00                      HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 25                                                                     
01 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to initiative                                
02 and referendum petitions.                                                                                               
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  Article XI, sec. 3, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read:                         
05            Section 3.  Petition.  After certification of the application, a petition                                  
06       containing a summary of the subject matter shall be prepared by the lieutenant                                    
07       governor for circulation by the sponsors.  If signed by qualified voters who are [,]                          
08       equal in number to at least ten per cent of those who voted in the preceding general                          
09       election, who are [AND] resident in at least three-fourths [TWO-THIRDS] of the                            
10       house districts of the State, and who, in each of those house districts, are equal in                         
11       number to at least seven percent of those who voted in the preceding general                                  
12       election in the house district, it may be filed with the lieutenant governor.                                 
13    * Sec. 2.  The amendment proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of                          
14 the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the                        
15 State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.