00                      HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 36                                                                     
01 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska authorizing a                                         
02 contractual limitation on taxes related to the production of gas for the purpose of                                     
03 providing fiscal certainty for the construction of a natural gas pipeline.                                              
04 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
05    * Section 1. Article IX, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding a new                           
06 section to read:                                                                                                        
07            Section 18. Contractual Limitation on Taxes Relating to Gas Production.                                    
08       Subject to approval by a majority of the membership of each house of the legislature,                             
09       the governor may provide fiscal certainty for the purpose of constructing a natural gas                           
10       pipeline for the transportation of natural gas produced in the State by entering into a                           
11       contract providing for a limitation on taxes related to the production of gas. The                                
12       method by which the legislature may approve a contract or an amendment to a                                       
13       contract under this section shall be prescribed by law.                                                           
14    * Sec. 2. The amendment proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of the                       
15 state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the State                      

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