00 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 21                                                                                          
01 Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska creating a                                              
02 special fund related to the use of federal mineral revenue sharing payments due                                         
03 the state from certain federal leases on the coastal plain of the Arctic National                                       
04 Wildlife Refuge.                                                                                                        
05 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
06    * Section 1.  Article IX, sec. 7, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read:                           
07  SECTION 7.  DEDICATED FUNDS.  The proceeds of any State [STATE] tax                                                 
08 or license shall not be dedicated to any special purpose, except as provided in Section                                 
09 15 and Section 18 of this article or when required by the federal government for State                              
10 [STATE] participation in federal programs.  This provision shall not prohibit the                                       
11 continuance of any dedication for special purposes existing on April 24, 1956 [UPON                                   
12 THE DATE OF RATIFICATION OF THIS SECTION BY THE PEOPLE OF                                                               
13 ALASKA].                                                                                                                
14    * Sec. 2.  Article IX, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding a new                               
01 section to read:                                                                                                        
02  SECTION 18.  ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SPECIAL                                                                  
03 REVENUE FUND.  (a)  There is established as a separate fund in the State treasury                                       
04 the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge special revenue fund.                                                               
05  (b)  The money disbursed to the State by the federal government as federal                                            
06 mineral revenue sharing payments due the State from oil and gas and other leases by                                     
07 the federal government on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge,                                     
08 less the amount required by law to be deposited in the Alaska permanent fund, shall                                     
09 be placed in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge special revenue fund.  The legislature                                 
10 may use money in the special revenue fund only to make appropriations for payment                                       
11 of assistance or aid to a municipality under a program of State aid to local government                                 
12 established by law and for the support of school construction and school major                                          
13 maintenance programs established by law.                                                                                
14    * Sec. 3.  The amendments proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of                           
15 the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the                        
16 State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.