00CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 3(STA)                                                                                
01 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska prohibiting                                           
02 the imposition of state personal income taxation, state ad valorem taxation on real                                     
03 property, or state retail sales taxation, or increases in rates of those taxes,                                         
04 without the approval of the voters of the state.                                                                        
05 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
06    * Section 1.  Article IX, sec. 1, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read:                           
07     SECTION 1.  TAXING POWER. The power of taxation shall never be                                                     
08 surrendered. This power shall not be suspended or contracted away, except as provided                                   
09 in this article.  A law establishing a State tax on personal income, a State ad                                        
10 valorem tax on real property, or a State retail sales tax, or a law increasing the                                      
11 rate of one of those taxes, shall not take effect until approved by the voters of the                                   
12 State by a majority of the votes cast on the proposed law.                                                             
13    * Sec. 2.  The amendment proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of                            
14 the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the                        

01 State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.