01/28/1993 04:00 PM House JUD

                                                                               
               HOUSE JUDICIARY STANDING COMMITTEE                              
                        January 28, 1993                                       
                            4:00 p.m.                                          
                                                                               
                                                                               
  MEMBERS PRESENT                                                              
                                                                               
  Rep. Brian Porter, Chairman                                                  
  Rep. Jeannette James, Vice Chair                                             
                                                                               
  MEMBERS ABSENT                                                               
                                                                               
  Rep. Pete Kott                                                               
  Rep. Gail Phillips                                                           
  Rep. Joe Green                                                               
  Rep. Cliff Davidson                                                          
  Rep. Jim Nordlund                                                            
                                                                               
  COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                           
                                                                               
  Work Session:  Telephone Call to the Anchorage Crime                         
                 Commission                                                    
                                                                               
  ACTION NARRATIVE                                                             
                                                                               
  As arranged in advance, Gayle Horetski, Committee Counsel to                 
  the House Judiciary Committee, placed a telephone call to a                  
  meeting of the Anchorage Crime Commission at approximately                   
  4:15 p.m.  Present with Ms. Horetski was Vice Chair of the                   
  House Judiciary Committee, Jeannette James.  Chairman Brian                  
  Porter joined the conference call at approximately 4:20 p.m.                 
  Also present was Jay Nelson, staff to Representative Cliff                   
  Davidson.                                                                    
                                                                               
  Members of the Anchorage Crime Commission expressed their                    
  support for various legislative measures which may be                        
  considered by the legislature during this session.  Among                    
  the issues discussed were a conspiracy law, "boot camp"                      
  programs for young offenders, "waiver" of certain juvenile                   
  offenders from children's to adult court, tougher penalties                  
  for auto theft, laws requiring parental responsibility for                   
  young offenders, greater public access to the records of                     
  children's court proceedings, and the flexibility to send                    
  sentenced prisoners to out-of-state correctional facilities                  
  if Alaska's institutions are overcrowded.                                    
                                                                               
  Among the members of the Commission who spoke were David                     
  Cuddy, chairman, Superior Court Judge Ralph Moody (retired),                 
  and Cal Williams.  Chairman Porter thanked the Commission                    
  members for their interest in criminal justice legislation,                  
  and pledged to work with them during the session.                            
                                                                               
  The telephone call ended at approximately 4:45 p.m.