00SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 23                                                                                        
01 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to                                           
02 subsistence use of renewable natural resources by residents; and providing for                                          
03 an effective date.                                                                                                      
04 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                              
05    * Section 1.  Article VIII, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding a new                        
06 section to read:                                                                                                        
07  Section 19.  Subsistence Priority.  The legislature may, consistent with the                                        
08 sustained yield principle, provide a priority to and among rural residents for the taking                               
09 of fish and wildlife and other renewable natural resources for subsistence.                                             
10    * Sec. 2.  PURPOSE.  The purpose of the amendment proposed by this resolution is to                                
11 provide for a priority for subsistence uses of fish, wildlife, and other renewable natural                              
12 resources; to ensure state management of fish and wildlife throughout Alaska; and to bring                              
13 the state into compliance with Title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation                            
14 Act (P.L. 96-487).                                                                                                      

01    * Sec. 3.  The amendment proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of                          
02 the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the                        
03 State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.                                                                    
04    * Sec. 4.  If adopted by the voters at the next general election, the amendment proposed by                        
05 this resolution takes effect immediately upon certification of the election returns by the                              
06 lieutenant governor.