00                 CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 9(STA)                                                               
01 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to an                                        
02 appropriation limit and a spending 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  Article IX, sec. 16, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is repealed and                            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 and Spending Limit.  (a)  Appropriations made                                   
07       for a fiscal year shall not exceed by more than two percent the amount appropriated                               
08       for the fiscal year two years preceding the fiscal year for which the appropriations are                          
09       made.  This subsection does not apply to a reappropriation of money already                                       
10       appropriated under an unobligated appropriation that is not void under Section 13 of                              
11       this article, or to                                                                                               
12                 (1)  an appropriation to the Alaska permanent fund;                                                     
13                 (2)  an appropriation of Alaska permanent fund income for payments of                                   
14       permanent fund dividends to State residents;                                                                      
15                 (3)  an appropriation to meet a state of disaster declared by the                                       
16       governor as prescribed by law;                                                                                    

01                 (4)  an appropriation for the Alaska Railroad;                                                          
02                 (5)  an appropriation of State general obligation and revenue bond                                      
03       proceeds;                                                                                                         
04                 (6)  an appropriation required to pay obligations under general                                         
05       obligation bonds, revenue bonds, and certificates of participation issued by the State;                           
06                 (7)  an appropriation of money received from the federal government;                                    
07                 (8)  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                 (9)  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) - (9) of this section.                         
17            (c)  If appropriations for a fiscal year exceed the amount that may be                                       
18       appropriated under (a) and (b) of this section, the governor shall reduce expenditures                            
19       by line item veto to avoid spending more than the amount that may be appropriated                                 
20       under (a) and (b) of this section.                                                                                
21    * Sec. 2.  The amendment proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of                          
22 the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the                        
23 State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.