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+CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 23(JUD)
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+IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA
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+THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION
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+BY THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
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+Sponsor(s): REPRESENTATIVES UNDERWOOD, Vance, Fields, Eischeid, St. Clair
+A RESOLUTION
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+Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska requiring the 1
+governor to submit a balanced budget to the legislature; and providing for an effective 2
+date for the amendment. 3
+BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 4
+ * Section 1. Article IX, sec. 12, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read: 5
+Section 12. Budget. (a) The governor shall submit to the legislature, at a time
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+fixed by law, a budget for the next fiscal year setting forth all proposed expenditures 7
+and anticipated income of all departments, offices, and agencies of the State. The 8
+governor, at the same time, sh all submit a general appropri ation bill to authorize the 9
+proposed expenditures, and a bill or bills covering recommendations in the budget for 10
+new or additional revenues. 11
+ * Sec. 2. Article IX, sec. 12, Constitution of the St ate of Alaska, is amended by adding a 12
+new subsection to read: 13
+(b) The governor may not submit under (a ) of this section a budget proposing 14
+expenditures or a general appropriation bill authorizing expenditures for the next fiscal 15
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-HJR 23: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Alaska requiring the governor to submit a balanced budget to the legislature.
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-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.
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+year that exceed available fund balances, anticipated revenue of all departments, 1
+offices, and agencies of the State for the next fiscal year, and income of the permanent 2
+fund available for appropriation as authori zed by law. Under this subsection, available 3
+fund balances do not include money in the budget reserve fund established under 4
+Section 17 of this article or the income of the permanent fund, whether deposited in 5
+the general fund or another fund, that exce eds the amount available for appropriation 6
+as authorized by law. 7
+ * Sec. 3. Article XV, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended by adding a new 8
+section to read: 9
+Section 30. Application of Amendment rel ating to the Governor's Duty to 10
+Submit a Balanced Budget. The 2026 amendment relating to the governor's duty to 11
+submit a balanced budget (art. IX, sec. 12(b)) applies to budgets submitted by the 12
+governor on or after January 1, 2027. 13
+ * Sec. 4. 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. 16

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