00                      CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 329(JUD)                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to bail and unlawful evasion."                                                                         
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 11.56.340(b) is amended to read:                                                                   
04            (b)  Unlawful evasion is a class C felony [A MISDEMEANOR].                                               
05    * Sec. 2. AS 12.30.010 is amended to read:                                                                         
06            Sec. 12.30.010. Bail before or after conviction. The defendant in a criminal                             
07       proceeding is entitled to be admitted to bail before conviction as a matter of right if the                       
08       alleged victim can be reasonably protected through the imposition of bail and                                     
09       conditions of release. The defendant in a criminal case may be admitted to bail                               
10       after conviction only as permitted under AS 12.30.040. However, nothing in this                               
11       chapter allows a court to order a defendant who has not satisfied bail to be                                  
12       released temporarily or periodically, either before trial or after conviction unless                          
13                 (1)  the defendant is charged with a misdemeanor or class B or C                                    
14       felony and the release is because of the                                                                      
15                      (A)  death of an immediate family member of the defendant;                                     

01            or                                                                                                       
02                      (B)  birth of the defendant's child; and                                                       
03                 (2)  the court solicits information from the Department of                                          
04       Corrections regarding the defendant's conduct while incarcerated and considers                                
05       that information when making a decision under (1) of this subsection.                                         
06    * Sec. 3. AS 12.30.020(b)(3) is repealed.