Arizona Court of Appeals Enjoins Proposed November Tax Ballot Measure

The Arizona Court of Appeals permanently enjoined the City of Scottsdale from including a proposed ballot measure on the November 2024 ballot due to misleading language. The proposed ballot measure sought to replace and reduce an expiring 0.20 percent transaction privilege tax to 0.15 percent for 30 years for parks and recreational facilities. The court found the term “replace” was not misleading, but the term “reduce” was misleading because it failed to properly disclose the proposition’s principal provisions and essential changes by describing it as a tax reduction. [Lane v. City of Scottsdale, Ariz. Ct. App., No. 1 CA-CV 24-0545 ...