00 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 21 01 Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to payment of 02 a dividend to eligible state residents. 03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. Article IX, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding a new 05 section to read: 06 Section 18. Dividend. Each fiscal year, the legislature shall make an 07 appropriation for the payment of a dividend to eligible residents of the State, 08 according to a formula set out in law. 09 * Sec. 2. Article XV, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding a new 10 section to read: 11 Section 30. Dividend Amendment: Transition. The 2022 amendment 12 relating to a dividend for state residents (art. IX, sec. 18) applies to appropriations 13 made for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, and thereafter. 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.