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Show Constitutional Amendments Constitutional Amendment No. 1 RESOLUTION RELATING TO FILLING VACANCIES IN LEGISLATURE A joint resolution proposing an amendment amend-ment to Secliun 13 of Article VI of the constitution of the State of Utah, relating re-lating to vacancies in the legislature. Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Utah, two-thirds of all member! mem-ber! elected to each house concurring therein : SECTION 1 Sections to be amended. Tiiat it is proposed to amend Section 13 of Article VI of the constitution of the State of Utah so that the same bhail read an follows; SECTION 13. Vacancies to be filled. ; Vacancies that may occur in either house of the legislature shall be filled in such manner as may be provided by law. SECTION 2 Secretary of State to publish. pub-lish. The secretary of State is directed to cause this proposed amendment to be published as required by the constitution and to be submitted to the electors of the . State at the next general election in the manner provided by law. v SECTION S. In effect when. If ip-i ip-i proved by the electors of the State, tins proposed amendment ahall take effect on ; the 1st da of January, 1981. Filed with the Secretary of State February Feb-ruary 21, 1930. Constitutional Amendment No. 2 RESOLUTION RELATING TO REVENUE AND TAXATION A' Joint resolution proposinff an amend-1 ment to Sections 2 and 3 of Article 13 of the constitution of the State of Utah, ( relating1 to revenue and taxation. Be it resolved by the Legislature of the ! State of Utah. two - thirds of all I members elected to each House concur-i concur-i rinc therein: ; '- .' . '. SECTION I.' Sections proposed to amend. That it is proposed to amend 1 ..-Sections 2 and 3 of Article XIII of the constitution of the State of Utah so that the same will read as follows: SECTION 2. Tangible property to he taxed how value ascertained properties exempt lejrislature to provide annual tax for Stale. All tangible property in the State, not exempt under the laws of the United States, or under this constitution, shall be taxed in proportion to its value, to be' ascertained as provided by law. The property of the United States, of the State, counties, cities, towns,- school ' districts, municipal corporations and public libraries, libra-ries, lots with the buildings .thereon used exclusively for either religious wotshtn r-r charitable pu rposes, and places of burial not held or used for private or corporate benefit, shall be exempt from tixat:on. ' Water rights, ditches, canals, reservoirs, power plants, pumping phint; transmission transmis-sion lines, pipes and flumes owned and used by individuals- or corporations for ir-rigatinK ir-rigatinK lands within the state owned by such individuals or corporations, or the individual members thereof, shall not be separately taxed us long as they shall be owned and used exclusively for such purposes. pur-poses. Power plants, power transmission lines and other property, used for generating gen-erating and delivering electrical power, a portion of which is used for furnishing power for pumping water for irrigation purposes on , lands in the State of Utah, muy he exempted from taxation to the extent that such property is used for such purposes; These exemptions shall accrue to the benefit of the users of water so pumped under such regulations as the legislature leg-islature may prescribe. The taxes of the indigent poor may be remitted or abated at such times and in such manner as may be provided by law. The legislature may such purposes shall be reduced annually in proportion to the revenue so allocated : provided that any surplus above the revenue rev-enue required for the State district school fund as provided in Section 1 of this Article Ar-ticle shall be paid into the State general fund. SECTION 2. Secretary of State to publish. The secretary of State is directed to cause this proposed amendment to be published as required by the constitution tnd to be submitted to the electors of the State at the next gent-ral election in the manner provided by law. SECTION 3. To tafie effect when. If approved by the electors of the State thi3 proposed amendment shall take effect on the 1st day of January, 1931, F.led with the Secretary of State February Feb-ruary 25, 1030. Constitutional Amendment No. 3 RELATING TO STATE SCHOOL FUND AND MANNER OF DISTRIBUl ING INTEREST IN-TEREST OF SUCH FUND. A joint resolution providing for amendments amend-ments to house joint rcsolu'ions numbers num-bers three and io;ht passed by the legislature leg-islature in 1S29, proposing to amend Section 3, Article X, and Section 7, Article Ar-ticle XIII of the constitution of the State of Utah relating to the State school fund and the manner of distributing