Legislature(2003 - 2004)
2004-04-22 House Journal
Full Journal pdf2004-04-22 House Journal Page 3453 HJR 9 Amendment No. 3 was offered by Representatives Croft and Gara: Page 1, line 6, through page 3, line 14: Delete all material and insert: "Section 16. Appropriation Limit. (a) Appropriations made for a current fiscal year shall not exceed the average amount appropriated for the earliest three of the four fiscal years immediately preceding that current fiscal year, increased or decreased by the sum of the following: (1) the percentage rate of change in the cost of living for the three calendar years preceding the calendar year during which the immediately preceding fiscal year began; plus (2) the percentage rate of change in the State population for the three calendar years preceding the calendar year during which the immediately preceding fiscal year began. (b) The legislature shall implement (a) of this section by law. (c) An appropriation that exceeds the limit under (a) of this section by not more than two percent may be made for any public purpose upon affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the members of each house of the legislature. An appropriation that exceeds the limit under (a) of this section by not more than four percent may be made for any public purpose upon affirmative vote of at least three-fourths of the members of each house. However, the total amount of appropriations under this subsection made for a fiscal year may not exceed the limit under (a) of this section by more than four percent. A bill making one or more appropriations under this subsection must be confined to appropriations made under this subsection. (d) Calculations made under (a) or (c) of this section shall not include (1) an appropriation to the Alaska permanent fund established in Section 15 of this article; 2004-04-22 House Journal Page 3454 (2) an appropriation for payments of permanent fund dividends to State residents; (3) an appropriation to meet a state of natural disaster declared by the governor as prescribed by law; (4) an appropriation to a separate fund or account in the general fund from which expenditures may not be made without an additional appropriation from that separate fund or account; (5) an appropriation of State general obligation and revenue bond proceeds; (6) an appropriation required to pay obligations under revenue or general obligation bonds issued by the State; (7) an appropriation of money received from the federal government; (8) a reappropriation of money already appropriated under an unobligated appropriation that is not void under Section 13 of this article; (9) an appropriation of money for expenditure by a State agency to provide services to part of that same agency or to another State agency if the other part or the other agency has also received an appropriation of the same money; (10) an appropriation of money held in trust by the State for a particular purpose; (11) an appropriation of money from tuition of the University of Alaska; (12) an appropriation of money received by the state from a source other than the state or federal government that is restricted to a specific use by the terms of a gift, grant, bequest, or contract; (13) an appropriation of money deposited into the budget reserve fund under Section 17(d) of this article back to the funds and accounts from which the money came; (14) an appropriation of dedicated funds; (15) an appropriation, or that portion of it, that exceeds the amount appropriated during the immediately preceding fiscal year for elementary or secondary public school operations; (16) an appropriation made under (c) of this section." 2004-04-22 House Journal Page 3455 Representative Gara moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 3 be adopted. Representative Stoltze objected. Representative Weyhrauch placed a call of the House. The call was satisfied. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 3 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHJR 9(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 3 YEAS: 18 NAYS: 22 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Anderson, Berkowitz, Cissna, Crawford, Croft, Gara, Gatto, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Joule, Kapsner, Kerttula, Kookesh, Kott, Masek, Morgan, Moses, Wilson Nays: Chenault, Coghill, Dahlstrom, Fate, Foster, Harris, Hawker, Heinze, Holm, Kohring, Lynn, McGuire, Meyer, Ogg, Rokeberg, Samuels, Seaton, Stepovich, Stoltze, Weyhrauch, Williams, Wolf And so, Amendment No. 3 was not adopted. Amendment No. 4 was offered by Representatives Berkowitz, Gruenberg, and Guttenberg: Page 1, line 1 (title amendment): Delete "amendments" Insert "an amendment" Page 1, line 6, through page 3, line 30: Delete all material and insert: "Section 16. Appropriation Limit. General fund appropriations by the legislature shall not exceed anticipated revenue." Renumber the following resolution section accordingly. 2004-04-22 House Journal Page 3456 Page 3, line 31: Delete "amendments" Insert "amendment" Representative Berkowitz moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 4 be adopted. Representative Stoltze objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 4 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHJR 9(FIN) am Second Reading Amendment No. 4 YEAS: 16 NAYS: 24 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Berkowitz, Cissna, Crawford, Croft, Gara, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Joule, Kapsner, Kerttula, Kohring, Kookesh, Lynn, Masek, Moses, Weyhrauch Nays: Anderson, Chenault, Coghill, Dahlstrom, Fate, Foster, Gatto, Harris, Hawker, Heinze, Holm, Kott, McGuire, Meyer, Morgan, Ogg, Rokeberg, Samuels, Seaton, Stepovich, Stoltze, Williams, Wilson, Wolf And so, Amendment No. 4 was not adopted. Representative Coghill moved and asked unanimous consent that CSHJR 9(FIN) am be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading, and placed on final passage. There being no objection, it was so ordered. Representative Coghill placed a call of the House. CSHJR 9(FIN) am was read the third time. The call was satisfied. 2004-04-22 House Journal Page 3457 The question being: "Shall CSHJR 9(FIN) am pass the House?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHJR 9(FIN) am Third Reading Final Passage YEAS: 27 NAYS: 13 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Anderson, Chenault, Coghill, Dahlstrom, Fate, Foster, Gatto, Harris, Hawker, Heinze, Holm, Kohring, Kott, Lynn, McGuire, Meyer, Morgan, Ogg, Rokeberg, Samuels, Seaton, Stepovich, Stoltze, Weyhrauch, Williams, Wilson, Wolf Nays: Berkowitz, Cissna, Crawford, Croft, Gara, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Joule, Kapsner, Kerttula, Kookesh, Masek, Moses And so, CSHJR 9(FIN) am passed the House. Representative Williams gave notice of reconsideration of the vote on CSHJR 9(FIN) am.