00HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 19                                                                                           
01 Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska creating a                                              
02 transportation fund.                                                                                                    
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  Article IX, sec. 7, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is repealed and                               
05 readopted to read:                                                                                                      
06  SECTION 7.  DEDICATED FUNDS PROHIBITED.  The proceeds of any                                                          
07 State tax or license shall not be dedicated to any special purpose.  This provision does                                
08 not prohibit the continuance of any dedication for special purposes existing on                                         
09 April 24, 1956, and does not prohibit the dedication of revenue under Section 15 or                                     
10 Section 18 of this article or when required by the federal government for State                                         
11 participation in federal programs.                                                                                      
12    * Sec. 2.  Article IX, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding a new                               
13 section to read:                                                                                                        
14  SECTION 18.  TRANSPORTATION FUND.  (a)  The revenue received after                                                    

01 June 30, 1995, from State licenses and fees for the registration, operation, and use of                                 
02 motor vehicles, aircraft, and watercraft, from the use of State transportation facilities,                              
03 including the State ferry system, and from State taxes on fuel used in and on                                           
04 watercraft and for the propulsion of motor vehicles and aircraft, less refunds or credits,                              
05 and costs of collection, for State taxes on fuel as provided by law, and less costs for                                 
06 collection of revenue from the licenses and fees as provided by law, shall be placed                                    
07 in a transportation fund.  Except as provided in (d) of this section, the legislature may                               
08 appropriate money from the fund only for                                                                                
09   (1)  the maintenance and operation of a State or local government                                                    
10 transportation facility if the facility is related to the mode of transportation from which                             
11 the tax, license, or fee revenue to be appropriated was originally received;                                            
12   (2)  the improvement and construction of harbor facilities if the tax,                                               
13 license, or fee revenue to be appropriated was originally received from the use of                                      
14 watercraft;                                                                                                             
15   (3)  the administration and enforcement of motor vehicle laws.                                                       
16  (b)  This section does not apply to                                                                                   
17   (1)  revenue received from taxes, licenses, or fees that the State collects                                          
18 on behalf of a local government;                                                                                        
19   (2)  revenue received by a public corporation whose revenue must by                                                  
20 federal law be retained and managed by the corporation;                                                                 
21   (3)  revenue received from the use or operation of a transportation                                                  
22 facility constructed with bond proceeds to the extent that law or bond covenants                                        
23 require that the revenue be used for other purposes.                                                                    
24  (c)  The legislature shall provide by law for the management and investment                                           
25 of the fund balance.  The income earned from the management and investment of the                                       
26 fund shall be deposited into the fund.                                                                                  
27  (d)  An appropriation from the fund for a public purpose other than one                                               
28 described in (a)(1) - (3) of this section may be made upon an affirmative vote of three-fourths of the members of each  
29 house of the legislature.                                                                                               
30    * Sec. 3.  The amendments proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of                           
31 the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the                        

01 State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.