00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 463                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to a poll of legislators on the question of calling a special session."                                
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 24.05.100(a)(2) is amended to read:                                                               
04                 (2)  The legislature may call itself into special session if two-thirds of                              
05       the membership responds in the affirmative to a poll conducted by the presiding                                   
06       officer of each house.  Each presiding officer may initiate a poll by their joint                                 
07       agreement, and each shall, within three days, initiate a poll upon the request of 25                          
08       percent of the membership of each house, expressed in writing and signed by those                                 
09       members.  [WHEN TWO-THIRDS OF THE MEMBERSHIP TO WHICH THE                                                         
10       LEGISLATURE IS ENTITLED RESPONDS IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, THE                                                          
11       PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE SHALL                                                            
12       JOINTLY ANNOUNCE THE RESULT OF THE POLL AND A DATE FOR THE                                                        
13       CONVENING OF THE SPECIAL SESSION.]  If one of the presiding officers is                                           
14       deceased, has resigned, or is incapacitated, the presiding officer of the other house                             
15       may conduct the poll of the members of both houses.  Within three days after all                              

01       legislators have been polled, the presiding officers jointly shall publicly announce                          
02       the results of the poll and the vote of each legislator.  When two-thirds of the                              
03       membership to which the legislature is entitled votes in the affirmative, the                                 
04       presiding officers shall also announce the date for the convening of the special                              
05       session.  The vote of each legislator cast during a poll conducted under this                                 
06       paragraph shall be delivered by the presiding officers to the Legislative Affairs                             
07       Agency for inclusion in the voting record of each legislator compiled under                                   
08       AS 24.08.105.                                                                                                 
09    * Sec. 2.  AS 24.60.030 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                             
10            (i)  Failure by a presiding officer to make public the results of a poll on a                                
11       question of calling a special session and the vote of each legislator as required under                           
12       AS 24.05.100(a)(2) constitutes a violation of this chapter.