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Show Constitutional Amendments Constitutional Amendment No. 1 RESOLUTION RELATING TO FILLING VACANCIES IN LEGISLATURE A joint resolution proposing an imrnH-ment imrnH-ment to Section 15 of Article VI of the constitution of the State of Utah, re-latins re-latins to vacancies in the legislature. Be it resolved by the Legislature of the Stnte of Utah, two-third of all member mem-ber elected to each house concurring therein : SECTION 1 Sections to be amended. That it Is proposed to amend Section IS of Article VI of the constitution of the Stnte of Utah so that the aame shall read follows: SECTION 13. Vacancies to he filled. Vacancies that may occur in either house of the legislature shall be filled in sued mnnner m may be provided by law. SECTION 2 Secretary of State to pub-lish- The eecrotary of Stnte is directed tr cause this proposed amendment to i:e published a required by the constitution and to be submitted to the electors of the ! Stnte at the n?x.t treneral election in tho manner provided by law. SECTION 3. In effect when. If no-proved no-proved hy the electors of the State, this proposed amendment 6hall take effect on the 1st da of January, 1931. Filed with the Secretary of State February Feb-ruary 21, 1930. Constitutional Amendment No. 2 RESOLUTION RELATING TO REVENUE AND 1AXATION A joint resolution proposing- an amendment amend-ment to Sections 2 and 3 of Article 13 of the constitution of the State of Utah, relating to revenue and taxation. Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Utah. two - thirds of all members elected to each Bouse eoneur-Hi(r eoneur-Hi(r therrin : SECTION ir Sections' " proposed 'to' mend. That it is proposed to amrnd Sections 2 and S of Article XIII of the constitution of the State of Utah so that tha same will read us follows: SECTION 2. Tangible property In he taxed how vnlue ascertained properties exempt leg-icilature to provide annual tax for State. All tangible property in the State, not exempt under the laws of th United States, or under this constitution, such purposes shall be reduced annually in proportion to the revenues so allocated; provided that any surplus above th revenue rev-enue required for the State district school fund as provided in Section 7 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 ba published as required by the constitution and to be submitted to the electors .of the State at the next ffencu) election iu the manner provided bv law. SECTION 3. To taMe effect when. If approved by the electors of the State this proposed amendment shall take effect tin the 1st day of January, 1931. F.i"d with th- Secretary of State February Feb-ruary 25, 1930. Cnnsf ttutional Amendment No. 3 RELATING TO STATE SCHOOL FUND AND MANNER OF DISTRIBUTING INTEREST IN-TEREST OF SUCH FUND. A joint resolution providing for amendments amend-ments to house joint rcsolu'ions numbers num-bers three and eight passed by the legislature leg-islature In 1929, 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 I. Resolution proposed to amend. That it is proposed to amend house joint resolution number 3 passed by the legislature in 1929. proposing to amend i Section 3 of Article 10 of the constitution : of the State of Utah so that the same will read as follows : - SECTION 3i Proceeds of rand and other property per cent of proceeds perpetual per-petual fund. The proceeds of all 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 forfeit-jre; all unclaimed shares and dividends of any corporation incorporated under the laws of this Stare: the proceeds of the sale of limber, minerai claims and other valuable mineral Atyn'h. including lands containing cost or htfi carbons and all machinery used In mitu and all property or surface improvm,, upon or appurtenant to mine or nUi claims, and the value of any turfid , made of mining claims, or mltilne pw. erty for other than mining purpoaw, &i be assessed as other tangible prowr'tj SECTION 2. Secretary of StaU t h. tlsh. The secretary of State it dirwU, li cause this proposed amendment to W lished aa required by the constitution tti to be submitted to the electors of the Stiti at the next general election in the mic provided by law. SECTION 3. In effect when. .If h proved by the electors of the