00CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 18(STA)                                                                             
01 Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to an                                          
02 office of administrative hearings.                                                                                      
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                              
04    * Section 1.  Article III, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding a new                         
05 section to read:                                                                                                        
06  Section 28.  Office of Administrative Hearings.  (a)  The power to conduct                                        
07 administrative law hearings and to render final agency decisions is vested in an office                                 
08 of administrative hearings.  The jurisdiction of the office shall be prescribed by law.                                 
09  (b)  The chief administrative law judge is the head of the office of                                                  
10 administrative hearings.  The chief administrative law judge shall be appointed by the                                  
11 governor, subject to confirmation by a majority of the members of the legislature in                                    
12 joint session.  The chief administrative law judge serves a term of five years and may                                  
13 be reappointed and reconfirmed to serve more than one term.                                                             
14    * Sec. 2.  Article XV, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding a new                             

01 section to read:                                                                                                        
02  Section 30.  Application of Amendment Relating to Administrative                                                     
03 Hearings.  The 2000 amendment relating to administrative hearings made in Section                                      
04 28 of Article III applies only to administrative hearings begun on or after January 1,                                  
05 2002.                                                                                                                   
06    * Sec. 3.  The amendments proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of                         
07 the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the                        
08 State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.