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SJR 101: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska authorizing a priority for subsistence uses of renewable natural resources that is based on place of residence; and providing for an effective date.

00SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 101 01 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska authorizing 02 a priority for subsistence uses of renewable natural resources that is based on 03 place of residence; and providing for an effective date. 04 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 05 * Section 1. Article VIII, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding a new 06 section to read: 07  Section 19. Subsistence. The legislature may, consistent with the sustained 08 yield principle, provide a priority for subsistence uses in the taking of fish and wildlife 09 and other renewable natural resources based on place of residence. 10 * Sec. 2. The amendment proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of 11 the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the 12 State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state. 13 * Sec. 3. If adopted by the voters at the next general election, the amendment proposed by 14 this resolution takes effect immediately upon certification of the election returns by the

01 lieutenant governor.