00                        HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 9                                                                     
01 Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to an                                          
02 appropriation limit and a spending limit.                                                                               
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  Article IX, sec. 16, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is repealed and                            
05 readopted to read:                                                                                                      
06            Section 16.  Appropriation and Spending Limit.  (a)  Appropriations made                                   
07       for a fiscal year shall not exceed the amount appropriated for the fiscal year two years                          
08       preceding the fiscal year for which the appropriations are made.  This subsection does                            
09       not apply to                                                                                                      
10                 (1)  an appropriation to the Alaska permanent fund;                                                     
11                 (2)  an appropriation of Alaska permanent fund income for payments of                                   
12       permanent fund dividends to State residents;                                                                      
13                 (3)  an appropriation to meet a state of disaster declared by the                                       
14       governor as prescribed by law;                                                                                    
15                 (4)  an appropriation for the Alaska Railroad;                                                          
16                 (5)  an appropriation of State general obligation and revenue bond                                      
01       proceeds;                                                                                                         
02                 (6)  an appropriation required to pay obligations under general                                         
03       obligation bonds, revenue bonds, and certificates of participation issued by the State;                           
04                 (7)  an appropriation of money received from the federal government;                                    
05                 (8)  a reappropriation of money already appropriated under an                                           
06       unobligated appropriation that is not void under Section 13 of this article;                                      
07                 (9)  an appropriation of money for expenditure by a State agency to                                     
08       provide services to another State agency that has also received an appropriation of the                           
09       same money; and                                                                                                   
10                 (10)  an appropriation made under (b) of this section.                                                  
11            (b)  An appropriation that exceeds the limit under (a) of this section may be                                
12       made for any public purpose upon affirmative vote of at least three-fourths of the                                
13       members of each house of the legislature.  The total amount of appropriations under                               
14       this subsection made for a fiscal year may not exceed two percent of the amount                                   
15       appropriated for the fiscal year two years preceding the fiscal year for which the                                
16       appropriations are made, excluding appropriations listed in (a)(1) - (10) of this section.                        
17            (c)  If appropriations for a fiscal year exceed the amount that may be                                       
18       appropriated under (a) and (b) of this section, the governor shall reduce expenditures                            
19       by the executive branch for its operation and administration to the extent necessary to                           
20       avoid spending more than the amount that may be appropriated under (a) and (b) of                                 
21       this section.                                                                                                     
22    * Sec. 2.  Article XV, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding a new                           
23 section to read:                                                                                                        
24            Section 30.  Application; Reconsideration of Appropriation and Spending                                    
25       Limit.  (a)  The 2004 amendment  relating to an appropriation and spending limit (art.                          
26       IX, sec. 16) first applies to appropriations made for fiscal year 2006 and applies                                
27       thereafter.                                                                                                       
28            (b)  The lieutenant governor shall place the ballot title and proposition for the                            
29       2004 amendment relating to an appropriation and spending limit (art. IX, sec. 16) on                              
30       the ballot again at the general election in 2010 and every six years thereafter unless it                         
31       is rejected.  If the majority of those voting on the proposition rejects the amendment,                           
01       Section 16 of Article IX is repealed on the date the election is certified.                                       
02    * Sec. 3.  The amendments proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of                         
03 the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the                        
04 State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.