Alaska Administrative Code
Title 23 - Office of Victims' Rights
Chapter 30 - Confidential Information
Article 2 - Authorized Disclosure of Confidential Information and Matters
23 AAC 30.150 - Publication of the victims' advocate's opinion and recommendations to a grand jury

(a) Within a reasonable time after the victims' advocate reports the victims' advocate's opinion and recommendations to a justice agency, the victims' advocate may present the opinion and recommendations to a grand jury in accordance with AS 24.65.160 and without prior notice to any justice agency. In accordance with AS 24.65.160, the victims' advocate will present the victims' advocate's opinion and recommendations to the grand jury according to court rules and, at the request of the grand jury, respond to questions about it. In the event the grand jury elects to exercise its independent constitutional and statutory duty to investigate and make recommendations concerning the public welfare or safety in connection with matters brought to the grand jury's attention under AS 24.65.160, the victims' advocate may, at the request of the grand jury, provide information and advice regarding the opinion and recommendations in the report. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the victims' advocate from also presenting the victims' advocate's opinion and recommendations to the governor, the legislature, the public, or any of these in accordance with AS 24.65.160. The provisions of 23 AAC 30.140 are inapplicable to presenting the victims' advocate's opinion and recommendations to a grand jury.

(b) The grand jury to receive the victims' advocate's opinion and recommendations under (a) of this section is the grand jury empanelled by the court in accordance with the Alaska Rules of Criminal Procedure.

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