00 CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 9(JUD) 01 Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to an 02 appropriation 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 Article IX, sec. 16, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is repealed and 05 readopted to read: 06 Section 16.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 Limit. (a) Appropriations made for a current 07 fiscal year shall not exceed the amount appropriated for the fiscal year two years 08 immediately preceding that current fiscal year by more than fifty percent of the sum of 09 the following: 10 (1) the average annual percentage rate of change in the personal 11 incomes of State residents for the three calendar years preceding the calendar year 12 during which the immediately preceding fiscal year began; plus 13 (2) the percentage equal to the annual percentage rate of change in the 14 State population for the three calendar years preceding the calendar year during which 15 the immediately preceding fiscal year began. 16 (b) An appropriation that exceeds the limit under (a) of this section may be 01 made for any public purpose upon affirmative vote of at least three-fourths of the 02 members of each house of the legislature. The total amount of appropriations under 03 this subsection made for a fiscal year may not exceed two percent of the amount 04 appropriated for the fiscal year two years preceding the fiscal year for which the 05 appropriations are made. 06 (c) Calculations made under (a) or (b) of this section shall not include 07 (1) an appropriation to the Alaska permanent fund established in 08 Section 15 of this article; 09 (2) an appropriation of Alaska permanent fund income for payments of 10 permanent fund dividends to State residents; 11 (3) an appropriation to meet a state of natural disaster declared by the 12 governor as prescribed by law; 13 (4) an appropriation to the budget reserve fund established in Section 14 17 of this article; 15 (5) an appropriation of State general obligation and revenue bond 16 proceeds; 17 (6) an appropriation required to pay obligations under revenue bonds 18 issued by the State; 19 (7) an appropriation of money received from the federal government; 20 (8) a reappropriation of money already appropriated under an 21 unobligated appropriation that is not void under Section 13 of this article; 22 (9) an appropriation of money for expenditure by a State agency to 23 provide services to another State agency that has also received an appropriation of the 24 same money; 25 (10) an appropriation of money held in trust by the State for a 26 particular purpose; 27 (11) an appropriation of money from tuition of the University of 28 Alaska; and 29 (12) an appropriation made under (b) of this section. 30 * Sec. 2. Article XV, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding a new 31 section to read: 01 Section 30. Application; Reconsideration of Appropriation Limit. (a) The 02 2004 amendment relating to an appropriation limit (art. IX, sec. 16) first applies to 03 appropriations made for fiscal year 2006 and applies thereafter. 04 (b) The lieutenant governor shall place the ballot title and proposition for the 05 2004 amendment relating to an appropriation limit (art. IX, sec. 16) on the ballot again 06 at the general election in 2010 and every six years thereafter unless it is rejected. If 07 the majority of those voting on the proposition rejects the amendment, Section 16 of 08 Article IX is repealed on the date the election is certified. 09 * Sec. 3. The amendments proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of 10 the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the 11 State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.