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Show Constitutional Amendments such purposes shall bo reduced annually in proportion to the revenues bo allocated: provided that any surplus above the 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 Slate to publish. The secretary of State is directed to cause tnis 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. SECTION 3. To take effect when. If approved by the electors of the State this proposed amendment shall take effect un the 1st day of January, 1931. Filed w4th the Secretary of State February Feb-ruary 25, 1930. : claims and other valuable mineral deposits, including lands containing coal or hydrocarbons hydro-carbons and all machinery used in mining and all property or surface improvements unon or anpurtennnt to mines 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 he assessed as other tangible property. SECTION 2. 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 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 approved ap-proved by the electors of the State, this proposed amendment shall take effect on the 1st day of JarAary, 1931. Filed with the Secretary of State February Feb-ruary 25, 1930. Constitutional Amendment No. 1 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. Be It resolved by the Legislature of the State of LUah, two-thirds of all members mem-bers elected to each houBe concurring therein : SECTION 1 Sections to be 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 is directed to cause this proposed amendment to he published &s 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 approved ap-proved 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 21, 1930. Constitutional Amendment . No. 5 A RESOLUTION CREATING A STATE TAX COMMISSION A Joint resolution proposing an amendment amend-ment to Section 11 nf Article 13 of the constitution of the State of Utah, relating re-lating to revenue and taxation. Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Utah, two-thirds of all members 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 the 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 boards duties. There shall be a State tax commission com-mission consisting of four members, not more than two of whom snail belong to the Bame political party. The members of the commission shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the consent of the senate, for such terms of office as may be provided by law. The State tax commission commis-sion shall administer and supervise the tax laws of the State. It shall assess mines and public utilities and adjust and equalize the valuation and assessment of property among the several counties. It Bhall have such other powers of original assessment as the legislature may provide. pro-vide. Under such regulations in such cases and within such limitations as the legislature may prescribe, it shall establish estab-lish systems of public accounting, review proposed bond issues, revise the tax levies and budgets of local governmental unite, and equalize the assessment and valuation of property within the counties. The duties du-ties imposed upon the State board of equalization by the constitution and laws of this State shall be performed by the State tax commission. In each county of this State there shall be a. county board of equalization consisting con-sisting of the board of county commissioners commission-ers of said county. The county boards of equalization shall adjust and equalize the valuation and assessment of the real and personal property within their respective counties, subject to such regulation and control by the State tax commission as may be prescribed by law. The State tax commission and the county boards of equalization shall each have such other powers as may be prescribed by the legislature. leg-islature. SECTION 2. Secretary of State to pnb-lish. pnb-lish. 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 of the State at the next general election in the manner provided by law. SECTION 3. To take effect when. If approved by the electors of the State,. thi3 proposed amendment shall taks effect on the 1st day of January, 1931. Filed with the Secretary of State Feb-ruary Feb-ruary 25, 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 amendments amend-ments to house Joint resolutions num. hers 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 irc-terest irc-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 Section 3 of Article 10 cf the constitution of the State of Utah so that the same will read as follows : SECTION 3. Froceeds of lands end 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 forfeiture ; all unclaimed shares 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 State 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 States subsequent to the admission ad-mission of this State into the Unbn, shall be and remain a perpetual fund, to be called the State school fund, the interest of which only, shall be distributed among the several school districts according to the last 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 taxation on tangible property shall not axceed on each dollar of valuation, two and four-tenths mills for general State purposes, two-tenths of one mill for high school purposes, which shall constitute the high Echool 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 6uch levy for district school purposes which together with the interest on the permanent 6chool fund and such other funds as may be available for district school purposes, will raise annually an amount which equala $26.00 for each person of school age in the state as shown by the last preceding Echool 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 shown by the last preceding school census ; said equalization equali-zation fun,d 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 increase the same specifying the rate or rates proposed and the time during which the same shall be levied, be 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, and the majority of those voting thereon shall vote in favor thereof, in such 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 constitution and to be submitted to the electors of the State at the next general election in the manner provided by' law, as one proposition in lieu of H. J. R. numbers 8 and 8, passed at the regular session of the 18th legislature. SECTION 4. To take effect when. If approved by the electors of the State the proposed amendment shall take effect on the first day of January, 1431. Filed