HB 292: "An Act adopting the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact; making criminal justice information available to interested persons and criminal history record information available to the public; making certain conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date."
00HOUSE BILL NO. 292 01 "An Act adopting the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact; making 02 criminal justice information available to interested persons and criminal history 03 record information available to the public; making certain conforming amendments; 04 and providing for an effective date." 05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 06 * Section 1. AS 12.62.160(b) is amended to read: 07 (b) Subject to the requirements of this section, and except as otherwise limited 08 or prohibited by other provision of law or court rule, criminal justice information may 09 be released by a criminal justice agency as follows: 10 (1) an assessment or summary of criminal justice information may be 11 provided to a person when, and only to the extent, necessary to avoid imminent danger 12 to life or extensive damage to property; 13 (2) criminal justice information may be provided to a person to the 14 extent required by applicable court rules or under an order of a court of this state,
01 another state, or the United States; 02 (3) criminal justice information may be provided to a person if the 03 information is commonly or traditionally provided by criminal justice agencies in order 04 to identify, locate, or apprehend fugitives or wanted persons or to recover stolen 05 property, or for public reporting of recent arrests, charges, and other criminal justice 06 activity; 07 (4) criminal justice information may be provided to a criminal justice 08 agency for a criminal justice activity; 09 (5) criminal justice information may be provided to a government 10 agency to the extent necessary for enforcement of or for a purpose specifically 11 authorized by state or federal law; 12 (6) criminal justice information may be provided to a person 13 specifically authorized by a state or federal law to receive such information; 14 (7) criminal justice information in aggregate form may be released to 15 a qualified person, as determined by the agency, for criminal justice research, subject 16 to written conditions that assure the security of the information and the privacy of 17 individuals to whom the information relates; 18 (8) current offender information , past conviction information, and 19 criminal identification information except fingerprints, may be provided to a person 20 for any purpose, except that information may not be released if the release of the 21 information would unreasonably compromise the privacy of a minor or vulnerable 22 adult; 23 (9) [PAST CONVICTION INFORMATION MAY BE PROVIDED TO 24 A PERSON FOR ANY PURPOSE IF LESS THAN 10 YEARS HAS ELAPSED 25 FROM THE DATE OF UNCONDITIONAL DISCHARGE TO THE DATE OF THE 26 REQUEST;] 27 (10) criminal justice information [PAST CONVICTION 28 INFORMATION RELATING TO A SERIOUS OFFENSE] may be provided to an 29 interested person if the information is requested for the purpose of determining whether 30 to grant a person supervisory or disciplinary power over a minor or dependent adult; 31 and
01 (11) criminal justice information may be provided to the person who 02 is the subject of the information. 03 * Sec. 2. AS 12 is amended by adding a new chapter to read: 04 Chapter 64. National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact. 05 Sec. 12.64.010. Compact enacted. The National Crime Prevention and 06 Privacy Compact as contained in this section is enacted into law and entered into on 07 behalf of the State of Alaska with any other states legally joining in it in a form 08 substantially as follows: 09 The contracting parties agree to the following: 10 OVERVIEW 11 (a) In general. This Compact organizes an electronic information sharing 12 system among the federal government and the states to exchange criminal history 13 records for noncriminal justice purposes authorized by federal or state law, such as 14 background checks for governmental licensing and employment. 15 (b) Obligations of parties. Under this Compact, the FBI and the party states 16 agree to maintain detailed databases of their respective criminal history records, 17 including arrests and dispositions, and to make them available to the federal 18 government and to party states for authorized purposes. The FBI shall also manage 19 the federal data facilities that provide a significant part of the infrastructure for the 20 system. 21 ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS 22 In this Compact, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: 23 (1) "attorney general" means the attorney general of the United States; 24 (2) "Compact officer" means 25 (A) with respect to the federal government, an official so 26 designated by the director of the FBI; and 27 (B) with respect to a party state, the chief administrator of the 28 state's criminal history record repository or a designee of the chief 29 administrator who is a regular full-time employee of the repository; 30 (3) "council" means the Compact Council established under Article VI; 31 (4) "criminal history records"
