IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ALASKA

                         ORDER NO. 1234

                                   Amending Appellate Rule 217(b)
                                   and (c) concerning appeals from
                                   district court.

IT IS ORDERED:

     Appellate Rule 217 is amended to read as follows:

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               (b)  The notice of appeal shall be filed
          with the clerk of the appellate courts within
          15 days after the date shown in the clerk's
          certificate of distribution on the judgment
          being appealed. The provisions of Appellate
          Rule 204(a)(4) shall apply to appeals from the
          district court. The notice of appeal shall be
          accompanied by the items specified in
          Appellate Rule 204(b)[1]-[4] and [7] and a
          designation of the parts of the electronic
          record that are essential to a determination
          of the issues on appeal.  The designation (and
          any counterdesignation) must comply with Rule
          210(b)(1)(B).  

               (c)  Unless otherwise ordered by the
          court of appeals, the record on appeal shall
          consist of the entire district court file,
          together with cassette recordings of the parts
          of the electronic record designated by the
          parties.  Written transcripts may not be
          prepared except by order of the court of
          appeals. The papers in the record on appeal
          need not be numbered at the bottom
          consecutively. The clerk of the trial courts
          shall complete the preparation of the record
          on appeal within fifteen days from the date of
          filing the notice of appeal. Appellate Rule
          210(c) shall not apply.

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DATED:     April 26, 1996   

EFFECTIVE DATE:    July 15, 1996   


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                                   Chief Justice Compton


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                                   Justice Rabinowitz


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                                   Justice Matthews


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                                   Justice Eastaugh
     

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                                   Justice Fabe