the interest in-terest of such fund and other revenues of the several school districts of the State. - Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Utah, two-thirds of all the members mem-bers elected to each House concurring therein : SECTION 1. Resolution proposed to amend. That it is proposed to amend house joint resolution number 3 passed by the legislature in 1Q29. proposing to amend Section 3 of Article 10 of the constitution of the Slate of Utah so that the same will read as follows : SECTION 3. Proceeds of lands and other property per cent of proceeds perpetual per-petual fund. The. proceeds of a-U lands that have been or may be granted by the United Unit-ed States to this State, for the support of the common schools ; the proceeds of all property that may accrue to the State by escheat or forfeiture ; nil unclnimed shaves and dividends of any corporation incorporated under the laws of this State; the proceeds of the sale of timber, mineral or other .property from school and Stale lands, other than those granted for specific purposes; and five per centum-of the net proceeds of the sale of public lands lying within the State,' which shall be sold by the United StaU'i subsequent, to the ad-, mission of 'this State into' the Union, shall b and remain a perpetual funJ. to to called the State school fund, the interest of which only, shall be distributed among the several school districts- according io the hist preceding school census. SECTION 2. Resolution proposed to amend.' That it is proposed to amend house joint resolution number 8 passed by the legislature in 1929, - proposing to amend Section 7, of Article XIII of the constitution constitu-tion of the State of Utah so that the same will read as follows: SECTION 7. Rate of taxation not to exceed purpose distribution. The rate of tax lit ion on tangible property shall not exceed on each dollar of valuation, two and four-tenths mills for general State purposes, two-tenths of one mill for high school purposes, which Bhall constitute the high school fund ; said fund shall be apportioned ap-portioned in the manner the legislature shall provide, to the school districts maintaining main-taining high schools, and such levy for district school purposes which together with the interest on the permanent school fund and such other funds as may be available for district school purposes, will raise annually an amount which equals claims and other valuable mineral depoiiU, including lands containing coal or hydrocarbons hydro-carbons and all machinery used in mining and all property or surface improvements upo'.l or appurtenant to mines or mi ding claims, and the value of any anrfacs uaa made of mining claims, or mining property prop-erty for other than mining purposes, shall be assessed as other tangible property. SECTION 2. Secretary of State to pub. liah. The secretary of State is directed to cause this proposed amendment to be published pub-lished as required by the constitution and to be submitted to the electors or the State at the next general election in the manner provided by law. SECTION 3. In effect when. If approved ap-proved by the electors of the State, thil proposed amendment shall take effect on the 1st day of January, 1981. Filed with the Secretary of State February Feb-ruary 25, 1930. Constitutional Amendment No. 5 A RESOLUTION CREATING A STATE TAX COMMISSION A joint resolution proposing an amendment amend-ment to Section 11 of Article 13 of the constitution of the State of Utah, re latlnr to revenue and taxation. Be it resolved by the Legislature of thi State of Utah, two-thirds of all mem-bers mem-bers elected to each house concurring therein : SECTION 1 Sections proposed to amend. That it is proposed to amend Section 11 of Article XIII of the constitution of tin State of Utah so that the same will read as follows : SECTION II. Creation of State tax commission com-mission membership governor, to appoint ap-point terms duties county boaicji duties. There shall be a State tax commission com-mission consisting of four members, -iot more than two of whom shall belong to the same political party. Th2 momb?rj of tho commission shall be appointed oy. .. the governor, by and with the consent of the senate, for such terms of office as rruy b provided by law. The State tax commie- ' sion ahall administer and supervise the tax laws of ths State. It' shall sbscs mines tnd public utilities and adjust and equalize the vnluation and assessment of property among the several counties. It shall have such other powers of original assessment as the legislature may - provide. pro-vide. Under such regulations . , in au-h cases and within such limitations as V1 legislature may prescribe, it shall establish estab-lish systems of- public ' accounting, review proposed bond issues, . revUo the. tax levies and budgets of local governmental units, and equalize the assessment and. valuation of property within the counties. The duties du-ties imposed upon the. Stale board -of equalization by, the constitution and law of this State shall . be performed by Hie Stute tatt commissi i.