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Department of Law
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNFY GENERAL
P.O. Box 110300
Juneau, Alaska 99811
Main: 907.465,3600
Fax: 907.465.2520
May 8, 2019
The Honorable Michael J. Dunleavy
Governor
State of Alaska
P.O. Box 110001
Juneau, AK 99811-0001
Re: FY20 Education appro
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fits of the v arious proposals presented.1
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dment, the Permanent Fund dividend
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,kel, 836 P.2d 936, 938-39 (Alaska 1992).
State, 403 P.3d 1141, 1152 (Alaska 2017) (emphasis added).
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