01 (A) means information collected by criminal justice agencies on 02 individuals consisting of identifiable descriptions and notations of arrests, 03 detentions, indictments, or other formal criminal charges, and any disposition 04 arising therefrom, including acquittal, sentencing, correctional supervision, or 05 release; and 06 (B) does not include identification information such as 07 fingerprint records if such information does not indicate involvement of the 08 individual with the criminal justice system; 09 (5) "criminal history record repository" means the state agency 10 designated by the governor or other appropriate executive official or the legislature of 11 a state to perform centralized record keeping functions for criminal history records and 12 services in the state; 13 (6) "criminal justice" includes activities relating to the detection, 14 apprehension, detention, pretrial release, post-trial release, prosecution, adjudication, 15 correctional supervision, or rehabilitation of accused persons or criminal offenders; the 16 administration of criminal justice includes criminal identification activities and the 17 collection, storage, and dissemination of criminal history records; 18 (7) "criminal justice agency" means 19 (A) courts; 20 (B) a governmental agency or any subunit thereof that 21 (i) performs the administration of criminal justice 22 pursuant to a statute or executive order; and 23 (ii) allocates a substantial part of its annual budget to the 24 administration of criminal justice; and 25 (C) federal and state inspectors general offices; 26 (8) "criminal justice services" means services provided by the FBI to 27 criminal justice agencies in response to a request for information about a particular 28 individual or as an update to information previously provided for criminal justice 29 purposes; 30 (9) "criterion offense" means any felony or misdemeanor offense not 31 included on the list of nonserious offenses published periodically by the FBI;
01 (10) "direct access" means access to the National Identification Index 02 by computer terminal or other automated means not requiring the assistance of or 03 intervention by any other party or agency; 04 (11) "executive order" means an order of the President of the United 05 States or the chief executive officer of a state that has the force of law and that is 06 promulgated in accordance with applicable law; 07 (12) "FBI" means the Federal Bureau of Investigation; 08 (13) "Interstate Identification Index System" or "III System" 09 (A) means the cooperative federal-state system for the exchange 10 of criminal history records; 11 (B) includes the National Identification Index, the National 12 Fingerprint File, and to the extent of their participation in such system, the 13 criminal history record repositories of the states and the FBI; 14 (14) "National Fingerprint File" means a database of fingerprints, or 15 other uniquely personal identifying information, relating to an arrested or charged 16 individual maintained by the FBI to provide positive identification of record subjects 17 indexed in the III System; 18 (15) "National Identification Index" means an index maintained by the 19 FBI consisting of names, identifying numbers, and other descriptive information 20 relating to record subjects about whom there are criminal history records in the III 21 System; 22 (16) "national indices" means the National Identification Index and the 23 National Fingerprint File; 24 (17) "nonparty state" means a state that has not ratified this Compact; 25 (18) "noncriminal justice purposes" means uses of criminal history 26 records for purposes authorized by federal or state law other than purposes relating to 27 criminal justice activities, including employment suitability, licensing determinations, 28 immigration and naturalization matters, and national security clearances; 29 (19) "party state" means a state that has ratified this Compact; 30 (20) "positive identification" means a determination, based upon a 31 comparison of fingerprints or other equally reliable biometric identification techniques,
01 that the subject of a record search is the same person as the subject of a criminal 02 history record or records indexed in the III System; identifications based solely upon 03 a comparison of subjects' names or other nonunique identification characteristics or 04 numbers, or combinations thereof, shall not constitute positive identification; 05 (21) "sealed record information" means 06 (A) with respect to adults, that portion of a record that is 07 (i) not available for criminal justice uses; 08 (ii) not supported by fingerprints or other accepted 09 means of positive identification; or 10 (iii) subject to restrictions on dissemination for 11 noncriminal justice purposes pursuant to a court order related to a 12 particular subject or pursuant to a federal or state statute that requires 13 action on a sealing petition filed by a particular record subject; and 14 (B) with respect to juveniles, whatever each state determines is 15 a sealed record under its own law and procedure; 16 (22) "state" means any state, territory, or possession of the United 17 States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 