Arizona 1980 ballot measures

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In 1980, voters decided on 19 statewide ballot measures in Arizona. On June 3, voters decided on 10 ballot measures. On November 4, voters decided on nine ballot measures.

• 16 of the measures were legislatively referred constitutional amendments.
• One of the measures was an initiated constitutional amendment.
• One of the measures was an initiated state statute.
• One of the measures was a commission-referred ballot measure.
• Voters approved 16 (84%) and rejected three (16%) measures.

On the ballot

June 3, 1980

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposition 100	Administration; Taxes; Property	Include Coast Guard veterans for property tax exemptions and establish new levels of property tax exemptions for veterans and widows	a	185,454 (75%)	60,574 (25%)
LRCA	Proposition 101	Administration; Taxes; Property	Provide for the establishment of a new classification for widowers for property tax exemptions	a	186,258 (77%)	56,566 (23%)
LRCA	Proposition 102	Administration; Taxes; Property	Provide for the establishment of property tax exemptions for those persons medically certified as totally and permanently disabled	a	198,809 (81%)	47,403 (19%)
LRCA	Proposition 103	Administration; Taxes; Property	Permit the legislature to enact laws to increase the amounts of property tax exemptions for widows, widowers, veterans and totally and permanently disabled persons	a	176,185 (72%)	67,424 (28%)
LRCA	Proposition 104	Administration; Taxes; Property	Provide for the increase of initial debt limits upon taxable property within counties, cities, towns, school districts and other municipal corporations	a	152,419 (62%)	93,427 (38%)
LRCA	Proposition 105	Administration; Taxes; Property	Provide for the definition of state revenues for the effect of program transfers between governmental units	a	173,822 (72%)	67,011 (28%)
LRCA	Proposition 106	Administration; Taxes; Property	Provide a tax limit on owner-occupied residential property and placing a limit on increases in valuation used for property tax purposes of mobile homes and real property	a	211,433 (85%)	36,495 (15%)
LRCA	Proposition 107	Administration; Taxes; Property	Limit counties, cities, towns and community college districts in the amount of property taxes which they can levy in any given year	a	203,291 (83%)	41,191 (17%)
LRCA	Proposition 108	Administration; Taxes; Property	Provide for the establishment of expenditure limitations determined by the Economic Estimates Commission for counties, cities and towns	a	206,817 (84%)	40,595 (16%)
LRCA	Proposition 109	Administration; Taxes; Property	Provide for the establishment of expenditure limits determined by the Economic Estimates Commission for community college districts	a	201,439 (82%)	44,311 (18%)

November 4, 1980

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Proposition 100	Local government; State executive; Legislature	Require incumbents to resign from their positions in order to run for a different public office	a	540,605 (69%)	241,625 (31%)
LRCA	Propostion 101	Business; Transportation	Provide for the classification of railroads as public service corporations	a	537,240 (67%)	266,500 (33%)
LRCA	Proposition 102	Executive officials	Adopt a term limit of two consecutive elected terms for the state treasurer	a	516,131 (66%)	266,500 (34%)
LRCA	Proposition 103	Business; Taxes	Provide for the exemption of taxation of certain parts of privately owned airports that are available to the public without charge		318,144 (41%)	451,676 (59%)
LRCA	Propsotion 104	Juvenile justice	Allow minors convicted of an adult criminal offense to be confined in an adult state correctional institution		385,035 (49%)	406,944 (51%)
LRCA	Propostion 105	Labor; Tort law	Allow an injured employee the choice of compensation or to sue the employer or co-employee if they knowingly caused the injury	a	436,290 (56%)	342,603 (44%)
CICA	Proposition 106	Taxes	Provide for the limitation of the maximum amount of ad valorem tax on all taxable property		247,107 (30%)	570,820 (70%)
CISS	Proposition 200	Gambling	Provide for the establishment of a state lottery	a	412,992 (51%)	398,437 (49%)
CRSS	Proposition 300	Salaries	Provide for the increase of legislative salaries to $15,000 per year	a	434,162 (55%)	354,421 (45%)

See also

• Laws governing the initiative process in Arizona
• List of Arizona ballot measures
• 1980 ballot measures

External links

• Arizona Voter Guide (June 1980)
• Arizona Voter Guide (November 1980)