00CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 5(FIN) am                                                                             
01 Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to terms                                       
02 of legislators.                                                                                                         
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  Article II, sec. 3, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read:                           
05  SECTION 3.  ELECTION AND TERMS.  (a) Legislators shall be elected at                                                
06 general elections.  Their terms begin on the fourth Monday of the January following                                     
07 election unless otherwise provided by law.  The term of representatives shall be two                                    
08 years, and the term of senators, four years.  One-half of the senators shall be elected                                 
09 every two years.  A person may not serve consecutively during more than twelve                                         
10 regular sessions in the legislature.  Thereafter, the person may not again serve in                                     
11 the legislature as a result of election or appointment to fill a vacancy until at least                                 
12 two consecutive full regular sessions  have elapsed during which the person has not                                     
13 served.                                                                                                                
14    * Sec. 2.  Article II, sec. 3, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding new                         

01 subsections to read:                                                                                                    
02  (b)  For purposes of applying the tenure limit under (a) of this section, periods                                     
03 served in the legislature during the interim between sessions or during special sessions                                
04 shall not be considered.                                                                                                
05  (c)  Notwithstanding (a) of this section, a person may complete a new term to                                         
06 which elected if the person has served consecutively during no more than eleven regular                                 
07 sessions in the legislature immediately before the beginning of the new term.                                           
08    * Sec. 3.  Article XV, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding a new                               
09 section to read:                                                                                                        
10     SECTION 29.  APPLICATION OF 1996 TENURE LIMIT AMENDMENT.                                                           
11 The tenure limit added by the 1996 amendment to Section 3 of Article II applies upon                                    
12 the convening of the first Regular session of the Twenty-Second Alaska State Legislature                                
13 and thereafter.  Regular sessions served in the legislature before the convening of the                                 
14 First Regular Session of the Twenty-Second Alaska State Legislature apply for purposes                                  
15 of calculating the tenure limit.                                                                                        
16    * Sec. 4.  The amendments proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of                           
17 the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the State                  
18 of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.