00                       HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 2                                                                     
01 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska requiring an                                          
02 affirmative vote of the people before any form of gambling for profit may be authorized                                 
03 in Alaska.                                                                                                              
04 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
05    * Section 1. Article XII, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding a new                          
06 section to read:                                                                                                        
07            Section 15. For-Profit Gambling. Any form of gaming or gambling for profit                                 
08       is prohibited in the State unless that form of gaming or gambling has been authorized                             
09       by law and ratified by a sixty percent majority vote of the qualified voters of the State                         
10       who vote on the question. This section does not restrict the authorization of charitable                          
11       gaming conducted by charitable organizations if all profits of that gaming inure to the                           
12       charitable organization and those profits are only expended for charitable purposes.                              
13    * Sec. 2. The amendment proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of the                       
14 state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the State                      
15 of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.