00                             HOUSE BILL NO. 339                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to the definition of 'victim' in relation to crime; and relating to parole                             
02 board hearings and information provided to the public by the parole board."                                             
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 12.55.185(18) is amended to read:                                                                  
05                 (18)  "victim" means                                                                                    
06                      (A)  a person against whom an offense has been perpetrated,                                    
07            including an offense that forms the basis for a probation revocation                                     
08            proceeding;                                                                                              
09                      (B)  one of the following, not the perpetrator, if the person                                      
10            specified in (A) of this paragraph is a minor, incompetent, or incapacitated:                                
11                           (i)  an individual living in a spousal relationship with the                                  
12                 person specified in (A) of this paragraph; or                                                           
13                           (ii)  a parent, adult child, guardian, or custodian of the                                    
14                 person;                                                                                                 
01                      (C)  one of the following, not the perpetrator, if the person                                      
02            specified in (A) of this paragraph is dead:                                                                  
03                           (i)  a person living in a spousal relationship with the                                       
04                 deceased before the deceased died;                                                                      
05                           (ii)  an adult child, parent, brother, sister, grandparent, or                                
06                 grandchild of the deceased; or                                                                          
07                           (iii)  any other interested person, as may be designated                                      
08                 by a person having authority in law to do so.                                                           
09    * Sec. 2. AS 33.16.050(a) is amended to read:                                                                      
10            (a)  The board may meet as often as it considers necessary to carry out its                                  
11       responsibilities, but shall meet at least four times a year. All meetings of the board                        
12       shall be open to the public.                                                                                  
13    * Sec. 3. AS 33.16.130(b) is amended to read:                                                                      
14            (b)  Before the board determines a prisoner's suitability for discretionary                                  
15       parole, the prisoner is entitled to a hearing before the board. The hearing shall be                          
16       open to the public. The prisoner shall be furnished a copy of the preparole reports                           
17       listed in AS 33.16.110, and permitted access to all records that will be considered by                            
18       the board in making its decision except those that are made confidential by law. The                              
19       prisoner may also respond in writing to all materials considered by the board, be                                 
20       present at the hearing, and present evidence to the board.                                                        
21    * Sec. 4. AS 33.16.130(c) is amended to read:                                                                      
22            (c)  The board shall issue its decision in writing and provide the basis for a                               
23       denial of discretionary parole. A copy of the decision shall be provided to the prisoner.                         
24       A copy of the decision shall also be provided upon request to any member of the                               
25       public that attended the hearing, and, if parole is granted, the information                                  
26       provided to the member of the public must include the expected date of release                                
27       and geographical area of release.