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Show Constitutional Amendments Constitutional Amendment No. 1 RESOLUTION RELATING TO KILLING ; VACANCIES IN LEGISLATURE A joint resolution proposing an omend-', omend-', ment to Section 13 of Article VI of the constitution of the Slate 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 members mem-bers elected to each house concurring therein : SECTION 1 Sections to he amended. That it is proposed to amend Section 18 of Article VI of the constitution of the Statel of Utah so that the same shall read u , follows : . SECTION 13. Vacancies to be filled. ' Vacancies that may occur in either house) , of the legislature shall be filled in sucbt manner as may be provided by law. SECTION 2 Secretary of State to pub-, ! lish. The secretary of State is 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 Id the manner provided by law. SECTION 3. In effect when. If hd-proved hd-proved by the electors of the State, this proposed amendment shall take effect on the 1st da of January. 1931. I Filed with the Secretary of State Feb ruary 21, 1930. Constitutional Amendment No. 2 RESOLUTION RELATING TO REVENUE; AND TAXATION A joint resolution- proposing an amend-, ment to Sections 2 and 3 of Article 13j 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 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 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 its value.' to be ascertained as provided hv law. TheH " property of the United States, of the State, counties, citieB, towns, school districts, municipal corporations and public libraries, libra-ries, lots 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, shall be exempt from tnxat:on. 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 as they shall be owned and used exclusively for such purposes. pur-poses. Power plants, power tra n s mission' lineB and other property, used for gen-' crating 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 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 provide for the exemption from taxation of homes, homesteads, and personal property, prop-erty, not to exceed two hundred fifty dol-1 dol-1 lars in value for homes and homesteads, and one hundred dollars for personal property. prop-erty. Property not to exceed $3,000 in i 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, 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 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. SECTION 3. Assessment and taxation of tangible property regulation rate-deductions rate-deductions exemptions personal in- come tax rate dispositions of revenues. The legislature shall provide by law a uni-' 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 tan-i tan-i gible property, provided that the 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 intangible property be taxed as 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 utiJcr any tax based on incomes, but when taxed by the State of Utah as property, tho income therefrom shall not also be taxed. The , legislature may provide for deductions, ex emptions, andor offsets on any tax based upon income. The personal income tax rates shall be graduated but J-e maximum maxi-mum rate shall not exceed six per cent of net income. No excise tax rate based upon income shall exceed four par cent of net income. The rate limitations herein ' contained for taxes based on income and for taxes on intancible property shall he effective until January 1, 1937, and thereafter there-after until chanced by law bv a vote of the majority of the members elected to each house of the legislature. All revenue rev-enue received f ruin taxes on income or from ta.tec on intarL'iMe property shall tx allocated ns follows: 7f per cent thereof tc the stale district school fund and 25 per cent thereof to the State general gen-eral f unr iim! t lie Slate levies for such purposes shall ue reduced annually in proportion to the revenues so allocated; provided that any surplus above .he revenue rev-enue required for the Stale district Behool fund as provided' in Section 1 of this Article Ar-ticle shall be paid into the State treneral fund. SECTION 2. Secretary ot State to publish. The secretary of State is directed to cause this proposed amendment to be puhlishod as required by the constitution and to be submitted to the electors of the State at the next genurjJ -"lection iu the manner provided by law. SECTION S. 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 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. ' 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 Stale 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 1929, proposing to amend Section S of Article 10 of the constitution of the State 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 all lands that have been or may be granted by the Uniu ed States to this State, for the support of the common schools; the proceeds of all property that may accrue to the State hy escheat or forfeiture: all unclaimed shares and dividends of any corporation incorporated under the laws of this State: i the proceeds of the sale of timber, mineral , or other property from school and State : lands, other than those granted for specific I 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 tn the admission ad-mission of this State into the Union, shall be and remain a perpetual fund, to be called the State school fund, the 'micros t ; of which only, shall be distributed among the several school districts according to ; the last preceding school census. I SECTION 2. Resolution proposed to 1 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 Uta 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 exceed on each dollar of valuation, two and four-tenths mills for general Stare purposes, two-tenths of one mill for high school purposes, which shall constitute the high Bchool fund; said, fund shall be apportioned ap-portioned in the manner the legislature shall provide, to the school districts maintaining main-taining high Bchools, 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 $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 55.00 for each person of school age as shown by the last preceding school census ; said equalisation equali-sation 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 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 3 and 8, passed at the regular session of the 18th legislature. SECTION 4. To take effect when. If approved by the electors of the Staie the proposed amendment shall take effect on the first day of January, 1931. Filed with the Secretary of 'State February Feb-ruary 25, 19C0. 