Legislature(2005 - 2006)CAPITOL 17
04/20/2005 03:15 PM House LABOR & COMMERCE
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ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
HOUSE LABOR AND COMMERCE STANDING COMMITTEE
April 20, 2005
3:35 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Representative Pete Kott
Representative Gabrielle LeDoux
Representative Bob Lynn
Representative Harry Crawford
Representative David Guttenberg
MEMBERS ABSENT
Representative Tom Anderson, Chair
Representative Norman Rokeberg
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
HOUSE BILL NO. 190
"An Act relating to the purchase of alcoholic beverages and to
requiring identification to buy alcoholic beverages; requiring
driver's licenses and identification cards to be marked if a
person is restricted from consuming alcoholic beverages as a
result of a conviction or condition of probation or parole."
- MOVED CSHB 190(L&C) OUT OF COMMITTEE
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION
BILL: HB 190
SHORT TITLE: REQUIRED ID FOR PURCHASING ALCOHOL
SPONSOR(S): REPRESENTATIVE(S) CRAWFORD
03/01/05 (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
03/01/05 (H) L&C, JUD
03/22/05 (H) L&C AT 1:00 PM CAPITOL 17
03/22/05 (H) Heard & Held
03/22/05 (H) MINUTE(L&C)
04/20/05 (H) L&C AT 3:15 PM CAPITOL 17
WITNESS REGISTER
DOUG WOOLIVER, Administrative Attorney
Alaska Court System
Juneau, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Offered information on HB 190.
ACTION NARRATIVE
REPRESENTATIVE KOTT, acting as chair, called the House Labor and
Commerce Standing Committee meeting to order at 3:36:06 PM.
Representatives Kott, Lynn, Crawford, and Guttenberg were
present at the call to order. Representative LeDoux arrived as
the meeting was in progress.
HB 190-REQUIRED ID FOR PURCHASING ALCOHOL
REPRESENTATIVE KOTT announced that the only order of business
would be HOUSE BILL NO. 190, "An Act relating to the purchase of
alcoholic beverages and to requiring identification to buy
alcoholic beverages; requiring driver's licenses and
identification cards to be marked if a person is restricted from
consuming alcoholic beverages as a result of a conviction or
condition of probation or parole."
REPRESENTATIVE GUTTENBERG moved to adopt CSHB 190, Version 24-
LS0617\F, Luckhaupt, 4/11/05, as the working document. There
being no objection, Version F was before the committee.
3:37:30 PM
REPRESENTATIVE CRAWFORD explained that instead of requiring a
mandatory check of [each individual's] identification (ID)
before one can enter a licensed establishment or a package
store, it is now [under Version F] an option. However, if a
licensed establishment decided to check IDs and discovered that
an individual under court order to not buy, consume, or enter
the premises was, the establishment could seek a $1,000 fine in
civil court. This was modeled after legislation sponsored by
Representative Meyer, he mentioned.
3:38:50 PM
REPRESENTATIVE CRAWFORD specified that [Version F] provides that
an individual who, under a court order, cannot buy or consume
alcoholic beverages or enter a licensed establishment will be
issued a driver's license with an easily identifiable mark to
that effect on the license. In order for the court system to
administer this without an added expense, the language "crime"
would need to be deleted and replaced with the language "drunk
driving offense" because that information is already shared with
the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and thus there would be no
additional cost [to identify these individuals].
3:40:11 PM
DOUG WOOLIVER, Administrative Attorney, Alaska Court System,
explained that the amendment suggested by Representative
Crawford reflects a concern between the DMV and the Alaskan
Court System in regard to how the two exchange information. He
clarified that the two entities do not share electronic
information. Although the court and DMV currently share paper
files on all driving under the influence (DUI) offenses because
of the license action required for DMV, the two don't share
paper files on the other alcohol-related offenses. Mr. Wooliver
explained that thus far [the Alaska Court System] has been
unable to determine a way, without it being a huge expense to
the courts or DMV, to share paper files for individuals who may
have a restriction on alcohol consumption as a condition of
probation. He emphasized that sharing such information would
entail massive amounts of data entry. Therefore, Representative
Crawford's [amendment] would be a step that can be taken with no
additional cost to the court.
3:41:26 PM
REPRESENTATIVE LEDOUX asked if this already established
procedure can transmit the terms and conditions of probation and
parole.
MR. WOOLIVER noted that issues concerning parole are addressed
by the Department of Corrections. With regard to probation, the
court can amend its judgment form to provide a check off for "no
alcohol". The same form goes to DMV and thus would be no
problem, he added. In further response to Representative LeDoux,
Mr. Wooliver explained that the conditions of parole established
by the Department of Corrections frequently mirror the
conditions of probation set by the court system.
3:43:21 PM
REPRESENTATIVE LEDOUX asked if the Department of Corrections has
a form that it could use, and pass on to DMV, in a similar
fashion as suggested for the court system.
MR. WOOLIVER said that he didn't know how the Department of
Corrections transmits such information or even how often its
conditions in DUI cases mirror those from the court system.
3:43:42 PM
REPRESENTATIVE GUTTENBERG, referring to page 2, line 26, asked
if electronic reading and display [of driver's licenses with
this information] is currently available.
REPRESENTATIVE CRAWFORD indicated that this language was desired
because presently there is the ability to read the new digital
licenses. However, it won't make a change, he said. In further
response to Representative Guttenberg, Representative Crawford
confirmed that elsewhere in statute it says that procedurally or
via regulations "they're doing that."
3:45:06 PM
REPRESENTATIVE CRAWFORD moved that the committee adopt Amendment
1, which would delete the langauge "crime" and insert the
language "drunk driving offense". There being no objection,
Amendment 1 was adopted.
REPRESENTATIVE LYNN moved to report CSHB 190, Version 24-
LS0617\F, Luckhaupt, 4/11/05, as amended, out of committee with
individual recommendations and a forthcoming fiscal note. There
being no objection, CSHB 190(L&C) was reported from the House
Labor and Commerce Standing Committee.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business before the committee, the House
Labor and Commerce Standing Committee meeting was adjourned at
3:47:31 PM.
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