00                       HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 41                                                                     
01 Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to annexations                                 
02 of areas to and detachments of areas from cities and organized boroughs.                                                
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1. Article X, sec. 12, Constitution of the State of Alaska is amended to read:                           
05            Section 12. Boundaries. (a) A local boundary commission or board shall be                              
06       established by law in the executive branch of the state government. The commission                                
07       or board may consider any proposed local government boundary change. It may                                       
08       present proposed changes to the legislature during the first ten days of any regular                              
09       session. Subject to (b) of this section, the [THE] change becomes [SHALL                                  
10       BECOME] effective [FORTY-FIVE DAYS AFTER PRESENTATION OR] at the                                                  
11       end of the session [, WHICHEVER IS EARLIER,] unless disapproved during that                                   
12       session by a resolution concurred in by a majority of the members of each house. The                          
13       commission or board, subject to law, may establish procedures whereby boundaries                                  
14       may be adjusted by local action.                                                                                  
15    * Sec. 2. Article X, sec. 12, Constitution of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new                       
16 subsection to read:                                                                                                     
01            (b)  Unless no voters reside within the area, a proposed annexation to or                                    
02       detachment from a city or an organized borough is subject to approval by a majority of                            
03       the voters voting on the question who reside within the area proposed for annexation                              
04       or detachment.                                                                                                    
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.