00                      HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 22                                                                     
01 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to                                           
02 subsistence use of replenishable natural resources by state residents; and providing for                                
03 an effective date for the amendment.                                                                                    
04 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
05    * Section 1. Article VIII, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding a new                         
06 section to read:                                                                                                        
07 Section 19. Subsistence Use of Replenishable Natural Resources.                                                       
08 Consistent with the sustained yield principle, the legislature may provide a preference                                 
09 to and among residents of the State in the taking of a replenishable natural resource for                               
10 subsistence use based on customary and traditional use, direct dependence, the                                          
11 availability of alternative resources, place of residence, or proximity to the resource.                                
12 When the harvestable surplus of a replenishable resource is insufficient to provide for                                 
13 all beneficial uses, other beneficial uses shall be limited to protect subsistence uses of                              
14       the resource.                                                                                                     
15    * Sec. 2. The amendment proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of the                       

01 state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the State                      
02 of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.                                                                          
03    * Sec. 3. If adopted by the voters at the next general election, the amendment proposed by                         
04 sec. 1 of this resolution takes effect immediately upon certification of the election returns by                        
05 the lieutenant governor.