HJR 4: Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska authorizing the use of the initiative to amend the Constitution of the State of Alaska.
00HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 4 01 Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska authorizing the 02 use of the initiative to amend the Constitution of the State of Alaska. 03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. Article XI, sec. 1, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read: 05 SECTION 1. INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM. The people may propose 06 and enact constitutional amendments and laws by the initiative, and approve or reject 07 acts of the legislature by the referendum. 08 * Sec. 2. Article XI, sec. 2, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read: 09 SECTION 2. APPLICATION. An initiative or referendum is proposed by an 10 application containing the constitutional amendment or proposed law [BILL] to be 11 initiated or the act to be referred. The application shall be signed by not less than one 12 hundred qualified voters as sponsors, and shall be filed with the lieutenant governor. 13 The lieutenant governor shall certify the application if it is [IF HE FINDS IT] in 14 proper form [HE SHALL SO CERTIFY]. Denial of certification shall be subject to
01 judicial review. 02 * Sec. 3. Article XI, sec. 4, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read: 03 SECTION 4. INITIATIVE ELECTION. An initiative petition may be filed 04 at any time. The lieutenant governor shall prepare a ballot title and proposition 05 summarizing the proposed constitutional amendment or law, and shall place them 06 on the ballot for the first statewide election held more than one hundred twenty days 07 after adjournment of the legislative session following the filing. If, before the election, 08 substantially the same constitutional amendment has been proposed by the 09 legislature or substantially the same law [MEASURE] has been enacted, the petition 10 is void. 11 * Sec. 4. Article XI, sec. 6, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read: 12 SECTION 6. DISPOSITION OF PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL 13 AMENDMENT OR LAW OR OF ACT REFERRED. (a) [ENACTMENT. IF A 14 MAJORITY OF THE VOTES CAST ON THE PROPOSITION FAVOR ITS 15 ADOPTION, THE INITIATED MEASURE IS ENACTED. IF A MAJORITY OF 16 THE VOTES CAST ON THE PROPOSITION FAVOR THE REJECTION OF AN 17 ACT REFERRED, IT IS REJECTED.] The lieutenant governor shall certify the 18 returns of an election conducted under Section 4 or 5 of this article [RETURNS]. 19 (b) If a majority of the votes cast on the proposed constitutional 20 amendment favor its adoption, the proposed amendment is adopted. An initiated 21 constitutional amendment becomes effective thirty days after the certification of 22 the election returns by the lieutenant governor. 23 (c) If a majority of the votes cast on the proposed law favor its enactment, 24 the proposed law is enacted. An initiated law becomes effective ninety days after 25 the certification of the election returns by the lieutenant governor, is not subject to 26 veto, [AND] may not be repealed by the legislature within two years of its effective 27 date, and [. IT] may be amended at any time. 28 (d) If a majority of the votes cast on an act referred favor the rejection 29 of the act referred, the act is rejected. An act rejected by referendum is void thirty 30 days after certification of the election returns by the lieutenant governor. 31 (e) Additional procedures for the initiative and referendum may be prescribed
01 by law. 02 * Sec. 5. Article XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read: 03 SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS. Amendments to this constitution may be 04 proposed by a two-thirds vote of each house of the legislature. The lieutenant 05 governor shall prepare a ballot title and proposition summarizing each [PROPOSED] 06 amendment proposed by the legislature, and shall place them on the ballot for the 07 next general election. If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition favor the 08 amendment, it shall be adopted. Unless otherwise provided in the amendment, it 09 becomes effective thirty days after the certification of the election returns by the 10 lieutenant governor. Amendments may also be proposed by the initiative under 11 Article XI. 12 * Sec. 6. The amendments proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of 13 the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the 14 State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.