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                                               HOUSE BILL NO. 15
                          IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA
                            THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION
     BY REPRESENTATIVES FIELDS, Josephson, Tarr, LeDoux, Tuck, Drummond
     Introduced: 2/20/19
     Referred: State Affairs, Judiciary, Finance
                                                    A BILL
                                           FOR AN ACT ENTITLED
 1   "An Act relating to sentencing for vehicle theft in the first degree."
 2   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
 3     * Section 1. AS 12.55.125(e) is amended to read:
 4                    (e) Except as provided in (i) of this section, a defendant convicted of a class C
 5           felony may be sentenced to a definite term of imprisonment of not more than five
 6           years, and shall be sentenced to a definite term within the following presumptive
 7           ranges, subject to adjustment as provided in AS 12.55.155 - 12.55.175:
 8                             (1) if the offense is a first felony conviction and does not involve
 9           circumstances described in (4) of this subsection, zero to two years; a defendant
10           sentenced under this paragraph may, if the court finds it appropriate, be granted a
11           suspended imposition of sentence under AS 12.55.085, and the court may, as a
12           condition of probation under AS 12.55.086, require the defendant to serve an active
13           term of imprisonment within the range specified in this paragraph;
14                             (2) if the offense is a second felony conviction, one to four years;
15                             (3) if the offense is a third felony conviction, two to five years;
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1                          (4) if the offense is a first felony conviction, and the defendant violated
2                                 (A) AS 08.54.720(a)(15), one to two years;
3                                 (B) AS 11.46.360, 120 days to two years.
4    * Sec. 2. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to
5   read:
6           APPLICABILITY. AS 12.55.125(e), as amended by sec. 1 of this Act, applies to
7   offenses committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
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Statutes affected: 
HB0015A, AM HB 15, introduced 02/20/2019: 12.55.125, 12.55.155, 12.55.175, 12.55.085, 12.55.086, 08.54.720, 11.46.360