00                      SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 22                                                                    
01 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to the                                       
02 retention elections for justices of the Alaska supreme court and judges of the superior                                 
03 court.                                                                                                                  
04 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
05    * Section 1.  Article IV, sec. 6, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read:                         
06            Section 6.  Approval or Rejection.  Each supreme court justice and superior                                
07       court judge shall, in the manner provided by law, be subject to approval or rejection on                          
08       a nonpartisan ballot at the first general election held more than three years after the                       
09       justice's or judge's [HIS] appointment.  Thereafter, each supreme court justice and                       
10       each superior court judge shall be subject to approval or rejection in a like manner                          
11       every fourth [TENTH] year [, AND EACH SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE, EVERY                                             
12       SIXTH YEAR].                                                                                                      
13    * Sec. 2.  The amendment 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.