00                      SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 1                                                                     
01 Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to limiting                                    
02 ballot propositions to the general election ballot.                                                                     
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  Article XI, sec. 4, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read:                         
05            Section 4.  Initiative Election.  An initiative petition may be filed at any time.                         
06       The lieutenant governor shall prepare a ballot title and proposition summarizing the                              
07       proposed law, and shall place them on the ballot for the first general [STATEWIDE]                            
08       election held more than one hundred twenty days after adjournment of the legislative                              
09       session following the filing. If, before the election, substantially the same measure has                         
10       been enacted, the petition is void.                                                                               
11    * Sec. 2.  Article XI, sec. 5, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read:                            
12            Section 5.  Referendum Election.  A referendum petition may be filed only                                  
13       within ninety days after adjournment of the legislative session at which the act was                              
14       passed.  The lieutenant governor shall prepare a ballot title and proposition                                     
15       summarizing the act and shall place them on the ballot for the first general                                  
16       [STATEWIDE] election held more than one hundred eighty days after adjournment of                                  

01       that session.                                                                                                     
02    * Sec. 3.  The amendments proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of                         
03 the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the                        
04 State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.