00 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 12                                                                                          
01 Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to                                             
02 subsistence use of fish and wildlife by residents and establishing an effective date                                    
03 for that amendment.                                                                                                     
04 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
05    * Section 1.  Article VIII, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding a new                          
06 section to read:                                                                                                        
07  SECTION 19.  SUBSISTENCE USE OF FISH AND WILDLIFE.  Subsistence                                                       
08 use is the priority beneficial use of fish and wildlife resources belonging to the State.                               
09 Consistent with the sustained yield principle, the legislature may grant a preference to                                
10 and among residents in the taking of fish and wildlife for subsistence use on the basis                                 
11 of rural residency, community or area characteristics, geography, customary and                                         
12 traditional use, direct dependence, local residence, or the availability of alternative                                 
13 resources.                                                                                                              
14    * Sec. 2.  Article XV, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding a new                               
01 section to read:                                                                                                        
02  SECTION 29.  EFFECTIVE DATE OF SUBSISTENCE AMENDMENT.                                                                 
03 Section 19 of  Article VIII, regarding subsistence use of fish and wildlife, takes effect                               
04 immediately upon certification of the election returns by the lieutenant governor.                                      
05    * Sec. 3.  The amendments proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of                           
06 the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the                        
07 State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.