Wotcr Right*
Ate ft* *°
Movigob'*
Water*
Ho l*c'u*t»t
(tight of
Fishery
Protect*®"
Oi Right*
, miv be prescribed by Uw
it'd other miner,!. » «•* ^slve right of ex
Uaxe, and permits P’,n * ip€Ctf,c periods and
plorauon for these ,n^ e ^current exploration
areas. .object to ,a » j;jy * aid homed
JS to different classes of ‘n,n ng ,he exclusive
by la^ Ltke leases a^permU g and
right of prospecting by *' abo be author
jimitar methods fo' ail minerals i
iiec* bf law
an surface and subsurface «a*ers
SECTION 13 A,tcommon use. except mm
reserved to the pe°Ik ; subject to appropria
te! and medicinal wa < t. - prior right
ti 2 « Wopr*aHon of
feept for, public -I* ^ ' rpn:ms and subject
water shall bt, hrm»to st^ J^ f0nfurrent or
to preference, among and to the general
otherwise as ^
rese'vation o' f»h and w.ldlite.
.lc< .I,, navigable or pub
SECTION 14 Er« «*«*, ^ K.J.IOT.
Lf waters of the tale. J» ^ ji( Uif ll|lllf(1 Slates or
shall nut be deruec any u ‘ legislature may
r"":™. ..“C'5S lor
SECTION >5 e»'«a»s|vy'f'"USd mPtlw
lk„ Of fishery shall be created o«
natural waters o! the State
c«n that! be involuntarily
SECTION 16 N»
divested of his right to effecting either except
n, lands or improvenu " pubi,c purpose and
law
Uniterm
Application
SECTION 17 U*« apply equal
use 01 disposal of natural d th reference to
lavw 01 regulation.
Pnvota
Way* o*
Necessity
To.mt fo-**
Assessment
Stondord*
(ncmpttonf
SECTION 18 Pr0CCJdiv":vS o( (lPcessity to permit
be underlain l0' >*"“ ‘',,0. oi utiluat.o. of rcsour
essential '*«•«» ** be made for property
cea Jo.t lompt-osanon |(> other property
,0,ni’, "',So,;;r damage* to other property
taken or let resultant torn***
ngu’s
Non
ditcnm,nation
AftTlCtf tX
rm»NCt A«0 Ihd„ „„„ „«
SECTION 1 Mle |,Up " v,u noi lie si V-*,r *• or
ioi.ua.ifJ a»»> ""Tl i1’ 1
section t ^--rs:r 53s sss
M «•« -; I,?! 1 ...si..-,.»««“*
dents of the State
SECTION 4 Tlif m. ffw «'
Whieh may he provnh - {of non-profit religious,
of property used *-*>. u' »tJU»"ation4l purposes, as de*
chant, tie temeteiy ' (rom taxation Other
by l4lVr Lke oMifferent Kind may be granted
.y 8 . .... ntherwise provided by ta*
!«♦*«*»»» in
Property
Public
Purport
Dedicated
Funds
State Debt
trcrtON . ."ST*
SECTION 6 No la*
^-rrsys? zs»^ «* -
a pub be purpose
section t T-r^;L^rP:^
license shall not: be e< ,ca federal government for
fXCept when requiredb-thjTh(S pr0
state participation in fed‘era J[ Jance 0f any dedi
vision shall not Proh.b.i the cent ni»«* date o!
canon for special purposes existing upo.
ratification of this constitution by the poor
SECTION R *.«•
and ratified by » (n‘lJ°J_y|he questton The State
0f the State who vote ^ V(hout ratification.
may1 a* provided by ieuelUnK invasion.
Jr... *“ 1“ •“ P”'Zi«5« .» *■«
suppressing InswmtiiiT. atft» » ing imleblcd
„a „i»..i/•»£";“ SfS„«..
ness outstanding at the tun
comes effective.
