Arizona voters will vote and decide on a ballot measure that would provide property tax rebates for non-enforcement of public nuisance laws.
Arizona Voters Will Vote Soon On A Ballot That Would Enable Property Owners To Seek Refunds Of Property Taxes! (Photo: AZPM News)
The Arizona Voters will vote on November 2024 through the ballot
Public nuisance laws are defined by the ballot measure to include illegal camping, loitering, obstructing public thoroughfares, panhandling, public urination or defecation, etc. Arizona voters will vote for a measure that the amount of the tax refund would be equal to the documented expenses to mitigate the effects of the public nuisance on the owner’s property.
The HCR 2023 was passed by the Arizona House of Representatives along party lines on Feb. 28, 2024, with all 31 Republicans voting for the measure and all 28 Democrats voting against the measure.
The measure also passed the Arizona State Senate along party lines on March 4, 2024, with all 16 Republicans voting for the measure and all 12 Democrats voting against the measure. Now the Arizona voters will take their part.
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State Sen. Warren Petersen supports the measure and said that citizens are limited on what they can do when the government fails to follow the law
Arizona voters will decide on four other statewide ballot measures, all referred to the ballot by the state legislature, on November 5, 2024. They are constitutional amendments that would allow for the state law to terminate or alter a state of emergency; and constitutional amendment that would require partisan primary elections for partisan offices.
Arizona voters will also decide on a constitutional amendment that would create a signature distribution requirement for citizen-initiated ballot measures based on state legislative districts; and a state statute that would establish a $20 fee on every conviction for a criminal offense, which would go to pay a benefit of $250,000 to the family of a first responder who is killed during performance of duty.
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