SCR 1006 Summary

• Proposes amending Arizona Constitution Article X, Section 12 to establish a legislative process for exchanging state trust lands granted under the enabling act for other lands in the state.

• Limits land exchanges to two purposes: preserving and protecting military facilities from encroaching development, or improving management of state lands for sale, lease, or conversion to public use.

• Requires at least two independent appraisals and two independent analyses showing equal or greater value to the state, income impacts to the trust, and fiscal and resource impacts on affected counties, cities, towns, and school districts before any exchange.

• Changes approval authority from voter referendum to legislature and governor approval as prescribed by law, eliminating the previous requirement for affirmative vote by qualified electors.

• Specifies that exchanges require public notice with full transaction details, public hearings at the state capital and nearby locations with at least six weeks' notice, and confirmation that exchanges serve the best interest of the state land trust.