00                 CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 9(JUD)                                                               
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  Article IX, sec. 16, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is repealed and                            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 current                                  
07       fiscal year shall not exceed the amount appropriated for the fiscal year two years                                
08       immediately preceding that current fiscal year by more than fifty percent of the sum of                           
09       the following:                                                                                                    
10                 (1)  the average annual percentage rate of change in the personal                                       
11       incomes of State residents for the three calendar years preceding the calendar year                               
12       during which the immediately preceding fiscal year began; plus                                                    
13                 (2)  the percentage equal to the annual percentage rate of change in the                                
14       State population for the three calendar years preceding the calendar year during which                            
15       the immediately preceding fiscal year began.                                                                      
16            (b)  An appropriation that exceeds the limit under (a) of this section may be                                

01       made for any public purpose upon affirmative vote of at least three-fourths of the                                
02       members of each house of the legislature.  The total amount of appropriations under                               
03       this subsection made for a fiscal year may not exceed two percent of the amount                                   
04       appropriated for the fiscal year two years preceding the fiscal year for which the                                
05       appropriations are made.                                                                                          
06            (c)  Calculations made under (a) or (b) of this section shall not include                                    
07                 (1)  an appropriation to the Alaska permanent fund established in                                       
08       Section 15 of this article;                                                                                       
09                 (2)  an appropriation of Alaska permanent fund income for payments of                                   
10       permanent fund dividends to State residents;                                                                      
11                 (3)  an appropriation to meet a state of natural disaster declared by the                               
12       governor as prescribed by law;                                                                                    
13                 (4)  an appropriation to the budget reserve fund established in Section                                 
14       17 of this article;                                                                                               
15                 (5)  an appropriation of State general obligation and revenue bond                                      
16       proceeds;                                                                                                         
17                 (6)  an appropriation required to pay obligations under revenue bonds                                   
18       issued by the State;                                                                                              
19                 (7)  an appropriation of money received from the federal government;                                    
20                 (8)  a reappropriation of money already appropriated under an                                           
21       unobligated appropriation that is not void under Section 13 of this article;                                      
22                 (9)  an appropriation of money for expenditure by a State agency to                                     
23       provide services to another State agency that has also received an appropriation of the                           
24       same money;                                                                                                       
25                 (10)  an appropriation of money held in trust by the State for a                                        
26       particular purpose;                                                                                               
27                 (11)  an appropriation of money from tuition of the University of                                       
28       Alaska; and                                                                                                       
29                 (12)  an appropriation made under (b) of this section.                                                  
30    * Sec. 2.  Article XV, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding a new                           
31 section to read:                                                                                                        

01            Section 30.  Application; Reconsideration of Appropriation Limit.  (a)  The                                
02       2004 amendment  relating to an appropriation limit (art. IX, sec. 16) first applies to                            
03       appropriations made for fiscal year 2006 and applies thereafter.                                                  
04            (b)  The lieutenant governor shall place the ballot title and proposition for the                            
05       2004 amendment relating to an appropriation limit (art. IX, sec. 16) on the ballot again                          
06       at the general election in 2010 and every six years thereafter unless it is rejected.  If                         
07       the majority of those voting on the proposition rejects the amendment, Section 16 of                              
08       Article IX is repealed on the date the election is certified.                                                     
09    * Sec. 3.  The amendments proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of                         
10 the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the                        
11 State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.