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By Staff Reports
Arizona Daily Wildcat
November 4, 1996
PROPOSITION 100
This initiative would amend the Arizona Constitution to allow the Legislature the option of designating other effective dates for these three kinds of laws besides the date the governor signs them. Currently, legislative enactments are effective for 90 da ys after the close of a session.
PROPOSITION 101
Proposition 101 would amend the Arizona Constitution to allow the Legislature to exempt from taxation the first $50,000 of the market value of a taxpayer's personal property if it is used in agriculture or in a trade or business. The Legislature could al so increase the exempt amount above $50,000 according to changes in a national inflation index.
PROPOSITION 102
Proposition 102 allows county attorneys to establish community-based alternatives for dealing with juveniles guilty of less serious offenses.
This proposition would amend the Arizona Constitution to allow the Legislature to limit the power of the courts to suspend the prosecution of a juvenile and limit the jurisdiction of the courts to those juvenile matters that are provided by the Legislatur e or the people.
It would also allow the prosecution of those 15 years old or older to be tried as an adult if accused of murder, rape, armed robbery, other violent crimes or if they are "chronic offenders."
The initiative would also force all juveniles found responsible for unlawful conduct to make prompt restitution to their victims.
Lastly, it opens certain records and proceedings of juveniles accused of unlawful conduct that are now confidential.
PROPOSITION 200
This initiative would require that certain persons who are convicted of drug offenses be sentenced as follows:
- Require that persons who commit violent crimes while under the influence of drugs serve 100 percent of their sentences, without parole .
- Require that persons who have been convicted of the personal possession or use of a controlled substance such as marijuana before the proposition passes and who are serving their sentence in prison be released on parole.
- Require that persons w ho are convicted after the proposition passes of the personal possession or use of a controlled substance such as marijuana be eligible for probation.
The proposition would also establish the Drug Treatment and Education Fund. The fund would use monies from a percentage of the luxury tax on alcohol, cigarettes and other tobacco products. Fifty percent would cover the costs of Superior Court probation de partments placing persons in drug education and treatment programs, while the other 50 percent would establish and fund the Arizona Parents Commission on Drug Education and Prevention, responsible for programs increasing and enhancing parental involvement in drug education and treatment.
Moreover, it would allow medical doctors to prescribe a controlled substance such as marijuana to treat a disease or to relieve the pain and suffering of a seriously or terminally ill patient.
PROPOSITION 201
This initiative requires the state, through the governor, to enter into gaming compacts with eligible tribes on similar terms and conditions 30 days after the governing body of an eligible tribe submits a written request for a compact. The state has alrea dy entered into gaming compacts with 16 Arizona tribes.
PROPOSITION 203
This initiative would make more low-income persons eligible to receive health care under the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System. The proposition sets aside $17 million each year from lottery revenues to fund six health and nutrition programs. Cur rently, lottery revenues are earmarked for deposit in economic development, local transportation assistance and two state heritage funds.
PROPOSITION 300
This initiative would increase the present salary of state legislators from $15,000 per year to $24,000 per year.
Source: 1996 Ballot Propositions booklet published by Jane Dee Hull, Arizona secretary of state.
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