Alaska legislation · 34th Legislature
Alaska SJR4: CONST. AM: APPROP LIMIT
Status: In committee, January 22, 2025
Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to an appropriation limit.
What the bill says
A resolution Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to an appropriation limit.
From the introduced text:
A RESOLUTION Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to an appropriation limit. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: * Section 1. Article IX, sec. 16, Constitution of the State of Alaska, is amended to read: Section 16. Appropriation Limit. Except for appropriations for Alaska permanent fund dividends, appropriations to the Alaska permanent fund, appropriations of revenue bond and general obligation bond proceeds, appropriations required to pay the principal and interest on revenue bonds and general obligation bonds, appropriations to a State account or fund that requires a subsequent appropriation from that account or fund as prescribed by law, appropriations to meet a state of disaster declared by the governor as prescribed by law, and appropriations of money received from a non-State source in trust for a specific purpose, including revenues of a public enterprise or public corporation of the State that issues revenue bonds, appropriations from the treasury made for a fiscal year shall not exceed an amount equal to a percentage of the average of the value of the real gross domestic product of the State as estimated by the federal bureau SJR004A -1- SJR New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 34-LS0347\A responsible for economic analysis according to federal law, expressed in current dollars, for the five calendar years …
Sponsors
- James Kaufman (R, HD-028) · primary sponsor
- Robert Yundt (R, SD-N)
- Mike Cronk (R, SD-R)
- Robert Myers (R, SD-Q)
- Shelley Hughes (R, SD-F)
- Mike Shower (R, SD-E)
Latest actions
- : (S) Minutes (SJUD)
- : (S) Heard & Held
- : (S) JUDICIARY at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- : (S) COSPONSOR(S): YUNDT, CRONK, MYERS, HUGHES, SHOWER
- : (S) REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
- : (S) JUD, FIN
- : (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
- : (S) PREFILE RELEASED 1/10/25
Subjects: BONDS & BONDING, REVENUE, CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS, PERMANENT FUND, FUNDS, APPROPRIATIONS
Common questions
- What is SJR4?
- SJR4 is a bill in the Alaska Legislature (34th Legislature): CONST. AM: APPROP LIMIT.
- What does SJR4 do?
- In its own words: A resolution Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Alaska relating to an appropriation limit.
- What is the status of SJR4?
- In committee as of January 22, 2025. Latest action: (S) Minutes (SJUD) (April 25, 2025).
- Who sponsored SJR4?
- James Kaufman (R, HD-028), with 5 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SJR4?
- On the Alaska Legislature website: https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=SJR 4
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