00 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 5                                                                                            
01 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to                                           
02 the duration of a regular session.                                                                                      
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  Article II, sec. 8, Constitution of the State of Alaska is amended to read:                            
05  SECTION 8.  REGULAR SESSIONS.  The legislature shall convene in regular                                               
06 session each year on the fourth Monday in February [JANUARY], but the month and                                     
07 day may be changed by law.  Each regular session is limited to ninety [THE                                            
08 LEGISLATURE SHALL ADJOURN FROM REGULAR SESSION NO LATER                                                                 
09 THAN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY] consecutive calendar days [FROM THE DATE                                                       
10 IT CONVENES] except that a regular session may be extended once for up to ten                                           
11 consecutive calendar days.  An extension of the regular session requires the affirmative                                
12 vote of at least two-thirds of the membership of each house of the legislature.  The                                    
13 legislature shall adopt as part of the uniform rules of procedure deadlines for                                         
14 scheduling session work not inconsistent with provisions controlling the length of the                                  
01 session.                                                                                                                
02    * Sec. 2.  The amendment proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of                            
03 the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the                        
04 State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.