00                CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 33(JUD)                                                               
01 Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska to increase the number                                  
02 of members on the judicial council and relating to the initial terms of new members                                     
03 appointed to the judicial council.                                                                                      
04 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
05    * Section 1. Article IV, sec. 8, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read:                          
06            Section 8. Judicial Council. The judicial council shall consist of ten                                 
07       [SEVEN] members. Three attorney members shall be appointed for six-year terms by                                  
08       the governing body of the organized state bar. Six [THREE] non-attorney members                               
09       shall be appointed for six-year terms by the governor. Members are subject to                                 
10       confirmation by a majority of the members of the legislature in joint session.                                    
11       Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term in like manner. Appointments shall be                            
12       made with due consideration to area representation and without regard to political                                
13       affiliation. The chief justice of the supreme court shall be ex-officio the tenth                             
14       [SEVENTH] member and chairman of the judicial council. No member of the judicial                                  
15       council, except the chief justice, may hold any other office or position of profit under                          

01       the United States or the State. The judicial council shall act by concurrence of five                         
02       [FOUR] or more members and according to rules which it adopts.                                                    
03    * Sec. 2. Article XV, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding a new                            
04 section to read:                                                                                                        
05            Section 30. Judicial Council Additional Members. If the 2014 amendment                                   
06       increasing the membership of the judicial council (art. IV, sec. 8) is adopted, the first                         
07       term for the new non-attorney members of the judicial council shall be for two, four,                             
08       and six years respectively.                                                                                       
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.