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Show Constitutional Amendments Constitutional Amendment No.l RESOLUTION RELATING TO FILLING VACANCIES IN LEGISLATURE A Joint resolution proposing an amendment amend-ment to Section 13 of Article VI of the constitution of the State of Utah, relating re-lating to vacancies in the legislature. " Ba it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Utah, two-thirds of all members mem-bers elected to each house concurring therein: SECTION I Sections to he amended. That it is proposed to amend Section 13 of Article VI of the constitution of the State of Utah so that the same shall read as 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 U directed to cause this proposed amendment to he 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. SECTION 3. In effect when. If up-, proved by the elector of the State, this proposed amendment shall take effect on the 1st do of January, 1931. Filed with the Secretary of Stat February Feb-ruary 21. 1930. Constitutional Amendment No. 2 RESOLUTION RELATING TO REVENUE AND TAXATION A Joint resolution proposing an amendment amend-ment to Section! 2 and 3 of Article 13 of the constitution of the State of Utah, relating to revenue and taxation. Be tt resolved by the Legisfatora of the State of Utah. two - thirds of all members elected to each Iiousa concurring concur-ring therein : SECTION 1. Sections proposed to : amend. That it is proposed to amend Sections 2 and 3 of Article XIII of the constitution of the State of Utah so thnt the same will read as follows: SECTION 2. Tangible property to he taxed how value ascertained properties exempt legislature to provide annual tax for State. 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 ita valiit. to be ascertained as provided hy low. The property of the United States, of the State, counties, cities, towns, school districts, municipal corporations and public libraries, libra-ries, lota with the buildings thereon used exclusively for cither religious worshio or charitable purposes, 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 plant, transmission transmis-sion lins. pipes and 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 be eparat?ly taxed as long as they shall he owned and used exclusively for such purposes. pur-poses. Power plants, power trm.cri'issicin lines and other property, used for gen-erating 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, may be exempted from taxation to the extent that such property is used for such purposes. These exemptions shall occric 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 tim?s and in such manner as m;ty be pmviilfd by law. The legislature may - provide for the exemption from taxation of homes, homesteads, and personal property, prop-erty, not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars dol-lars in value for homes and homesteads. and ene 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 of such persons may e exempted as the lerrislaiure may provide The legislature shall 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 State for each fiscal fis-cal year. For the purpose of paying the State debt, if any there be, the legislature legisla-ture shall 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. 8ECTION 3. Assessment and taxation of tangible 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 tongible property in the State, according to it value in money, and shall prescribe by law such regulations a shall secure a just valuation for taxation of such property, so that every person and corporation shall pay a tax in proportion propor-tion to the value of his. her, or ita tangible tan-gible property, provided that the legislature legisla-ture may 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 wanner wan-ner and to such extent as the legislature may provide. Provided that if intanzible property be taxed aa property the rate 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 on incomes, but when taxed by the State of Utah as property, tbo Income therefrom shall not also be taxed. The legislature may provide for deductions, exemptions, ex-emptions, andor offset on any tax based upon income. The personal Income tnx rate shall be graduated but U maximum maxi-mum rate shall not exceed six per cent of net income. No excise tax rate based upon Income shall exceed four per cent of net income. The rat limitation herein contained for taxes based on income and for taxe on intangible property shall be effective until January 1, 1937. and thereafter there-after until changed by law by a vote of the majority of the member elected to each house of the legislature. All revenue rev-enue received from taxe on Income or from taxes on intangible property shall be , allocated as follows: 76 per cent thereof to the state district school fund and 25 per ceni thereof to the State general gen-eral f'in and the State Wvla for such purposes shall uc reduced annually-in annually-in proportion to the revenues o allocated ; provided that any surplus nbove he revenue rev-enue required for the State district school fund as provided in Section 7 of thU Article Ar-ticle shall be paid into the State general fund. SECTION 2. Secretary ot State to publish. The secretary of State ia directed to cause this proposed amendment to be published as required by the constitution ad to be submitted to the electors of tl e State at the next gencal -lection in the manner provided by la. SECTION 3. To take effect when. If approved by the electors of the State- this proposed amendment shall take effect on the 1st day of January, 1931. Filed with the Secretary of State February Feb-ruary 2G. 1930. Constitutional Amendment No. 3 RELATING TO STATE SCHOOL FUND AND MANNER OF DISTRIBUTING INTEREST IN-TEREST OF SUCH FUND. A joint resolution providing for amendment amend-ment to house joint resolutions number num-ber 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 Stat school fund and the manner of distributing the in-' in-' terest of su h fund and other revenue of the several school district of the State. Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Utah, two-thirds of all th mem-- mem-- ben 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 1929. proposing to amend Section 3 of Article 10 of the constitution of the State of Utah so that the same will read as follows : SECTION 3. Proceed of lands and other property per cent of proceeds perpetual per-petual fund. The proceed 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 forfeiture: all unclaimed shares and dividends of any corporation incorporated under th; laws of chis State: the proceeds of the sale of timber, mineral or other property from school and State lands, other than those granted for specific purposes ; and five per centum of the 'te: proceeds of the sale of public lands lyiig within the State, which shall be sold by the United States subsequent to the ad- j mission of this State into the Jnbn, shal: be and remain a perpetual tunj . to te ! called the State school fund, the interest j of which only, nha'l be distributed among the several school districts according to the last preceding school census. I SECTION 2. Resolution proposed to emend. Thnt it is prupi J.d to amend house 1 joint resolution number 8 passed by the legislature in 1929, proposing to amend Section 7, of Article XIII of the constitu- ' tion of the State of Utah so that the same will rend as follows : SECTION 7. Hate of taxation not to exceed purpose distribution. The rate.: of taxation on tangible property shall not exceed on each doMar of valuation, two , and . four-tenths . mills for generiil Stare I purposes, two-tcntl:s of one mill for high school purposes, which shall constitute the high school fund; said fund shell be ap- portioned tn the manner the legislature shall provid;. to the school district main- I taining hih schools, and such levy for ; district school purposes which together with the interest on the permanent school fund and auih o her funds as may oe i available for district school purposes, will raise annually an amount which equals' $25.00 for car-h p -iron of school awe in the stnt as shown by the last preceding school census : th-.' same to be distributed among the school diistiicU according to the last preceding schojl census: and in addition an cqualuHtlon fund which when added to other revenues provided for this purpose pur-pose by the lecis!:;ture shall be 15.01 for each person of school age as shown by 'he j last preceding schisul census; said equali- j ration fund chull be apportioned to the school districts in such manner as the islnture shall provide. Said rates shall not be increased unless a proposition to increase the same specifying the rate or rates proposed nrvl the time Juring whi. ?i the same shall be levied, be firnt submitted submit-ted to a vote of surh of the quulified electors elec-tors of the State, ns in the year next preceding pre-ceding such election, shall have paid a property tax astse&sej to them within the State, and the majority of those voting thereon shall vote in favor thereof, in su. h manner as may be provided by law. SECTION 3. Secretary 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 constitu' ion an I to be submitted to the electors of the State at the next general election in the man'ier provided by law. a one proportion in llou of H. J. R. numbers 3 and 8. passed ot the regular session of the 18th legUlatu.-e. SECTION 4. To take effect when. If approved by the electors of the Staie the proposed amendment shall take effvt on -the first day of January, 1931. Filed with the Secretary of State February Feb-ruary 25, 1930. Constitutional Amendment No. 4 RESOLUTION RELATING TO TUB TAXATION OF MINES AND MININC PROPERTY A joint resolution providing for an amendment amend-ment to Section 4. Article 13. of the constitution of the State of Utah relating relat-ing to the taxation of mines and mining property. Be it resolved by the Legislature of '.he State of Utah, two-thirds of all th mem-. mem-. bers elected to each house concurring therein : SECTION 1. Sections proposed lu amend. That it is proposed to amend Section Sec-tion 4. Article XIII. of the constitution of the State of Utah so that the sum will read as follow : SECTION 4. Mines and claims te b assessed as-sessed basis and multiple what le be assessed a tangible property. All m talliferous mines or mining claims, both placer and rock in place, shall be assessed a the legislature shall provide; provided, the basis and multiple now used In determining de-termining the value of metalliferous mine for taxation purpose nd th additional assessed value of $5.00 per acre thereof , hall not be changed before January I, 1936, nor thcreufter until otherwise provided pro-vided by law. All other mine or mining claims and other valuable mineral deposit I including lands containing coal or hydro- carbon and all machinery used in mining and all property or surface improvements upon or appurtenant to mine or mining claims, and the value of any surface use made of mining claims, or mining property prop-erty for other than mining purposes, shall be assessed a other tangible property. SECTION 2. Secretary of State to publish. pub-lish. The secretary of State is directed to cause this p. j posed amendment to be published pub-lished as required by the constitution and to be submitted to the elector of the State at the next general election in th manner provided by law. SECTION 3. In effect when. If p-provod p-provod by the electors of the State, this proposed amendment shall take effect oo the lit day of January. 