00CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 202(FIN)                                                                            
01 Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to use                                         
02 of renewable resources for subsistence 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)  When the amount of a fish stock or wildlife population available to be                                         
10 taken for beneficial uses, consistent with the sustained yield principle, is not                                        
11 sufficient to provide an opportunity for residents to take the resource for all                                         
12 beneficial uses, other beneficial uses shall be reduced or eliminated to protect                                        
13 subsistence uses.  The legislature may, consistent with the sustained yield                                             
14 principle, provide a preference to and among residents for the taking of a wild                                         

01 renewable resource for subsistence uses on the basis of customary and traditional                                       
02 use, direct dependence, the availability of alternative resources, the place of                                         
03 residence, or proximity to the resource.                                                                               
04    * Sec. 2.  Article XV, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding a new                             
05 section to read:                                                                                                        
06  Section 30.  Effective Date of Subsistence Amendment.  If the amendment                                             
07 to Section 4 of Article VIII, regarding use of renewable resources for subsistence, is                                  
08 adopted at the 2000 general election, the amendment takes effect immediately on                                         
09 certification of the election returns by the lieutenant governor.                                                       
10    * Sec. 3.  The amendments 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.