00SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 14                                                                   
01 Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to                                             
02 confirmation of appointments of public members who serve on a board or                                                  
03 commission involved with managing the assets of the Alaska permanent fund.                                              
04 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
05    * Section 1.  Article III, sec. 26, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read:                         
06  SECTION 26.  BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.  (a)  When a board or                                                          
07 commission is at the head of a principal department or a regulatory or quasi-judicial                                   
08 agency, its members shall be appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by a                                    
09 majority of the members of the legislature in joint session, and may be removed as                                      
10 provided by law.  They shall be citizens of the United States. The board or                                             
11 commission may appoint a principal executive officer when authorized by law, but the                                    
12 appointment shall be subject to the approval of the governor.                                                           
13    * Sec. 2.  Article III, sec. 26, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding a                         
14 new subsection to read:                                                                                                 

01  (b)  If there are public members of a board or commission that manages the                                            
02 assets of the fund created in Section 15 of Article IX, including a board or commission                                 
03 that is at the head of a public corporation or other public entity that manages the assets                              
04 of the fund created in Section 15 of Article IX, they shall be appointed by the                                         
05 governor, subject to confirmation by a majority of the members of the legislature in                                    
06 joint session, and may be removed as provided by law.                                                                   
07    * Sec. 3.  The amendments proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of                           
08 the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the                        
09 State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.