00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 454                                                                          
01 "An Act increasing the duration of certain provisions of domestic violence protective                                   
02 orders from six months to one year."                                                                                    
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 18.66.100(b) is amended to read:                                                                  
05            (b)  When a petition for a protective order is filed, the court shall schedule a                             
06       hearing and provide at least 10 days' notice to the respondent of the hearing and of the                          
07       respondent's right to appear and be heard, either in person or by an attorney. If the                             
08       court finds by a preponderance of evidence that the respondent has committed a crime                              
09       involving domestic violence against the petitioner, regardless of whether the                                     
10       respondent appears at the hearing, the court may order any relief available under (c) of                          
11       this section. The provisions of a protective order issued under                                                   
12                 (1)  (c)(1) of this section are effective until further order of the court;                             
13                 (2)  (c)(2) - (16) of this section are effective for one year [SIX                                  
14       MONTHS] unless earlier dissolved by court order.