Legal Opinion
Warwick v. State Ex Rel. Chance
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided March 25, 1976No. 2712PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOOCHEVER, Chief Justice.
Art. II, sec. 5 of the Alaska Constitution provides in part :
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 created, or the salary or emoluments of which have been increased, while be was a member.
By this appeal we are required to construe that provision as applied to a member of the Eighth Legislature who was appointed Commissioner of Administration within the proscribed time period. The Eighth Legislature generally raised salaries,…
2Cases cited80 opinions
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3Cited by34 opinions
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