State Revenue Dedicated for Special Purposes: A Proposed Constitutional Amendment
The Alaska State budget has decreased in recent years, and because of the lower price of oil, it is not expected to recover in the near term. This smaller budgetary pie may intensify the impulse to protect the funding of individual projects. However, the Alaska Constitution forbids the dedication of...
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ftdukeunivlaw:oai:scholarship.law.duke.edu:alr-1608 2023-05-15T13:08:49+02:00 State Revenue Dedicated for Special Purposes: A Proposed Constitutional Amendment Andrews, Mark 2021-12-30T08:00:00Z application/pdf https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/alr/vol38/iss2/3 https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1608&context=alr unknown Duke University School of Law https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/alr/vol38/iss2/3 https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1608&context=alr Alaska Law Review Law text 2021 ftdukeunivlaw 2023-01-23T21:20:08Z The Alaska State budget has decreased in recent years, and because of the lower price of oil, it is not expected to recover in the near term. This smaller budgetary pie may intensify the impulse to protect the funding of individual projects. However, the Alaska Constitution forbids the dedication of taxes for specific purposes. This Essay proposes a state constitutional amendment that would allow such dedications, subject to limits designed to avoid potential problems. The Essay describes the effect the proposal would have had on past decisions of the Alaska Supreme Court and compares the dedication of tax revenue to the “New Property” identified by Charles Reich. Text Alaska law review Alaska Duke Law School Scholarship Repository |
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The Alaska State budget has decreased in recent years, and because of the lower price of oil, it is not expected to recover in the near term. This smaller budgetary pie may intensify the impulse to protect the funding of individual projects. However, the Alaska Constitution forbids the dedication of taxes for specific purposes. This Essay proposes a state constitutional amendment that would allow such dedications, subject to limits designed to avoid potential problems. The Essay describes the effect the proposal would have had on past decisions of the Alaska Supreme Court and compares the dedication of tax revenue to the “New Property” identified by Charles Reich. |
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