; zero fiscal notes by the                                       
Department of Public Safety and the Department of                              
Health and Social Services.                                                    
                                                                               
SENATE BILL NO. 63                                                             
                                                                               
"An Act providing for automatic waiver of juvenile                             
jurisdiction and prosecution of minors as adults for                           
certain violations of laws by minors who use deadly                            
weapons to commit offenses that are crimes against a                           
person, and relating to the sealing of the records of                          
those minors."                                                                 
                                                                               
Representative J. Davies MOVED TO WITHDRAW the motion taken                    
to adopt Amendment #2.  There being NO OBJECTION, it was                       
WITHDRAWN.                                                                     
                                                                               
Co-Chair Therriault MOVED to ADOPT committee substitute,                       
work draft version 0-LS0295\H, Glover, dated 1/26/98,                          
instead of version 0-LS0295\B as previously adopted                            
1/27/98.  There being NO OBJECTION, it was adopted.                            
                                                                               
Representative J. Davies commented that the language on                        
Page 2, Line 6, in the "H' version was constructive and in                     
align with what he had intended it to be.  He read from the                    
Conference Committee notes information, which clarified the                    
proper interpretation.                                                         
                                                                               
SENATOR DAVE DONLEY voiced support with the language as                        
recommended in the version adopted.                                            
                                                                               
Representative Mulder MOVED to report HCS SB 63 (FIN) out                      
of Committee with individual recommendations and with the                      
accompanying fiscal notes.  There being NO OBJECTION, it                       
was adopted.                                                                   
                                                                               
HCS SB 63 (FIN) was reported out of Committee with a "do                       
pass" recommendation and with fiscal notes by the Alaska                       
Court System, the Department of Corrections, and two by the                    
Department of Administration; zero fiscal notes by the                         
Department of Public Safety and the Department of Health                       
and Social Services.                                                           
ADJOURNMENT                                                                    
                                                                               
The meeting adjourned at 2:05 P.M.                                             
                                                                               
                                                                               
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