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Show Constitutional Amendments Constitutional Amendment No.l BE80I.UTION RELATING TO FILLING VACANCIES IN . LEGISLATURE A joint resolution proposing on amend-ten amend-ten I to Section IS of Article VI of the constitution of th Bute of Utah, touting to-uting to vacancle In tha legislature. Bo It resolved by tha Legislature of the Bute of Utah, two-thirds of all mem-aera mem-aera elected to each houaa concurring therein : SECTION 1 Sections to be aaiended. That It la proposed to amend Section 18 of Article VI of tha constitution of tha State of Utah so that the same shall read sa follows : SECTION 18. Vacancies to he fllM. Vacanrica that mar occur In either house of the legislature shall be filled In such manner as may be provided by law. SECTION 1 Secretary of State to publish pub-lish The secretary of State is directed to cause this proposed amendment to puhlUhed aa required by the constitution and to lie submitted to the electors of Ihe State at the next general election In the manner provided by Inw. SECTION S. In effect when. If p-proved p-proved by tha electors of the State, this propoaed amendment shail take effect on the 1st da) of January. 1931. Filed with the flrvrrtary of State February Feb-ruary 2t. 11130 Constitutional Amendment No. 2 RESOLUTION HKLAT1N0 TO REVENUE AND TAXATION A joint resolution prnpos'rg an amendment amend-ment to Sections S and of Article IS of the constitution of the S'ate of Utah, relating to revenue and taration. Be it resolved by the legislature of ths State of Utah. two thirds of all I merahera alerted to each House concur. . ring therein t SECTION . Sections proposed la aaaend. That it is proponed to amend Sections 2 and 8 nf Article XIII of the constitution of the State of Utah so thai the aame will read aa follows: SECTION J. Tangible property l.i ha taxed how value ascertained properties exemnt legislature to provide annuitl tax for Slate. All tangible proparty in the State, not exempt under the laws of the United States, or under this constitution, shali be taxed in proportion to ita value, to be ascertained aa provided by law. The property of the United Sta'.ea. of the State, eountiee, cities, towns, school districts, municipal eorporationa and public libraries. libra-ries. Iota with the buildings thereon osed exclusively for either religious w.ir&hip or charitable purposes, and places of burial not held or used for private or corporate benefit, shall be exempt from taxat'on. Water rights, ditchea, canala, reservoirs, power plants, pumping plant", transmission transmis-sion lines, pipes and flumes owned and usod by Individuals or corporations for irrigating ir-rigating lands within tha state owned by such indivlduala or aorporatlons, or the Individual members thereof, shall not be separately taxed aa long aa they ehall he 9wned and used exclusively for such purposes. pur-poses. Power planta, power tnuifrmasion ilnea and other property, used for generating gen-erating and delivering eiectrical power, a portion of which la used for furnishing power for pumping water for Irrigation purpose on lands in the State of Utah, may be exempted from taxation to the extent that such property la used for such purposes. Theso exemptions shall aecri'S to the benefit of the users of water so pumped under such regulations aa tha leg-ialature leg-ialature may prescribe. The taxes of the Indigent poor may be remitted or abated at auch times and Id auch manner as may be provided by law. The legislature may provide for tha 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 one hundred dollars for personal prop-arty. prop-arty. Property not to exceed 88,000 in value, owned by disabled persons who served In any war In tha military service of the United State or of the State t ( Utah and by the unmarried widows and minor orphans of auch persona may be exempted aa tha legislature may provide The legislator shall provide by law for n annual tax aufficient, with other source sour-ce of revenue, to defray th estimated ordinary or-dinary expenses of the State for each fiscal fis-cal year. Kor th purpose of paying the Stat 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 th principal of audi debt, within twenty years from the final passag of tha law creating tha debt. SECTION I. Assessment and taxation of tangible property regulation rat- deductions exemptions personal Income In-come tax rates dispositions of revenues. Th legislature shall provtd by law n uniform uni-form and equal rate of assessment and taxation on all tangible property In the State, according to ita valu