00                        HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 3                                                                     
01 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska requiring an                                          
02 affirmative vote of the people before any form of gambling for profit may be authorized                                 
03 in Alaska and setting other requirements.                                                                               
04 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
05    * Section 1. Article XII, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding a new                          
06 section to read:                                                                                                        
07            Section 15. For-Profit Gambling. (a) Any form of gaming or gambling for                                    
08       profit is prohibited in the State unless that form of gaming or gambling has been                                 
09       authorized by law, ratified by a majority vote of the qualified voters of the State who                           
10       vote on the question at the next general election, and approved at an election in the                             
11       organized borough or city where the gaming or gambling may occur by a majority of                                 
12       qualified voters who vote on the question. If the gaming or gambling will occur in an                             
13       unincorporated community in the unorganized borough, then the gaming must be                                      
14       approved by a majority of qualified voters who vote on the question in the                                        
15       unincorporated community, as defined by law.                                                                      
01            (b)  This section does not prohibit or restrict any form of gaming lawfully                                  
02       conducted under Alaska law on the date of the ratification of this section by the people                          
03       of Alaska, nor does this section affect the authority of the legislature to authorize or                          
04       regulate nonprofit gaming by organized boroughs and cities or by nonprofit                                        
05       organizations.                                                                                                    
06    * Sec. 2. The amendment proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of the                       
07 state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the State                      
08 of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.