00                             HOUSE BILL NO. 307                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to sexual assault protective orders."                                                                  
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 22.15.100 is amended to read:                                                                      
04            Sec. 22.15.100. Functions and powers of district judge and magistrate.                                     
05       Each district judge and magistrate has the power                                                                  
06                 (1)  to issue writs of habeas corpus for the purpose of inquiring into the                              
07       cause of restraint of liberty, returnable before a judge of the superior court, and the                           
08       same proceedings shall be had on the writ as if it had been granted by the superior                               
09       court judge under the laws of the state in such cases;                                                            
10                 (2)  of a notary public;                                                                                
11                 (3)  to solemnize marriages;                                                                            
12                 (4)  to issue warrants of arrest, summons, and search warrants                                          
13       according to manner and procedure prescribed by law and the supreme court;                                        
14                 (5)  to act as an examining judge or magistrate in preliminary                                          
15       examinations in criminal proceedings; to set, receive, and forfeit bail and to order the                          
01       release of defendants under bail;                                                                                 
02                 (6)  to act as a referee in matters and actions referred to the judge or                                
03       magistrate by the superior court, with all powers conferred upon referees by laws;                                
04                 (7)  of the superior court in all respects including but not limited to                                 
05       contempts, attendance of witnesses, and bench warrants;                                                           
06                 (8)  to order the temporary detention of a minor, or take other action                                  
07       authorized by law or rules of procedure, in cases arising under AS 47.10 or AS 47.12,                             
08       when the minor is in a condition or surrounding dangerous or injurious to the welfare                             
09       of the minor or others that requires immediate action; the action may be continued in                             
10       effect until reviewed by the superior court in accordance with rules of procedure                                 
11       governing these cases;                                                                                            
12                 (9)  to issue a protective order in cases involving                                                     
13                      (A)  domestic violence as provided in AS 18.66.100 -                                               
14            18.66.180; or                                                                                                
15                      (B)  stalking or sexual assault as provided in AS 18.65.850 -                                  
16            18.65.870;                                                                                                   
17                 (10)  to review an administrative revocation of a person's driver's                                     
18       license or nonresident privilege to drive, and an administrative refusal to issue an                              
19       original license, when designated as a hearing officer by the commissioner of                                     
20       administration and with the consent of the administrative director of the state court                             
21       system;                                                                                                           
22                 (11)  to establish the fact of death or inquire into the death of a person                              
23       in the manner prescribed under AS 09.55.020 - 09.55.069;                                                          
24                 (12)  to issue an ex parte testing, examination, or screening order                                     
25       according to the manner and procedure prescribed by AS 18.15.375.