Alaska constitution

Article I: declaration of rights

Section 1 - This constitution is dedicated to the principles that all persons...

Section 2 - All political power is inherent in the people. All government...

Section 3 - No person is to be denied the enjoyment of any...

Section 4 - No law shall be made respecting an establishment of religion,...

Section 5 - Every person may freely speak, write, and publish on all...

Section 6 - The right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to...

Section 7 - No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property,...

Section 8 - No person shall be held to answer for a capital,...

Section 9 - No person shall be put in jeopardy twice for the...

Section 10 - Treason against the State consists only in levying war against...

Section 11 - In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall have the right...

Section 12 - Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed,...

Section 13 - The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not...

Section 14 - The right of the people to be secure in their...

Section 15 - No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall...

Section 16 - In civil cases where the amount in controversy exceeds two...

Section 17 - There shall be no imprisonment for debt. This section does...

Section 18 - Private property shall not be taken or damaged for public...

Section 19 - A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a...

Section 20 - No member of the armed forces shall in time of...

Section 21 - The enumeration of rights in this constitution shall not impair...

Section 22 - The right of the people to privacy is recognized and...

Section 23 - This constitution does not prohibit the State from granting preferences,...

Section 24 - Crime victims, as defined by law, shall have the following...

Section 25 - To be valid or recognized in this State, a marriage...

Article II: the legislature

Section 1 - The legislative power of the State is vested in a...

Section 2 - A member of the legislature shall be a qualified voter...

Section 3 - Legislators shall be elected at general elections. Their terms begin...

Section 4 - A vacancy in the legislature shall be filled for the...

Section 5 - No legislator may hold any other office or position of...

Section 6 - Legislators may not be held to answer before any other...

Section 7 - Legislators shall receive annual salaries. They may receive a per...

Section 8 - The legislature shall convene in regular session each year on...

Section 9 - Special sessions may be called by the governor or by...

Section 10 - Neither house may adjourn or recess for longer than three...

Section 11 - There shall be a legislative council, and the legislature may...

Section 12 - The houses of each legislature shall adopt uniform rules of...

Section 13 - Every bill shall be confined to one subject unless it...

Section 14 - The legislature shall establish the procedure for enactment of bills...

Section 15 - The governor may veto bills passed by the legislature. He...

Section 16 - Upon receipt of a veto message during a regular session...

Section 17 - A bill becomes law if, while the legislature is in...

Section 18 - Laws passed by the legislature become effective ninety days after...

Section 19 - The legislature shall pass no local or special act if...

Section 20 - All civil officers of the State are subject to impeachment...

Section 21 - The legislature shall establish procedures for suits against the State.

Article III: the executive

Section 1 - The executive power of the State is vested in the...

Section 2 - The governor shall be at least thirty years of age...

Section 3 - The governor shall be chosen by the qualified voters of...

Section 4 - The term of office of the governor is four years,...

Section 5 - No person who has been elected governor for two full...

Section 6 - The governor shall not hold any other office or position...

Section 7 - There shall be a lieutenant governor. He shall have the...

Section 8 - The lieutenant governor shall be nominated in the manner provided...

Section 9 - In case of the temporary absence of the governor from...

Section 10 - If the governor-elect dies, resigns, or is disqualified, the lieutenant...

Section 11 - In case of a vacancy in the office of governor...

Section 12 - Whenever for a period of six months, a governor has...

Section 13 - Provision shall be made by law for succession to the...

Section 14 - When the lieutenant governor succeeds to the office of governor,...

Section 15 - The compensation of the governor and the lieutenant governor shall...

Section 16 - The governor shall be responsible for the faithful execution of...

Section 17 - Whenever the governor considers it in the public interest, he...

Section 18 - The governor shall, at the beginning of each session, and...

Section 19 - The governor is commander-in-chief of the armed forces of the...

Section 20 - The governor may proclaim martial law when the public safety...

Section 21 - Subject to procedure prescribed by law, the governor may grant...

Section 22 - All executive and administrative offices, departments, and agencies of the...

Section 23 - The governor may make changes in the organization of the...

Section 24 - Each principal department shall be under the supervision of the...

Section 25 - The head of each principal department shall be a single...

Section 26 - When a board or commission is at the head of...

Section 27 - The governor may make appointments to fill vacancies occurring during...

Article IV: the judiciary

Section 1 - The judicial power of the State is vested in a...

Section 2 - :(a) The supreme court shall be the highest court of...

Section 3 - The superior court shall be the trial court of general...

Section 4 - Supreme court justices and superior court judges shall be citizens...

