All royalty income from a non-renewable resource, by definition, should go in to the permanent fund. Individual Alaskans are not entitled to a share of non-renewable income in the form of a dividend - only the income from the non-renewable corpus. So the idea of directing a portion of the royalty income directly to the dividend (or even the budget) is wrong. However the oil tax income is fair game. The legislature should have to vote on the amount of the dividend every year based on what the budget can afford. The reality is the dividend is nearing its end - as well it should be - unless the purpose and structure of it is reformed OR oil prices increase to $100/barrel again.