in money, and ahall prescribe by law auch regulationa as shall eecur n just valuation for taxation of auch property, so that every person and corporation shall pay a tax in proportion propor-tion to th valu of hi, her, or Ita tan-gibl tan-gibl property, provided that tha. legislator legisla-tor may determine the manner anil extent of taxing transient live stock and liv stock being fed for daughter to b used for human consumption. Intangible prop-arty prop-arty may be exempted from taxation as property or it may be taxed In such manner man-ner and to auch extent aa th legislature may provide. Provided that If intangible property be taxed aa property th rale thereof shall not exceed five mill on earh dollar of valuation. When exempted from taxation aa property, th taxabl Income therefrom shall be taxed under any tax based on Incomes, but when taxed b to But of Utah aa property, th income therefrom shall not also be taxed. The legislature may provide for deductions, exemptions, ex-emptions, andor offsets n any tax based opon income. Th personal Income tul rate shall be graduated but th mail-mum mail-mum rat shall not exceed six per sent of net Income. No excise tax rat based upon income shall exceed four per cent of net income. Th rat limitation herein contained for taxes bad on Income and for taxes on Intangible property ehall he effective until January 1. 1087, and thereafter there-after until changed by law by a vote of th majority of th awmbers elected to each nous of th legislature. All revenue rev-enue received from tax on tneom or froaa taxes on InUnglM property ahall be allocated a followai 75 per cent thereof to th state district school fund and 25 Per cent thereof to th Stat general gen-eral func" and th But hrvle for j. I. - web purpose ehall jt reduced annually in proportion to th revenues so allocated ; provided that any aurplua abov th revenue rev-enue required for the State district school fund aa provided In Section 1 of this Article Ar-ticle shall be paid into th Stat general fund. SECTION 8. Secretary at State to publish. The secretary of But Is directed to cause this proposed amendment to be published aa required by the constitutiou and to D submitted to tb electors of the Stat at Uie next general 'lecUon In the manner provided by law. SECTION 8. T take effect-when. If approved by th (lector of th But this proposed amendment ahall take effect on Uie 1st day of January. I'll. Plied with Uie Secretary of Bute February Feb-ruary 25, 1880 Constitutional Amendment No. 8 RELATING TO BTATB SCHOOL FUND AND MANNER OF DISTRIBUTING INTEREST IN-TEREST OF SUCH FUND. A Joint reaolution providing for amendments amend-ments to house joint resolulione numbers num-bers three and eight passed by the leg- tslature in 1921. proposing to amend Section 3, Article X, and Section 7, Article Ar-ticle XIII i th constitution of th State of Utah relating to the State school fund and th manner of distributing the Interest In-terest of auch fund and ether revenaea of th several school district of the BUto. Be It resolved by the Legislator f th Stato of Utah, two-thirds of all th members mem-bers elected to each Hons concurring therein : SECTION "l. Reaolution proposed to amend. That it is proposed to amend hous Joint resolution number 8 passed by the legislature in 1029, proposing to amend Section 8 of Article 10 of th constitution of th Stat of UUh so that th same will read as follows: SECTION 8. Proceeds f lands and ether property per cent of proceeds perpetual per-petual fund. The proceed of all land Uiat have been or may be granted by tha United Unit-ed SUtea to this SUM, for th support of the common achoola; th proceed of all property that may accrue to th Stat by escheat or forfeiture! all unclaimed shares and dividenda of any corporation incorporated under th laws of this State: the proceeds of th sale of timber, mineral or other property from school and But lands, other than those granted for specific purposes ; and five per centum of th net proceed of the sale of public lands lying within the Stat, which ahall be sold by th United SUtea subsequent to th admission ad-mission of this StaU into tha Onbn, ahall be and remain a perpetual fund, to h called th 8tat school fund, tb interest of which only, ahall be distributed among the several school districts according to the last preceding school census. SECTION 1. Reaolution proposed to amend. That It 1 proposed to amnd hous joint resolution number f passed by the legislature in 1929, proposing to amend Section 7, of Article XIII of tb constitution constitu-tion of th State of UUh so that the same will