00CS FOR SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 14(FIN)                                                       
01 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to                                           
02 certain public corporations.                                                                                            
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1. Article III, sec. 26, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read:                          
05  SECTION 26.  BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.  When a board or commission                                                      
06 is at the head of a principal department or a regulatory or quasi-judicial agency, or at                               
07 the head of a public corporation that manages State assets, its members shall be                                       
08 appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by a majority of the members of the                                  
09 legislature in joint session, and may be removed as provided by law.  They shall be                                     
10 citizens of the United States. The board or commission may appoint a principal executive                                
11 officer when authorized by law, but the appointment shall be subject to the approval of                                 
12 the governor.  With respect to public corporations, the legislature may by law                                         
13 exclude the applicability of this section based on the type or value, or both, of the                                   
14 State assets that are managed by the public corporation.                                                               

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