00                      SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 2                                                                     
01 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to                                           
02 subsistence use of fish and wildlife.                                                                                   
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  Article VIII, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding a new                        
05 section to read:                                                                                                        
06            Section 19.  Subsistence Use of Fish and Wildlife.  (a)  When the harvestable                              
07       surplus of a fish or wildlife population in a fish or wildlife management area is not                             
08       sufficient to provide for all beneficial uses of the population, lawful subsistence use of                        
09       the population is the highest priority beneficial use of the population in the fish or                            
10       wildlife management area where the insufficiency exists.                                                          
11            (b)  Each resident of the State shall have, consistent with the sustained yield                              
12       principle and in accordance with law, a reasonable opportunity for subsistence use of                             
13       the harvestable surplus of a fish or wildlife population based on the resident's direct                           
14       use of the population as a component of sustenance and the resident's proximity to the                            
15       population.                                                                                                       
16    * Sec. 2.  The amendment proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of                          

01 the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the                        
02 State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.