State, lii proposed amendment shaH take f fr-rt t the 1st day of January, 1931. Filed with the Secretary of SUU fA. ruary 2P, 1930. Constitutional Amendment -No. 5 A RESOLUTION CREATING A STAtl TAX COMMISSION A joint resolution proposing m 'iint. ' ment to Section 11 of Article U if tfc constitution of the State of Utah, relating re-lating to revenue and taxation. - Be It resolved by the Lerislshm f (k Slate of Utah, two-thirds sf til bt bers elected to each boast eonrurtii therein : SECTION 1 Seetions propose to taiW. That it is proposed to amend Section II n,' Article XIII of the constitution tf U State of Utah so that the earns will rat aa follows : SECTION II. Creation of 8tite tsi'tu. mission membership governor ll It-point It-point terms duties eoenty kwfi duties. There shall be a State til rev mission consisting of four memberi, vl more than two of whom shnll belonj n the same political party. Th tnmtui of, the commission .shall, be appointed H the governor, by nnd with the eoniwt if the senate, for such terms of oiUtt is if be provided by low. The State iHwrnik-sion iHwrnik-sion shall administer and supentie .-'tii tax laws erf tha State. I eiiill u-n i nines and public utilities and adjust iti ! equalise the valuation and asJeBtmeM A property among th several countio). II shall have such other powers of oriffoi! assessment as tb legislature ma If vide. Under sueh rrnlitlnni t 6hn!J be taxed in proportion to its vnlue. to be ascertained as provided hv law. The property of the United Sta'es. of the SUte counties, cities, towns, school districts, municipnt corporations and public libraries, libra-ries, lots with the building thereon usod exclusively for either religious wtfish'o or charitable purposes, and places of burial not held or need for private or corporate benefit, shall be exempt from txat:on. Water rights, ditches, canals, reservoirs, power plants, pumping plants transmission transmis-sion lines, pipes nnd flumes owned and Used by individuals or corporations for irrigating ir-rigating lands within the state owned by such individuals or corporations, or the individual members thereof, shall not he separately taxed as long as they shall he owned and used exclusively for such purposes. pur-poses. Power plants, power tri ETO.ssion lines and other property, used for generating gen-erating and delivering electrical power, a portion of which is used for furninhina powar for pumping water for Irrigation purposes on lands in the State of Utah, may be exempted from taxation to the extc.it that such property is used for such purposes. These exemptions shall accrue to the benefit of the users of water so pumped under such reflations 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 provide for the exemption from taxation of homes, homesteads, nnd personal property, prop-erty, not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars dol-lars in value for homes and homesteads, and one hundred dollars for personal prop-erty. 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 hy the unmarried widows and minor orphnns of such persons may be exempted as the legislaturo may provide. The legislature thai) provide by law for an annual tax sufficient, with other sour-ces sour-ces of revenue, to defray the estimated ordinary or-dinary expenses of the SUte for each fiscal fis-cal year. For the purpose of paying the SUte debt, if any there be. the leaisia-ture leaisia-ture shall provide for levying a tnx annually, an-nually, sufficient to pay the nnnual interest inter-est and to pay the principal of such debt, within twenty yenrs from the final passage of th3 law creating the debt. . -.. . wvn-r Hum sellout ana aiaie lands, other than those granted for specific purposes: and five per centum of the ne; pro-eeds of the sale of public lands tying within the Stat-, which shall be sold b the United States subsequent to the ad-. ad-. mission of this State into the Unin, shall be and remain a perpetual fund, to to called the State school fund, the interest of which only. Bhall be distributed among the Severn! school districts according to the last preceding school census. SECTION 2. Resolntion proposed to amend. That it is proposed to amend houe joint resolution number 8 psssed by the lenisiature in 192D. proposing to amend Section 