ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                   
              HOUSE JUDICIARY STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                              
                       January 23, 2002                                                                                         
                           2:23 p.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
DEPARTMENT OF LAW UPDATE: STATE v. AULIYE (MINOR IN POSSESSION)                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
TAPES                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
02-4, SIDE A                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE   NORMAN   ROKEBERG,   Chair,  called   the   House                                                              
Judiciary Standing  Committee meeting back  to order at  2:23 p.m.                                                              
[For  minutes regarding  HB 243,  see  the 1:07  p.m. minutes  for                                                              
this date.]                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
PRESENT                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Committee  members present  were  Representatives Rokeberg,  Ogan,                                                              
James, Coghill, Meyer, Berkowitz, and Kookesh.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
ANNE  CARPENETI,   Assistant  Attorney  General,   Legal  Services                                                              
Section-Juneau,  Criminal  Division,  Department of  Law,  updated                                                              
the  committee  on  minor-consuming  laws.    She  emphasized  the                                                              
graduated   sentencing  scale   for  first,   second,  and   third                                                              
offenses.   She talked  about the Niedermeyer  case and  the right                                                            
to a  jury trial  and right  to counsel.   She  then responded  to                                                              
questions.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE OGAN  asked questions  regarding the waiver  of due                                                              
process when  an offender  is referred  to a  community-sentencing                                                              
program.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  JAMES asked  a question  regarding  the $600  fine                                                              
for minor consuming.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR ROKEBERG  asked a  question regarding  the holding  of cases                                                              
and issuance of citations while a law is under review.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
No announcements were made.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The committee took no action.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR ROKEBERG  adjourned the  House Judiciary Standing  Committee                                                              
meeting at 2:37 p.m.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
NOTE:   The meeting  was recorded and  handwritten log  notes were                                                              
taken.   A copy of the  tape(s) and log  notes may be  obtained by                                                              
contacting  the House  Records Office  at State  Capitol, Room  3,                                                              
Juneau,  Alaska   99801  (mailing  address), (907)  465-2214,  and                                                              
after  adjournment  of the  second  session of  the  Twenty-Second                                                              
Alaska  State Legislature  this  information  may  be obtained  by                                                              
contacting the Legislative Reference Library at (907) 465-3808.