. . J i inv
locol Debt*
Interim
Borrow >n§
Ittcpfont
Budget
l*penditutet
Post oudi*
SECTION 9 No ” Cunless authored
poh.Hal subdivision o(lheS|. ^ ^ body and
foi capita’ tmrr0 ‘ , tltose qualified to vote
ratified by a majority vote ot those q
and voting on 'h' question.
SECTION .0 The SW. jfln'"lPJ0p|‘"p,““oM
visions may borrow m0™> of lhe collection
fo any fiscal year mfbut all debt so con
of the revenues tort [ JJ d ( lhe next fis
tracu-d shall be paid betore the end
cal year
cpttiON 11 The restrictions on contracting
f « t am.lv to debt meurred through the is
debt do not apply public enterprise or
wane of revenue bon > |j * ^ ( hucal subdi
public corporation of ■ ,ht revenuftt of the
vision, when the only seat y ns do not
»',x;*1 ”bo a uL s,«™. «*
apply to indebtedness \o . v dQ lhey apply
ca1 subdivisions.
, .* Thfl governor shad submit to tjfc
SECTION 12 f0;"" Uw a budget for the
■ legislature, at a m e • . • proposed expend!
next fiscal year se if> . aH departments, of*
tures and anticipate* governor 6t
for new or additional revenues
,, , a, -n be withdrawn from
SECTION 13 No tnoney shjdl^e ^ appropria.
the treasury exceEl 1 b ll0n {or the payment of
tions made by law N‘> ^U8 jUlhomed by law
money shall be ‘"""atoms outstanding at the end of
)££?*E2*» >" iM"be ,wi
section i4 ™> ;r;r'Hr-;!:nrtr,
7
find
Construction
Local
Government
Boroughs
Assembly
article X
local government
«r„ sasr - fr-».r;:
“>» *»» >* Stonslr,,f'
units. * 5 01 l0C3‘ government
^ vested in^boSSgta and°In^'nlTZ? $ha11
SSS“«powtrsors""d ^ s
i».o“™gV .i,"'lo7 s,a,f slu“ *
he established in*,™ * "“T “a Tl»'>'
ards provided bv law tZ .? fc”rdlnS to stand.
population, geography L S andards shaIi include
other factm Faeh b T‘r- IransPOrtatH»„ and
arid population ^wtth “°U‘h sh*11 “»« an area
mumPSegte0" :!LtC0?r" »« the max,
boroughs and prescribe their'^ cIass,fy
Methods by which boroughs nut £ £ i4urH'tions'
“«*d. co„solfdatedyr«raSS •,ne°;p
iohed shall be prescribed by law * 0r <lls‘
• borough shall4 bJlZ^lLZbll *Td ^ th* 0rganized
;.hall * established by lJ o ZSerVZ7T°r
the first class, and each ,-itv nt \ Z E h Clty of
nated bv law shall be r*r * 3.ny °!“er cia,ss d‘‘sig*
one or more members onutSuncu" Th by
bers of the assembly 5haii t ,unu ' *he otber mem
■earned voters resident * lte
Service
Area*
Unorganised
Borough*
Citic:
Council
Charter*
fxtended
Home Rule
ices within an orgamztd *? provide sPecial serv
altered, or abolished 1 v thl ** *st»W«hed,
provisions of law or charter 3SSembly‘ *ub»*i to the
not be establish £ ™ **
of this article the new un ■, 'ub tbe purposes
existi«g service area, b/mcorpo^,^ pr°Vu!t‘d by an
annexation to a city The a2 3 c,,y* 0f by
the levying of taxe/ chi mbly authorize
a service area to LnlV' °f 3ssessm*^ within
to unance the special services.
the pe™marte ^ Pr°Vlde for
viable in unorganized bor'oigS'So'IST ^ ^
mum local particmatirm ' aUow,nS for maxi
exercise any power or fun t • resP°nsibility It may
ough which the assemble * '°n 10 3,1 unorganized bor
borough. " ’ * may e*ercise ,n an organized
SECTION 7 Cities «V n v.
