2000-02-11                     Senate Journal                      Page 2277
SB 263                                                                       
defendant has paid the damages, the court may dismiss the charges,             
even if the prosecution objects to the dismissal. There are several            
exceptions in the statute allowing for civil compromise. One of the            
exceptions disallows compromise of cases between spouses and                   
former spouses, or persons living together in a family or spousal              
relationship. The exception does not, however, include all domestic            
violence crimes. For example, it does not include domestic violence            
by a person who lived with another person if the court determines              
that the relationship was not a spousal relationship. This bill extends        
the disallowance of civil compromise to all cases involving domestic           
violence as defined in the Domestic Violence Prevention and Victim             
Protection Act of 1996. Civil compromise is not appropriate in                 
domestic violence cases. This bill ensures that it will not occur.             
                                                                               
This bill continues the state's efforts to better protect victims of           
crimes and deserves your favorable consideration.                              
                                                                               
					Sincerely,                                                                
					/s/                                                                       
					Tony Knowles                                                              
					Governor                                                                  
                                                                               
SB 264                                                                       
SENATE BILL NO. 264 BY THE SENATE RULES COMMITTEE                              
BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR, entitled:                                          
                                                                               
An Act providing for the revocation of driving                                
privileges by a court for a driver convicted of a                              
violation of traffic laws in connection with a fatal                           
motor vehicle or commercial motor vehicle accident;                            
and amending Rules 43 and 43.1, Alaska Rules of                                
Administration.                                                                
                                                                               
was read the first time and referred to the Judiciary and Finance              
Committees.                                                                    
                                                                               
Indeterminate fiscal note published today from Department of                   
Administration. Zero fiscal notes published today from Department              
of Law, Department of Public Safety.