00                CS FOR SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 21(FIN)                                                              
01 Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska to increase the number                                  
02 of members on the judicial council and relating to the initial terms of new members                                     
03 appointed to the judicial council.                                                                                      
04 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
05    * Section 1. Article IV, sec. 8, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read:                          
06            Section 8. Judicial Council. The judicial council shall consist of ten                                 
07       [SEVEN] members. Three attorney members shall be appointed for six-year terms by                                  
08       the governing body of the organized state bar. Six [THREE] non-attorney members                               
09       shall be appointed for six-year terms by the governor subject to confirmation by a                                
10       majority of the members of the legislature in joint session. Vacancies shall be filled for                        
11       the unexpired term in like manner. Appointments shall be made with due                                            
12       consideration to area representation and without regard to political affiliation. The                             
13       chief justice of the supreme court shall be ex-officio the tenth [SEVENTH] member                             
14       and chairman of the judicial council. No member of the judicial council, except the                               
15       chief justice, may hold any other office or position of profit under the United States or                         

01       the State. The judicial council shall act by a majority vote [CONCURRENCE] of a                           
02       quorum of at least seven [FOUR OR MORE] members and according to rules which                                  
03       it adopts.                                                                                                        
04    * Sec. 2. Article XV, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding a new                            
05 section to read:                                                                                                        
06            Section 30. Judicial Council Additional Members. If the 2014 amendment                                   
07       increasing the membership of the judicial council (art. IV, sec. 8) is adopted, the first                         
08       term for the new non-attorney members of the judicial council shall be for two, four,                             
09       and six years respectively.                                                                                       
10    * Sec. 3. The amendments proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of                          
11 the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the                        
12 State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.