Title 24, Legislature and Lobbying
16 chapters · 304 sections in this title.
AS 24.65.010 Office of victims' rights.
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There is created in the legislative branch of the state the office of victims' rights. The victims' advocate is the director of the office of victims' rights.
AS 24.65.020 Appointment of the victims' advocate.
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(a) A candidate for appointment as the victims' advocate shall be nominated by the victims' advocate selection committee composed of three members of the senate appointed by the president of the senate and three members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of …
AS 24.65.030 Qualifications.
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A person may not serve as victims' advocate (1) unless the person has been a resident of the state for the three years immediately preceding the person's appointment; (2) unless the person has been engaged in the active practice of law for the three years immediately preceding th…
AS 24.65.040 Term of office.
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(a) The term of office of the victims' advocate is five years. A victims' advocate may be reappointed but may not serve for more than three terms. To be eligible for reappointment at the conclusion of each five-year term of service, a victims' advocate seeking reappointment must …
AS 24.65.050 Removal.
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The legislature, by a concurrent resolution adopted by a roll call vote of two-thirds of the members of each house entered in the journal, may remove or suspend the victims' advocate from office, but only for neglect of duty, misconduct, or disability.
AS 24.65.060 Compensation.
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The victims' advocate is entitled to receive an annual salary of Range 26 on the salary schedule set out in AS 39.27.011(a) and (l).
AS 24.65.070 Staff and delegation.
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(a) The victims' advocate shall appoint a person to serve as acting victims' advocate in the absence of the victims' advocate. If the victims' advocate is not available to appoint a person to serve as acting victims' advocate, the president of the senate and the speaker of the ho…
AS 24.65.080 Office facilities and administration.
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(a) Subject to restrictions and limitations imposed by the executive director of the Legislative Affairs Agency, the administrative facilities and services of the Legislative Affairs Agency, including computer, data processing, and teleconference facilities, may be made available…
AS 24.65.090 Procedure.
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(a) The victims' advocate shall, by regulations adopted under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act), establish procedures for advocacy on behalf of crime victims, receiving and processing complaints, conducting investigations, reporting findings, and ensuring that confidential …
AS 24.65.100 Jurisdiction; duties.
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(a) The victims' advocate has jurisdiction to advocate on behalf of crime victims of felony offenses or class A misdemeanors, if the class A misdemeanor is a crime involving domestic violence or a crime against a person under AS 11.41, in the courts of the state and to investigat…
AS 24.65.105 Payment of restitution.
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(a) Subject to appropriation, the office of victims' rights is authorized to pay outstanding balances on orders of restitution under AS 12.55.045 or AS 47.12.120. The office of victims' rights shall coordinate and make payments from the restorative justice account (AS 43.23.048) …
AS 24.65.110 Advocacy on behalf of crime victims; records.
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(a) The victims' advocate shall assist crime victims in obtaining the rights crime victims are guaranteed under the constitution and laws of the state with regard to the contacts crime victims have with justice agencies. (b) The victims' advocate may make the statement a crime vi…
AS 24.65.115 Authority to request return of property on behalf of certain persons.
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(a) Notwithstanding another provision of this chapter, the victims' advocate may (1) file a request under AS 12.36.070 with a law enforcement agency for the return of property to a crime victim after having conducted an investigation and determining that the crime victim is entit…
AS 24.65.120 Investigations.
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(a) The victims' advocate may investigate complaints from crime victims that they have been denied the rights they are guaranteed under the constitution and laws of this state. (b) In an investigation, the victims' advocate may (1) make inquiries and obtain information considered…
AS 24.65.130 Powers.
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(a) Subject to the privileges recognized by court rule and statute of this state, the victims' advocate may compel by subpoena, at a specified time and place, the (1) appearance and sworn testimony of a person who the victims' advocate reasonably believes may be able to give info…
AS 24.65.140 Consultation.
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Before giving an opinion or recommendation that is critical of a justice agency or person as a result of an investigation under AS 24.65.120, the victims' advocate shall consult with that agency or person. The victims' advocate may make a preliminary opinion or recommendation ava…
AS 24.65.150 Procedure after investigation.
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(a) The victims' advocate shall report the advocate's opinion and recommendations to a justice agency if the victims' advocate finds, after investigation under AS 24.65.120, that the agency has denied a crime victim rights the crime victim is guaranteed under the constitution and…
AS 24.65.160 Publication of recommendations.
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Except as provided in AS 24.65.150(c), within a reasonable amount of time after the victims' advocate reports the advocate's opinion and recommendations to a justice agency, the victims' advocate may present the opinion and recommendations to the governor, the legislature, a gran…
AS 24.65.170 Annual report.
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The victims' advocate shall make available to the public an annual report of the victims' advocate's activities under this chapter and notify the legislature that the report is available. The victim's advocate may include in the report a summary of the advocate's participation as…
AS 24.65.180 Judicial review.
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A proceeding or decision of the victims' advocate may be reviewed in superior court only to determine if it is contrary to the provisions of this chapter.
AS 24.65.190 Immunity of the victims' advocate.
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A civil action may not be brought against the victims' advocate or a member of the victims' advocate's staff for anything done, said, or omitted in performing the victims' advocate's duties or responsibilities under this chapter.
AS 24.65.200 Victims' advocate's privilege not to testify or produce documents or other evidence.
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Except as may be necessary to enforce the provisions of this chapter, the determinations, conclusions, thought processes, discussions, records, reports, and recommendations of or information collected by the victims' advocate or staff of the victims' advocate are not admissible i…
AS 24.65.210 Penalty.
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A person who knowingly hinders the lawful actions of the victims' advocate or the staff of the victims' advocate, or who knowingly refuses to comply with their lawful demands, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction may be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000. In thi…
AS 24.65.250 Definitions.
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In this chapter, (1) justice agency means a department, office, institution, corporation, authority, organization, commission, committee, council, court, or board of a municipality or in the executive or judicial branches of the state government that is, in any manner, involved…