00CS FOR SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 15(JUD)                                                                            
01 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to                                           
02 when supreme court justices and superior court judges are to be subject to                                              
03 approval or rejection following initial approval.                                                                       
04 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                              
05    * Section 1.  Article IV, sec. 6, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read:                         
06  Section 6.  Approval or Rejection.  Each supreme court justice and superior                                         
07 court judge shall, in the manner provided by law, be subject to approval or rejection                                   
08 on a nonpartisan ballot at the first general election held more than three years after                                  
09 [HIS] appointment.  Thereafter, each supreme court justice shall be subject to approval                                 
10 or rejection in a like manner every  sixth  [TENTH] year, and each superior court judge,                              
11 every  fourth  [SIXTH] year.                                                                                          
12    * Sec. 2.  The amendment proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of                          
13 the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the                        
14 State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.