00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 210                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to sexual assault and sexual abuse of a minor."                                                        
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 12.10.010 is amended to read:                                                                     
04            Sec. 12.10.010.  General time limitations.  A prosecution for murder, sexual                           
05       assault, or sexual abuse of a minor may be commenced at any time.  Except as                                  
06       otherwise provided by law, a person may not be prosecuted, tried, or punished for an                              
07       offense other than murder, sexual assault, or sexual abuse of a minor, unless the                             
08       indictment is found or the information or complaint is instituted no later than                                   
09                 (1)  10 years after the commission of a felony offense in violation of                                  
10       AS 11.41.120 - 11.41.370, 11.41.450 - 11.41.530, [AS 11.41.120 - 11.41.530] or in                             
11       violation of AS 11.46.400; or                                                                                     
12                 (2)  five years after the commission of any other offense.                                              
13    * Sec. 2.  AS 12.10.020(c) is repealed.                                                                            
14    * Sec. 3.  The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                         
15 read:                                                                                                                   

01       APPLICABILITY.  The extension of the statute of limitations for sexual assault and                                
02 sexual abuse of a minor provided in sec. 1 of this Act applies to all offenses occurring                                
03            (1)  on or after the effective date of this Act; and                                                         
04            (2)  to all offenses occurring before the effective date of this Act if the statute                          
05 of limitations applicable to that offense on the day before the effective date of this Act has not                      
06 expired, including any specific time periods for that offense under AS 12.10.020, as that                               
07 section read the day before the effective date of this Act, and any period when the limitations                         
08 period did not run under AS 12.10.040.