00CS FOR SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 31(FIN) am H                                                                         
01 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to                                           
02 voter approval of amendments of the Alaska Statehood Act affecting an interest                                          
03 of the State of Alaska under that Act.                                                                                  
04 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
05    * Section 1.  Article XII, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding a new                           
06 section to read:                                                                                                        
07  SECTION 14.  VOTER APPROVAL OF FEDERAL AMENDMENT TO                                                                   
08 STATEHOOD ACT AFFECTING AN INTEREST OF THE STATE UNDER THAT                                                             
09 ACT.  A federal statute or proposed federal statute that affects an interest of this State                              
10 under the Act admitting Alaska to the Union is ineffective as against the State interest                                
11 unless approved by a two-thirds vote of each house of the legislature or approved by                                    
12 the people of the State.  The legislature may, by a resolution passed by a majority vote                                
13 of each house, place the question of approval of the federal statute on the ballot for                                  
14 the next general election unless in the resolution placing the question of approval, the                                

01 legislature requires the question to be placed before the voters at a special election.                                 
02 The approval of the federal statute by the people of the State is not effective unless                                  
03 the federal statute described in the resolution is ratified by a majority of the qualified                              
04 voters of the State who vote on the question.  Unless a summary of the question is                                      
05 provided in the resolution passed by the legislature, the lieutenant governor shall                                     
06 prepare an impartial summary of the question.  The lieutenant governor shall present                                    
07 the question to the voters so that a "yes" vote on the question is a vote to approve the                                
08 federal statute.                                                                                                        
09    * Sec. 2.  The amendment 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.