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SB 25                                                                                             
SENATE BILL NO. 25 BY THE SENATE RULES COMMITTEE                                                    
BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR, entitled:                                                               
                                                                                                    
          "An Act relating to the Interstate Compact for Adult                                      
          Offender Supervision and the State Council for                                            
          Interstate Adult Offender Supervision; amending                                           
          Rules 4 and 24, Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure; and                                      
          providing for an effective date."                                                         
                                                                                                    
was read the first time and referred to the Judiciary and Finance                                   
Committees.                                                                                         
                                                                                                    
The following fiscal information was published today:                                               
 Fiscal Note No. 1, Department of Corrections                                                       
                                                                                                    
Governor's transmittal letter dated January 10:                                                     
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    

2001-01-10                     Senate Journal                      Page 0041
Dear President Halford:                                                                             
                                                                                                    
With this bill I transmit today, Alaska has the opportunity to increase                             
supervision of criminal offenders who travel across state lines, thereby                            
contributing to the growing national interest in protecting victims'                                
rights. This bill allows Alaska to participate in the Interstate Compact                            
for Adult Offender Supervision, joining other states in replacing the                               
now-outdated Interstate Compact on Probation and Parole.                                            
                                                                                                    
The current compact was enacted in 1937 and can no longer                                           
adequately deal with the more than four million offenders on probation                              
and parole, 250,000 of which will cross state lines this year. The                                  
proposed new compact provides for an interstate commission to                                       
coordinate the transfer and supervision of probationers and parolees                                
between states, as well as enforcement mechanisms for states who fail                               
to abide by the rules of the compact.                                                               
                                                                                                    
A state council would also be created to exercise oversight and                                     
advocacy concerning the state's participation in the Interstate                                     
Commission as well as to make recommendations to the legislature to                                 
facilitate the operations and procedures of the compact within the                                  
state.                                                                                              
                                                                                                    
I urge your prompt and favorable consideration of this bill.                                        
                                                                                                    
       Sincerely,                                                                                   
       /s/                                                                                          
       Tony Knowles                                                                                 
       Governor