00SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 15                                                                    
01 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to                                           
02 the duration of a regular session.                                                                                      
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                                               
06 session each year on the fourth Monday in January, but the month and day may be                                       
07 changed by law.  Each regular session is limited to [THE LEGISLATURE SHALL                                            
08 ADJOURN FROM REGULAR SESSION NO LATER THAN] one hundred                                                                 
09 [TWENTY] consecutive calendar days, including the first day of the regular session.                                    
10 A [FROM THE DATE IT CONVENES EXCEPT THAT A] regular session may be                                                     
11 extended once for up to ten consecutive calendar days.  An extension of the regular                                     
12 session requires the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the membership of each                                  
13 house of the legislature.  The legislature shall adopt as part of the uniform rules of                                  
14 procedure deadlines for scheduling session work not inconsistent with provisions                                        

01 controlling the length of the session.                                                                                  
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.