00Enrolled HJR 5                                                                                                          
01 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to initiative and                            
02 referendum petitions.                                                                                                   
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04 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                             
05    * Section 1.  Article XI, sec. 3, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read:                         
06           Section 3.  Petition.  After certification of the application, a petition                                   
07      containing a summary of the subject matter shall be prepared by the lieutenant                                     
08      governor for circulation by the sponsors.  If signed by qualified voters who are [,]                           
09      equal in number to at least ten per cent of those who voted in the preceding general                           
10      election, who are [AND] resident in at least three-fourths [TWO-THIRDS] of the                             
11      house districts of the State, and who, in each of those house districts, are equal in                          
12      number to at least seven percent of those who voted in the preceding general                                   
13      election in the house district, it may be filed with the lieutenant governor.                                  
14    * Sec. 2.  The amendment proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of                          
15 the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the                        
16 State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.