with the Secretary of State February Feb-ruary 25, 1930. Constitutional Amendment No. 2 RESOLUTION' RELATING TO REVENUE AND TAXATION A Joint resolution proposing an fcamend-ment fcamend-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 House concurring concur-ring therein : SECTION 1. Sections' proposed to amend. That it is proposed to amend Sections 2 and 8 of Article XIII of the constitution of the State of Utah so that the same will read as f oIIowb : SECTION 2. Tangible property to be 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, j 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, lota with the buildings thereon used exclusively for either religious worship or charitable purposes, and places of burial not held or used for private or corporate benefit, Bhall be exempt from taxation. Water rights, ditches, canals, reservoirs, power plants, pumping plants, transmission transmis-sion lines, 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 separately taxed as long aa they Bhall 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, may be exempted from taxation to the extent' that such property is used for such purposes. . .These exemptions Bhajl 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 legislotuye mav 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 end homesteads, and one hundred dollars for personal property. prop-erty. Property not to exceed 53,000 in value, owned by disabled persons who served in any war in the military eervice 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, with other sources 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 legisla-. 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 Bitch debt, within twenty years from the final passage cf the law creating the debt. SECTION 3. Assessment and taxation of tangible property regulation rate-deductions rate-deductions exemptions personal income in-come tax ratcB 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 its value in money, and shall prescribe by law such regulations as shall secure a just valuation for taxation of such property, so that every person and corporation Bhall pay a tax in proportion propor-tion to the value of his, her, or its tangible tan-gible property, provided that the legislature legisla-ture may determine the manner and extent of taxing transient live stork and live etock 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 Buch manner man-ner and to such extent as the legisloture may provide. Provided that if intangible property be taxed as property the rate thereof shall not exceed five mills on each doller of valuation. When exempted from taxation as property, the taxable income therefrom shall be taxed under any tax bnped on incomes, but when taxed by the State of XHoh as property, tho Income therefrom shall not also hi taxed. The legislature may provide for deductions, exemptions, ex-emptions, andor offsets' on any tax based upon income. The personal income tux rates shall be graduated but the maximum maxi-mum rate shall not exceed six per cent of net income. No exrise tax rate based upon income shall exceed four .per rent of net income. The rate limitations herein contained for taxes, based on income and for taxes on intangible property shall be effective until January 1. 1937, and thereafter there-after until changed by law by a vre of the majority -of the members ee,-ted to erich house of the legislature. All revenue rev-enue received from tsxes on Income or from taxes on intangible property shall be allocated as follows: 7.5 per cnt thereof to the state district school fund and 25 per cent thereof to the State general gen-eral fund and the State levips for - i Constitutional Amendment , No. 6 RELATING TO THE LOCATION OF THE STATE PRISON AND STATE INSTITUTIONS A Joint resolution proposing an amendment amend-ment to Section 3, of Article XIX of the constitution of the State of Utah, re. lating to the location of the State Prison. Be it resolved by tho Legislature of the State of Utah, two-thirds of the members elected to each house concurring therein there-in : SECTION I. Section proposed to amend, lnat it is proposed to amend Section 8 of Article XIX of the constitution of the State of Utah so that the same will read as follows : SECTION S Location of public Institn-tions Institn-tions and disposition of lands. The public) institutions of the State are hereby permanently per-manently locat?d at the places hereinaf-ter hereinaf-ter named, each to have the lands specifically speci-fically granted to it by the United States, iooV ct Cone"-ess. approved July 16th. lKJi, to be disposed of and used in such m?Sn the legislature may provide: .', c. J'fV.The Beut of government and the State fair at Salt Lake Citv. di,n0nd!Jte i"stituli for the deaf and rTr, i B"d "Vlmd, and the State reform Weber Clty tha county c Third: The Utah State hospital at Prc-vo Prc-vo City, in the county of Utah, v ?ECI?0N 2- 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 constitution and to he submitted to the electors of tho Mate at the next general election in the manner provided by law SECTION 3. To take' effect when. If approved by the electors of the State, this proposed amendment Bhall take effect on the 1st day of January, 1931 ruaryi5rioVhi Secretary ot "Stet "eb- I. M. II. Welling, Secretary of State of the Stale ot Utah, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of Constitutional Amendments Nos. 1. 2, 3, 4, B, and 6 as proposed by the special session of the legislature of 1930 ,lla ""no appear of record in my of-f of-f ire. In wilnesB whereof, I have hereunto set my hand nnd affixed tho Great Seal of v. ot Utnh' thia l3t day ol Septem- (SEAL) Secretary of Slnta. ( Constitutional Amendment No. 4 RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE TAXATION OF MINES AND MINING 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 properly. 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. Sections proposed 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 lo be assessed as-sessed basis and multiple whst to be assessed as tangible property. All metalliferous me-talliferous mines or mining claims, both placer and rock in place, Bhall be assessed as the legislature sbs'l provide: provided, the basis and multiple now used in determining de-termining the value of metalliferous mines for taxation purposes and the additional assessed value of $5.00 per acre thereof shell not be changed before Jonunry 1, 19S5, nor thereafter until otherwise provided pro-vided by law. All other mines or mining |
