Bill Text: AZ SCR1003 | 2014 | Fifty-first Legislature 2nd Regular | Engrossed
Bill Title: Initiatives; referendum measures; periodic reauthorization
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 19-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-12 - Senate third reading FAILED voting: (14-14-2-0) [SCR1003 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2014-SCR1003-Engrossed.html
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-first Legislature Second Regular Session 2014
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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 1003 |
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A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the constitution of Arizona; amending article IV, part 1, Constitution of Arizona, by adding section 3; relating to statewide initiative and referendum measures.
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Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Arizona, the House of Representatives concurring:
1. Article IV, part 1, Constitution of Arizona, is proposed to be amended by adding section 3 as follows if approved by the voters and on proclamation of the Governor:
3. Initiative and referendum measures; reauthorization requirement
Section 3. A. If a statewide initiative or referendum measure creates a new state agency, board or commission, permanently levies a tax or permanently and specifically allocates the monies from that tax, or both, or permanently allocates state monies received from settlement of a lawsuit or requires a state agency to administer and enforce a new medical registration system, that initiative or referendum measure is valid only for the remaining portion of the fiscal year in which the measure was enacted and the eight following fiscal years. After seven full fiscal years, a reauthorization measure shall be referred to a vote of the qualified electors at the next general election for reauthorization for another eight years if approved by a majority of the votes cast on the measure.
B. This section applies retroactively to the ballot measures prescribed by subsection A of this section and that were approved on or after November 3, 1998, and those measures must be referred to a vote of the qualified electors for initial reauthorization according to the following schedule:
1. Initiative and referendum measures enacted into law in 1998 through 2008 must be referred for initial reauthorization at the general election held in 2016.
2. Initiative and referendum measures enacted into law in 2010 must be referred for initial reauthorization at the general election held in 2018.
3. Initiative and referendum measures enacted into law in 2012 must be referred for initial reauthorization at the general election held in 2020.
4. Initiative and referendum measures enacted into law in 2014 must be referred for initial reauthorization at the general election held in 2022.
C. The legislature shall provide for a financial and performance audit and analysis and policy evaluation of each initiative and referendum measure in the year before a reauthorization vote takes place under this section. The policy evaluation shall include a recommendation by the auditor general on whether the qualified electors should reauthorize the measure. These materials and recommendations shall be made available at least sixty days before the date of the election to each household in which a qualified elector resides.
D. This section applies to all affected initiative and referendum measures prescribed by subsection A of this section regardless of whether the initiative or referendum included provisions in the constitution or statutes.
2. The Secretary of State shall submit this proposition to the voters at the next general election as provided by article XXI, Constitution of Arizona.
