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EnviroInsight.org Three Items October 21, 2022
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1. Voting Has started for 2022.Understanding the propositions is essentially before you cast your ballot. Below is a summary of the propositions if you vote “YES” or “NO”.
PROPOSITION 128
The constitutional amendment would allow the legislature to amend, divert funds from, or superset an initiative or referendum measure enacted by the people of Arizona if the measure is found to contain illegal or unconstitutional language by the Arizona or United States Supreme Court.
A”YES” vote shall have the effect of amending the constitution to allow the state legislature to amend, divert funds from, or supersede an initiative or referendum measure enacted by the people of Arizona if the measure is found to contain illegal or unconstitutional language by the Arizona or United States Supreme Court.
A “NO” vote shall have the effect of retaining existing law on the state legislature’s ability to amend, divert funds from, or supersede an initiative or referendum measure.
PROPOSITION 129
The constitutional amendment would limit an initiative measure to a single subject snd require that subject to be expressed in the title of the initiative measure.
A “YES”vote shall have the effect of amending the constitution to limit each initiative measure to a single subject and require that subject to be expressed in the title of the initiative measure.
A “NO” vote shall have the effect of retaining existing law on initiative measures.
PROPOSITION 130
The constitutional amendment would consolidate four sections of the constitution regarding property tax exemptions into a single section; remove the institutional determinations of the amounts of certain property exemptions; and allow property exemptions for resident veterans with disabilities, widow, and widowers regardless of when they became Arizona residents.
A “YES” vote shall have the effect of amending the constitution to consolidate property tax exemptions into a single section; removing the constitutional determinations as to the amounts of certain property tax exemptions, leaving the legislature to prescribe by law the qualifications for and amounts of property tax exemptions it creates; allowing property tax exemptions for resident veterans with disabilities, widows, and widowers regardless of when they became Arizona residents; and establishing that a person is not eligible for property tax exemption under more than one category as a widow, widower, person with a disability, or veteran with a disability.
A “NO” vote shall have the effect of retaining existing law on property tax exemptions.
PROPOSITION 131
The constitutional amendment would create a new executive officer who would be elected on a joint ticket with the governor and succeed to the office of Governor in the event of the Govenor’s death, removal from office, or disability to discharge the duties of the office.
A “YES” vote shall have the effect of amending the constitution to create the office of Lieutenant Governor beginning with the 2026 election; requiring that a nominee for Governor name a nominee for Lieutenant Governor to be jointly elected; replacing the Secretary of State with the Lieutenant Governor as first in the line of succession to the office of Governor; and provide that the Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Attorney General, and Superintendent of Public Instruction may succeed to the office of Governor regardless of whether they were elected.
A “NO” vote shall have the effect of retaining the current executive branch and existing law on executive succession.
PROPOSITION 132
A “YES” vote shall have the effect of amending the constitution to require at least sixty percent of votes cast to approve an initiative or referendum that enacts a tax.
A “NO” vote shall have the effect of retaining existing law on initiative and referendum measures.
PROPOSITION 209
The law would reduce maximum interest rates on medical debt from 10% to 3% annually; increase the amount of certain assets except from debt collection; annually adjust exemptions for inflation beginning 2024; and allow courts to reduce the amount of disposable earnings garnished in cases of extreme economic hardship.
A “YES” vote shall have the effect of reducing maximum interest rates on medical debt from ten percent to no more than three percent per year; increasing exemptions from all debt collection for certain personal assets, including a debtor’s home, household items, motor vehicle, and bank account from debt collection; adjusting exemptions from all debt collection for inflation beginning in 2024; decreasing the amount of disposable earnings subject to garnishment to no more than ten percent of disposable earnings but allowing a court to decrease the disposable earnings subject to garnishment to five percent based on extreme economic hardship.
A “NO” vote shall have the effect of retaining existing laws related to debt collection.
PROPOSITION 211
The law would require entities and persons spending over $50,000 on statewide campaigns or $25,000 on other campaigns, not including personal monies and business income, to disclose the original donor of contributions over $5,000; and create additional reporting and enforcement provisions.