»* prescribed by law and ^ ,n 3
borough in which thev 'are i , a Part of the
“■—r
25
dissolved m the manner provided by law.
beS.h"« T‘10 £0vcn“n8 boJ>' °‘ * «* shall
or fctai, I^ei?"o“'he X »f *>T borough
s;yr:”
the governing bodv of t >Mrut of sucb legislation,
cteahaTpCdo 1 \‘T"f "» '•*
and adoption or rejection “2 lb' prcpira'
charters, or parts or „ , the chark'r AH
«r city, and shall become effect /,r L X8
majority o, ,h„se »ho vote on the' ^eX^
8
K««t Rule
Power!
BoundoHa*
Agreement;
Transfer of
Government
Agency
Special
Service
Dijfricf*
•stercUo all lefislative°n^,* l)0rougJl or «'ty may
or by charter. ' P ei* aot Prohibited by law
b,! efabSd or
boundary change It may ™P0S*f “C‘‘! government
>o the legislature duringthe S P/0|Td ChaRfies
regular session. The chanl shill hi” ^ °f any
forty-five days after ,,"1 hecom« eUM"*
the session, whichever “I at lhe end of
by a resolution concurred in bv 1” CS* duaPprov«*
members of each bouse Thi 4 majOTity of tho
subject to law mav Vst-thi e c mm!ssl0n or board,
boundaries may' l“m '**»
•SI joint nfm'Sl1,” rtty £2 '* ~
'he United States, unless otherwise proved °k 7*
or Charter A city mav , ‘ T f Provided by law
*»■*» it « XSo'r (u‘TSh -
'ess prohibited by law or 4Lu.r V , 115 Un*
manner revoke the transfer.h ' d may ln LJie
l.-.w'™TJc'<uU«"S? f," “**»<«< by
to M-ise „,diKMgomZmi’ rrr*
VJew 'heir activities, collect and mibh h i , !3 rfS
S3fw2S5
'he »< '»« borough « pZZ ty
Initiative
and
Referendum
Application
Petition
Initiative
flection
Referendum
flection
ARTICLE XI
initiative referendum, and recall
h“"'2I itii'pn?' •* nw
-" u«ris,irsrsr? i ^
•luted or the act to be refersTri , bl ln*
be signed by not less than one'huridrSquaXV^11
ers as sponsors, and shall be filed with VOt*
of state. If he finds it m nrlr rl k “"e,ary
certify Denial of certification^ i n shali 50
judicial review. ‘ h U be object to
* a!,p,icd"°"’
f* P«Pa™ b/lta” L/ry .1£«
culation by the sponsors ir 1 U for tir'
€rs- e<iwi »« number to ten tX'mtf oT.if^ '
voted in the preceding eetwr^i , i, f h°Se wil°
in at least two-thirds if ih„ , ,l!on a,id resident
State, it may be filed with »t * ectl<m djstricts of the
y e tiled With tile secretary of state.
SECTION 4 An initiative
any time. The secretary of state SiT* ** f‘led at
lot title and pronosin/n l 1 prepare a hah
law, and shall c|... urnmaming the proposed
FlaliwidVSXi °V"e 6a"01 «•' >»<■ fast
davs after i “ mort' ban one hundred twenty
the same measar- h« Z. h election, substantially
void. meaiare has been enacted, the petition is
onf^wT 5 A referendum Peiilion may be filed
Khtive le? nme!,y ihyS aft6r adJournraent of the \J.
e session at w hich the act was passed The * -
r..ao- o! a late shat, prop,™ .
[naetmenf
Restriction*
i Recoil
lition »--! «* *t "Itl" »“r"
*«" 01
that session.
