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Show H. J. R. No. 7 By Mssrs. Hopkins, Gunther, Wangsgaard, Welch and Sheffield A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING PRO-POSING TO AMEND ARTICLE AR-TICLE XIII, SECTION 2 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF UTAH, RELATING RE-LATING T O TANGIBLE PROPERTIES EXEMPT FROM TAXATION. Be it resolved by the Legislature Legisla-ture of the State of Utah, two-thirds of all members elected to each of the two . houses voting in favor thereof: Section 1. It is proposed to amend Article1 XIII, Section 2 of the Constitution of the State of Utah, to read as follows: Section 2. All tangible property prop-erty in the state, not exempt v-vmr the laws of the United S-.mtsii, or under this constitu-t.v:n, constitu-t.v:n, shall be taxed in propor-tr,;i propor-tr,;i to its value, to be ascer-tMrwd ascer-tMrwd as provided by law. The property of the state, counties, cities, towns, school districts, municipal corporation and piio'llc libraries, lots with the b ;:n"s thereon used exclusively exclu-sively for either religious worship wor-ship or charitable " purposes, a -1 m laces of burial not held 0 us iid for private or corporate corpor-ate benefit, shall be exempt from taxation. Water rights, ditches, canals, reservoirs! power plants, pumping plants.' . transmission lines, pines and fhiinwi owned and used by in-d in-d nltlrmijs or cornorations for n 'visi ng land within the state OHsW'ii by such individuals or cirvocrations, or the individual i thereof, shall not be sl.uuir.iKely taxed as long as tbw njiall be owned and used G3tr;uoively for such purposes. Pi 'trwr plants, power transmission transmis-sion lines and other property vi!:mi tor generating and delivering de-livering 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 taxa-tion to the extent that such propery is used for such purposes. pur-poses. These exemptions shall accrue to the benefit of the users of water so pumped under such regulations as the legislature 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, and personal per-sonal property, not to exceed $2,000 in value for homes and homesteads, andall household furnishings, furniture, and pquioment used exclusively by the owner thereof at his place of abode in maintaining a home for himself and family. 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 be exempted as the legislature may provide. The legislature shall provide by law for an annual tax sufficient, suf-ficient, with other sources of revenue, to defray the estimated esti-mated ordinary exrjenses of the state for each fiscal year. For the purnose of paying' the state debt, if anv there be, the - legislature rhall provide for levying a tax annually, sufficient suffi-cient to pay the annual interest inter-est and to pay the principal of such debt, within twenty 'ears from the final passage of the law creating the debt. Section 2. The secretary of state is directed to submit this proposed amendment to the electors of the State of Utah at the next general election in the manner provided by law. Section 3. If adopted by the electors of this state, this V. state, this amendment shall - take effect the first day of January, 1959 |