18 ARTICLE II. PURPOSES 19 The purposes of this Compact are to 20 (1) provide a legal framework for the establishment of a cooperative 21 federal-state system for the interstate and federal-state exchange of criminal history 22 records for noncriminal justice uses; 23 (2) require the FBI to permit use of the National Identification Index 24 and the National Fingerprint File by each party state, and to provide, in a timely 25 fashion, federal and state criminal history records to requesting states, in accordance 26 with the terms of this Compact and with rules, procedures, and standards established 27 by the council under Article VI; 28 (3) require party states to provide information and records for the 29 National Identification Index and the National Fingerprint File and to provide criminal 30 history records, in a timely fashion, to criminal history record repositories of other 31 states and the federal government for noncriminal justice purposes, in accordance with
01 the terms of this Compact and with rules, procedures, and standards established by the 02 council under Article VI; 03 (4) provide for the establishment of a council to monitor the III System 04 operations and to prescribe system rules and procedures for the effective and proper 05 operation of the III System for noncriminal justice purposes; and 06 (5) require the FBI and each party state to adhere to III System 07 standards concerning record dissemination and use, response times, system security, 08 data quality, and other duly established standards, including those that enhance the 09 accuracy and privacy of such records. 10 ARTICLE III. RESPONSIBILITIES OF COMPACT PARTIES 11 (a) FBI responsibilities. The director of the FBI shall 12 (1) appoint an FBI Compact officer who shall 13 (A) administer this Compact within the Department of Justice 14 and among federal agencies and other agencies and organizations that submit 15 search requests to the FBI pursuant to Article V(c); 16 (B) ensure that Compact provisions and rules, procedures, and 17 standards prescribed by the council under Article VI are complied with by the 18 Department of Justice and the federal agencies and other agencies and 19 organizations referred to in Article III(1)(A); and 20 (C) regulate the use of records received by means of the III 21 System from party states when such records are supplied by the FBI directly 22 to other federal agencies; 23 (2) provide to federal agencies and to state criminal history record 24 repositories, criminal history records maintained in its database for the noncriminal 25 justice purposes described in Article IV, including 26 (A) information from nonparty states; and 27 (B) information from party states that is available from the FBI 28 through the III System, but is not available from the party state through the III 29 System; 30 (3) provide a telecommunications network and maintain centralized 31 facilities for the exchange of criminal history records for both criminal justice purposes
01 and the noncriminal justice purposes described in Article IV, and ensure that the 02 exchange of such records for criminal justice purposes has priority over exchange for 03 noncriminal justice purposes; and 04 (4) modify or enter into user agreements with nonparty state criminal 05 history record repositories to require them to establish record request procedures 06 conforming to those prescribed in Article V. 07 (b) State responsibilities. Each party state shall 08 (1) appoint a Compact officer who shall 09 (A) administer this Compact within that state; 10 (B) ensure that Compact provisions and rules, procedures, and 11 standards established by the council under Article VI are complied with in the 12 state; and 13 (C) regulate the in-state use of records received by means of the 14 III System from the FBI or from other party states; 15 (2) establish and maintain a criminal history record repository, which 16 shall provide 17 (A) information and records for the National Identification 18 Index and the National Fingerprint File; and 19 (B) the state's III System-indexed criminal history records for 20 noncriminal justice purposes described in Article IV; 21 (3) participate in the National Fingerprint File; and 22 (4) provide and maintain telecommunications links and related 23 equipment necessary to support the services set forth in this Compact. 24 (c) Compliance with III System standards. In carrying out their responsibilities 25 under this Compact, the FBI and each party state shall comply with III System rules, 26 procedures, and standards duly established by the council concerning record 27 dissemination and use, response times, data quality, system security, accuracy, privacy 28 protection, and other aspects of III System operation. 29 (d) Maintenance of record services. 30 (1) Use of the III System for noncriminal justice purposes authorized 31 in this Compact shall be managed so as not to diminish the level of services provided