Section 5 - The governor shall fill any vacancy in an office of...

Section 6 - Each supreme court justice and superior court judge shall, in...

Section 7 - The office of any supreme court justice or superior court...

Section 8 - The judicial council shall consist of seven members. Three attorney...

Section 9 - The judicial council shall conduct studies for improvement of the...

Section 10 - The Commission on Judicial Conduct shall consist of nine members,...

Section 11 - Justices and judges shall be retired at the age of...

Section 12 - Impeachment of any justice or judge for malfeasance or misfeasance...

Section 13 - Justices, judges, and members of the judicial council and the...

Section 14 - Supreme court justices and superior court judges while holding office...

Section 15 - The supreme court shall make and promulgate rules governing the...

Section 16 - The chief justice of the supreme court shall be the...

Article V: suffrage and elections

Section 1 - Every citizen of the United States who is at least...

Section 2 - No person may vote who has been convicted of a...

Section 3 - Methods of voting, including absentee voting, shall be prescribed by...

Section 4 - The legislature may provide a system of permanent registration of...

Section 5 - General elections shall be held on the second Tuesday in...

Article VI: legislative apportionment

Section 1 - Members of the house of representatives shall be elected by...

Section 2 - Members of the senate shall be elected by the qualified...

Section 3 - The Redistricting Board shall reapportion the house of representatives and...

Section 4 - The Redistricting Board shall establish forty house districts, with each...

Section 5 - Repealed by Alaska Reapportionment Board, Measure 3 (1998).

Section 6 - The Redistricting Board shall establish the size and area of...

Section 7 - Repealed by Alaska Reapportionment Board, Measure 3 (1998).

Section 8 - (a) There shall be a redistricting board. It shall consist...

Section 9 - The board shall elect one of its members chairman and...

Section 10 - (a) Within thirty days after the official reporting of the...

Section 11 - Any qualified voter may apply to the superior court to...

Article VII: health, education and welfare

Section 1 - The legislature shall by general law establish and maintain a...

Section 2 - The University of Alaska is hereby established as the state...

Section 3 - The University of Alaska shall be governed by a board...

Section 4 - The legislature shall provide for the promotion and protection of...

Section 5 - The legislature shall provide for public welfare.

Article VIII: natural resources

Section 1 - The legislature may provide for facilities, improvements, and services to...

Section 2 - The legislature shall provide for the utilization, development, and conservation...

Section 3 - Wherever occurring in their natural state, fish, wildlife, and waters...

Section 4 - Fish, forests, wildlife, grasslands, and all other replenishable resources belonging...

Section 6 - Lands and interests therein, including submerged and tidal lands, possessed...

Section 7 - The legislature may provide for the acquisition of sites, objects,...

Section 8 - The legislature may provide for the leasing of, and the...

Section 9 - Subject to the provisions of this section, the legislature may...

Section 10 - No disposals or leases of state lands, or interests therein,...

Section 11 - Discovery and appropriation shall be the basis for establishing a...

Section 12 - The legislature shall provide for the issuance, types and terms...

Section 13 - All surface and subsurface waters reserved to the people for...

Section 14 - Free access to the navigable or public waters of the...

Section 15 - No exclusive right or special privilege of fishery shall be...

Section 16 - No person shall be involuntarily divested of his right to...

Section 17 - Laws and regulations governing the use or disposal of natural...

Section 18 - Proceedings in eminent domain may be undertaken for private ways...

Article IX: finance and taxation

Section 1 - The power of taxation shall never be surrendered. This power...

Section 2 - The lands and other property belonging to citizens of the...

Section 3 - Standards for appraisal of all property assessed by the State...

Section 4 - The real and personal property of the State or its...

Section 5 - Private leaseholds, contracts, or interests in land or property owned...

Section 6 - No tax shall be levied, or appropriation of public money...

Section 7 - The proceeds of any state tax or license shall not...

Section 8 - No state debt shall be contracted unless authorized by law...

Section 9 - No debt shall be contracted by any political subdivision of...

Section 10 - The State and its political subdivisions may borrow money to...

Section 11 - The restrictions on contracting debt do not apply to debt...

Section 12 - The governor shall submit to the legislature, at a time...

Section 13 - No money shall be withdrawn from the treasury except in...

Section 14 - The legislature shall appoint an auditor to serve at its...

Section 15 - At least twenty-five per cent of all mineral lease rentals,...

Section 16 - Except for appropriations for Alaska permanent fund dividends, appropriations of...

Section 17 - (a) There is established as a separate fund in the...

Article X: local government

Section 1 - The purpose of this article is to provide for maximum...

