00CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 49(STA)                                                                               
01 Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska creating a                                              
02 highway fund from state taxes on fuel used for the propulsion of highway or                                             
03 road use motor vehicles.                                                                                                
04 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
05    * Section 1.  Article IX, sec. 7, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read:                           
06  SECTION 7.  DEDICATED FUNDS.  The proceeds of any State [STATE] tax                                                 
07 or license shall not be dedicated to any special purpose, except as provided in Section                                 
08 15 and Section 18 of this article or when required by the federal government for State                              
09 [STATE] participation in federal programs.  This provision shall not prohibit the                                       
10 continuance of any dedication for special purposes existing on April 24, 1956 [UPON                                   
11 THE DATE OF RATIFICATION OF THIS SECTION BY THE  PEOPLE OF                                                              
12 ALASKA].                                                                                                                
13    * Sec. 2.  Article IX, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding a new section                       
14 to read:                                                                                                                

01  SECTION 18.  HIGHWAY FUND.  (a)  The revenue received after June 30,                                                  
02 1997, from State taxes on fuel used for the propulsion of motor vehicles designed for and                               
03 ordinarily used on highways or roads, less refunds, credits, and the costs of collection                                
04 of that tax as provided by law, shall be placed in a highway fund.  Except as provided                                  
05 in (d) of this section, the legislature may appropriate money from the fund only for the                                
06 maintenance of roads and highways by the State or a local government.                                                   
07  (b)  This section does not apply to revenue received from taxes that the State                                        
08 collects on behalf of a local government.                                                                               
09  (c)  The legislature shall provide by law for the management and investment of                                        
10 the fund balance.  The income earned from the management and investment of the fund                                     
11 shall be deposited into the fund.                                                                                       
12  (d)  An appropriation from the fund for a public purpose other than one described                                     
13 in (a) of this section may be made upon an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the                                      
14 members of each house of the legislature.                                                                               
15    * Sec. 3.  The amendments proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of                           
16 the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the State                  
17 of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.