2004-02-16                     Senate Journal                      Page 2178
Alaska participates in the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender                                    
Supervision (Compact), which regulates the transfer of supervision for                              
persons under state probation and parole. The bill would establish an                               
application fee for persons under active probation or parole                                        
supervision who request an interstate transfer of supervision under the                             
Compact. According to the Department of Corrections, the great                                      
majority of other states already impose a fee for similar services. The                             
bill also would require the applicant to post a bond or deposit cash,                               
which would be forfeited if the state must escort the person back to                                
Alaska for confined supervision.                                                                    
                                                                                                    
I urge your prompt and favorable consideration of this proposal.                                    
                                                                                                    
Sincerely yours,                                                                                    
/s/                                                                                                 
Frank H. Murkowski                                                                                  
Governor                                                                                            
                                                                                                    
SB 337                                                                                            
SENATE BILL NO. 337 BY THE SENATE RULES COMMITTEE                                                   
BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR, entitled:                                                               
                                                                                                    
          "An Act relating to the powers of the Alaska Energy                                       
          Authority to make grants and loans and enter into                                         
          contracts; relating to the bulk fuel revolving loan                                       
          fund; relating to the Alaska Energy Authority's                                           
          liability for the provision of technical assistance to                                    
          rural utilities; relating to the Alaska Energy                                            
          Authority's investment of the power development                                           
          fund; repealing the electrical service extension fund;                                    
          and providing for an effective date."                                                     
                                                                                                    
was read the first time and referred to the Labor and Commerce and                                  
Finance Committees.                                                                                 
                                                                                                    
The following fiscal information was published today:                                               
 Fiscal Note No. 1, zero, Department of Revenue                                                     
 Fiscal Note No. 2, zero, Department of Community and Economic                                      
          Development