URGENT ACTION ITEM

Dear Arizona Taxpayer,

We are pushing to get the Senate Appropriations Committee to hear the pro-taxpayer Truth in Spending reform bill. Senate Bill 1275, sponsored by Senator Steve Smith (R-Pinal County), would require a special vote if the Legislature wants to increase state spending at a rate that is faster than the rate of growth of state population plus inflation.

A two-page version of AFP-Arizona's 2012 Legislative Agenda, with a 2012 Legislative Scorecard grading rubric, is available here:

http://static.taxcutsforall.com//files/az12agenda02-06-12.pdf

(Updated February 6, 2012)

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For updates on AFP-Arizona's efforts to pass pro-taxpayer, pro-producer and pro-consumer legislation during the legislative session, check in regularly at www.aztaxpayers.org and get on our email alert list by contacting tjenney@afphq.org and giving us your name, city and zip code.

For a report on the 2011 Legislative Session, click here:

http://static.taxcutsforall.com//files/az2011legrep09-30-11.pdf

TAXPAYER ACTION ITEM

Dear Arizona Taxpayer,

Today in the Senate Government Reform Committee, the majority members voted in favor of four important bills that would reform powerful government-worker unions:

SB 1484 -- Paycheck Protection for Government Employees -- Prohibits government employers from taking money from employee's paychecks for union activities without express annual authorization.

SB 1485 -- Prohibition on Government Collective Bargaining -- Prohibits government employers from engaging in collective bargaining (including "meet and confer") with government unions.

SB 1486 -- Prohibition on Government Union Release Time -- Prohibits government employers from paying employees to do union activities on the taxpayer dime.

SB 1487 -- Prohibition on Withholding of Dues for Government Unions -- Prohibits government employers from withholding any portion of public employee wages to pay for labor organization dues.