00                      SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 23                                                                    
01 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to the                                       
02 authority of the legislature and certain members or former members of the legislature to                                
03 intervene in litigation in which a law is challenged or subject to interpretation.                                      
04 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
05    * Section 1. Article II, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding a new                           
06 section to read:                                                                                                        
07            Section 22. Authority to Intervene in Litigation. The legislature and the                                  
08       prime sponsor of a bill enacted into law have the right to intervene in a suit in which                           
09       the law is challenged or subject to interpretation. The legislature shall implement this                          
10       section.                                                                                                          
11    * Sec. 2. The amendment proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of the                       
12 state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the State                      
13 of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.