read as follows t SECTION 7. Rate of taxation not to xeeed purpose' distribution. Tha rata of taxation on Unglbl property (hall not xceed on each dollar of valuation, two and four-tenths mills for general Sute purposes, two-tenths of on mill for high school purposes, which ahall constitute th high school fund: said fund ahall b apportioned ap-portioned In the manner the legislature shall -provide, to the school district maln-Uinlng maln-Uinlng high schools, and such levy for district school purpose which together with th Interest on the permanent school fund and such other fund -as may pa available for district school purposes, will rais annually an amount which equals $25.00 for each person of school age in the sUU aa shown by the last preceding school census: the same to be distributed among the school district according to th last preceding school census: and in addition an equalization fund which when added to other revenues provided for this purpose pur-pose by th legislature ahall b 15.00 for each person of school ag a shown by Uie last preceding school census; said quail. cation fund shall be apportioned to th school districts in such manner as th legislature leg-islature shall provide. Bald retea ahall not be increased unless a proposition to inereas th same apvelfyfng th rat or rates proposed and the time during which the same ehall be levied, be first submitted submit-ted to a vote of auch of th qualified doctors doc-tors of the SUU, aa in the year next preceding pre-ceding such election, shall have paid property Ux assessed to them within th State, and th majority of thoa voting thereon shall vote in favor thereof, in auch manner as may be provided by law. SECTION 2. Secretary ef Bute to publish. pub-lish. Th secretary of SUU is directed to cause this proposed amendment to b published pub-lished as required by th constitution and to be submitted to tha electors of tb 8UU at the next general election m th manner provided hy law, as one proposition in lieu of H. J. R. numbers 8 and 8, passed at the regular session of th 18th legislature. SECTION 4. To take effect when. If approved by the electors of th 8UU the proposed amendment ahall take effect on the first day of January, 1981. Filed with th Secretory of SUU February Feb-ruary 25, 1980. Constitutional Amendment No. 4 RESOLUTION RELATING TO ' THB TAXATION OF MINES AND MINING PROPERTY A joint resolution providing for an aaand-aaent aaand-aaent to Section 4, Article II. ef th constitution of th But of L'Uk relating relat-ing to the taxation of mine and mining property. Be it reeolved by the Legislature af the Btoto of UUh, two-thirds ef all th member mem-ber elected to each nans concurring therein : SECTION L Sections proposed to emend. That it fat proposed to amend Section Sec-tion 4, Article XIII, of th constitution of the SUU of UUh so that th same will read aa followa: SECTION 4. Mlnea and elalsas to a accessed ac-cessed basis and multiple 'what to a assessed aa tangible property. All me-tolliferona me-tolliferona mine or mining claims, both placer and rock in place, ehall h aaeeased a Um legialatur shall provide: provided, the basis and multiple now used In -determining th valu of meUlllferous mine for taxation purpose ,.nd th additional aeseeaed value of 85.00 per ner thereof ehall not h changed before January 1, 19.16. nor thereafter until otharwla provided pro-vided by law. AD ether mlnea or mining ; claim and other valuable mineral dapoaiU. Including landa oonuinlng aoal or hydrocarbons hydro-carbons and all machinery used in mining and all property or surface improvemenU upon or appurtenant to mines or mining elaima, and the valu of any surface us made of mining elaima, or mining property prop-erty for other than mining purpose, shall be asseRsed as other tangible property. SECTION I. Secretary of State to publish. pub-lish. Tha secretory of SUU Is directed to eaua thla p. paaed amendment to b published pub-lished a required by th constitution and to ba submitted to th (lectors of th But at th( nxt general vlectlon In Ui- manner provided by law. SECTION 8. In effect when. If approved ap-proved by the elector of th But, thi proposed amendment shall take affect on th let day of January, 1031. Filed with Uie Secretory of But February Feb-ruary 25, 1980. ' Constitutional Amendment No. 5 A RESOLUTION CREATING A STATE TAX COMMISSION A Joint resolution proposing an amendment amend-ment to Section II ef Article 18 ef the constitution af th But af Utah, relating re-lating t raveno and taxation. Be It resolved by th Legialatur f the - BUto of UUh. t we-thirds ef all geeas-bers