HB 76 - STALKING/SEXUAL ASSAULT PROTECTIVE ORDERS                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
2:13:24 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
[CHAIR GATTO announced that the  final order of business would be                                                               
HOUSE  BILL NO.  76,  "An  Act relating  to  costs  and fees  for                                                               
stalking and sexual assault protective orders."                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  GATTO  mentioned  that  at  the  bill's  last  hearing,  a                                                               
question  was  raised  regarding   whether  the  bill's  proposed                                                               
changes  warranted   the  inclusion   of  a  court   rule  change                                                               
provision.]                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
2:13:45 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
GERALD LUCKHAUPT,  Assistant Revisor, Legislative  Legal Counsel,                                                               
Legislative  Legal  and  Research Services,  Legislative  Affairs                                                               
Agency (LAA), speaking as the  drafter, said that after reviewing                                                               
the Alaska Rules  of Civil Procedure, he doesn't see  any need to                                                               
include such  a provision,  because the  bill wouldn't  be making                                                               
any changes  to those court rules.   He indicated that  he'd also                                                               
provided the committee  with a memorandum, dated  March 10, 2011,                                                               
to that effect.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE GRUENBERG  relayed that he was  satisfied with Mr.                                                               
Luckhaupt's explanation.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
2:14:35 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE THOMPSON  moved to report  HB 76 out  of committee                                                               
with  individual  recommendations  and  the  accompanying  fiscal                                                               
notes.   There being no  objection, HB  76 was reported  from the                                                               
House Judiciary Standing Committee.