Arizona Proposition 101, Serving Retired Judges Compensation Amendment (September 1958)

Arizona Proposition 101
Election date September 9, 1958
Topic Salaries of government officials and State judiciary
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Arizona Proposition 101 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Arizona on September 9, 1958. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported authorizing retired judges receiving retirement pay to serve as Supreme or Superior Court judges without additional compensation.

A "no" vote opposed authorizing retired judges receiving retirement pay to serve as Supreme or Superior Court judges without additional compensation.

Election results

Arizona Proposition 101
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		84,502	72.79%
No		31,584	27.21%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 101 was as follows:

“

Authorizing retired Judges of the Supreme and Superior Courts drawing retirement pay, with the consent of the litigants, to serve as Supreme or Superior Court Judges without additional compensation, but with travel and subsistence expenses if serving outside the County of their residences.—SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 3.

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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
• State judiciary on the ballot
• 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)