- , ; In each county oi this State there shall be a county board of, equalization consisting con-sisting of the board f county commissioners commission-ers of said copnty... The county boards. A equalization shall adjust and -equalize lf. valuation and assessment . of the real am personal property wilhm their Tesie;i. iie counties, "subject to such rerulatinn and control by the State tax commission si muy be prescribed by law. The S.ate tnx commission and the county hoards .of equalization shall each have such other powers as nu;y be prescribed by the legislature. leg-islature. SECTION 2. Secretary of State lo.rub-lish. lo.rub-lish. The secretary of State ia direciel to cause this proposed amendment t be published pub-lished as required by the consti . iti n m d to be submitted to the electors of the State at the next general eject u n in ihe manner provided by law: SECTION 3. To take effect whin. If approved by the electors of the Stale, proviae lor ine exemption irom taxaiion of homes, homesteads, and pcraonal prop erty, not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars dol-lars in value for homes and homesteads, and one hundred dollars for personal property. prop-erty. Property not to exceed $3,000 in value, oWned by disabled persons who served in any war in the military service of the .United States or of the State of Utah and by the unmarried widows and minor orphans t such persons may be exempted as the legislature may provide. The legislature shall provide by law for an annual tax sufficient, with other sources sour-ces of revenue, to defray the estimated ordinary or-dinary expenses of the State for ench fia-ral fia-ral year. For the purpose of paying: trie State debt, if any there be, the leeisla-ture leeisla-ture Bhall provide for levying a tax annually, an-nually, sufficient to pay the annual interest inter-est and to pay the principal of such debt, within twenty years from the final passage of the law creating the debt. SECTION 3. Assessment and taxation of tanuible property regulation rate deductions exemptions personal Income In-come tax rates dispositions of revenues. The legislature shall provide by law a uniform uni-form and equal rate of assessment and taxation on all tangible property in the State, according to- iU value in money, and ahall prescribe- by law such regulations as shall secure a just valuation for taxation of such property, so that every person and corporation shall pay a tox in proportion propor-tion to the value of his, her, or its tangible tan-gible property, provided that the legislature legisla-ture mfiy determine the manner and extent of taxing transient live stock and live stock being fed for slaughter to be used for human consumption. Intangible property prop-erty may be exempted from taxation as property or it may be taxed in such manner man-ner and to such extent as the legislature may provide. Provided that if intangible property be taxed as property the rBle thereof shall not exceed five mills cn each dollar of valuation. When exempted from taxation as property, the taxable income therefrom Bhall be taxed under any tnv" based on incomes, but when taxed by the State of Utah as property, tho invome therefrom shall not also be taxed. The legislature may provide for deductions, exemptions, ex-emptions, andor offsets on any tax based upon income. The personal income tiit rates shall be graduated but U.e maximum maxi-mum rate shall not exceed six per cent of net Income, No excise tax rate bn&ed upon income shall exceed four per cent of net income. The rate limitations herein contained for taxes based on income and for taxes on intangible property shall le effective until January 1, 1937, end thereafter there-after until changed by law by a vote of the majority of the members elected to each house of the legislature. Alt revenue rev-enue received from taxes on Income or from taxes on intangible, property shall be allocated as follows; 76 per cent thereof to tha state district school fund and 25 Tr cent thereof to the Stale ren-rai ren-rai fund and ths Sut levies tor $25.00 for each person of school age in the state as shown by the last preceding school census; the same to be distributed among the school districts according to the last preceding school census : and in addition an equalization fund which when added to other revenues provided for this purpose pur-pose by the legislature shall be S5.00 for each person of school age as Bhown by the last preceding school censua : said