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                                   HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 24
                          IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA
                         THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION
     BY REPRESENTATIVE EASTMAN
     Introduced: 2/20/24
     Referred: State Affairs, Judiciary
                                            A RESOLUTION
 1   Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to the
 2   lieutenant governor.
 3   BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
 4     * Section 1. Article II, sec. 5, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read:
 5                    Section 5. Disqualifications. No legislator may hold any other office or
 6           position of profit under the United States or the State. During the term for which
 7           elected and for one year thereafter, no legislator may be nominated, elected, or
 8           appointed to any other office or position of profit which has been created, or the salary
 9           or emoluments of which have been increased, while he was a member. This section
10           shall not prevent any person from seeking or holding the office of governor,
11           lieutenant governor [SECRETARY OF STATE], or member of Congress. This
12           section shall not apply to employment by or election to a constitutional convention.
13     * Sec. 2. Article III, sec. 25, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read:
14                    Section 25. Department Heads. The head of each principal department shall
15           be a single executive unless otherwise provided by law. He shall be appointed by the
16           governor, subject to confirmation by a majority of the members of the legislature in
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1            joint session, and shall serve at the pleasure of the governor, except as otherwise
2            provided in this article with respect to the lieutenant governor [SECRETARY OF
3            STATE]. The heads of all principal departments shall be citizens of the United States.
4    * Sec. 3. The amendments proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of
5   the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the
6   State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.
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