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This joint resolution proposes an amendment to the Arizona Constitution regarding the salaries of elected state officials, which will take effect if approved by voters. The amendment clarifies that salaries for elected state officers will be set by law, with specific limitations. It also outlines a process for establishing these salaries, including the potential creation of a "commission on salaries for elective state officers" to make recommendations. Crucially, the proposed changes stipulate that salary adjustments cannot take effect during the term of an incumbent elected official. However, it introduces a provision allowing for the temporary withholding or deferral of salaries and subsistence payments for certain high-ranking elected officials, including the governor, secretary of state, attorney general, state treasurer, superintendent of public instruction, lieutenant governor, and all members of the legislature, if the general appropriation bill for the upcoming fiscal year has not been signed into law by April 30th. Any compensation withheld under this provision will resume once the appropriation bill is enacted but will not be paid retroactively.

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https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/85271