00                       HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 40                                                                     
01 Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to a                                           
02 legislator's disqualification from nomination, election, or appointment.                                                
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1. Article II, sec. 5, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read:                          
05 Section 5. Disqualifications. (a) No legislator may hold any other office or                                        
06 position of profit under the United States or the State. During the term for which                                      
07 elected and for one year thereafter, no legislator may be nominated, elected, or                                        
08 appointed to any other office or position of profit which has been created, or the salary                               
09 or emoluments of which have been increased, while he was a member. This section                                         
10       shall not prevent any person from seeking or holding the office of governor, secretary                            
11       of state, or member of Congress. This section shall not apply to employment by or                                 
12       election to a constitutional convention.                                                                          
13    * Sec. 2. Article II, sec. 5, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding a new                      
14 subsection to read:                                                                                                     
15            (b)  No legislator may be nominated, elected, or appointed to the legislature for                            
16       four years following the last day of the legislator's term if, during a regular legislative                       
01       session of the legislator's term, the legislature fails to pass a bill making appropriations                      
02       sufficient to cover the expenses of state government not later than one hundred twenty                            
03       consecutive calendar days from the date each regular session convenes.                                            
04    * Sec. 3. Article XV, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding a new                              
05 section to read:                                                                                                        
06            Section 30. Application of 2018 Legislature Disqualification Amendment.                                    
07       The 2018 amendment relating to a legislator's disqualification applies only to a                                  
08       member of a state legislature that convenes in regular session after January 1, 2019.                             
09    * Sec. 4. The amendments proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of                          
10 the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the                        
11 State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.