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AK HJR4

Joint Resolution

Status

Engrossed

3/30/2012

Primary Sponsor

Robert Lynn

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Origin

House of Representatives

27th Legislature

AI Summary

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Directs the proposed constitutional amendments to be placed before Alaska voters at the next general election.

Legislative Description

Const. Am: Transportation Fund

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Last Action

REFERRED TO FINANCE

4/4/2012

Committee Referrals

Finance4/4/2012
Transportation1/18/2011

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