00                      HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 14                                                                     
01 Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska to correct obsolete                                     
02 references to the office of secretary of state by substituting references to the office of                              
03 lieutenant governor.                                                                                                    
04 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
05    * Section 1. Article II, sec. 5, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read:                          
06            Section 5. Disqualifications. No legislator may hold any other office or                                   
07       position of profit under the United States or the State. During the term for which                                
08       elected and for one year thereafter, no legislator may be nominated, elected, or                                  
09       appointed to any other office or position of profit which has been created, or the salary                         
10       or emoluments of which have been increased, while he was a member. This section                                   
11       shall not prevent any person from seeking or holding the office of governor,                                      
12       lieutenant governor [SECRETARY OF STATE], or member of Congress. This                                         
13       section shall not apply to employment by or election to a constitutional convention.                              
14    * Sec. 2. Article III, sec. 25, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read:                           
15            Section 25. Department Heads. The head of each principal department shall                                  

01       be a single executive unless otherwise provided by law. He shall be appointed by the                              
02       governor, subject to confirmation by a majority of the members of the legislature in                              
03       joint session, and shall serve at the pleasure of the governor, except as otherwise                               
04       provided in this article with respect to the lieutenant governor [SECRETARY OF                                
05       STATE]. The heads of all principal departments shall be citizens of the United States.                            
06    * Sec. 3. The amendments proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of                          
07 the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the                        
08 State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.