SECTION 6 II ■ X
propoiiuoi. t»v»r « *>> P J- w „s, on the prop*
enacted If a m-ijorin referred, it is
sition favor the rejection elec
"K-*
tion returns. An mirn^ m )o ^ and may
days after certu« . ^ within two years of
not be repealed by t k amended al any time
its effective date. It may thirty days
. „ A t reiectfd bv referendum is void unny J
An ad rejecuu procedures for the in
»ftpr certification. Additional proton
S™ and relerendm nv be pr«cnb,d b, la«.
SECTION 1 The WW« «^Sf0“
dedicate tr*™**^^ „I c.nru or pro
create courts, define me j .necial legislation
scribe their rales, or^cnaa 1 to dedications
The referendum shall »e *^al or speeial legis
of revenue, to W™** f'or lhe immediate preser
lation, or to laws nece.... , cafetv
vation of the public peace, health, or s- y
CPCTION 8 Alt elected public °|flC1^U ,n
SEClR' . in hciil officers, are subject to recall
State, except ollU(.al subdivision from
by the voters of the i tate i ,Unds for recall
which elected Procedures am grounus
shall be prescribed by the legists u
Stot*
JJourtdoflc*
InfetTJo'eri'mffitfcf
Relation*
Office of
Profit
Di»quolifieotioi»
For Di*loyoity
Oath of
Ottica
Merit
Sy*t«m
Retirement
System*
article XII
“"Tl T'^r.5r ««. Ml consist .<
tution by the people of Ma^
SECTION 2. 1U «>• £f£
sions ro«> 1W«» uu,, and [heir volllical
territories, and ‘ comm6n interest The re
subdivtstons on mao - appropriations
spective legislative bodies may
fur this purpose.
SECTIONS *"£**£* *S£iS
lion.
crrTlON 4 No person who advocates, or who
SEC riON 4. f or crgani7.ation or assocu
aids or belongs to an. { • • rthrt,w by force ft Mo
tion which advocates, > . United States or of
lence of the government of ^ public office
the State shall be qualified to WJ Wf
of trust or profit under this constitution.
. _ officers, before entering
SECTION 5. All P of{icgS( shal! take and sub
upon the duties of ** •• affirmation ‘T do sol*
to the Rowing \m j wiu support and de
emnly swear tor aff.n ) d states aiict the
Fend the Constitution of the- ^ and lhat , wUl
Constitution of the State t0 the
™ -*■ *—*•
further oaths or affirmations.
_t*rfa1atur£ shill ^st abtish & svS"
SECT'ON 6 ».U 8»«rn .he
employment of persons by the Slate.
section r
^rJsssrA
Residual
Power
provision*
Self-executing
Interpretation
Law-making
Power
Disclaimer
Agreement
Consent to
Act ot
Admission
(Hi Of that lyitemi ■*» »« * lllm"j!h'd “
paired,
SECTION 8. The enumeration of specilied P«>'M
to tS conslilution shall not * “ hmMt
the powers of the State.
errTlON 9 The provisions of this constitution
.hf,fw ».0 L sell-executing "Jenever P»'
lible.
SECTION 10 Tllle. -I •«>«
used in construing 1,3... hali De construed is
nouns used in this constitution shall
including either sex.
crrTTOM 11 As used in this constitution th*
terms-bv'law”'Vnd “by the legislature,” or variation*
terms by law l1or,,haneeablv when relat
subject to the limitations of Article XI.
crcTiftM 12 The State of Alaska and its pcop.e
forever Uis'daim .11 righl >"1 «“«*“ " iu
<y *««»£%S*S23£f2^fj
disposition, and no gran m und£!I the act ad
0 Sts political subdivisio byo ^ ^ its people
nutting Alaska to the L ,p 0, t0 anv property,
further disclaim all right o which may
including fishing rights, the "Jht ^ Aleut, or
be held by or for any Indianor ?itle is defined
SrSofSon ^^speo^agr^
5u,h firperty. “1^“h shallU apply » *•**»
gross This tax exei P • t restrictions on
held by individuals in tte vauwui,
alienation,
SECTION 13 Ail P^'^^ ^Vrfghts1 powers
A'aski V! as well as those prescribing
to the luit"dnn^ ^s ^ the grants of lands or other
“p™,: ™w«»wi»“>“i »>• s,aw and ,,s
people.
