00                   HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 21                                                                   
01 Supporting the passage of a comprehensive long-term state budgetary and fiscal regime.                                  
02 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
03       WHEREAS the legislature and the governor are responsible for fulfilling certain state                           
04 constitutional mandates including                                                                                       
05            (1)  providing for                                                                                           
06                 (A)  public education;                                                                                  
07                 (B)  utilization, development, and conservation of natural resources;                                   
08                 (C)  leases and permits for mineral exploration and development;                                        
09                 (D)  public health and welfare;                                                                         
10            (2)  ensuring that individuals and organizations enjoy due process of law;                                   
11            (3)  protecting the civil rights of individuals; and                                                         
12       WHEREAS the legislature and the governor are responsible for fulfilling other needs                             
13 of the people and the state including                                                                                   
14            (1)  providing for                                                                                           
15                 (A)  public safety;                                                                                     
16                 (B)  the maintenance and construction of highways, airports, and other                                  

01       public facilities;                                                                                                
02                 (C)  the operation of a state university;                                                               
03            (2)  providing a framework of law and regulation and a transportation system                                 
04 that allows and promotes economic growth and prosperity;                                                                
05            (3)  protecting the environment; and                                                                         
06       WHEREAS it is recognized that the fulfillment of the responsibilities of state                                  
07 government will require expenditures; and                                                                               
08       WHEREAS it is recognized that the current state fiscal regime is inadequate to meet                             
09 the budgetary needs of the state in the long term; and                                                                  
10       WHEREAS the legislature acknowledges that a successful, long-term budgetary and                                 
11 fiscal regime requires four components consisting of                                                                    
12            (1)  cost control;                                                                                           
13            (2)  use of some earnings of the permanent fund;                                                             
14            (3)  a broad-based form of taxation;                                                                         
15            (4)  economic growth and prosperity;                                                                         
16       BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature supports and will pass                                         
17            (1)  a cost control measure such as CSSJR 23(FIN) am, amending the                                           
18 constitutional appropriation limit;                                                                                     
19            (2)  a bill providing for the use of some earnings of the permanent fund such as                             
20 HB 304;                                                                                                                 
21            (3)  measures creating economic growth and prosperity such as HB 311, which                                  
22 will provide incentives for increased oil production, and HB 302 and SSHB 190, which will                               
23 enhance the probability and quicken the development of an Alaska natural gas pipeline.