00CS FOR SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 40(RLS) am                                                                         
01 Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska providing that                                          
02 the governor and lieutenant governor be elected by a majority vote; and changing                                        
03 the term of office of the governor and lieutenant governor.                                                             
04 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                              
05    * Section 1.  Article III, sec. 3, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read:                        
06  Section 3.  Election.  The governor shall be chosen by the qualified voters of                                      
07 the State at a general election.  The candidate receiving  at least 50 percent plus one                                
08 of the votes cast for the office  [THE GREATEST NUMBER OF VOTES] shall be                                              
09 governor.   If no candidate receives at least 50 percent plus one of the votes cast                                    
10 at the general election, a runoff election between the two candidates receiving the                                     
11 greatest number of votes shall be held, as prescribed by law.                                                          
12    * Sec. 2.  Article III, sec. 4, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read:                           
13  Section 4.  Term of Office.  The term of office of the governor is four years .                                    
14 If the governor is elected at the general election, the term begins  [, BEGINNING]                                     

01 at noon on the first Monday in December following  the  [HIS] election .  If the                                     
02 governor is elected at the runoff election, the term begins  [AND ENDING] at noon                                      
03 on the  third  [FIRST] Monday in  February following the election, unless otherwise                                  
04 provided by law.  It ends at noon on the day when the term of office of the                                             
05 governor's successor begins under this section  [DECEMBER FOUR YEARS                                                   
06 LATER].                                                                                                                 
07    * Sec. 3.  Article III, sec. 8, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read:                           
08  Section 8.  Same - Election.  The lieutenant governor shall be nominated in                                       
09 the manner provided by law for nominating candidates for other elective offices.  In                                    
10 the general election  and any runoff election,  the votes cast for a candidate for                                    
11 governor shall be considered as cast also for the candidate for lieutenant governor                                     
12 running jointly with  the candidate for governor  [HIM].  The candidate whose name                                    
13 appears on the ballot jointly with that of the successful candidate for governor shall                                  
14 be elected lieutenant governor.                                                                                         
15    * Sec. 4.  The amendments proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of                         
16 the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the                        
17 State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.