geeas-bers elected to each (ease concurring therein! SECTION 1 Section propoaed to amend. That It is proposed to amend Section 11 of Article XIII of th constitution of th But of Utah so that th earn will read as follows: SECTION It. Creation of But Ux core-mlsaien core-mlsaien membership governor to appoint ap-point terms duties -county boaics duties. Thar shall ba a State tax commission com-mission constating of four members, not more than two of whom ahall belong to th same political party. The members of th commission shall b appointed by th governor, by and with the consent of Uie senate, for such terms of office as may be provided by law. Th State tax commission commis-sion shall adminlater and supervise Um tax laws of the Bute. It shall assess mines and public utilities and adjust and equalise the valuation and assessment of property among tha aeveral counties. It shall bav such other powrs of original aaaeesnunt aa th ksglslatur may provide. pro-vide. Under such regulationa in auch ease and within such limitation as the legialatur may prescribe, it shall aatab-lish aatab-lish systems of publla accounting, review propoaed bond issue, revise the Ux levies and budget of local governmental units, and equalise the assessment and raluatlon of proparty within th counties. The duties du-ties imposed upon tha Stat board of equalization by the constitution and laws of thla Stato shall b performed by th Stat iax commission. In each county of this But thr shall b ft county board of equalisation consisting con-sisting of th board of county commissioner commission-er of aald county. Th county board of equalisation ehall adjust and equaliz the valuation and asaesament of th real arid parson property wiUiln their respective counties, subject to auch regulation and control by th State tax commission a may be prescribed by law. The SUU tax commission and th county boards of equalisation ahall each bav such other power as may be prescribed by tb legislature. leg-islature. SECTION I. Secretary of SUM to pub llsh. Tha secretary of But is directed to cause this proposed amendment to be pub llahed as required by the constitution and to b submitted to th electors of the BUto at th next general election In the manner provided by law. SECTION 8. To tak affect - when If approved by th elector of th State, this propoaed amendment ahall Uk effect on th 1st day of January, 1931. Filed with ths SccrcUry of Stat February Feb-ruary 28, 1930. Constitutional Amendment No. 6 RELATING TO THE LOCATION OF THB BTATB PRISON AND BTATB INSTITUTIONS A joint reaolution proposing an amendment amend-ment to Section 8. of Article XIX of the constitution of th State of Utah, relating re-lating to th location of the Btato Prison. B it resolved by the Legislature ef th Btato of Utah, two-third cf th easatksrs elected to each bouse concurring therein there-in t SECTION L Section proposed to amend. That it la proposed to amend Section 8 tl Artie! XIX of tb constitution of the SUU of Utah so that th aame will rd as follows: SECTION t Location of public Instlt. tlotie and disposition of lands. Th public institutions of th StaU an hereby permanently per-manently located at th places hereinafter hereinaf-ter named, each to have th land specifically speci-fically granted to it by th United Btotos, In th Act of Congrosa, approved July 15th, 1894, to be disposed of and need n suck to"!0"" as th legislature may provide t First : Th seat of government and the State fair at Salt Lak City. Second: Th institutions for th deaf and dumb, and th blind, and tb Btato reform achool at Ogden City, In the Monty of Weber. Third : Th Utah Stat hospital at Pro vo City. In th county of Utah. SECTION 2. Secretary af Btato to publish. pub-lish. Tha secretary of Btato I diracwd to cause this propoaed amendment to be published pub-lished as required by th constitution and to. b submitted to th (lector of the Btato at Uw next general (lection in the manner provided by law. SECTION 8. T tak effect when. If approved by tb electors of th Stat, thai proposed amendment shall tak effect on th let day of January. 1981. Filed with th Secretary of Btato February Feb-ruary !5. 1980. I, M. H. Walling, Secretary of Stato oi th Btato of Utah, do hereby certify that th foregoing la a full true and comet copy of Constitutional Amendment No. 1, 2t 8, 4, 5, and I a proposed by the special aeasloa of tb legialatur of 1080 aa th earn appear of record in my office. of-fice. In witness whereof. I have hereunto art my hand and affixed th Great Seal of th Stat of Utah, thia 1st day of September. Septem-ber. 1930. . . (SKAL BiwiwtvT of But. Cf |