HOUSE BILL NO. 136 "An Act restricting the authority of a court to suspend execution of a sentence or grant probation in prosecutions for driving while under the influence and prosecutions for refusal to submit to a chemical test; and allowing a court to suspend up to 75 percent of the minimum fines required for driving while under the influence and for refusal to submit to a chemical test if the defendant successfully completes a court- ordered treatment program." This was the second hearing for this bill in the Senate Finance Committee. Co-Chair Green stated that the bill would allow a portion of the offender's fine to be "diverted" to pay for the costs of the offender's court ordered treatment program. It would also require the Court to adhere to a specified minimum sentence for the crimes addressed in the bill. Co-Chair Green noted that a House Judiciary Committee Letter of Intent accompanied the bill. HEATHER NOBREGA, Staff to Representative Norm Rokeberg, the bill's sponsor, communicated that the Letter of Intent had not been addressed during the previous discussion on the bill. Co-Chair Green stated that the Letter of Intent should accompany the bill when it moved from Committee. 3:25:34 PM Co-Chair Wilken moved to report the bill and the House Judiciary Letter of Intent from Committee with individual recommendations and accompanying fiscal notes. There being no objection, HB 136, accompanied by the House Judiciary Letter of Intent adopted April 12 2005, was REPORTED from Committee with zero fiscal note #1 dated March 21, 2005 from the Department of Corrections; zero fiscal note #2 dated March 17, 2005 from the Alaska Court System; zero fiscal note #3 dated March 18, 2005 from the Department of Public Safety; indeterminate fiscal note #4 dated March 21, 2005 from the Department of Administration; indeterminate fiscal note #5 dated March 20, 2005 from the Civil Division, Department of Law; and indeterminate fiscal note #6 dated March 20, 2005 from the Criminal Division, Department of Law. 3:26:24 PM