A “YES” vote shall have the effect of requiring additional disclosures and reporting by entities and persons whose campaign media spending and/or in-kind contributions for campaign media spending exceeds $50,000 in statewide campaigns or $25,000 in other campaigns, including identifying original donors of contributions of more than $5,000 in aggregate; creating penalties for violations of the law; and allowing the Citizens Clean Elections Commission to adopt rules and enforce the provisions of the law.
A “NO” vote shall have the effect of retaining existing law on campaign finance reporting requirements.
PROPOSITION 308
The law would allow Arizona Students, regardless of immigration status, to be eligible for financial aid at State Universities and Community Colleges and in-state tuition if they graduate from and attend s public or private high school, or home school equivalent, for two years in Arizona.
A “YES” vote shall have the effect of allowing any Arizona student, regardless of immigration status, to be eligible for in-state tuition at state universities and community colleges if they graduated from, and spent at least two years attending, an Arizona public or private high school, or homeschool equivalent; allowing any Arizona student, regardless of immigration status, to be eligible for state financial aid at state universities and community colleges.
A “NO” vote shall have the effect of retaining the current law on university and community college tuition.
PROPOSITION 309
The law would require voters to write their birthdate, Government-Issue Identification Number, and signature on a concealed early ballot affidavit; require photo identification to vote in-person; and require the Arizona Department of Transportation to provide without charge a non-operating identification license to individuals who request one for voting purposes.
A “YES” vote shall have the effect of requiring the affidavit accompanying an early ballot and return envelope to be capable of being concealed when returned; requiring a voter to write their birth date, a state-issued identification number or the last four digits of the voter’s social security number, and signature on an early ballot affidavit; requiring certain photo identification issued by the State of Arizona, or a tribal government or the United States government, to receive a ballot at an in-person voting location; removing the ability to receive a ballot at an in-person voting location without photo identification when showing two other identifying documents; and requiring the Arizona Department of Transportation to provide, without charge, a non-operating identification license to individuals who request one for the purpose of voting.
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A “NO” vote shall have the effect of retaining existing law on early ballot affidavits and voter identification.
Proposition 310
The law would establish a Fire District Safety Fund to be funded via an increase of one-tenth of one percent to the state’s transaction privilege (sales) and use tax from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2024.
A “YES” vote shall have the effect of establishing a Fire District Safety Fund; increasing the Transaction Privilege (Sales) and Use Tax by one- tenth of one percent from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2042 to pay for the Fund; and distributing monies from the Fund to fire districts on a monthly basis.
A “NO” vote shall have the effect of retaining existing law on tax rates and funding for fire districts.
2. TUCSON WATER REBATE PROGRAMS – Customers can apply online for residential clothes washer and premium high-efficiency toilet rebates. This means no more paper and quicker processing times. You can apply at the link below. The residential toilet rebate increased in July to $100 per premium high-efficiency toilet for homes and buildings constructed before 2011. These toilets must have a “MaP Premium” rating and flush at a maximum of 1.1 gallons per flush (gpf). The clothes washer rebate now provides customers a $200 rebate only when replacing a top-load machine with a front-load clothes washer from the qualifying product list. Customers replacing a front-load machine or new customers not replacing a machine will be eligible for a $100 rebate. For questions, email
pico@tucsonaz.gov, or call (520) 791-4331.
Apply online for a rebate
3. Less Air Pollution Leads To Higher Crop Yields. New analysis shows crop yields could increase by about 25% in China and up to 10% in other parts of the world if emissions of a common air pollutant decreased by about half.
The analysis, published June 1 in Science Advances, uses satellite images to reveal for the first time how nitrogen oxides — gases found in car exhaust and industrial emissions — affect crop productivity. Its findings have important implications for increasing agriculture production. Since we can also measure crop production from space, this opened up the chance to rapidly improve our knowledge of how these gases affect agriculture in different regions
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