Amendment*
Convention
Colt fey
Referendum
ARTICLE XHt
amendment and revision
sectiw >rr:/errr.nS
ballot title and proposition warn 0„ ,hc ballot
posed amendment and sbal‘f lf*! majority ol the
IT «* "«r ,h. »mp»d«»«.
votes cast on . otherwise provided in the
it shall be adopted -■ ^ thirty days after the
amendment nb<^™es returns by the secretary
certification of the election
of state.
SECTION 2. The legislature may call constitu
tional conventions at any time
SECTION 3. II lunn, any
slitulional “»»'»'■“ ^*on th‘ ballot tor the next
tary of $lst6 shsll p* **cvi.aii thpre b<? 3 Con*
general election the $j*stlon- ‘ ‘ nty 0{ the votes
stitutional Convention. _ neaative the question
cast on the question arein then g t . of the
nerf no, t. Tlh. vows cast
next ten-year peinod. If a ra3 0 > delegates to
„„ ,u.suon ,‘L L n .< >h= nox. rosolot
the convention shall M ch provides to’
statewide election, unless the legislator t
9
Power*
the election of the delegates at * special election Th.
sr%::&r ?•
the call , proviS10ns havc been made by law
DlfSnE?JI0N 4 Constitu«onal conventions shall have
S^LTT <0 fmend or "vi.se the consti.ut.on
.Ubjea only to ratification by the people No call
7 ^fC°nSlltU,l0nal C0nv*ntion shall ,Um;t these pet
ers oi the convention 1
Election
Districts
ARTICLE XIV
APPORTIONMENT schedule
SECTION 1 Member* of the house of remc en
,hTILT ’ ,Unt'' reapportionmen*. be elected from
j l ClUon d,s,ricls and •» the numbers shown be
Senate
District*
•Number of
Bis tr let
3
4
5
6
7
a
9
10
11
12
33
14
15
16
17
33
19
20
21
23
24
Stmt of District
Prince of Wales
Ketchikan
Wrangell-Petersburg
Sitka
Juneau
Pynn Canal-Icy Straits
Cordova-McCarthy
Vakiez-Chitina Whittier
Palmer Wasilla-Talkeetna
Anchorage
Seward
Kenai-Cook Inlet
Kodiak
Aleutian Islands
Bristol Bay
Bethel
Kuskokwim
Yukon-Koyukuk
Fairbanks
Upper Yukon
Barrow
Kobuk
Nome
Wade Hampton
Number of
nutive»
1
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
8
1
1
2
1
1
I
1
i
5
1
1
1
2
1
SECTION 2 Members of the
ed, from the senate districts and
senate shall be eleeb
in the number shown
Neme of District
A Southeastern
Composed
of
Election
Districts
I. 2. 3, 4, 5,
Number
of
Sea»tor|
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
Ketchikan-Prinee of Wales
WrangeilPetersburg-Sitka
Juneau-Yakutat
Southcentral
Cordova-Valdez
Anchorage-Palmer
Seward-Kenai
KodiakAleutiaru
Central
Bristol Bay Bethel
Y ukon-Kuskokwini
Fairbanks-Fort Yukon
Northwestern
and 6
I and 2
3 and 4
5 and 6
7. 8. 9, 10, 11,
12, 13, and 14
7 and 3
9 and 10
II and 12
13 and 14
15. 18, 17 18,
19, and 20
15 and 16
17 and 18
19 and 20
21, 22, 23,
2
1
I
1
2
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
0 Burrow Kobuk
1 Nome-Wade Hampton
and 24
21 and 22
23 and 24
2
1
1
10
Description
Of Election
Diitricti
SECTION 3 The election districts set forth in
Section 1 shall include the following territory
7E ^r£r,w£,°T ..
