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AZ SCR1022
Concurrent Resolution
Status
1/29/2020
Primary Sponsor
Juan Mendez
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AI Summary
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Proposes adding Article XXXI to the Arizona Constitution to establish environmental rights and protections.
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Guarantees individuals, including future generations, the right to a clean and healthy environment, including pure water, clean air, healthy ecosystems, and a stable climate.
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Designates the state's natural resources (waters, air, flora, fauna, climate, and public lands) as common property held in trust for all people, present and future.
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Requires the state and political subdivisions to conserve and protect these resources and prohibits actions causing unreasonable degradation, diminution, or depletion of the environment.
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Makes these environmental rights self-executing and inalienable, subject to voter approval at the next general election.
Legislative Description
Environment; constitutional amendment
Constitutional Amendments (arizona)
Last Action
Senate read second time
1/30/2020