SONNEMAN v. HICKEL

No. S-4372.

836 P.2d 936 (1992)

Joseph SONNEMAN, Appellant, v. Governor HICKEL, the State of Alaska, and other State Officers and Employees, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

August 14, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Sonneman, pro se.

Jack B. McGee, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charles E. Cole, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellees.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and BURKE, MATTHEWS, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ.


OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

This case challenges the act which created the Alaska Marine Highway System Fund, ch. 193, § 1, SLA 1990, AS 19.65.050-100, on the grounds that the fund is dedicated to a special purpose in violation of article IX, section 7 of the Alaska Constitution. The trial court ruled that the act was constitutional because it merely "`allows' the legislature to appropriate funds from the fund to the Alaska Marine Highways but does not...

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