Arizona Proposition 119, State Trust Land Amendment (2012)

Arizona Proposition 119
Election date November 6, 2012
Topic Defense-related funding and Property
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Arizona Proposition 119 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Arizona on November 6, 2012. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported authorizing the exchange of state trust lands for protecting military facilitates or improving land management.

A "no" vote opposed authorizing the exchange of state trust lands for protecting military facilitates or improving land management.

Election results

Arizona Proposition 119
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		1,194,594	61.94%
No		733,907	38.06%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 119 was as follows:

“

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF ARIZONA; AMENDING ARTICLE X, CONSTITUTION OF ARIZONA, BY ADDING SECTION 12; RELATING TO STATE TRUST LANDS.

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Ballot summary

The ballot summary for this measure was:

“

AUTHORIZES THE EXCHANGE OF STATE TRUST LANDS IF THE EXCHANGE IS RELATED TO PROTECTING MILITARY FACILITIES OR IMPROVING THE MANAGEMENT OF STATE TRUST LANDS; OUTLINES THE PROCESS FOR EXCHANGES, INCLUDING INDEPENDENT APPRAISALS AND ANALYSIS, PUBLIC HEARINGS, AND APPROVAL BY PUBLIC VOTE.

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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

2012 Measures

• 2012 Measures
• Defense-related funding on the ballot
• Property on the ballot
• 2012 legislative sessions

Arizona

• Arizona ballot measures
• Arizona ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
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External links

• Arizona Voter Guide (2012)