2001-23 Supporting Senate Bill 165A RESOLUTION OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
SUPPORTING SENATE BILL 165 CREATING AN EDUCATION HEAD TAX
AS PART OF SENATE BILL 1 AS A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH
TO FILL ALASKA'S MOUNTING BUDGET GAP
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 165 would impose an annual tax of $100 on each Alaskan
worker age 19 or older, including the self - employed; and
WHEREAS, the collected revenue would be deposited into the state's general fund
and accounted for separately. In turn, the legislature may then appropriate the
collected revenue, as set forth in this section, to education funding; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Revenue would collect between $35 and $36 million
annually in new revenue; and
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 1 needs to generate $29 million to increase the base student
allocation for school funding; and the revenue raised would cover the $29 million costs
proposed in Senate Bill 1 which would increase funding for education;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
ASSEMBLY that the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly urges the Twenty- Second
Legislature to adopt Senate Bill 165.
ATTEST:
ADOPTED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
THIS FIFTH DAY OF APRIL, 2001
Judith A. Nielsen,cic, Borough Clerk
Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska
KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
RESOLUTION NO. 2001 -23
Introduced by: Manager Jensen
Requested by: Assembly
Drafted by: Borough Clerk
Introduced: 04/05/2001
Adopted: 04/05/2001
KODIAK IS ND BOROUGH
Gabrielle LeDoux, Borouf h Mayor
Resolution No. 2001 -23
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