CSHJR 47(FIN): Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska requiring legislative confirmation of the appointed members of the judicial council.
00CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 47(FIN) 01 Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska requiring 02 legislative confirmation of the appointed members of the judicial council. 03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. Article IV, sec. 8, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read: 05 Section 8. Judicial Council. The judicial council shall consist of seven 06 members. Three attorney members shall be appointed for six-year terms by the 07 governing body of the organized state bar. Three non-attorney members shall be 08 appointed for six-year terms by the governor . Appointments under this section shall 09 be subject to confirmation by a majority of the members of the legislature in joint 10 session. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term in like manner. 11 Appointments shall be made with due consideration to area representation and without 12 regard to political affiliation. The chief justice of the supreme court shall be ex-officio 13 the seventh member and chair [CHAIRMAN] of the judicial council. No member of 14 the judicial council, except the chief justice, may hold any other office or position of
01 profit under the United States or the State. The judicial council shall act by 02 concurrence of four or more members and according to rules that [WHICH] it adopts. 03 * Sec. 2. The amendment proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of 04 the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the 05 State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.