01 in support of criminal justice purposes. 02 (2) Administration of Compact provisions shall not reduce the level of 03 service available to authorized noncriminal justice users on the effective date of this 04 Compact. 05 ARTICLE IV. AUTHORIZED RECORD DISCLOSURES 06 (a) State criminal history record repositories. To the extent authorized by 07 section 552a of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the "Privacy Act of 08 1974"), the FBI shall provide on request criminal history records (excluding sealed 09 records) to state criminal history record repositories for noncriminal justice purposes 10 allowed by federal statute, federal executive order, or a state statute that has been 11 approved by the attorney general and that authorizes national indices checks. 12 (b) Criminal justice agencies and other governmental or nongovernmental 13 agencies. The FBI, to the extent authorized by section 552a of title 5, United States 14 Code (commonly known as the "Privacy Act of 1974"), and state criminal history 15 record repositories shall provide criminal history records (excluding sealed records) to 16 criminal justice agencies and other governmental or nongovernmental agencies for 17 noncriminal justice purposes allowed by federal statute, federal executive order, or a 18 state statute that has been approved by the attorney general, that authorizes national 19 indices checks. 20 (c) Procedures. Any record obtained under this Compact may be used only 21 for the official purposes for which the record was requested. Each Compact officer 22 shall establish procedures, consistent with this Compact, and with rules, procedures, 23 and standards established by the council under Article VI, which procedures shall 24 protect the accuracy and privacy of the records, and shall 25 (1) ensure that records obtained under this Compact are used only by 26 authorized officials for authorized purposes; 27 (2) require that subsequent record checks are requested to obtain current 28 information whenever a new need arises; and 29 (3) ensure that record entries that may not legally be used for a 30 particular noncriminal justice purpose are deleted from the response and, if no 31 information authorized for release remains, an appropriate "no record" response is
01 communicated to the requesting official. 02 ARTICLE V. RECORD REQUEST PROCEDURES 03 (a) Positive identification. Subject fingerprints or other approved forms of 04 positive identification shall be submitted with all requests for criminal history record 05 checks for noncriminal justice purposes. 06 (b) Submission of state requests. Each request for a criminal history record 07 check utilizing the national indices made under any approved state statute shall be 08 submitted through that state's criminal history record repository. A state criminal 09 history record repository shall process an interstate request for noncriminal justice 10 purposes through the national indices only if such request is transmitted through 11 another state criminal history record repository or the FBI. 12 (c) Submission of federal requests. Each request for criminal history record 13 checks utilizing the national indices made under federal authority shall be submitted 14 through the FBI or, if the state criminal history record repository consents to process 15 fingerprint submissions, through the criminal history record repository in the state in 16 which such request originated. Direct access to the National Identification Index by 17 entities other than the FBI and state criminal history records repositories shall not be 18 permitted for noncriminal justice purposes. 19 (d) Fees. A state criminal history record repository or the FBI 20 (1) may charge a fee, in accordance with applicable law, for handling 21 a request involving fingerprint processing for noncriminal justice purposes; and 22 (2) may not charge a fee for providing criminal history records in 23 response to an electronic request for a record that does not involve a request to process 24 fingerprints. 25 (e) Additional search. 26 (1) If a state criminal history record repository cannot positively 27 identify the subject of a record request made for noncriminal justice purposes, the 28 request, together with fingerprints or other approved identifying information, shall be 29 forwarded to the FBI for a search of the national indices. 30 (2) If, with respect to a request forwarded by a state criminal history 31 record repository under paragraph (1), the FBI positively identifies the subject as
01 having a III System-indexed record or records 02 (A) the FBI shall so advise the state criminal history record 03 repository; and 04 (B) the state criminal history record repository shall be entitled 05 to obtain the additional criminal history record information from the FBI or 06 other state criminal history record repositories. 07 ARTICLE VI. ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMPACT COUNCIL 08 (a) Establishment. 09 (1) In general. There is established a council to be known as the 10 "Compact Council," which shall have the authority to promulgate rules and procedures 11 governing the use of the III System for noncriminal justice purposes, not to conflict 12 with FBI administration of the III System for criminal justice purposes. 13 (2) Organization. The council shall 14 (A) continue in existence as long as this Compact remains in 15 effect; 16 (B) be located, for administrative purposes, within the FBI; and 17 (C) be organized and hold its first meeting as soon as 18 practicable after the effective date of this Compact. 