Alaska Senate Bill 72 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on March 11 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-03-11 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

An Act clarifying that the Alaska Bar Association is an agency for purposes of investigations by the ombudsman; relating to compensation of the ombudsman and to employment of staff by the ombudsman under personal service contracts; providing that certain records of communications between the ombudsman and an agency are not public records; relating to disclosure by an agency to the ombudsman of communications subject to attorney-client and attorney work-product privileges; relating to informal and formal reports of opinions and recommendations issued by the ombudsman; relating to the privilege of the ombudsman not to testify and creating a privilege under which the ombudsman is not required to disclose certain documents; relating to procedures for procurement by the ombudsman; relating to the definition of 'agency' for purposes of the Ombudsman Act and providing jurisdiction of the ombudsman over persons providing certain services to the state by contract; and amending Rules 501 and 503, Alaska Rules of Evidence.

Ombudsman

Sen. John Coghill [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-03-11	Senate	REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
2013-03-11	Senate	JUD, FIN
2013-03-11	Senate	READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill.asp?session=28&bill=SB72
Text	https://www.legis.state.ak.us/PDF/28/Bills/SB0072A.PDF