00SENATE BILL NO. 283                                                                                                     
01 "An Act relating to probation and revocation of probation."                                                             
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 12.55.025 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                            
04  (j)  Notwithstanding another provision of law, the sentence of a person whose                                         
05 probation is revoked under AS 12.55.112 shall be consecutive to the sentence the                                        
06 person receives for the conviction or convictions that form the basis for the revocation                                
07 of probation.                                                                                                           
08    * Sec. 2.  AS 12.55 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                      
09  Sec. 12.55.112.  MANDATORY REVOCATION OF PROBATION.  (a)                                                              
10 Notwithstanding another provision of law, if the court has placed a person convicted                                    
11 of a felony on probation, the court shall revoke and terminate that probation and                                       
12 sentence the person to a term of imprisonment if no term has as yet been imposed or                                     
13 require the person to serve the sentence imposed if execution of the sentence was                                       
14 suspended, if the person during the probationary term is convicted of                                                   

01   (1)  a felony under the laws of this state, or a violation of a law or                                               
02 ordinance of another jurisdiction with elements similar to those of a felony under the                                  
03 laws of this state;                                                                                                     
04   (2)  two class A misdemeanors under the laws of this state or two                                                    
05 violations of laws or ordinances of another jurisdiction with elements similar to those                                 
06 of a class A misdemeanor under the laws of this state;                                                                  
07   (3)  three or more misdemeanors under the laws of this state or three                                                
08 or more violations of laws or ordinances of another jurisdiction with elements similar                                  
09 to those of a misdemeanor under the laws of this state.                                                                 
10  (b)  If a person whose probation is revoked under this section was required to                                        
11 serve a period of imprisonment as a condition of that probation, the court shall credit                                 
12 the defendant with the time served as determined under AS 12.55.086(c).                                                 
13  (c)  Nothing in (a) of this section limits a court's discretion to revoke and                                         
14 terminate the probation of a person in circumstances other than those enumerated in                                     
15 (a) of this section.                                                                                                    
16  (d)  The sentence of a person whose probation is revoked under (a) of this                                            
17 section shall be consecutive to the sentences for the conviction or convictions that form                               
18 the basis for the revocation as provided in AS 12.55.025(j).                                                            
19  (e)  For the purpose of (a)(2) and (3) of this section, misdemeanors that arise                                       
20 out of a single continuous criminal episode are considered one misdemeanor as                                           
21 provided in AS 12.55.145(a)(3).