MINUTES                                           
                          JOINT MEETING                                        
                    SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE                                   
                   SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE                                  
                        February 19, 1997                                      
                            9:10 A.M.                                          
                                                                               
  TAPES                                                                        
                                                                               
  SFC-97, # 40, Sides 1 & 2 (000-589, 589-000)                                 
  SFC-97, # 41, Side 1 (000-184)                                               
                                                                               
  CALL TO ORDER                                                                
                                                                               
  Senator  Drue  Pearce, Co-chair,  Senate  Finance Committee,                 
  convened the meeting at approximately 9:10 A.M.                              
                                                                               
  PRESENT                                                                      
                                                                               
  In  addition  to Co-chair  Pearce, Co-chair  Sharp, Senators                 
  Donley, Torgerson, Parnell, Adams, and Taylor, Chair, Senate                 
  Judiciary  Committee,  were  present  when  the meeting  was                 
  convened.   Senator Phillips arrived  as the meeting  was in                 
  progress.                                                                    
                                                                               
  Also Attending:                                                              
  Representatives Mulder and  Davis, House Finance  Committee;                 
  Representatives   Berkowitz   and  Green,   House  Judiciary                 
  Committee; Arthur Snowden,  Administrative Director,  Alaska                 
  Court  System;  Cynthia   Hora,  Deputy  Attorney   General,                 
  Criminal   Division,   Department   of   Law;   Ron    Otte,                 
  Commissioner, Department of Public Safety; Del Smith, Deputy                 
  Commissioner,  Department  of  Public  Safety; Robert  Cole,                 
  Director, Division of Administrative Services, Department of                 
  Corrections; Russell Webb,  Deputy Commissioner,  Department                 
  of Health  and  Social Services;  Chris  Christensen,  Staff                 
  Counsel,  Alaska  Court  System;  Bruce  Botelho,   Attorney                 
  General,   Department  of   Law;   Mike  Greany,   Director,                 
  Legislative  Finance  Division;   and  aides  to   committee                 
  members.                                                                     
                                                                               
  Also Attending Via Teleconference:                                           
  Margaret  Pugh,  Commissioner,  Department  of  Corrections;                 
  Barbara  Brink,  Public  Defender; Brant  McGee,  Office  of                 
  Public Advocacy.                                                             
                                                                               
  SUMMARY INFORMATION                                                          
                                                                               
               OVERVIEW - CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM                              
                                                                               
  The  meeting  was recorded  and  handwritten log  notes were                 
  taken.   A copy of the tape and log notes may be obtained by                 
  contacting either the Legislative Finance Division, P.O. Box                 
                                                                               
                                                                               
  113200, Juneau, Alaska 99811-3200 (Phone: (907) 465-3795) or                 
  the office of the Senate Finance Committee Secretary (Phone:                 
  (907) 465-2618).                                                             
                                                                               
                                                                               
  ADJOURNMENT                                                                  
                                                                               
  The meeting was adjourned at approximately 11:00 A.M.