HB 331 - YOUTH COURTS AND CRIMINAL FINES                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
2:58:40 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR RAMRAS announced that the  final order of business would be                                                               
HOUSE  BILL  NO. 331,  "An  Act  relating  to funding  for  youth                                                               
courts; and relating to accounting for criminal fines."                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR RAMRAS turned the gavel over to Representative Herron.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
2:59:21 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
T. TERRY HARVEY, Staff, Representative  Cathy Munoz, Alaska State                                                               
Legislature,  on behalf  of  the  sponsor, Representative  Munoz,                                                               
explained  that HB  331  would provide  a  funding mechanism  for                                                               
Alaska's youth courts,  which are an alternative  venue for youth                                                               
offenders and which have been a  great success in Alaska for over                                                               
20 years;  under the bill, funding  would come from a  portion of                                                               
the criminal fines imposed by the Alaska Court System.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
[HB 331 was held over.]