19 (b) Membership. The council shall be composed of 15 members, each of 20 whom shall be appointed by the attorney general, as follows: 21 (1) nine members, each of whom shall serve a two-year term, who shall 22 be selected from among the Compact officers of party states based on the 23 recommendation of the Compact officers of all party states, except that, in the absence 24 of the requisite number of Compact officers available to serve, the chief administrators 25 of the criminal history record repositories of nonparty states shall be eligible to serve 26 on an interim basis. 27 (2) two at-large members, nominated by the director of the FBI, each 28 of whom shall serve a three-year term, of whom 29 (A) one shall be a representative of the criminal justice agencies 30 of the federal government and may not be an employee of the FBI; and 31 (B) one shall be a representative of the noncriminal justice
01 agencies of the federal government; 02 (3) two at-large members, nominated by the chair of the council, once 03 the chair is elected pursuant to Article VI(c), each of whom shall serve a three-year 04 term, of whom 05 (A) one shall be a representative of state or local criminal 06 justice agencies; and 07 (B) one shall be a representative of state or local noncriminal 08 justice agencies; 09 (4) one member, who shall serve a three-year term, and who shall 10 simultaneously be a member of the FBI's advisory policy board on criminal justice 11 information services, nominated by the membership of that policy board; 12 (5) one member, nominated by the director of the FBI, who shall serve 13 a three-year term, and who shall be an employee of the FBI. 14 (c) Chair and vice chair. 15 (1) In general. From its membership, the council shall elect a chair and 16 a vice chair of the council, respectively. Both the chair and vice chair of the council 17 (A) shall be a Compact officer, unless there is no Compact 18 officer on the council who is willing to serve, in which case the chair may be 19 an at-large member; and 20 (B) shall serve a two-year term and be reelected to only one 21 additional two-year term. 22 (2) Duties of the vice chair. The vice chair of the council shall serve 23 as the chair of the council in the absence of the chair. 24 (d) Meetings. 25 (1) In general. The council shall meet at least once a year at the call 26 of the chair. Each meeting of the council shall be open to the public. The council 27 shall provide prior public notice in the Federal Register of each meeting of the council, 28 including the matters to be addressed at such meeting. 29 (2) Quorum. A majority of the council or any committee of the council 30 shall constitute a quorum of the council or of such committee, respectively, for the 31 conduct of business. A lesser number may meet to hold hearings, take testimony, or
01 conduct any business not requiring a vote. 02 (e) Rules, procedures, and standards. The council shall make available for 03 public inspection and copying at the council office within the FBI, and shall publish 04 in the Federal Register, any rules, procedures, or standards established by the council. 05 (f) Assistance from FBI. The council may request from the FBI such reports, 06 studies, statistics, or other information or materials as the council determines to be 07 necessary to enable the council to perform its duties under this Compact. The FBI, to 08 the extent authorized by law, may provide such assistance or information upon such 09 a request. 10 (g) Committees. The chair may establish committees as necessary to carry out 11 this Compact and may prescribe their membership, responsibilities, and duration. 12 ARTICLE VII. RATIFICATION OF COMPACT 13 This Compact shall take effect upon being entered into by two or more states as 14 between those states and the federal government. Upon subsequent entering into this 15 Compact by additional states, it shall become effective among those states and the 16 federal government and each party state that has previously ratified it. When ratified, 17 this Compact shall have the full force and effect of law within the ratifying 18 jurisdictions. The form of ratification shall be in accordance with the laws of the 19 executing state. 20 ARTICLE VIII. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 21 (a) Relation of Compact to certain FBI activities. Administration of this 22 Compact shall not interfere with the management and control of the director of the FBI 23 over the FBI's collection and dissemination of criminal history records and the 24 advisory function of the FBI's advisory policy board chartered under the Federal 25 Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) for all purposes other than noncriminal 26 justice. 27 (b) No authority for nonappropriated expenditures. Nothing in this Compact 28 shall require the FBI to obligate or expend funds beyond those appropriated to the FBI. 29 (c) Relating to Public Law 92-544. Nothing in this Compact shall diminish 30 or lessen the obligations, responsibilities, and authorities of any state, whether a party 31 state or a nonparty state, or of any criminal history record repository or other
