00                      HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 37                                                                     
01 Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska to correct obsolete                                     
02 references to the office of secretary of state by substituting references to the office of                              
03 lieutenant governor and to eliminate personal pronoun references in the sections                                        
04 proposed to be amended.                                                                                                 
05 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
06    * Section 1. Article II, sec. 5, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read:                          
07            Section 5. Disqualifications. No legislator may hold any other office or                                   
08       position of profit under the United States or the State. During the term for which                                
09       elected and for one year thereafter, no legislator may be nominated, elected, or                                  
10       appointed to any other office or position of profit which has been created, or the salary                         
11       or emoluments of which have been increased, while the legislator [HE] was a                                   
12       member. This section shall not prevent any person from seeking or holding the office                              
13       of governor, lieutenant governor [SECRETARY OF STATE], or member of                                           
14       Congress. This section shall not apply to employment by or election to a constitutional                           
15       convention.                                                                                                       

01    * Sec. 2. Article III, sec. 25, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read:                           
02            Section 25. Department Heads. The head of each principal department shall                                  
03       be a single executive unless otherwise provided by law. The head of each principal                            
04       department [HE] shall be appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by a                              
05       majority of the members of the legislature in joint session, and shall serve at the                               
06       pleasure of the governor, except as otherwise provided in this article with respect to                            
07       the lieutenant governor [SECRETARY OF STATE]. The heads of all principal                                      
08       departments shall be citizens of the United States.                                                               
09    * Sec. 3. The amendments proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of                          
10 the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the                        
11 State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.