Show proposed amendment to the con constitution senate joint R resolution number eight proposing an amendment to article 13 of the constitution of the state of utah relating to revenue and taxa ion ton be la is rd resolved solved by the legislature of the state of utah two thir 19 1 of all members elected to each of the two copses houses concurring therein section e c on 1 it Is proposed to amend article 13 of the constitution of it tie e state ot of utah so that the same A I 1 read as follows 1 the power of taxation tion shall never be surrendered suspended or contracted away all taxes shall be uniform upon the same class of pro perty within the territorial limits oi 01 the authority levying the tat tax an 1 shall be levied and collected tor for pub lie purposes only 2 the legislature shall pro provide vidt by law for an annual tax sufficient with other sources of revenue to dp de fray the estimated ordinary expenses of the state or each fiscal year for the purpose of paying the state delt if any there be the leg slature shall provide tor for levying a tax annually sufficient to pay the annual interest and principal of such debt within twenty years from the fiscal passage of the law creating the debt 3 there shall be exempt from taxation property of the uniti i states of the state counties cities towns and school districts munica pal corporations and public les leg lots with the buildings Jt thereon hereon used exclusively tor for either religion worship or charitable purposes and places of burial not held or used 1 r private or corporate benefit ditches canals pipes and flumes owned and used hj by n divi duals or corporations for li liri ri gating lands owned by such ind AI i i duals or corporations or the andl vidual members thereof shall not be separately taxed so long as they shall be owned and used exclusively cor for such purpose provided that mortgages upon real and ler bonal property shall be exempt from texa tion and that the taxes from the in dicent poor may be i emitted or abated at such time and in s irli jell manner as provided by law 4 the legislature shall not tm im pose taxes for the purpose of any county city town or other pal corporation but may by law vest in the corporate authorities thereof respectively the power to assess and collect taxes for all pur poses 0 of such corporation 5 the surface ground of all mines and mining claims both pla and rock in place containing or bearin bearing Ig gold silver copper lead iron or other valuable metals after purchase thereof from the united states shall be taxed at a value not greater than the price paid the unit ed states unless the sur face ground or some part thereof of such mine or claim is used for other than mining purposes and has a separate and independent value for or such other purposes in which case said surface ground or any part thereof so used for other than mining purposes shall be taxed ati at its value for suh su h other purposes as provided by law and all machinery used in mining and all property and surface improvements upon or ap pur tenant to mines and mining claims which have a value separate and independent of such mines or mining claims shall be taxed as pro vided by law all lands containing coal granite stone marble bonx gas oil hydro carbons gypsum or other valuable mineral deposits oth er than those enumerated above in this section after purchase thereof from the ignited states and all pro perty and surface improvements up on or appurtenant app ir tenant to such lands which have a value separate and in dependent of all such lands shall be taxed as provided by law in addition to the assessment it the surface grounds improvements improvement ti 11 a machinery of mines and mining claims all mines and mining claims producing net proceeds shall be ta ed at a value not to exceed three times such net proceeds 6 an accurate statement of the receipts and expenditures of the pub lie moneys shall be published an dually in such manner as the legis lature may provide 7 the rate of taxation on pro perty for state purposes shall never exceed eight mills on each dollar of valuation to be apportioned as fol lows not to exceed four and one halt half mills on each dollar of kalua 1 tion for general state purposes 1100 not to exceed three mills on each dollar ot of valuation for district school pur poses not to exceed one halt half mill on each dollar tor for valuation tor for high school purposes that part ot of the 1 state tax apportioned to high school purposes shall constitute a fund to be called the high school fund and shall be apportioned to the cities and school districts maintaining high schools in the manner the le leg g may provide and when ever the taxable property within the state shall amount to four hundred million dollars the rate shall not exceed five mills on each dollar of valuation a 1 unless a proposition to increase such rate specifying the rate proposed and the time during which the same shill be levied be first submitted to a vote of such of the qualified electors of the state as in the year next prece proceeding eding such election shall have paid a property tax assessed to them within the state and the majority of those vot ing thereon shall vote in favor there of in such manner as may be provid ed by law 8 the making of profit out of public moneys using the same for any purpose not authorized by law by any public officer shall be deem ed a felony and shall be punished as provided by law but part of such punishment shall be disa disqualification aall fl cation to hold public office 9 no appropriation shall be made or any expenditure authorized authorize 1 I by the Legisla legislature whereby the ex of t toe he sate state duling any fiscal year shall exceed f the total tax then provided for by law and applicable tor for such appropriation or eapen deture unless the legislature making such appropriation shall provide tor for levying a sufficient tax not exceed ing the rate allowed in section 6 of this article to pay such tion or expenditure within such fis cal year this provision shall not apple to appropriations or expends tures to sur press insurrections de fend the state or assist in defend ing the united states in time ot war 10 nothing in this constitution shall be construed to prevent the legislature from providing a sta stamp mp tax or a tax based on oil income mccu pation license or franchises section 2 the secretary of state is hereby ordered to give this apropo sidon to be published in at least one newspaper in every county in the state where a newspaper Is printed ani published for two months pre ceding the next general election section 3 this proposition shall be submitted to the electors of chis state at the next general election tor for their approval or disapproval elections ioni all official ballots used at such elect election shall have printed or written there on the words for the amendment ot article 13 of the constitution re lating to taxation yes no and shall otherwise other wie be prepared and sub bitted to the electors as may other wise be provided by law and said ballot shall be ree elved counted and canvassed cai cassed and leturno thereon be made in the same manner and in all respects as in or may be provided by law in the case of election of state officers section 4 it if adopted by the elec tors of the state this amendment shall take eff effect act january 1 1917 approved march 1916 1915 |