NEW: Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs VETOES Bill Banning China From Buying Arizona Land – Arizona Daily Star
PHOENIX — Arizona won’t ban the People’s Republic of China from buying property here after Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a Republican-backed measure that would have added to the growing list of states banning the communist nation from making land purchases over national security concerns, the Arizona Daily Star reported.
Hobbs said in her veto message that while it is important to protect infrastructure, the bill is “ineffective at counter-espionage and does not directly protect our military assets.’’
“Additionally, it lacks clear implementation criteria and opens the door to arbitrary enforcement,’’ Hobbs wrote in the letter to the Legislature issued after the late Monday veto.