00 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 202                                                                                        
01 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to                                           
02 use of indigenous subsistence resources by residents.                                                                   
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                              
04    * Section 1.  Article VIII, sec. 4, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read:                       
05  Section 4.  Sustained Yield.   (a)   Fish, forests, wildlife, grasslands, and all                                   
06 other replenishable resources belonging to the State shall be utilized, developed, and                                  
07 maintained on the sustained yield principle, subject to preferences among beneficial                                    
08 uses.                                                                                                                   
09   (b)  The legislature may provide a preference to and among residents for a                                          
10 reasonable opportunity to take an indigenous subsistence resource on the basis of                                       
11 customary and traditional use, direct dependence, proximity to the resource, or the                                     
12 availability of alternative resources.  The preference may be granted only when the                                     
13 harvestable surplus of the resource, consistent with the sustained yield principle                                      
14 and sound resource management practices, is not sufficient to allow a reasonable                                        
01 opportunity for all beneficial uses.                                                                                   
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.