Arizona Proposition 100, State Legislative Salaries Increase Amendment (September 1958)

Arizona Proposition 100
Election date September 9, 1958
Topic Salaries of government officials
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Arizona Proposition 100 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Arizona on September 9, 1958. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported increasing state legislators’ salaries to $3,600 per year and $20 per day for special sessions and meetings.

A "no" vote opposed increasing state legislators’ salaries to $3,600 per year and $20 per day for special sessions and meetings.

Election results

Arizona Proposition 100
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		68,207	59.06%
No		47,281	40.94%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 100 was as follows:

“

Providing annual legislator's salaries of Eighteen Hundred Dollars for regular sessions; twenty dollars per day for twenty days for special sessions and meeting called by presiding officers, and limiting annual payments to any legislator to Thirty-Six Hundred Dollars; allowing travel and other expenses to those legislators who qualify therefor.—SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 1O

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Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Arizona Constitution

A simple majority vote was needed in each chamber of the Arizona State Legislature to refer the constitutional amendment to the ballot for voter consideration.

See also

1958 Measures

• 1958 Measures
• Salaries of government officials on the ballot
• 1958 legislative sessions

Arizona

• Arizona ballot measures
• Arizona ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• Arizona Voter Guide (1958)