SENATE BILL NO. 135                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act relating to the rights of crime victims;                                                                           
     relating to the duties of prosecuting attorneys; and                                                                       
     amending Rule 45, Alaska Rules of Criminal Procedure."                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
9:31:53 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR HOLLIS  FRENCH, noted that the  previous fiscal note                                                                    
had  been replaced  by an  indeterminate note.  He explained                                                                    
that the bill was  designed to strengthen the constitutional                                                                    
right of a  victim to the timely disposition  of their case.                                                                    
He  said  that  frequently  there  were  lengthy  delays  in                                                                    
criminal cases being brought to trial.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
9:33:50 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Hoffman discussed  the  fiscal notes  in the  bill                                                                    
packet.                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Senator Ellis MOVED  to report SB 135 out  of committee with                                                                    
individual  recommendations  and   the  accompanying  fiscal                                                                    
notes. There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
SB  134 was  REPORTED  out  of committee  with  a "do  pass"                                                                    
recommendation  and with  a  new  indeterminate fiscal  note                                                                    
from  the Senate  Finance Committee  for  the Department  of                                                                    
Law, a new indeterminate fiscal  note from the Department of                                                                    
Administration, a previously  published indeterminate fiscal                                                                    
note:  FN2 (DOA),  and a  previously  published zero  fiscal                                                                    
note: FN3 (DOC).