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Alaska Constitution, Article II

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Article II, The Legislature

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All articles213 Art. I25 Art. II21 Art. III26 Art. IV16 Art. V5 Art. VI10 Art. VII5 Art. VIII18 Art. IX17 Art. X15 Art. XI8 Art. XII14 Art. XIII4 Art. XIV0 Art. XV29

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Alaska Const. art. II, § 1 Legislative Power; Membership
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The legislative power of the State is vested in a legislature consisting of a senate with a membership of twenty and a house of representatives with a membership of forty.
Alaska Const. art. II, § 2 Members: Qualifications
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A member of the legislature shall be a qualified voter who has been a resident of Alaska for at least three years and of the district from which elected for at least one year, immediately preceding his filing for office. A senator shall be at least twenty-five years of age and a …
Alaska Const. art. II, § 3 Election and Terms
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Legislators shall be elected at general elections. Their terms begin on the fourth Monday of the January following election unless otherwise provided by law. The term of representatives shall be two years, and the term of senators, four years. One-half of the senators shall be el…
Alaska Const. art. II, § 4 Vacancies
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A vacancy in the legislature shall be filled for the unexpired term as provided by law. If no provision is made, the governor shall fill the vacancy by appointment.

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Alaska Const. art. II, § 5 Disqualifications

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No legislator may hold any other office or position of profit under the United States or the State. During the term for which elected and for one year thereafter, no legislator may be nominated, elected, or appointed to any other office or position of profit which has been create…

Alaska Const. art. II, § 6 Immunities

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Legislators may not be held to answer before any other tribunal for any statement made in the exercise of their legislative duties while the legislature is in session. Members attending, going to, or returning from legislative sessions are not subject to civil process and are pri…

Alaska Const. art. II, § 7 Salary and Expenses

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Legislators shall receive annual salaries. They may receive a per diem allowance for expenses while in session and are entitled to travel expenses going to and from sessions. Presiding officers may receive additional compensation.

Alaska Const. art. II, § 8 Regular Sessions

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The legislature shall convene in regular session each year on the fourth Monday in January, but the month and day may be changed by law. The legislature shall adjourn from regular session no later than one hundred twenty consecutive calendar days from the date it convenes except …

Alaska Const. art. II, § 9 Special Sessions

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Special sessions may be called by the governor or by vote of two-thirds of the legislators. The vote may be conducted by the legislative council or as prescribed by law. At special sessions called by the governor, legislation shall be limited to subjects designated in his proclam…

Alaska Const. art. II, § 10 Adjournment

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Neither house may adjourn or recess for longer than three days unless the other concurs. If the two houses cannot agree on the time of adjournment and either house certifies the disagreement to the governor, he may adjourn the legislature.

Alaska Const. art. II, § 11 Interim Committees

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There shall be a legislative council, and the legislature may establish other interim committees. The council and other interim committees may meet between legislative sessions. They may perform duties and employ personnel as provided by the legislature. Their members may receive…

Alaska Const. art. II, § 12 Rules

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The houses of each legislature shall adopt uniform rules of procedure. Each house may choose its officers and employees. Each is the judge of the election and qualifications of its members and may expel a member with the concurrence of two-thirds of its members. Each shall keep a…

Alaska Const. art. II, § 13 Form of Bills

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Every bill shall be confined to one subject unless it is an appropriation bill or one codifying, revising, or rearranging existing laws. Bills for appropriations shall be confined to appropriations. The subject of each bill shall be expressed in the title. The enacting clause sha…

Alaska Const. art. II, § 14 Passage of Bills

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The legislature shall establish the procedure for enactment of bills into law. No bill may become law unless it has passed three readings in each house on three separate days, except that any bill may be advanced from second to third reading on the same day by concurrence of thre…

Alaska Const. art. II, § 15 Veto

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The governor may veto bills passed by the legislature. He may, by veto, strike or reduce items in appropriation bills. He shall return any vetoed bill, with a statement of his objections, to the house of origin.

Alaska Const. art. II, § 16 Action Upon Veto

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Upon receipt of a veto message during a regular session of the legislature, the legislature shall meet immediately in joint session and reconsider passage of the vetoed bill or item. Bills to raise revenue and appropriation bills or items, although vetoed, become law by affirmati…

Alaska Const. art. II, § 17 Bills Not Signed

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A bill becomes law if, while the legislature is in session, the governor neither signs nor vetoes it within fifteen days, Sundays excepted, after its delivery to him. If the legislature is not in session and the governor neither signs nor vetoes a bill within twenty days, Sundays…

Alaska Const. art. II, § 18 Effective Date

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Laws passed by the legislature become effective ninety days after enactment. The legislature may, by concurrence of two-thirds of the membership of each house, provide for another effective date.

Alaska Const. art. II, § 19 Local or Special Acts

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The legislature shall pass no local or special act if a general act can be made applicable. Whether a general act can be made applicable shall be subject to judicial determination. Local acts necessitating appropriations by a political subdivision may not become effective unless …

Alaska Const. art. II, § 20 Impeachment

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All civil officers of the State are subject to impeachment by the legislature. Impeachment shall originate in the senate and must be approved by a two-thirds vote of its members. The motion for impeachment shall list fully the basis for the proceeding. Trial on impeachment shall …

Alaska Const. art. II, § 21 Suits Against the State

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The legislature shall establish procedures for suits against the State.