Section 2 - All local government powers shall be vested in boroughs and...

Section 3 - The entire State shall be divided into boroughs, organized or...

Section 4 - The governing body of the organized borough shall be the...

Section 5 - Service areas to provide special services within an organized borough...

Section 6 - The legislature shall provide for the performance of services it...

Section 7 - Cities shall be incorporated in a manner prescribed by law,...

Section 8 - {[quote|The governing body of a city shall be the council.}}

Section 9 - The qualified voters of any borough of the first class...

Section 10 - The legislature may extend home rule to other boroughs and...

Section 11 - A home rule borough or city may exercise all legislative...

Section 12 - A local boundary commission or board shall be established by...

Section 13 - Agreements, including those for cooperative or joint administration of any...

Section 14 - An agency shall be established by law in the executive...

Section 15 - Special service districts existing at the time a borough is...

Article XI: initiative, referendum and recall

Section 1 - The people may propose and enact laws by the initiative,...

Section 2 - An initiative or referendum is proposed by an application containing...

Section 3 - After certification of the application, a petition containing a summary...

Section 4 - An initiative petition may be filed at any time. The...

Section 5 - A referendum petition may be filed only within ninety days...

Section 6 - If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition...

Section 7 - The initiative shall not be used to dedicate revenues, make...

Section 8 - All elected public officials in the State, except judicial officers,...

Article XII: general provisions

Section 1 - The State of Alaska shall consist of all the territory,...

Section 2 - The State and its political subdivisions may cooperate with the...

Section 3 - Service in the armed forces of the United States or...

Section 4 - No person who advocates, or who aids or belongs to...

Section 5 - All public officers, before entering upon the duties of their...

Section 6 - The legislature shall establish a system under which the merit...

Section 7 - Membership in employee retirement systems of the State or its...

Section 8 - The enumeration of specified powers in this constitution shall not...

Section 9 - The provisions of this constitution shall be construed to be...

Section 10 - Titles and subtitles shall not be used in construing this...

Section 11 - As used in this constitution, the terms "by law" and...

Section 12 - The State of Alaska and its people forever disclaim all...

Section 13 - All provisions of the act admitting Alaska to the Union...

Section 14 - A federal statute or proposed federal statute that affects an...

Article XIII: amendment and revision

Section 1 - Amendments to this constitution may be proposed by a two-thirds...

Section 2 - The legislature may call constitutional conventions at any time.

Section 3 - If during any ten-year period a constitutional convention has not...

Section 4 - Constitutional conventions shall have plenary power to amend or revise...

Article XIV: apportionment schedule

Section 1 - Article XIV of the Alaska Constitution is entitled Apportionment Schedule...

Article XV: schedule of transitional measures

Section 1 - {[quote|All laws in force in the Territory of Alaska on...

Section 2 - Except as otherwise provided in this constitution, all rights, titles,...

Section 3 - Cities, school districts, health districts, public utility districts, and other...

Section 4 - All officers of the Territory, or under its laws, on...

Section 5 - Residence, citizenship, or other qualifications under the Territory may be...

Section 6 - When the people of the Territory ratify this constitution and...

Section 7 - The primary election shall take place not less than forty...

Section 8 - The officers to be elected at the first general election...

Section 9 - The First Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall hold office for...

Section 10 - At the first state general election, one senator shall be...

Section 11 - The first state legislators shall hold office for a term...

Section 12 - The returns of the first general election shall be made,...

Section 13 - When the President of the United States issues a proclamation...

Section 14 - The governor shall call a special session of the first...

Section 15 - The provisions of section 5 of article II shall not...

Section 16 - The first members of the judicial council shall, notwithstanding section...

Section 17 - Until the courts provided for in article IV are organized,...

Section 18 - The debts and liabilities of the Territory of Alaska shall...

Section 19 - The first reapportionment of the house of representatives shall be...

Section 20 - The capital of the State of Alaska shall be at...

Section 21 - The seal of the Territory, substituting the word "State" for...

Section 22 - The flag of the Territory shall be the flag of...

Section 23 - Citizens who legally voted in the general election of November...

Section 24 - Ordinance No. 1 on ratification of the constitution, Ordinance No....

Section 25 - This constitution shall take effect immediately upon the admission of...

Section 26 - If a majority of those voting on the question at...

Section 27 - If the 1982 amendment limiting appropriation increases (art. IX, sec....

Section 28 - The 1982 amendment limiting appropriation increases (art. IX, sec. 16)...

Section 29 - The 1998 amendments relating to redistricting of the legislature (art....