2019-01-16                     Senate Journal                      Page 0036
since the first dividend check was issued in 1982.  This is a clear                                                             
signal to Alaskans that we will not pick and choose which laws to                                                               
follow. We will honor the law and will fund the dividend program as                                                             
the law is written.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
As the State of Alaska is coming to terms with balancing revenue with                                                           
expenditures in our annual budgets, I want Alaskans to know that we                                                             
are not going to deny them their ownership share of Alaska’s mineral                                                            
wealth. I urge your prompt and favorable action on this measure.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Sincerely,                                                                                                                      
/s/                                                                                                                             
Michael J. Dunleavy                                                                                                             
Governor                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
SB 24                                                                                                                         
SENATE BILL NO. 24 BY THE SENATE RULES COMMITTEE                                                                                
BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR, entitled:                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
              "An Act directing the Department of Revenue to pay                                                               
                dividends to certain eligible individuals; and                                                                 
          providing for an effective date."                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the State Affairs and Finance                                                           
Committees.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal information was published today:                                                                           
 Fiscal Note No. 1, Department of Revenue                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Governor's transmittal letter dated January 15:                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
Dear President Giessel:                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Under the authority of Article III, Section 18, of the Alaska                                                                   
Constitution, I am transmitting a bill that directs the payment of the                                                          
unpaid amounts of the 2016, 2017, and 2018 Permanent Fund                                                                       
dividend. The payment of the unpaid amounts would be distributed to                                                             
eligible individuals over the next three years. I believe that this action                                                      
will correct an error that resulted in a decreased dividend.