00SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 4                                                                                           
01 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to                                           
02 the duration of a regular session.                                                                                      
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  Article II, sec. 8, Constitution of the State of Alaska is amended to read:                            
05  SECTION 8.  REGULAR SESSIONS.  The legislature shall convene in regular                                               
06 session each year on the fourth Monday in January, but the month and day may be                                         
07 changed by law.  Each regular session is limited to ninety [THE LEGISLATURE                                           
08 SHALL ADJOURN FROM REGULAR SESSION NO LATER THAN ONE                                                                    
09 HUNDRED TWENTY] consecutive calendar days [FROM THE DATE IT                                                             
10 CONVENES] except that a regular session may be extended once for up to ten                                              
11 consecutive calendar days.  An extension of the regular session requires the affirmative                                
12 vote of at least two-thirds of the membership of each house of the legislature.  The                                    
13 legislature shall adopt as part of the uniform rules of procedure deadlines for                                         
14 scheduling session work not inconsistent with provisions controlling the length of the                                  

01 session.                                                                                                                
02    * Sec. 2.  The amendment proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of                            
03 the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the                        
04 State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.