00                CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 9(W&M)                                                                
01 Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to an                                          
02 appropriation limit.                                                                                                    
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  Article IX, sec. 16, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is repealed and                            
05 readopted to read:                                                                                                      
06            Section 16.  Appropriation Limit.  (a)  Appropriations made for a fiscal year                              
07       shall not exceed by more than two percent the amount appropriated for the fiscal year                             
08       two years preceding the fiscal year for which the appropriations are made.  This                                  
09       subsection does not apply to                                                                                      
10                 (1)  an appropriation to the Alaska permanent fund;                                                     
11                 (2)  an appropriation of Alaska permanent fund income for payments of                                   
12       permanent fund dividends to State residents;                                                                      
13                 (3)  an appropriation to meet a state of disaster declared by the                                       
14       governor as prescribed by law;                                                                                    
15                 (4)  an appropriation for the Alaska Railroad;                                                          
16                 (5)  an appropriation of State general obligation and revenue bond                                      

01       proceeds;                                                                                                         
02                 (6)  an appropriation required to pay obligations under general                                         
03       obligation bonds, revenue bonds, and certificates of participation issued by the State;                           
04                 (7)  an appropriation of money received from the federal government;                                    
05                 (8)  a reappropriation of money already appropriated under an                                           
06       unobligated appropriation that is not void under Section 13 of this article;                                      
07                 (9)  an appropriation of money for expenditure by a State agency to                                     
08       provide services to another State agency that has also received an appropriation of the                           
09       same money; and                                                                                                   
10                 (10)  an appropriation made under (b) of this section.                                                  
11            (b)  An appropriation that exceeds the limit under (a) of this section may be                                
12       made for any public purpose upon affirmative vote of at least three-fourths of the                                
13       members of each house of the legislature.  The total amount of appropriations under                               
14       this subsection made for a fiscal year may not exceed two percent of the amount                                   
15       appropriated for the fiscal year two years preceding the fiscal year for which the                                
16       appropriations are made, excluding appropriations listed in (a)(1) - (10) of this section.                        
17    * Sec. 2.  Article XV, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding a new                           
18 section to read:                                                                                                        
19            Section 30.  Application; Repeal of Appropriation Limit.  (a)  The 2004                                    
20       amendment relating to an appropriation limit (art. IX, sec. 16) first applies to                                  
21       appropriations made for fiscal year 2006 and applies each fiscal year thereafter until                            
22       fiscal year 2013.                                                                                                 
23            (b)  Section 16 of Article IX is repealed July 1, 2012.                                                      
24    * Sec. 3.  The amendments proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of                         
25 the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the                        
26 State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.