00                     SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 202                                                                    
01 Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to an                                          
02 appropriation limit and  a spending 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  Article IX, sec. 16, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is repealed and                            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 and Spending Limit.  (a)  Appropriations made                                   
07       for a fiscal year shall not exceed by more than four percent the amount appropriated                              
08       for the fiscal year two years preceding the fiscal year for which the appropriations are                          
09       made.  This subsection does not apply to                                                                          
10                 (1)  an appropriation to the Alaska permanent fund;                                                     
11                 (2)  an appropriation of Alaska permanent fund income for payments of                                   
12       permanent fund dividends to State residents;                                                                      
13                 (3)  an appropriation to meet a state of disaster declared by the                                       
14       governor as prescribed by law;                                                                                    
15                 (4)  an appropriation for the Alaska Railroad;                                                          

01                 (5)  an appropriation of State general obligation and revenue bond                                      
02       proceeds;                                                                                                         
03                 (6)  an appropriation required to pay obligations under general                                         
04       obligation bonds, revenue bonds, and certificates of participation issued by the State;                           
05                 (7)  an appropriation of money received from the federal government;                                    
06                 (8)  a reappropriation of money already appropriated under an                                           
07       unobligated appropriation that is not void under Section 13 of this article;                                      
08                 (9)  an appropriation of money for expenditure by a State agency to                                     
09       provide services to another State agency that has also received an appropriation of the                           
10       same money; and                                                                                                   
11                 (10)  an appropriation made under (b) or (c) of this section.                                           
12            (b)  An appropriation that exceeds the limit under (a) of this section may be                                
13       made for any public purpose upon affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the                                   
14       members of each house of the legislature.  The total amount of appropriations under                               
15       this subsection made for a fiscal year may not exceed two percent of the amount                                   
16       appropriated for the fiscal year two years preceding the fiscal year for which the                                
17       appropriations are made.                                                                                          
18            (c)  An appropriation that exceeds the limit under (a) and (b) of this section                               
19       may be made for any public purpose upon affirmative vote of at least three-fourths of                             
20       the members of each house of the legislature.  The total amount of appropriations                                 
21       under this subsection made for a fiscal year may not exceed two percent of the amount                             
22       appropriated for the fiscal year two years preceding the fiscal year for which the                                
23       appropriations are made.                                                                                          
24            (d)  If appropriations for a fiscal year exceed the amount that may be                                       
25       appropriated under (a) - (c) of this section, the governor shall reduce expenditures by                           
26       the executive branch for its operation and administration to the extent necessary to                              
27       avoid spending more than the amount that may be appropriated under (a) - (c) of this                              
28       section.                                                                                                          
29    * Sec. 2.  Article XV, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding a new                             
30 section to read:                                                                                                        
31            Section 30.  Transition; Reconsideration of Appropriation and Spending                                     

01       Limit.  (a)  Notwithstanding the provision in Section 16(a) of the Article IX that                              
02       appropriations for a fiscal year shall not exceed by more than four percent the amount                            
03       appropriated for the fiscal year two years preceding the fiscal year for which                                    
04       appropriations are made, appropriations made for                                                                  
05                 (1)  fiscal year 2004 under Section 16(a) of Article IX shall not exceed                                
06       $3,328,000,000 excluding appropriations under Section 16(a)(1) - (10) of Article IX;                              
07       and                                                                                                               
08                 (2)  fiscal year  2005 under Section 16(a) of Article IX shall not exceed                               
09       $3,394,000,000 excluding appropriations under Section 16(a)(1) - (10) of Article IX.                              
10            (b)  If the 2002 amendment relating to an appropriation and spending limit (art.                             
11       IX, sec. 16) is adopted, the lieutenant governor shall place the ballot title and                                 
12       proposition for the amendment on the ballot again at the general election in 2006 and                             
13       every six years thereafter unless it is rejected.  If the majority of those voting on the                         
14       proposition rejects the proposition, Section 16 of Article IX is repealed on the date the                         
15       election is certified.                                                                                            
16    * Sec. 3.  The amendments proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of                         
17 the state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the                        
18 State of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.