00           SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 27                                                          
01 Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to the                                         
02 duration of regular sessions of the legislature.                                                                        
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1. Article II, sec. 8, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read:                          
05            Section 8. Regular Sessions. The legislature shall convene in regular session                              
06       each year on the fourth Monday in January, but the month and day may be changed by                                
07       law. The legislature shall adjourn from regular session not later than ninety [NO                             
08       LATER THAN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY] consecutive calendar days from the date                                            
09       it convenes except that a regular session may be extended once for up to ten                                      
10       consecutive calendar days. An extension of the regular session requires the affirmative                           
11       vote of at least two-thirds of the membership of each house of the legislature. The                               
12       legislature shall adopt as part of the uniform rules of procedure deadlines for                                   
13       scheduling session work not inconsistent with provisions controlling the length of the                            
14       session.                                                                                                          
15    * Sec. 2. Article XV, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding a new                              
16 section to read:                                                                                                        
01            Section 30. Transition; Regular Legislative Session Duration. The 2016                                     
02       amendment to Section 8 of Article II first applies to the First Regular Session of the                            
03       Thirtieth Legislature and applies thereafter.                                                                     
04    * Sec. 3. The amendments proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of                          
05 the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the                        
06 State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.