00                      HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 23                                                                     
01 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska requiring the                                         
02 governor to submit a balanced budget to the legislature.                                                                
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1. Article IX, sec. 12, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding a                      
05 new subsection to read:                                                                                                 
06 (b)  The governor may not submit under (a) of this section a budget proposing                                           
07 expenditures or a general appropriation bill authorizing expenditures for the next fiscal                               
08 year that exceed anticipated revenue for the next fiscal year. Anticipated revenue                                      
09 includes anticipated revenue of all departments, offices, and agencies of the State and                                 
10       income of the permanent fund available for appropriation as authorized by law.                                    
11       Anticipated revenue does not include money in the budget reserve fund established                                 
12       under Section 17 of this article.                                                                                 
13    * Sec. 2. The amendment proposed by this resolution shall be placed before the voters of the                       
14 state at the next general election in conformity with art. XIII, sec. 1, Constitution of the State                      
15 of Alaska, and the election laws of the state.