00CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 26(FIN)                                                                                        
01 "An Act relating to hindering prosecution and to providing false information or                                         
02 reports to a peace officer."                                                                                            
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  AS 11.56.780(a) is amended to read:                                                                  
05  (a)  A person commits the crime of hindering prosecution in the second degree                                         
06 if the person renders assistance to another who has committed a crime punishable  as                                   
07 a misdemeanor  [BY IMPRISONMENT FOR MORE THAN 90 DAYS], with intent                                                    
08 to                                                                                                                      
09   (1)  hinder the apprehension, prosecution, conviction, or punishment of                                              
10 the other person; or                                                                                                    
11   (2)  assist the other person in profiting or benefiting from the                                                     
12 commission of the crime.                                                                                                
13    * Sec. 2.  AS 11.56.800 is amended to read:                                                                        
14  Sec. 11.56.800.   False information or  [MAKING A FALSE] report.  (a)  A                                            

01 person commits the crime of [MAKING A] false  information or  report if the person                                    
02 knowingly                                                                                                               
03   (1)  gives false information to a peace officer                                                                      
04    (A)   with the intent of implicating another in a crime;  or                                                    
05   (B)  concerning the person's identity while the person is                                                           
06   (i)  under arrest, detention, or investigation for a                                                               
07 crime; or                                                                                                               
08   (ii)  being served with an arrest warrant or being                                                                 
09 issued a citation;                                                                                                      
10    (2)  makes a false report to a peace officer that a crime has occurred or                                          
11 is about to occur;                                                                                                      
12   (3)  makes a false report or gives a false alarm that a fire or other                                                
13 incident dangerous to life or property calling for an emergency response has occurred                                   
14 or is about to occur; or                                                                                                
15   (4)  makes a false report to the Department of Natural Resources under                                               
16 AS 46.17 concerning the condition of a dam or reservoir.                                                                
17  (b)  False information or  [MAKING A FALSE] report is a class A                                                     
18 misdemeanor.