00HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 22                                                                                    
01 Establishing the Joint Special Committee on Ways and Means as a joint                                                   
02 committee of the legislature.                                                                                           
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                              
04  WHEREAS the state is facing important questions regarding the role of the state in                                   
05 providing services to its residents and how those services should be financed; and                                      
06  WHEREAS fiscal and other public policy decisions made in the next few years will                                     
07 profoundly influence the choices that are available to the next generation of Alaskans; and                             
08  WHEREAS the legislature must continue to evaluate the value received for public                                      
09 dollars spent, while also making fiscal and other public policy decisions that will support an                          
10 appropriate level of state services and foster a growing and diversified state economy; and                             
11  WHEREAS a new legislative committee that focuses on current and potential revenues                                   
12 and their economic effect will complement the work of the Finance Committees and the                                    
13 Legislative Budget and Audit Committee;                                                                                 
14  BE IT RESOLVED by the Alaska State Legislature that a Joint Special Committee                                        

01 on Ways and Means is established to study fiscal and other public policy issues relating to                             
02 state revenue, including                                                                                                
03   (1)  investment goals and standards for the state's financial assets, and current                                     
04 management policies;                                                                                                    
05   (2)  the return on investment by all of the state's financial assets;                                                 
06   (3)  analysis of potential revenue-generating options and the effect of                                               
07 implementing those options on the private sector economy;                                                               
08   (4)  policies regarding distribution of state revenue, especially distribution to                                     
09 local governments; and be it                                                                                            
10  FURTHER RESOLVED that the Joint Special Committee on Ways and Means shall                                            
11 provide a report to the legislature by January 5, 2001, containing its findings and                                     
12 recommendations; and be it                                                                                              
13  FURTHER RESOLVED that the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the                                             
14 House of Representatives shall each appoint from their respective bodies four members to                                
15 serve on the Joint Special Committee on Ways and Means and shall designate the manner in                                
16 which co-chairs shall be chosen as provided in Rule 21(b), Uniform Rules of the Alaska State                            
17 Legislature; and be it                                                                                                  
18  FURTHER RESOLVED that the Joint Special Committee on Ways and Means may                                              
19 meet during and between sessions of the Twenty-First Alaska State Legislature, and is                                   
20 terminated on the convening of the First Regular Session of the Twenty-Second Alaska State                              
21 Legislature.