00                 CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 4(STA)                                                               
01 Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to the                                         
02 duration of regular sessions of the legislature.                                                                        
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.  (a)  The legislature shall convene in regular                           
06       session each year on the fourth Monday in January, but the month and day may be                                   
07       changed by law.  Each regular session is limited to ninety [THE LEGISLATURE                                   
08       SHALL ADJOURN FROM REGULAR SESSION NO LATER THAN ONE                                                              
09       HUNDRED TWENTY] consecutive calendar days [FROM THE DATE IT                                                       
10       CONVENES] except that a regular session may be extended once for up to ten                                        
11       consecutive calendar days.  An extension of the regular session requires the                                      
12       affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the membership of each house of the                                    
13       legislature.  The legislature shall adopt as part of the uniform rules of procedure                               
14       deadlines for scheduling session work not inconsistent with provisions controlling the                            
15       length of the session.                                                                                            
16    * Sec. 2.  Article II, sec. 8, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding a new                     

01 subsection to read:                                                                                                     
02            (b)  Notwithstanding (a) of this section, the first regular session held after a                             
03       gubernatorial election is limited to one hundred ten consecutive calendar days.  The                              
04       session may be extended as provided in (a) of this section.                                                       
05    * Sec. 3.  Article XV, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding a new                             
06 section to read:                                                                                                        
07            Section 30.  Transition; Regular Legislative Session Duration.  The 2004                                   
08       amendments to Section 8 of Article II first apply to the Second Regular Session of the                            
09       Twenty-Fourth Legislature and apply thereafter.  During the First Regular Session of                              
10       the Twenty-Fourth Legislature, Section 8 of Article II applies as it read on January 1,                           
11       2004.                                                                                                             
12    * Sec. 4.  The amendments proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of                         
13 the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the                        
14 State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.