HJR 4: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to the duration of a regular session.
00 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 4 01 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to the 02 duration of a regular session. 03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. Article II, sec. 8, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read: 05 Section 8. Regular Sessions. The legislature shall convene in regular session 06 each year on the fourth Monday in January, but the month and day may be changed by 07 law. Each regular session is limited to ninety [THE LEGISLATURE SHALL 08 ADJOURN FROM REGULAR SESSION NO LATER THAN ONE HUNDRED 09 TWENTY] consecutive calendar days [FROM THE DATE IT CONVENES] except 10 that a regular session may be extended once for up to ten consecutive calendar days. 11 An extension of the regular session requires the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds 12 of the membership of each house of the legislature. The legislature shall adopt as part 13 of the uniform rules of procedure deadlines for scheduling session work not 14 inconsistent with provisions controlling the length of the session. 15 * Sec. 2. The amendment 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
01 State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.