HJR 1: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska prohibiting the imposition of a broad-based individual income tax or statewide general sales tax without the approval of the voters of the state.
00 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 1 01 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska prohibiting the 02 imposition of a broad-based individual income tax or statewide general sales tax without 03 the approval of the voters of the state. 04 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 05 * Section 1. Article IX, sec. 1, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read: 06 Section 1. Taxing Power. The power of taxation shall never be surrendered. 07 This power shall not be suspended or contracted away, except as provided in this 08 article. A law establishing a broad-based individual income tax or a statewide 09 general sales tax shall not take effect until approved by the voters of the State by 10 a majority of the votes cast on the proposed law. 11 * Sec. 2. The amendment proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of the 12 state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the State 13 of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.