7. of Article XIII of the constitution constitu-tion of the Stale of Utah so that the same will read a follows: SECTION 7. Rate of taxation not to exceed purpose distribution. The rate of taxation on tangible property shall not exceed on each dollar of valuation, two nnd four-tenths mills for general Sture purposes, two-tenths of one mill for high school purposes, which shall constitute the high school fund; enid fund shall be apportioned ap-portioned in the manner th- leKislature shall provide, to the (chool districts maintaining main-taining hiph schools, and BUch levy for district school purposes which togeth-r with the interest on the permanent schojl fund and such other funds as may be available for district school purposes will mr" nnU,,I,Z cmount wh equals ftf.'f . for,ench Pn of school are in the state as shown by the last preceding bc'-.-kiI census: the same to be distributed among tfte school districts according to tire last preceding school census; and in addition tn ZT at,za,ion "". which when added to other revenues provided for this pu-pose pu-pose by the legislature shall be J5 00 for each person of school ape as shown bv th laat preceding school census; said equali". zalioti fund .111 be apportioned to the chool districts in such manner as the iZ no? hi6 i'ha" P,rOVi(le- Sai(1 rat sL, inc-eale tne ""' '"""Won t" inciease the same specifying th- rate nr rates proposed and th- time during which he same Fh:,II be levied, be first submTt rVofathVe0,f Mh,nf the -l'nedUbe7eo: el thSU e- n3 the year next preceding pre-ceding such election, shall have paid a V6ei ' th "ithinVe henM',0: r. those voting cases and within such limitatront u til legislature may prescribe, it shsl) lish systems of publie accounting. rnV proposed bond issues, revise the tat Irria and budgets, of local governmental mis, and equalize the assessment and valuta of property -within the counties. Tt 6-ties 6-ties imposed upon the State botM if equaliiation by the constitution tnd lr of this State shall be perfornifd by IN State tax commission. - In each counfv of this State-thsre MI be a county beard of equalisation "ft sisting of the board of ccunty eommiwwi-ers eommiwwi-ers of said county. The county two ' equalization shall adjust and eflusliw In valuation and asscesroent f 'he rJ iti personal proper "y within their rre:!i'i counties, subject to such ' r-gulsties iJ control by the Stale tax cr-mtVw-Ofl M mar- be prescribed by law. Th SUte tai commission and the county Ixnr $ equalization shall each have such o'Wr power3 as may be prescribed bF the Iff-lelature. Iff-lelature. SECTION 2. Secretary of Slatf ta'V lish. The secretary of State is directed la caus this proposed amendment to be W Ibbed as required by the constitution id lo be submitted to the electors of t btate at the next general election in li manner provided by law. SECTION 3. To take effect - ! If approved by the electors rl th SUh, this proposed amendment shnM taki effeti on the 1st day of January, IP11.. Filed with the Secretary of Sta! ruary 25, 1930. Constitutional Amendment No. 6 . " ' RELATING TO THE LOCATION W THE STATE PRISON AND 8TATS . INSTITUTIONS J A joint resolution prapslnr aa '' ment to Sectlnu 3. of Article XIX constltntion of the State of t'Ufc. lating to the loratlon of the State Prl-Be Prl-Be It renolved bv the Lejns'ature if 'I" State of U(Bh. two-thirds of t'i mf elected to each home concurring tfcm-In tfcm-In : SECTION 1. Section proprsed la aitrt-That aitrt-That it is proios-d to amend 8ctien I w Article XIX of the consti'uMcm. of lh State of Ufjih .r, iut ik. ..-ll rtti obCTION 3. Annrsnmrnt and taTatiin of tangible properly regulation ralr--drduetEona exemptions perannal in-come in-come tax ratea riiapoaitions of revenues The legislature shall provide by law a uniform uni-form and etiual rate of assessment and taxation on alt tangible pri.perty in the Stnte. according to its value tn money, nnd shall prescribe by law such regulations as shall secure a just valuation for toation of such property, so that every person and corporation shall pay o tax in proportion propor-tion to the value of his. her, or its tan-Bible tan-Bible property, provided that the leRisla-ture leRisla-ture may determine the manner and extent of taxing transient live stock and live