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AK HJR4
Joint Resolution
Status
3/30/2012
Primary Sponsor
Robert Lynn
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AI Summary
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Amends Alaska Constitution Article IX, Section 7 to allow dedicated funds for transportation infrastructure as an exception to the prohibition on dedicating state taxes or licenses to special purposes.
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Creates new Constitutional Article IX, Section 18 establishing a Transportation Infrastructure Fund to receive all transportation-related fees, taxes, and funds received after July 1, 2013.
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Allows the legislature to appropriate up to 50 percent of annual transportation-related revenue and up to 7 percent of the fund's five-year average market value for transportation projects and administrative costs.
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Requires the fund to be managed as an endowment with the legislature determining by law which fees, taxes, and funds qualify as transportation-related and how the fund balance will be managed and invested.
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Directs the proposed constitutional amendments to be placed before Alaska voters at the next general election.
Legislative Description
Const. Am: Transportation Fund
Licensing
Last Action
REFERRED TO FINANCE
4/4/2012