00 HOUSE BILL NO. 447                                                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to prohibiting persons with convictions for crimes involving                                           
02 domestic violence or stalking or who are respondents in domestic violence                                               
03 protective orders from possessing deadly weapons when contacting the victim of                                          
04 the offense or the petitioner or other person protected by the protective order;                                        
05 and defining 'domestic violence or sexual assault shelter' for purposes of                                              
06 misconduct involving weapons in the fifth degree."                                                                      
07 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
08    * Section 1.  AS 11.61.200(a) is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                        
09   (13)  having been convicted of a crime involving domestic violence or                                                
10 stalking, knowingly possesses a deadly weapon while contacting the victim of the                                        
11 crime involving domestic violence; in this paragraph, "contacting" includes                                             
12   (A)  following or appearing within the sight of the victim;                                                         
13   (B)  approaching or confronting the victim in a public place or                                                     
14 on private property;                                                                                                    
01   (C)  appearing at the workplace or residence of the victim; or                                                      
02   (D)  entering onto or remaining on property owned, leased, or                                                       
03 occupied by the victim.                                                                                                 
04    * Sec. 2.  AS 11.61.210(a) is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                           
05   (9)  under circumstances other than as provided in AS 11.61.200(a)(9)                                                
06 while being the respondent in a protective order issued under AS 18.66.100, knowingly                                   
07 possesses a deadly weapon while contacting the petitioner for the protective order or                                   
08 other person the protective order is designed to protect; in this paragraph, "contacting"                               
09 includes                                                                                                                
10   (A)  following or appearing within the sight of the petitioner or                                                   
11 other person;                                                                                                           
12   (B)  approaching or confronting the petitioner or other person in                                                   
13 a public place or on private property;                                                                                  
14   (C)  appearing at the workplace or residence of the petitioner or                                                   
15 other person; or                                                                                                        
16   (D)  entering onto or remaining on property owned, leased, or                                                       
17 occupied by the petitioner or other person.                                                                             
18    * Sec. 3.  AS 11.61.220 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                             
19  (j)  In this section, "domestic violence or sexual assault shelter" or "shelter"                                      
20 means the portions of a building or other place housing a program that provides                                         
21 residential or nonresidential services for victims of domestic violence or sexual assault.