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Wielechowski v. State of Alaska (Alaska Supreme Court, 2017)

Supreme Court of the State of Alaska · 2017

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2026-09-01
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Decision of 25 August 2017 upholding the governor's 2016 partial veto of the dividend transfer.

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EstablishedIn August 2017 the Alaska Supreme Court unanimously upheld Governor Walker's 2016 veto of about half of the transfer to the dividend fund, holding that the Permanent Fund amendment does not dedicate fund income to dividends, which must compete for annual appropriations like other programmes.