00CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 202(JUD)                                                                            
01 Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to                                             
02 subsistence use of wild renewable resources by residents.                                                               
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   (b)  The legislature may, consistent with the sustained yield principle and                                         
10 sound resource management practices, provide a preference to and among residents                                        
11 for a reasonable opportunity to take a wild renewable resource for subsistence uses                                     
12 on the basis of customary and traditional use, direct dependence, the availability of                                   
13 alternative resources, the place of residence, or proximity to the resource.  When                                      
14 the harvestable surplus of the resource is not sufficient to provide for all                                            

01 beneficial uses, other beneficial uses shall be limited to protect subsistence uses.                                   
02    * Sec. 2.  Article XV, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding a new                             
03 section to read:                                                                                                        
04  Section 30.  Effective Date.  If Section 4 of Article VIII, as amended,                                             
05 regarding wild renewable subsistence resources, is adopted at the 2000 general                                          
06 election, the amendment takes effect immediately on certification of the election                                       
07 returns by the lieutenant governor.                                                                                     
08    * Sec. 3.  PURPOSE.  The purpose of the amendments proposed by this resolution is to                               
09 provide for a preference for subsistence uses of fish, wildlife, and other renewable natural                            
10 resources; to ensure state management of fish and wildlife throughout the state; and to bring                           
11 the state into compliance with Title VIII, Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act                              
12 (P.L. 96-487).                                                                                                          
13    * Sec. 4.  The amendments proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of                         
14 the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the                        
15 State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.