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 property. Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Utah, two-thirds of all the mem-bers 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. Mineg and claims to be assessed as-sessed basis and multiple what to be assessed as tangible property. AH metalliferous me-talliferous mines or mining claims, both placer and rock in place, shall be assessed as the legislature shall provide ; provided, the basis and multiple now used in determining de-termining the value of metalliferous mines for taxation purposes ..nd the additional assessed value of $5.00 per acre thereof shall not be changed before January 1, 1985, nor thereafter until otherwise pro-' pro-' vided by law. All other mines or mining 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 upon or appurtenant to mines or mining claims, and the value of any surface use made of mining claims, or mining prop-i prop-i erty for other than mining purposes, shall laV-' be assessed as other tangible property. F SECTION 2. Secretary of State to publish. pub-lish. The secretary of State is directed tc cause this puposed 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 th'- manner provided by law. SECTION 3. In effect when. If improved im-proved by the electors of the State, this proposed amendment shall take effect on , the 1st day of January, 1931. 1 Filed with the Secretary of State February Feb-ruary 25, 1930. Constitutional Amendment No. 5 y A RESOLUTION CREATING A TATE V TAX COMMISSION T' J 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. i Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Utah, two-thirds of all mem- bers elected to each house concurring , therein: j SECTION 1 Sections proposed to amend. j That it is proposed to amend Section 11 of i Article XIII of the constitution of the I Slate of Utah so that the same will read j 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 j more than two of whom shall belong to j the same political party. The members i 1 of the commission shall be appointed by ! the governor, by and with the consent of j the senate, for BUch terms of office as may be provided by law. The State tax commis- , sion shall administer and supervise the j 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 I shall have such other powers of original assessment as the legislature may pro- vide. Under such regulations in such J cases and within such limitations as the legislator may prescribe, it shall estab- j lish systems of public accounting, review ! proposed bond issues, revise the tax -levies and budgets of local governmental units, and equalize the assessment and valuation j of property within the counties. The du- j ties imposed upon the State board of j equalization by the constitution and laws of this State shall be performed by the State tax commission. In each county of this State there shad 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 tne ! valuation and assessment of the real and I personal property within their respective j counties, subject to such regulation and ''' control by the State tax commission as I U 1 may be prescribed by law. The State tax 1 commission and the county boards of i , equalization shall each have such other ; powers as may be prescribed by the leg- ! islature. j SECTION 2. Secretary of State to pub- I lish. The secretary of State is directed to cause this proposed amendment to be published pub-lished as required by the constitution and j to be s ubm i t ted to the elec t o rs of th e ' State at the next general election in the 1 manner provided by law. ; SECTION 3. To take effect when. I If approved by the electors of the State, ' this proposed amendment shall take effoct I on the 1st day of January, 1931. Filed with the Secretary of State Feb- ; ruary 25, 1930. , Constitutional Amendment . w j No. 6 I is RELATING TO THE LOCATION OF v THE STATE PRISON AND STATE i INSTITUTIONS j A joint resolution proposing an amend- 3 ment to Section 3, of Article XIX of the 2 constitution of the State of Utah, re- lating to the location of the State Prisun. Be it resolved by the Legislature of the i State of Utah, two-thirds of the members ! elected to each house concurring there- I in: i SECTION 1. Section proposed to amend. ! That it is proposed to amend Section 3 c,f i , Article XIX of the constitution of the ; State of Utah so that the same will read as follows: j SECTION S Location of public institutions institu-tions and disposition of lands. The public 1 institutions of the State are hereby per- J 1 manently located at the places hereinaf- i ter named, each to have the lands speci- ! fically granted to it by the United States, : in the Act of Congress, approved July 16th, 189-1, to be disposed of and used in such manner as the legislature may provide: First: The seat of government and the Statft fair at Salt Lake City. ; , Second: The institutions for the deaf ano I dumb, and the blind, and the State reform school at Ogden City, in the county of Weber. i Third: The Utah State hospital at Pro- ' ' : vo Oity, in the county of Utah. ! ' SECTION 2. Secretary of State to pub- i lish. The secretary of State is directed to ! ! ' cause this proposed amendment to be pub- ! hshed as required by the constitution an l to be submitted to the electors of the , w V State at the next genera election in th : if manner provided by law I SECTION S. To Uk, .ffwt when. If approved by the electors of the Slaio. ; ; thu proposed amendment shall take effool i on the 1st day of January, 1931. 1 Filed with the Secretary of State Feb ' ruary 26, 1930. I. M. H. Welline, Secretary of State oi ! the State of Utah, do hereby certify thai the foregoine Is a full, true and correct 5PJ of Constitutional Amendments Nos. 1, 2. 8, 4, 5, and 6 as proposed by 1 he I special session of the leirislature of 19:10 i as the same appear of record in my office. of-fice. In witness whereof, I have hereunto ipt my hand and affiled the Great Seal oi if"5 .'J ' Utah thU l8t du' ot Scptcm- ber. 1930. '1 |