00SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 32                                                                                          
01 Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to the                                         
02 constitutional defense council.                                                                                         
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  Article II, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding a new                            
05 section to read:                                                                                                        
06  SECTION 22.  CONSTITUTIONAL DEFENSE COUNCIL.  There is                                                                
07 established in the legislative branch the constitutional defense council. The                                           
08 constitutional defense council may, on behalf of the State, bring actions or intervene                                  
09 in actions involving questions of State or federal constitutional law.  Notwithstanding                                 
10 Section 5 of this article, the presiding officers of each house serve as ex officio                                     
11 members of the council, together with the governor and the attorney general.  Five                                      
12 appointed members also serve on the council, each subject to confirmation by a                                          
13 majority of the members of the legislature in joint session.  One member is appointed                                   
14 by the governor, two are appointed by the presiding officer of the house of                                             

01 representatives, and two are appointed by the presiding officer of the senate.                                          
02 Appointed members serve for five-year terms and may be removed by the appointing                                        
03 authority only for cause.                                                                                               
04    * Sec. 2.  Article XV, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding a new                               
05 section to read:                                                                                                        
06  SECTION. 29.  INITIAL TERMS OF CONSTITUTIONAL DEFENSE                                                                 
07 COUNCIL MEMBERS.  (a)  Notwithstanding the term of office for appointed                                                 
08 members of the constitutional defense council established in Section 22 of Article II,                                  
09 initial terms are as follows:                                                                                           
10   (1)  one member appointed by the speaker of the house of                                                             
11 representatives, one year;                                                                                              
12   (2)  one member appointed by the governor, two years;                                                                
13   (3)  one member appointed by the president of the senate, three years;                                               
14   (4)  one member appointed by the speaker of the house of                                                             
15 representatives, four years; and                                                                                        
16   (5)  one member appointed by the president of the senate, five years.                                                
17    * Sec. 3.  The amendments proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of                           
18 the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the                        
19 State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.