00CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 53(JUD)                                                                             
01 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to                                           
02 use of fish and wildlife.                                                                                               
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                              
04    * Section 1.  Article VIII, sec. 4, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read:                       
05  Section 4.  Sustained Yield.   (a)   Fish, forests, wildlife, grasslands, and all                                 
06 other replenishable resources belonging to the State shall be utilized, developed, and                                  
07 maintained on the sustained yield principle, subject to preferences among beneficial                                    
08 uses.                                                                                                                   
09    * Sec. 2.  Article VIII, sec. 4, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding                         
10 a new subsection to read:                                                                                               
11   (b)  Consistent with the sustained yield principle, the harvest of fish and                                          
12 wildlife may not be diminished solely to provide for nonconsumptive use of fish or                                      
13 wildlife, except as provided by the legislature.                                                                        
14    * Sec. 3.  The amendment proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of                          

01 the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the                        
02 State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.