00                       HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 4                                                                     
01 Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska creating a                                              
02 transportation infrastructure fund.                                                                                     
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1. Article IX, sec. 7, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read:                          
05            Section 7. Dedicated Funds. The proceeds of any state tax or license shall not                             
06       be dedicated to any special purpose, except as provided in Sections 15 and 18                                 
07       [SECTION 15] of this article or when required by the federal government for state                                 
08       participation in federal programs. This provision shall not prohibit the continuance of                           
09       any dedication for special purposes existing on April 24, 1956 [UPON THE DATE                                 
10       OF RATIFICATION OF THIS SECTION BY THE PEOPLE OF ALASKA].                                                         
11    * Sec. 2. Article IX, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding a new                              
12 section to read:                                                                                                        
13            Section 18. Transportation Infrastructure Fund. (a) The revenue received                                   
14       after July 1, 2011, from any state tax on fuel used for the propulsion of motor vehicles,                         
15       aircraft, and watercraft, less those refunds, credits, and collection costs that are                              
16       provided by law, from a registration fee levied for a motor vehicle, not including                                

01       special registration fees as provided by law, from any driver's license fee, from any                             
02       identification card fee, from a studded tire tax, from state airport lease and space fees                         
03       from airspace leases authorized by 23 U.S.C. 156, and from other transportation-                                  
04       related fees and funds designated by the legislature shall be placed in a transportation                          
05       infrastructure fund. The legislature may appropriate additional amounts to the fund.                              
06       The fund shall be managed as an endowment. Each year, the legislature may                                         
07       appropriate up to 50 percent of the state fuel taxes, registration and driver's license                           
08       fees, identification card fees, studded tire taxes, state airport lease and space fees, and                       
09       other designated fees and funds received by the fund in that year and up to six percent                           
10       of the average market value of the fund over the previous five fiscal years for                                   
11       transportation and related facilities that are designated by law, for costs related to                            
12       motor vehicle licensing and registration that are designated by law, and for the costs to                         
13       administer the fund as designated by law.                                                                         
14            (b)  The legislature shall provide by law for the management and investment of                               
15       the fund balance. The income earned from the fund shall be deposited into the fund.                               
16    * Sec. 3. The amendments proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of                          
17 the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the                        
18 State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.