03/31/2017 09:00 AM Senate FINANCE

SENATE BILL NO. 55                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     "An  Act  relating  to   criminal  law  and  procedure;                                                                    
     relating   to   controlled  substances;   relating   to                                                                    
     sentencing;  relating  to   the  period  of  probation;                                                                    
     relating   to   revocation,  termination,   suspension,                                                                    
     cancellation,  or restoration  of  a driver's  license;                                                                    
     relating  to  parole; relating  to  the  duties of  the                                                                    
     Department of Corrections and  the Department of Health                                                                    
     and  Social Services;  and providing  for an  effective                                                                    
     date."                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
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Senator Micciche MOVED to ADOPT Amendment 1, 30-LS0119\N.1,                                                                     
Martin, 3/29/17 (copy on file):                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
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     Insert a new bill section to read:                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
          "* Sec. 15. AS 29.25.070(g) is amended to read:                                                                       
          (g) If  a municipality prescribes a  penalty for a                                                                    
          violation  of a  municipal ordinance,  including a                                                                    
          violation under (a) of this  section, and there is                                                                    
          a comparable state crime [OFFENSE]  under AS 11 or                                                                    
          AS  28  with  elements  that are  similar  to  the                                                                    
          municipal  ordinance,  the  municipality  may  not                                                                    
          impose a greater punishment  than that imposed for                                                                    
          a  violation  of  the   state  crime  [LAW].  This                                                                    
          subsection applies  to home  rule and  general law                                                                    
          municipalities."                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
     Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair MacKinnon OBJECTED for DISCUSSION.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
JORDAN  SCHILLING, STAFF,  SENATOR  JOHN COGHILL,  explained                                                                    
the amendment.  He stated  that SB  91 limited  authority to                                                                    
have  greater punishments  for similar  state offences  than                                                                    
prescribed under  state law. The  amendment was  a provision                                                                    
from  SB  54,  and  should   be  a  considered  a  technical                                                                    
revision.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair MacKinnon  WITHDREW the  OBJECTION. There  being NO                                                                    
further OBJECTION, Amendment 1 ADOPTED.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Hoffman MOVED  to REPORT SB 55, as  amended, out of                                                                    
committee  with  individual   recommendations  and  attached                                                                    
fiscal notes. There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
CSSB 55(FIN) was REPORTED out  of committee with a "do pass"                                                                    
recommendation  and with  a new  zero fiscal  note from  the                                                                    
Senate Finance  Committee and  a new  zero fiscal  note from                                                                    
the Alaska Judicial System.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
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AT EASE                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
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RECONVENED