Btoclc beinur 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 auch extent as the legislature may provide. Provided that if intangible property be taxed as property the tale thereof shall not exceed five mills cn each dollar of valuation. When exempted from taxation as property, the taxable income therefrom shall be taxed under any tax-based tax-based on incomes, but when taxed by the SUte of Utah as property, the Income therefrom shall not also be taxed. The legislature may provide for deductions, exemption., ex-emption., andor offsets on any tax based upon income. The personal income fix rate shall be graduated but tl.e maximum maxi-mum rate Bhall not exceed six per cent oT net Income. No excise tax rate based upon incoma shall exceed four per cent o' net Income. The rate limitation, herein contained for taxea based on income and tor taxe. on Intangible property shall be .rtectiv. until January 1. 1S37. and thereafter there-after until changed by law by a vote of the majority of the members elected to each house of the legislature. All revenue rev-enue received from taxea on Income or rroiri taxe. on Intangible property shall be allocated . follow. : 75 per cent thereof to tb .Uta dbtrtet ichoo! fund and 25 U,"f to S'.U gen-raj gen-raj fund and tha Stat laira jor 1 mT" ' ".r 1-0 ProWded hyT.w ll.k tI'N '1- S""'"y SUte 'to pb- "sh. The secretary of State is directed to ' "l'' th, Proposed amendment to be pub-ished pub-ished as required by the constitution and to be aubmitted to the electors of the Stale at the next general election in the manner I provided by law. a, one proposition 7, "u" of II. J It. numbers S and S. pd " SECTION .. To take effect , If approved by tho elector, of the State' on the first day of January, 1931 Constitutional Amendment No. 4 RESOLUTION HKLATINC TO me TAXATION OF MINES AND MINING PROPERTY A Joint resolution providing for an amendment amend-ment to Section 4, Article 1.1, of ... constitution of th. Slat, of Utah . Ing to th. taxation of mine, and mining property. " "',", "'"'.'' T Ihe Legislator. r Stat, of t.t.h. two-third, of all ,h, mc. h"r.ln J "'h k" SEt'TMlN 1. Section. propo.ed la ,Z"sd' J1',"'," i'fropos'd to .,.d s,0. 1 1 -.' , ";'eX " of '"".titution r readloJ" " lh SECTION 4. Mine, and claim, ta b. ... .eased basis and multiple what to be assessed as tangible property. All me. lalliferous mines or mining claims, bolh Placer and rock in place, .hall be assessed as the legislature .hall provide: provided the basis and multiple now tiled in determining de-termining tho value of metalliferous minv. for taxation purposes und the additional u.e-,cl v.lu. of f:,.0t per una ll,,,.)t sli.ll not be chanved before January nor thereafter until otherwise provided pro-vided by l.w. All oth.r mine, or mining oa follows: SECTION 3 l ocation af pablic h"-tion. h"-tion. and disposition of lanoi. The pub: institutions of the State are hereof pf manently located at the places henisii-tcr henisii-tcr named, each to have ths Isndl lyci-fically lyci-fically granted to it by the United StiW. !"n Act Coffcess. approved Julj W. 'o he disposed of and oed I" rail manner as the legislature may protidei rirst : The seat of government tad IN Mate fair at Salt Lake City. Second : The institutions for the del dumb, ond the blind, and the State nfoos s-hi t 0eJcn cit in ,b, Kmt3 rl V eher. Third: The Utah State hosplt.l It fl vo City. In tho county of Utah. , SECTION !. Secretary of Stat. t. .' lish. The secretary of State I. directed cause this proposed amendment to he lished as required by the constitution sN to be submitted to the elector. o( I State at tho next general election U manner provided by law. SECTION 3. To tak. effect - " I' approved hy the electors of th. Bt thi. proposed amendment .h.ll tak. cflid on 'h, lt da, of January. 19.11. I' Mod with the Secretary of StaU r ruary :,-,, 1930 I. M. H. Welling. Secretary of SUtl "J the Slat, f ui,hi (lo hereby certify tW the foregoing is a full, true and cortl" copy of Constitutional Amendment. h ' 3. . 6. an,! 6 as propoa'd by special seasion of ,, 1,1.,,,,, of as the anme appear of record in mf fice. Ill wilnesa whereof. I have hereunto at my band and affixed the (Ire.t Si.l the state of Utah. thi. 1st day of ST""' ber. l'.l.to. (SEAL) Secretary f Stat : |