00                        HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 3                                                                     
01 Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to terms of                                    
02 legislators.                                                                                                            
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1. Article II, sec. 3, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read:                          
05 Section 3. Election and Terms. Legislators shall be elected at general                                                
06 elections. Their terms begin on the fourth Monday of the January following election                                     
07 unless otherwise provided by law. The term of representatives shall be two years, and                                   
08 the term of senators, four years. One-half of the senators shall be elected every two                                   
09 years. No person who has served as a representative for six full or partial                                         
10       successive terms shall again be eligible to hold that office. No person who has                               
11       served as a senator for three full or partial successive terms shall again be eligible                        
12       to hold that office.                                                                                          
13    * Sec. 2. Article XV, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding a new                              
14 section to read:                                                                                                        
15            Section 30. Application of 2022 Tenure Amendment. Years served in the                                      
16       legislature before the convening of the First Regular Session of the Thirty-Third Alaska                          
01       State Legislature shall not be considered for purposes of applying the tenure limit added                         
02       by the 2022 amendment to Section 3 of Article II.                                                                 
03    * Sec. 3. The amendments proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of the                      
04 state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the State of                   
05 Alaska, and the election laws of the state.