equalization equali-zation fund shall be apportioned to the school districts in such manner as the legislature leg-islature shall provide. Said rates shall not be increased unless a proposition to increuse the same specifying the rate or rates proposed and the time during which the same shall he levied, bo first submitted submit-ted -to a vote of such of the qualified electors elec-tors of the State, as in the year next preceding pre-ceding such election, shall have paid a property tax assessed to them within the State, end the majority of those voting thereon shall vote in favor thereof, in such manner as may be provided by law SECTION 3. Secrelary of State to publish. pub-lish. The secretary of State is directed to cause this proposed amendment to be published pub-lished as required by the constitulion and to be submitted to the electors of the Stale at the next general election in the mnnner provided by law, as one proposition in lieu of H. J. R. numbers 3 and 8, passed at the regular session of the ISth legislature SECTION 4. To take effect when If approved by the electors of the State the proposed amendment Bhull take effect on the first day of January, 1931. Filed with the Secretary of State February Feb-ruary 25, 1J30. Constitutional Amendment No. RESOLUTION RELATING TO THR TAXATION OF MINES AND MININCi PROPERTY A joint resolution providing for an amendment amend-ment to Section 4, Article J3, of the constitution of the State of Utah relal-Inr relal-Inr to ths taxation of mines and minins property. De it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Utah, two-thirds of all the members mem-bers elected to each house concurring therein : SECTION 1. Sections propped to amend. That it is proposed to amend Section Sec-tion 4. Article XIII, of the constitution of the State of Utah so that the same will read as follows : SECTION 4. Mines and claims to be assessed as-sessed basis and multiple what lo be assessed as tangible properly. All metalliferous me-talliferous mines or mining claima, both placer and rock in place, shall be nsscsttcd a th" leglnlnture nhnll provide ; provided, the bajis and multiple now used in determining de-termining the vnlue of mctullifcrom mines for taxation purposes und the additional assessed value of J.'i.OO per aero thereof ahall not be chnnged In-fore January 1. 193,'i. nor thereafter until otherwise provided pro-vided by law. All other mlties or mining i ii is propose! amemimeni s.ihm iuks eiu-fi on the 1st day of January, 1931. Filed with the Secretary of State February Feb-ruary 23, 1930". Constitutional Amendment No. 6 RELATING TO THE LOCATION OP ' THE STATE PRISON AND STATU INSTITUTIONS A Joint resolution proposing an amendment amend-ment to Section 3, of Article XIX of tht constitution of the State of Utah, relating re-lating to the location of the State Prison. Be it resolved by the Legislature of ths State of Utah, two-thirds of the members elected to each house concurring therein there-in : SECTION 1. Section proposed to amend. That it in proposed to amend Section 3 Article XIX of the constitution of the State of Utah so that the same will reud as follows: SECTION 3 Location of public inititu- ' tions and dispsi(ion of lar.ds. The public institutions of the Stale are hereby permanently per-manently located at thd places hereinafter hereinaf-ter named, eath to have the lands specifically speci-fically granted to it by the United Stales, in the Act of Congress, approved July 16:X 189-1, to be disposed of and used in such manner as the legislature m-iy provide: I First: The seat of government and ths ; Slute fair at Salt Lake City. Second: The institutions for the deof and . dumb, and the blind, and the SUte reform school at Ogden City, in the county of Wdber. I Third: The Utah State hospital at Provo Pro-vo City, in the county of Utah. ; SECTION 2. Secretary of Slate te publish. pub-lish. The secreLaiy of State is directed to cause this proposed amendment to be published pub-lished as required by the constitution an! to be submitted to the electors' of the State at the next general election in tht manner provided by lnw SECTION J. To take effect hfn. If approved hy ih electors of the Slat, this proposed amendment shall take eUtd on the 1st day of January. 1WI. Filed with the Secretary of State February Feb-ruary 23, 1930 I, M. H. WeHinir. Secretary of SUte of the SUte of Utah, do hereby certify that , the foregoing is a full, true atid correct ; copy of Constitutional Amendments No. ' 1, H. 8, 4. 6, and 6 as proposed by ths special session of the legislature of l$3i) I n the same appear of record in my of- I fice. I In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Crent Seal ot the Stale o( Utah, this 1st day of September. 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