00                      HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 29                                                                     
01 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to                                           
02 subsistence uses of fish and wildlife.                                                                                  
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04   * Section 1.  Article VIII, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding a new                         
05 section to read:                                                                                                        
06            Section 19.  Subsistence Uses of Fish and Wildlife.  (a)  When the                                         
07       harvestable surplus of a fish or wildlife population in a fish or wildlife management                             
08       area is not sufficient to provide for all beneficial uses of the population, subsistence                          
09       use for food, fuel, clothing, shelter, tools, or transportation is the preferred beneficial                       
10       use of the population in the area where the insufficiency exists.                                                 
11            (b)  Each resident of the State shall receive a priority for subsistence use of a                            
12       fish or wildlife population in a fish or wildlife management area where subsistence use                           
13       is the preferred beneficial use of the population in accordance with the resident's direct                        
14       dependence on the population as a mainstay of livelihood, the resident's proximity to                             
15       the population, and the availability of alternative food resources to the resident.                               
16    * 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.