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HB 97                                                                                                                         
The Judiciary Committee considered:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 97                                                                                                           
    "An Act relating to theft; relating to organized retail theft; relating                                                     

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    to property crimes; relating to aggravating factors at sentencing;                                                          
    establishing a statewide marketplace facilitator sales tax; and                                                             
   establishing the organized retail theft fund in the general fund."                                                          
                                                                                                                                
and recommends it be replaced with:                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 97(JUD)                                                                                               
    "An Act relating to human trafficking; relating to theft; relating to                                                       
    organized theft; relating to theft of medical records and medical                                                           
    information; relating to mail theft; establishing the crime of wage                                                         
    theft; relating to aggravating factors at sentencing; relating to                                                           
     claims for unpaid wages; and providing for an effective date."                                                            
                                                                                                                                
The report was signed by Representative Gray, Chair, with the                                                                   
following individual recommendations:                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Do pass (4):  Vance, Underwood, Eischeid, Gray                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
No recommendation (1):  Mina                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal note(s) apply to CSHB 97(JUD):                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
1. Zero, Alaska Judiciary System                                                                                                
2. Indeterminate, Dept. of Revenue                                                                                              
3. Zero, Dept. of Public Safety                                                                                                 
4. Zero, Dept. of Law                                                                                                           
5. Zero, Dept. of Corrections                                                                                                   
6. Zero, Dept. of Administration                                                                                                
7. Zero, Dept. of Administration                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
HB 97 was referred to the Finance Committee.