01 subdivision or component thereof, under the Departments of State, Justice, and 02 Commerce, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1973 (Public Law 03 92-544) or regulations and guidelines promulgated thereunder, including the rules and 04 procedures promulgated by the council under Article VI(a), regarding the use and 05 dissemination of criminal history records and information. 06 ARTICLE IX. RENUNCIATION 07 (a) In general. This Compact shall bind each party state until renounced by 08 the party state. 09 (b) Effect. Any renunciation of this Compact by a party state shall 10 (1) be effected in the same manner by which the party state ratified this 11 Compact; and 12 (2) become effective 180 days after written notice of renunciation is 13 provided by the party state to each other party state and to the federal government. 14 ARTICLE X. SEVERABILITY 15 The provisions of this Compact shall be severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, 16 or provision of this Compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any 17 participating state, or to the Constitution of the United States, or the applicability 18 thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance is held invalid, the validity 19 of the remainder of this Compact and the applicability thereof to any government, 20 agency, person, or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. If a portion of this 21 Compact is held contrary to the constitution of any party state, all other portions of 22 this Compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining party states and 23 in full force and effect as to the party state affected, as to all other provisions. 24 ARTICLE XI. ADJUDICATION OF DISPUTES 25 (a) In general. The council shall 26 (1) have initial authority to make determinations with respect to any 27 dispute regarding 28 (A) interpretation of this Compact; 29 (B) any rule or standard established by the council pursuant to 30 Article V; and 31 (C) any dispute or controversy between any parties to this
01 Compact; and 02 (2) hold a hearing concerning any dispute described in paragraph (1) 03 at a regularly scheduled meeting of the council and only render a decision based upon 04 a majority vote of the members of the council. Such decision shall be published 05 pursuant to the requirements of Article VI(e). 06 (b) Duties of the FBI. The FBI shall exercise immediate and necessary action 07 to preserve the integrity of the III System, maintain system policy and standards, 08 protect the accuracy and privacy of records, and to prevent abuses, until the council 09 holds a hearing on such matters. 10 (c) Right of appeal. The FBI or a party state may appeal any decision of the 11 council to the attorney general, and thereafter may file suit in the appropriate district 12 court of the United States, which shall have original jurisdiction of all cases or 13 controversies arising under this Compact. Any suit arising under this Compact and 14 initiated in a state court shall be removed to the appropriated district court of the 15 United States in the manner provided by section 1446 of title 28, United States Code, 16 or other statutory authority. 17 * Sec. 3. AS 47.14.990(11) is amended to read: 18 (11) "serious offense" means a conviction for a violation or for an 19 attempt, solicitation, or conspiracy to commit a violation of any of the following 20 laws, or of the laws of another jurisdiction with substantially similar elements: 21 (A) a felony offense; 22 (B) a crime involving domestic violence; 23 (C) AS 11.41.410 - 11.41.470; 24 (D) AS 11.51.130; 25 (E) AS 11.61.110(a)(7) or 11.61.125; 26 (F) AS 11.66.100 - 11.66.130; 27 (G) former AS 11.15.120, former 11.15.134, or assault with 28 the intent to commit rape under former AS 11.15.160; or 29 (H) former AS 11.40.080, 11.40.110, 11.40.130, or 11.40.200 - 30 11.40.420, if committed before January 1, 1980; [HAS THE MEANING 31 GIVEN IN AS 12.62.900.]
01 * Sec. 4. AS 47.17.033(a) is amended to read: 02 (a) In investigating child abuse and neglect reports under this chapter, the 03 department may make necessary inquiries about the criminal records of the parents or 04 of the alleged abusive or neglectful person, including inquiries about the existence of 05 a criminal history record involving a serious offense as defined in AS 47.14.990 06 [AS 12.62.900]. 07 * Sec. 5. AS 47.35.047(b) is amended to read: 08 (b) A licensee shall notify the department within 24 hours after having 09 knowledge of a conviction or indictment, presentment, or charging by information or 10 complaint of an administrator, foster parent, member of the licensee's household, 11 regular volunteer, or staff person for a violation of the following laws or the laws of 12 another jurisdiction with similar elements: 13 (1) offenses against the family and vulnerable adults under AS 11.51; 14 (2) perjury under AS 11.56.200; 15 (3) offenses included in the definition of "serious offense" under 16 AS 47.14.990 [AS 12.62.900]. 17 * Sec. 6. AS 47.35.900(24) is amended to read: 18 (24) "serious offense" has the meaning given in AS 47.14.990; 19 [AS 12.62.900.] 20 * Sec. 7. AS 12.62.900(23) and 12.62.900(24) are repealed. 21 * Sec. 8. This Act takes effect September 1, 2000.