00HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 24                                                                                         
01 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska granting                                              
02 jurisdiction to the supreme court to render advisory opinions.                                                          
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                              
04    * Section 1.  Article IV, sec. 2, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding                        
05 a new subsection to read:                                                                                               
06  (c)  The supreme court shall have jurisdiction and shall render an advisory                                           
07 opinion in response to a question submitted to the court by the legislature, by either                                  
08 house of the legislature, or by the governor, on the interpretation of a provision of this                              
09 constitution or the validity under this constitution or the Constitution of the United                                  
10 States of a bill pending in the legislature or passed by the legislature and awaiting                                   
11 action by the governor.  The supreme court advisory opinion shall be binding as case                                    
12 law in the State.  The supreme court shall provide the advisory opinion within 90 days                                  
13 from the receipt of the request.                                                                                        
14     * Sec. 2.  The amendment proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of                         

01 the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the                        
02 State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.