00HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 3                                                                                       
01 Relating to regional diversity in nominations of the judicial council to the Alaska                                     
02 Supreme Court and in activities of the Alaska Supreme Court.                                                            
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04  WHEREAS having geographic diversity among members of the state supreme court                                           
05 would address concerns of residents of the state's diverse localities; and                                              
06  WHEREAS actively maintaining local chambers for members of the state supreme                                           
07 court in the various judicial districts of the state will help promote geographic sensitivities in                      
08 regard to the business of the supreme court; and                                                                        
09  WHEREAS developing a method of conducting the work of the supreme court that                                           
10 allows members to reside in communities throughout the state may increase the pool of                                   
11 individuals willing to serve on the court; and                                                                          
12  WHEREAS increasing the activity of the supreme court in communities throughout                                         
13 the state would lead to greater access to the judicial system for Alaskans;                                             
14  BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature respectfully requests the judicial                                    

01 council to give due deference to regional diversity when making nominations to fill vacancies                           
02 on the supreme court; and be it                                                                                         
03  FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature respectfully requests the                                           
04 chief justice of the Alaska Supreme Court to explore and implement policies that enable the                             
05 business of the court to be conducted from chambers located in the different judicial districts                         
06 in the state to enhance the responsiveness of the court.                                                                
07  COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Allen T. Compton, Chief                                       
08 Justice of the Supreme Court of Alaska.