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State of Arizona Senate Fiftieth Legislature Second Regular Session 2012
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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 1003 |
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A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
proposing an amendment to the constitution of arizona; amending article IX, section 15, Constitution of arizona; relating to aircraft license tax.
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Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Arizona, the House of Representatives concurring:
1. Article IX, section 15, Constitution of Arizona, is proposed to be amended as follows if approved by the voters and on proclamation of the Governor:
15. License tax on aircraft
Section 15. Commencing January 1, 1965, A license tax is imposed on aircraft registered for operation in Arizona, which license tax shall be in lieu of all ad valorem property taxes on any aircraft subject thereto, but nothing in this section shall be deemed to apply to:
1. Regularly scheduled aircraft operated by an air line airline company for the primary purpose of carrying persons or property for hire in interstate, intrastate, or international transportation.
2. Aircraft owned and held by an aircraft dealer solely for purposes of sale.
3. Aircraft owned by a nonresident who operates aircraft for a period not in excess of ninety days in any one calendar year, provided that such aircraft are not engaged in any intrastate commercial activity.
4. Aircraft owned and operated exclusively in the public service by the state or by any political subdivision thereof, or by the civil air patrol. The amount, manner, method and mode of assessing, equalizing and levying such license tax and the distribution of the proceeds therefrom shall be prescribed by law.
2. The Secretary of State shall submit this proposition to the voters at the next general election as provided by article XXI, Constitution of Arizona.