x^“'« ““«■ •* *.u«xri.r
zs'jsxzB* =Hr~
r.Sr^S
or *rM °f <■* -«•»« »«rth
*"* draining lm0 Frederick"sound'to F.mhaw'1* III*
::z Se^irr.r,hf -- *• t
Frederick 'ng ^
learns flowing mto Chatham 1 t l it ,
area drained by streams Unwin* Into w V "
eluding: Kupreanof Mirknf l *eri* Strain. ^»nd iit
ofher smaller adjacent islands,** ^ C°r°naUori ,sland» ***
K™"' -« »t ‘"a * -
.p’./r;4rt”^rz^r" K"u' *• •
north of Electron District \'n V. . / f At,'mril,>' ' .’and
•;« “«?;r 5. t'rr
•heir tributaries, and including D, ( s 1^ !" C“*'- ‘*”<1
mm hUndi other snull adjacent uuSr
Included in Bltctia^Dil'na ^ <h* maln!a,’d- n»*
ta« t-ynn £'"?* ^Mmi now*
*nd ,h*«- lnbutar.es and the Pacific Oce« l ,?? ?°und
'be area drained into Icy Bay to the west thl * ClUd,ng
iniralty and Chichagof a , ,,T ,hose Par'* of Ad.
Icy Strait, d w b> strM">* flowing mto
1-emesuner. *nd Pieasan^Dialdl"' lribu,ar,M* *nsl Yakobl.
cent u.'anda, ' Iibn<1* *nJ o!h«' Waiter adj,.
Ai’.k •c^n”tcZ'lL^LT!,’rT,'‘a,j"«
r "»zzrz ,™„ B,r.rr'..
Kno«les Head on the w«»- m, i. j * on Ml* east to
Kayak, and Middleton l$.ands WlncWf>^ook.
and that J, drZ Z Z S™U" *«•«•« «•
tributaries up to and not mlrnLJLTier I *iT'*r *'ld M*
v “ ™ «.ch,.L. «,Lr,,Sf
V"*IM 1 y< *re* dr*,n?d by III
Latouche and Knight Island: VI . 'ntJud«'»* Montagu.
-"d an Of the Je. d anefht ' rCeW ‘^nd8.
Wbutaries above and 1-iudine fh r- f°PpT *‘vw' a»d it*
and above but no' including the Ch.uVmt^hX**1
• Palmer Hajlita r.ikeetn, rw ,
Susitnj on the south drained K ”n ‘rom and Including
and that RK*f a«d ‘‘
front and including Fla' Uki „„b 1 Ll,,le Sasl!n» Ki er
draining lm0 Krug*Arm f ^ ,n°" V, 7^ *"d that are,
*» tributaries on the westTde J Kn., "* F',h Cr*ek *"d
,n« lh* *«a draining into Kmk V ' and *"«!«<*•
-a•« •«»...»? "«v:AS:r""
to and Including the iTn',V °" ^
that area east of Kmk Arm and north of civ *he nonl»*
by Coose Creek and its tributaries on tlJ * , *' *' drauHfl<
Suaitna River south of Flat Lake a„,t ,? , and th* Litti.
of but not including Susitn*, the ‘area* wet*1"*, RlVer ,outh
drained by iv*„, Lewi,. Theodor* R,vm |J ^00k Inl*1
10 but 001 tt^luding Beluga River on tl .ol
the Gulf of AtoSwrem cln'polflTu’* ‘m
Junken on the east, and the area draft ngVloV**' ‘° Cap#
from and including the drainage J » 0 Turna*airi Arm
the west to but not including' Placed ”*SU'Tectl<)n Creels on
to and Including the Confluent-, , .f " °" thl? cai!- »nd
fibers on the west °* th* Kenai *,ld Rwstao