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ATRA Supports Prop 123, State Trust Land Distributions to K-12 Schools
ATRA Supports Prop 130, Constitutional Property Tax Exemptions
ATRA Supports Prop 132, Initiatives, supermajority vote; requirement
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Publication - Special Report
2014: Pensions Anchor Fire District Budgets
2019: PSPRS Costs Plague City, Fire District Budgets
Publication - Position Paper
ATRA Opposes HB2330 - Taxpayers Don't Get to Say No?
ATRA Supports SB1279 - Creates Equitable Treatment Under The Fire District Assistance Tax
ATRA Supports SB1172 - Fire District G.O. Bond Reform - As Amended
ATRA Supports SB1659 Fire District Financial Transparency
2009: ATRA Supports HB2285 - Prevent Future Abuse Of The Fire District Assistance Tax
ATRA OPPOSES HB2330 - Bypasses Longstanding Property Owner Approval for Fire District Creation
ATRA Supports SB1218 - Creates Equitable Treatment Under The Fire District Assistance Tax
2015: ATRA Opposes HB2406 - fire district tax; overrides
ATRA OPPOSES HB2609 - Undermines the Statewide Process for Certifying Emergency Medical Service Providers
2009: ATRA Supports SB1421- Placing Reasonable Levy Limits On Fire Districts
2014: ATRA Supports proposed striker HB2044; Fire District Boundary Changes
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2013 AZ Republic: Taxation Vexation: Special districts often lead to wildly disparate tax bills among neighbors
2015 Daily Star: Putting a price on fire protection
Bill capping secondary property taxes advances in Senate
2015 AZ Republic: Fire officials want tax hike
2015: Taxpayers should stop bailing out high tax districts
2009 Zonie Report: Budget squabbles singe rural firefighters
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SB1279 Clarifying Property Taxation of Computer Software (Yarbrough - 2012)