00HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 51                                                                                           
01 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to                                           
02 limited entry for sport fish guides and allied professions.                                                             
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  Article VIII, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding a new                          
05 section to read:                                                                                                        
06  SECTION 19.  SPORT FISH GUIDE LIMITED ENTRY.  For purposes of                                                         
07 resource conservation and to prevent economic distress among sport fish guides and                                      
08 allied professions, the State may, in all or part of the State, limit entry into the sport                              
09 fish guiding profession and closely allied professions that for compensation directly                                   
10 assist sport fishermen to take fish.                                                                                    
11    * Sec. 2.  The amendment proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of                            
12 the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the                        
13 State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.