UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM N-PX
ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY
Investment Company Act File Number :		811-6258
Name of Registrant:	Putnam Arizona Tax Exempt Income Fund
Address of Principal Executive Offices:
	One Post Office Square
	Boston, Massachusetts 02109
Name and address of agent of service:
	James P. Pappas, Vice President
	Putnam Arizona Tax Exempt Income Fund
	One Post Office Square
	Boston, Massachusetts 02109
CC:
	John W. Gerstmayr, Esq.
	Ropes & Gray LLP
	One International Place
	Boston, Massachusetts 02110
Registrant's telephone number including area code:
	(617) 292-1000
Date of fiscal year end:
	5/31/09
Date of reporting period:
	07/01/2008 - 06/30/2009

Item 1: Proxy Voting Record 

Registrant : Putnam Arizona Tax Exempt Income Fund 

The fund did not vote proxies relating to portfolio securities during the period covered by this report. 

Any ballot marked 'Abstain' is considered to have been voted. Ballots marked 'Abstain' are considered to have been voted against management's recommendation if management's recommendation is 'For' or 'Against,' and for management’s recommendation if management’s recommendation is ‘Abstain.’ Where management has recommended that shareholders 'Abstain' from voting on a ballot item, a ballot marked 'For' or 'Against' is considered to have been voted against management's recommendation to 'Abstain.'

Where management has made no recommendation on a ballot item, 'NA' is used to indicate that there is no management recommendation that a shareholder may vote 'For' or 'Against.'

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Registrant:	Putnam Arizona Tax Exempt Income Fund
By:	/s/ Charles E. Porter
Name:	Charles E. Porter
Title:	Executive Vice President, Associate Treasurer, Principal Executive Officer and
	Compliance Liaison
Date:	August 3, 2009