03/24/2006 09:00 AM Senate FINANCE

                                                                                                                                
     CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 284(JUD)                                                                                            
     "An Act relating to sentencing for the commission of a                                                                     
     felony while under the influence of alcohol."                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
This was the  second hearing for this bill in  the Senate Finance                                                               
Committee.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Green  noted that CS  SB 284(FIN),  Version 24-LS0581\L,                                                               
was before the Committee.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
DAVE  STANCLIFF, Staff  to Senator  Gene  Therriault, the  bill's                                                               
sponsor, was available to answer Committee questions.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
There being none,  Co-Chair Wilken moved to report  the bill from                                                               
Committee  with   individual  recommendations   and  accompanying                                                               
fiscal notes.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Without  objection, CS  SB 284(FIN)  was REPORTED  from Committee                                                               
accompanied  by previous  indeterminate fiscal  note #1  from the                                                               
Office   of  Public   Advocacy,  Department   of  Administration;                                                               
indeterminate fiscal note  #2 from the Public  Defender Agency; a                                                               
new  indeterminate  fiscal note  dated  March  8, 2006  from  the                                                               
Alaska Court  System; and a  new indeterminate fiscal  note dated                                                               
March 23, 2006 from the Department of Corrections.