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CSSB 370(STA): "An Act establishing procedures relating to constitutional conventions."

00 CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 370(STA) 01 "An Act establishing procedures relating to constitutional conventions." 02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 03 * Section 1. AS 15.50.080 is amended to read: 04 Sec. 15.50.080. Certification of vote. If a majority of votes cast on the 05 question are in the affirmative, the lieutenant governor shall so certify and shall issue 06 the call for the convention. The lieutenant governor may not issue the call before 07 October 1 of the year following the year in which the question of holding a 08 constitutional convention was placed on the ballot. 09 * Sec. 2. AS 15.50.090 is amended to read: 10 Sec. 15.50.090. Time and manner of selecting delegates. Delegates to the 11 convention shall be elected at the next statewide general election after the lieutenant 12 governor issues the call. One delegate shall be elected from each house district 13 and one from each senate district. The provisions of AS 15.13 that apply to 14 candidates for the house of representatives shall also apply to candidates for 15 delegate to the convention [IN THE NUMBER AND MANNER PRESCRIBED IN

01 THE CALL FOR THE CONVENTION BY THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OR 02 AS PROVIDED BY LAW]. 03 * Sec. 3. AS 15.50 is amended by adding a new section to read: 04 Sec. 15.50.095. Location of constitutional convention. The constitutional 05 convention shall be held at the University of Alaska campus in Fairbanks.