SENATE BILL NO. 58                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act increasing the number of superior court judges                                                                     
     designated for the third judicial district; and                                                                            
     providing for an effective date."                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
10:15:54 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
DOUG   WOOLIVER,  ADMINISTRATIVE   ATTORNEY,  ALASKA   COURT                                                                    
SYSTEM, explained  the bill. He stated  that the legislation                                                                    
would add  two new  superior court  judges to  the Anchorage                                                                    
bench who would  be assigned to civil cases.  He stated that                                                                    
litigants  in family  law areas  arriving  to court  without                                                                    
representation were  increasing. He stated that  the overall                                                                    
caseload in Anchorage was  significantly higher in Anchorage                                                                    
than in any other city in the state.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Stedman discussed the eight fiscal notes.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
10:18:38 AM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Hoffman MOVED  to report  SB 58  out of  committee                                                                    
with  individual recommendations  and  the accompanying  new                                                                    
fiscal  note(s):  COR,  SFIN/DPS  and  previously  published                                                                    
fiscal impact  notes: #1  CRT, #2  CRT, #3  ADM, #4  ADM, #7                                                                    
LAW, #8.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
SB  58  was  REPORTED   out  of  committee  with  individual                                                                    
recommendations  accompanying new  and previously  published                                                                    
fiscal notes.