CSSB 58(JUD): "An Act relating to permanent fund dividend program notice requirements and to the ineligibility for permanent fund dividends of certain persons sentenced for crimes involving mandatory motor vehicle liability insurance."
00 CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 58(JUD) 01 "An Act relating to permanent fund dividend program notice requirements and to the 02 ineligibility for permanent fund dividends of certain persons sentenced for crimes 03 involving mandatory motor vehicle liability insurance." 04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 05 * Section 1. AS 43.23.005(g) is amended to read: 06 (g) For purposes of applying (d)(1) and (i) of this section, the date the court 07 imposes a sentence or suspends the imposition of sentence shall be treated as the date 08 of conviction. For purposes of applying (d)(2)(B) and (i)(2) of this section, multiple 09 convictions arising out of a single criminal episode shall be treated as a single 10 conviction. 11 * Sec. 2. AS 43.23.005 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 12 (i) Notwithstanding the provisions of (a) - (c) of this section, an individual is 13 not eligible for a permanent fund dividend for a dividend year when 14 (1) during the qualifying year, the individual was sentenced as a result
01 of conviction in this state of a misdemeanor under AS 28.22.011, 28.22.021, or 02 28.22.051 involving mandatory motor vehicle liability insurance; or 03 (2) during the qualifying year or the four years immediately before the 04 qualifying year, the individual was sentenced as a result of the conviction in this state 05 of a misdemeanor under AS 28.22.011, 28.22.021, or 28.22.051 involving mandatory 06 motor vehicle liability insurance if the individual has been convicted of a prior 07 misdemeanor under AS 28.22.011, 28.22.021, or 28.22.051. 08 * Sec. 3. AS 43.23.028(a) is amended to read: 09 (a) By October 1 of each year, the commissioner shall give public notice of 10 the value of each permanent fund dividend for that year and notice of the information 11 required to be disclosed under (3) of this subsection. In addition, the stub attached to 12 each individual dividend check and direct deposit advice must 13 (1) disclose the amount of each dividend attributable to income earned 14 by the permanent fund from deposits to that fund required under art. IX, sec. 15, 15 Constitution of the State of Alaska; 16 (2) disclose the amount of each dividend attributable to income earned 17 by the permanent fund from appropriations to that fund and from amounts added to 18 that fund to offset the effects of inflation; 19 (3) disclose the amount by which each dividend has been reduced due 20 to each appropriation from the dividend fund, including amounts to pay the costs of 21 administering the dividend program and the hold harmless provisions of 22 AS 43.23.075; 23 (4) include a statement that an individual is not eligible for a dividend 24 when 25 (A) during the qualifying year, the individual was convicted in 26 this state of a 27 (i) felony; or 28 (ii) misdemeanor under AS 28.22.011, 28.22.021, or 29 28.22.051 involving mandatory motor vehicle liability insurance; 30 (B) during all or part of the qualifying year, the individual was 31 incarcerated as a result of the conviction in this state of a
01 (i) felony; or 02 (ii) misdemeanor if the individual has been convicted of 03 a prior felony or two or more prior misdemeanors; or 04 (C) during the qualifying year or the four years 05 immediately before the qualifying year, the individual was sentenced as a 06 result of conviction in this state of a misdemeanor under AS 28.22.011, 07 28.22.021, or 28.22.051 involving mandatory motor vehicle liability 08 insurance if the individual has been convicted of a prior misdemeanor 09 under AS 28.22.011, 28.22.021, or 28.22.051; 10 (5) include a statement that the legislative purpose for making certain 11 individuals listed under (4) of this subsection ineligible is to 12 (A) obtain reimbursement for some of the costs imposed on the 13 state criminal justice system related to incarceration or probation of those 14 individuals; 15 (B) provide funds for services for and payments to crime 16 victims and for grants for the operation of domestic violence and sexual assault 17 programs; 18 (6) disclose the total amount that would have been paid during the 19 previous fiscal year to individuals who were ineligible to receive dividends under 20 AS 43.23.005(d) if they had been eligible; 21 (7) disclose the total amount appropriated for the current fiscal year 22 under (b) of this section for each of the funds and agencies listed in (b) of this section. 23 * Sec. 4. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 24 read: 25 APPLICABILITY. The amendments made by secs. 1 and 2 of this Act apply only to 26 individuals convicted of misdemeanors under AS 28.22.011, 28.22.021, or 28.22.051 27 involving mandatory motor vehicle liability insurance committed after December 31, 2003. 28 Convictions for misdemeanors committed before January 1, 2004, may not be considered in 29 determining prior convictions for purposes of applying AS 43.23.005(i)(2), added by sec. 2 of 30 this Act.