1931. 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 II of Article 13 of the constitution of the' State of Utah, relating re-lating to revenue and taxation. Be it resolved by the Legislature of th Stat of Utah, two-thirds of all members mem-bers elected U each - house concurring therein : SECTION 1 Section proposed to amend. That it is proposed to amend Suction 11 oi Article XIII of the constitution of the State of Utah so that the same will read as follows: SECTION 11. Crentlon of State tax com mission membership governor to appoint ap-point tTmi duties county boaid- duties. Ther. shall be a State tax commission com-mission consisting of four members, -tot more than two of .whom shall belong to the same political party. Th- member of the commission shall be appointed by i the governor, by and with the consent of the senate, for such terms of office aa may be provided by law. The State tax commission commis-sion shall administer and supervise the tax law of ths Stale. It shall assess mines and public utilities and adjust and equalize the valuation and assessment of property among the several counties. It shall have such other rovers of original assessment as th; legislature may provide. pro-vide. Under such regulations in su -h cases and within such limitntions as the legislature may prescribe, it shall establish estab-lish systems of public accounting, review proposed bond fcsues, revise the tax levies I and budgets of local governmental units, and equalize th? assessment and valuation of property within the counties. The duties du-ties imposed upon the Stats board ot i equali-.arion by the constitution and law of this Stat shall be performed bv the , State tax commission. In each county of this State there shall ' i be a county beard of equalization consisting con-sisting of the lvoard of county comiiiiioi-era comiiiiioi-era of said county. The county ooar.U it equalization shall adjust ' and equalize trie valuation and Br?sniirt of the real anr I personal property within their resiu:ute ' counties, subject to such regulation and control by the State tax commwton a i may be prescribed by law. Tbr Stat tax commission and th? county boards ot equalization shall . each have such other powers as may be prescribed bv the legislature. leg-islature. SECTION 2. Secretary of State to rub IIh. The secretary of Stale is directe-i to cause this proposed amendment to be put lished as required by the conutitutiin and to be submitted to the electors of lt. State at the next general plecli. n "n ih manner provided by law SECTION 3. To take effect - hm If approved by the electors cf th tJinle. this propoced am?ndmcnt hall nk ef'.-r' on the 1st day of January. I'JJl. i Filed with the Secretary of State February Feb-ruary 25. 19K0 Constitutional -Amendment No.C RELATING TO HIE LOCATION Or THE STATU PRISON AND STATE INSTI . UVICN3 A Joint ' resolution prr.pcbi.ig an amend nu-nt to Section 3, of M cl. XIX of thi constitution of the St-.t of Utah, r latir.g to the location l the Stat Prison. ' i Oe it rc.-l'-id by the l.-gir'Mure cf thr State of Utah, twi-thirt!s of the members elected to each house concurring there In: SECTION 1. Sietl n pnpesed to amend That it is tiro vac d lu amend Section S vt Article XIX of the eonsti ution of the State of Utah so thut the same will red j as M'ov.s: . : SECTION 3 Location of ruM'c institu- tions and disp..s.'lio.i of lands. The public institutions uf the Stat are bcr by permanently per-manently loo; I at the t lac s hci einot t-r named, rr h to have the lands tpoti fically pranti'd tn it by the United "t-.i'.e. in the Act of Coigrec. a; proved July ICth 1894. to be dUpocd of and used in suib manner aj the legislature may pri v.de: Firs': 'I he mciiI of guve.-nrnent and 'h State fair nt S;;Jt ? ake City. Second : The institutlirns foi the deal ano dumb, and the Mind, and iha Stale rrfor-n school at OeJen City, In Ihe county of Weber. Third: The Utah State husltal at Pro-vo Pro-vo City, in the county of Utah. SECTION 2. Secretary of Slate to publish. pub-lish. The secretary tt Si.Ve is directed to cause this provovd aini-ndm.-'nt to be pub lished as required by the pons' Itution arii to be submitted to the elector of the State at the next g.neral election In tbt manner provid"d by law. SECTION 3 Te tel. effect whin. If approved by the electors of the S'ate. thia proposed amendment shall take ffrct on the 1st itay of January, 1931. .Filed with 1 he Secretary of State Feb ruary 25. 19o0 I. M. II. Welling. Secretary of State ol the State of U ah. do hereby certify that the foreifuing fa a full, true and correct copy of Constitutional Am.-ndnienU No 1. 2 3. 4. 5. end 6 as propos-d by the special session of the legislature of 1930 as the same appear of record In my office. of-fice. In witness whereof. I have hereunto set my hand rnd affixed the Oreat S al of th S a'e of Utah, this 1st doy of September. Septem-ber. 1930. (SCAD Secretary of State, (j |