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Article XIII
Amendment and Revision
Section 1 - Amendments.
Amendments to this constitution may be proposed by a two-thirds vote of
each house of the legislature. The lieutenant governor shall prepare a
ballot title and proposition summarizing each proposed amendment, and
shall place them on the ballot for the next general election. If a
majority of the votes cast on the proposition favor the amendment, it
shall be adopted. Unless otherwise provided in the amendment, it becomes
effective thirty days after the certification of the election returns by
the lieutenant governor. [Amendment approved August 25, 1970 - Effective
October 10, 1970; Amendment approved August 27, 1974 - Effective
October 12, 1974]
Section 2 - Convention.
The legislature may call constitutional conventions at any time.
Section 3 - Call by Referendum.
If during any ten-year period a constitutional convention has not been
held, the lieutenant governor shall place on the ballot for the next
general election the question: "Shall there be a Constitutional
Convention?" If a majority of the votes cast on the question are in the
negative, the question need not be placed on the ballot until the end of
the next ten-year period. If a majority of the votes cast on the question
are in the affirmative, delegates to the convention shall be chosen at the
next regular statewide election, unless the legislature provides for the
election of the delegates at a special election. The lieutenant governor
shall issue the call for the convention. Unless other provisions have been
made by law, the call shall conform as nearly as possible to the act
calling the Alaska Constitutional Convention of 1955, including, but not
limited to, number of members, districts, election and certification of
delegates, and submission and ratification of revisions and ordinances.
The appropriation provisions of the call shall be self-executing and shall
constitute a first claim on the state treasury. [Amendment approved August
25, 1970 - Effective October 10, 1970]
Section 4 - Powers.
Constitutional conventions shall have plenary power to amend or revise
the constitution, subject only to ratification by the people. No call for
a constitutional convention shall limit these powers of the convention.