00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 355                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to establishing a pilot program relating to continuous alcohol                                         
02 monitoring of offenders."                                                                                               
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section                          
05 to read:                                                                                                                
06       CONTINUOUS ALCOHOL MONITORING PILOT PROGRAM. (a) The                                                              
07 commissioner of corrections shall establish a continuous alcohol monitoring program for not                             
08 more than 100 offenders committed to the custody of the commissioner for alcohol-related                                
09 offenses or probation or parole violations involving the use of alcohol and sentenced to serve                          
10 a period of imprisonment of less than six months. The program must involve the use of                                   
11 technology employing bracelets or anklets that automatically continuously test and                                      
12 periodically transmit alcohol consumption levels of, and tamper attempts by, the person being                           
13 monitored. The program must allow offenders to wear these devices instead of serving a                                  
14 portion or all of a sentence of imprisonment. The program must require participants to pay for                          

01 the cost of their participation in the program. The commissioner shall establish other                                  
02 conditions and requirements for participation in the program. In establishing these conditions                          
03 and requirements and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commissioner may                                   
04 credit time a prisoner spends participating successfully in the program against equal time the                          
05 prisoner was sentenced to imprisonment.                                                                                 
06       (b)  Offenders selected for the program must agree to and comply with all conditions                              
07 and requirements of the program. An offender who violates the conditions or requirements of                             
08 the program shall be removed from the program and shall be required to serve the offender's                             
09 sentence or period of probation or parole as if the offender had not participated in the                                
10 program.                                                                                                                
11       (c)  The program shall start the day the first offender is issued a monitoring device                             
12 under this section but not later than January 1, 2007. The program shall end December 31,                               
13 2007. The commissioner shall complete an interim report on the establishment of the program                             
14 by April 1, 2007, provide copies of that report to the senate secretary and the chief clerk of the                      
15 house of representatives, and provide notice to each member of the legislature that the report                          
16 is available. The commissioner shall compile a final report on the program not later than                               
17 February 1, 2008, provide copies of that report to the senate secretary and the chief clerk of                          
18 the house of representatives, and provide notice to each member of the legislature that the                             
19 report is available.