00 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 1 01 Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska authorizing the 02 use of the initiative to amend the Constitution of the State of Alaska by approval 03 of two-thirds of the votes cast on the proposed amendment. 04 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 05 * Section 1. Article XI, sec. 1, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is 06 amended to read: 07  SECTION 1. INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM. The people may 08 propose and enact constitutional amendments and laws by the initiative, and 09 approve or reject acts of the legislature by the referendum. 10 * Sec. 2. Article XI, sec. 2, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended 11 to read: 12  SECTION 2. APPLICATION. An initiative or referendum is proposed 13 by an application containing the constitutional amendment or proposed law 14 [BILL] to be initiated or the act to be referred. The application shall be 01 signed by not less than one hundred qualified voters as sponsors, and shall 02 be filed with the lieutenant governor.  The lieutenant governor shall certify 03 the application if it is [IF HE FINDS IT] in proper form [HE SHALL SO 04 CERTIFY]. Denial of certification shall be subject to judicial review. 05 * Sec. 3. Article XI, sec. 4, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended 06 to read: 07  SECTION 4. INITIATIVE ELECTION. An initiative petition may be 08 filed at any time. The lieutenant governor shall prepare a ballot title and 09 proposition summarizing the proposed constitutional amendment or law, and 10 shall place them on the ballot for the first statewide election held more than 11 one hundred twenty days after adjournment of the legislative session following 12 the filing. If, before the election, substantially the same constitutional 13 amendment has been proposed by the legislature or substantially the same 14 law [MEASURE] has been enacted, the petition is void. 15 * Sec. 4. Article XI, sec. 6, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended 16 to read: 17  SECTION 6.  DISPOSITION OF INITIATED CONSTITUTIONAL 18 AMENDMENT OR PROPOSED LAW OR OF ACT REFERRED. (a) 19 [ENACTMENT. IF A MAJORITY OF THE VOTES CAST ON THE 20 PROPOSITION FAVOR ITS ADOPTION, THE INITIATED MEASURE IS 21 ENACTED. IF A MAJORITY OF THE VOTES CAST ON THE 22 PROPOSITION FAVOR THE REJECTION OF AN ACT REFERRED, IT IS 23 REJECTED.] The lieutenant governor shall certify the returns of an election 24 conducted under Section 4 or 5 of this article [RETURNS]. 25  (b) If two-thirds of the votes cast on a constitutional amendment 26 proposed by initiative favor its adoption, the proposed amendment is 27 adopted. An initiated constitutional amendment becomes effective thirty 28 days after the certification of the election returns by the lieutenant 29 governor. 30  (c) If a majority of the votes cast on a proposed law favor its 31 enactment, the proposed law is enacted. An initiated law becomes effective 01 ninety days after the certification of the election returns by the lieutenant 02 governor, is not subject to veto, [AND] may not be repealed by the 03 legislature within two years of its effective date, and [. IT] may be 04 amended at any time.  (d) If a majority of the votes cast on an act 05 referred favor the rejection of the act referred, the act is rejected. An 06 act rejected by referendum is void thirty days after certification of the election 07 returns by the lieutenant governor. 08  (e) Additional procedures for the initiative and referendum may be 09 prescribed by law. 10 * Sec. 5. Article XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended 11 to read: 12  SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY LEGISLATURE. 13 Amendments to this constitution may be proposed by a two-thirds vote of each 14 house of the legislature. The lieutenant governor shall prepare a ballot title 15 and proposition summarizing each [PROPOSED] amendment proposed by the 16 legislature, and shall place them on the ballot for the next general election. 17 If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition favor the amendment, it 18 shall be adopted. Unless otherwise provided in the amendment, it becomes 19 effective thirty days after the certification of the election returns by the 20 lieutenant governor.  Amendments to this constitution may also be made 21 using the initiative process under Article XI. 22 * Sec. 6. The amendments proposed by this resolution shall be placed before 23 the voters of the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, 24 sec. 1, Constitution of the State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.