00                            SENATE BILL NO. 65                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to juvenile justice proceedings; and amending Rule 21, Alaska                                          
02 Delinquency Rules of Procedure."                                                                                        
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            DIRECT COURT RULE AMENDMENT. Rule 21, Alaska Delinquency Rules                                               
07       of Procedure, is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                                      
08            (h)  An adjudication hearing shall be scheduled not more than 120 days after                                 
09       the date a petition for adjudication is filed with the court. Except when it is                                   
10       inconsistent with these rules, the provisions of Rule 45, Alaska Rules of Criminal                                
11       Procedure, apply to delinquency proceedings.                                                                      
12    * Sec. 2. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
13 read:                                                                                                                   
14       APPLICABILITY. Section 1 of this Act applies only to proceedings related to                                       

01 offenses committed on or after the effective date of this Act.