OCR Text |
Show m. Constitutional Amendments Constitutional Amendment AH No. 1 - USOl.llTiON RELATi.Nt; TO KtM.INU VACANCIES IN LEGISLATURE A i"1"' "solution proposinj un imtni mfnt to Section 13 of Arlicle VI ol Ihi-constitution Ihi-constitution of the Slate of Utah . UtinK to vacancies in the legislature Bt it resolved bj the Lcirislature of Hie State of Utah, two-thirds of all mrm-IIJ mrm-IIJ ber elected to each houae cnrurri-;c therein : SECTION 1 Sections to he amended, linj Rial it is proposed to amend Section IS of Article VI of the constitution of the State In- ol Utah " that the same shall read is llOs fellows : SECTION 13. Vacancies to be filled. Vicfiticics that may occur in either house it the legislature shall be filled in uch canner ns may bL provided by law. SECTION 2 Secretary of State to puh-3y puh-3y lull The secretary of State is directed to tause this proposed amendment to ':e "e published as required by the constitution and and to be submitted to the electors of lu' State at the next genera) election in th" Dancer provided by law. SECTION 3. In effect when. If ,p-rAH ,p-rAH proved by the electors of the State, this proposed amendment shall take effect on the 1st dav of January. 10:11. Filed with the Secretary of S'ate Feh-nary Feh-nary 21, 1M0. Constitutional Amendment No. 2 8E50LUTION RELATING TO REVENUE AND TAXATION 1 joint resolution proposing an amend- i Bent to Sections 2 and 3 of Article IS ( the constitution of the State of Utah. Ujjj relating to revenue and taration. r3 h it resolved by the Legislature of the & Slatt of Utah. two - thirds of all limbers elected to each tlnuse concurring concur-ring therein : ertCfc SECTION 1. Sections proposed to mend. That it is proposed to amend lmy Sections 2 and 8 of Article XIII of the iner- institution of the State of Utah so th:;t that s3me w'" reau- follows : qu- SECTION 2. Tangible property t.i he ttied how value ascertained properties .gless tiemst lecislature to provide annual tax i ;d ill f" State. All tangible property in the . Stale, not exempt under the l.tv.-s of the ! United States, or under this constitution, mpt- ihall be taxed in proportion to ita vatt.t 3g f) lobe ascertained as provided hv law. Tne property of the United States, of the State. counties, cities, towns, school districts, nunicipal corporations and public libru- nes, lots with the buildings thereon usc-u nclash'ely for either religious w.Trsh'o cr charitable purposes, and places of btiritil Mt held or used for private or orpo'iitc benefit, shall be exempt from ttxat;on. Water ritrhts, ditches, canals, reservoirs, rirto- ewar planu, pumping plant, transmis-o transmis-o lion lines, pipes and flumes owned and AIR- Bftl by individuals or corporations for ir-TViCe ir-TViCe "sating lands within the state owned by rjeh individuals or corporations, or the VieW, mdiviuud members thereof, shall not be Ksarately tared as long as they sruil be tnri and used exclusively frr sitch rur-toies. rur-toies. Power plants, power tra. su-.ssion ir.es and oth?r property, used for gen-irsting gen-irsting and delivering electrical power, a fcrtton of which is used for furnishing and Ber 'or Pumping water for irrigation "u itrposta on lands in the State of Utah, JDlinS oir be exempted f-nm taxation to the y the fTfe-11 lnat such property is used for such well ""TO3- These exemptions shall accri-e ' " lh' benefit of the users of water so )t Uie mned undei such regula' ions as the ieg-iteiTl. ieg-iteiTl. ;.tl;:e ma7 prescribe. The taxes of the Mircnt poor may be remitted or abated . a il luch times and in such manner as may i3l PrOTiJed by law. The logirlature m::y LUl :IR"-e rr tn exemption frcm taxation namtj, homesteads, and rerscuial prop-'"T. prop-'"T. not to exceed two hundred fifty dr.!-J dr.!-J in value for homes and homeateaJs. 130 Onn h.rn.l..nJ J1T e i ... ......u.c, uu:lura or personal prop- y. Property not to exceed 3.000 in ' nrd I0"""1 by disablii Persons who r M In any war in the military service ti.i. j "d StatM or of th' State of ,5. I"" b' the unmarried widows and til nmi111'1"" of 5Uch Persona may be K "Pted as the legislature may provide. ' leetslature shall provide bv law for kfl aiinnnl tax sufficient, with other sour. I "venue, to defray the estimated oral or-al ,7 ,,M",e of the State for each fis-St.il fis-St.il j v ?r th Purpose of paying the 1. t . ! '' 01,7 there l'"- lh letaiFln- .ill. "',rov'(le for levying a tax an-t an-t .'. 'clcnt 10 I"? lh atnnual inter-.iiki", inter-.iiki", "y 1,15 Principal of such debt. f P al Z V""" yMr' from th' Passage IX 'hI,.- ""ting the debt. il , V Assessment and taxation M. Pr"Porly regnlation rate- - Mta, , t Imptions personal in- I Ih t. "x. rfil" dispositions of revenues. Wm i,ur' thal1 "rovWe y law uni" S.,11 eiual of assessment and gjggjj m on all tansible property in the ,., 1 ' '"ordmg to its vakte in money, and T?.7' 1 ,n DrMib by law such regulations a, I inrh''' valuation for taxation 1 ni "'fPfrty. so that every person I "a h ?TUon tM1 a in Propor- ,,lu' f "is. her. or it. tan-'I'arn.v tan-'I'arn.v j t?rovled that the legisla- Uxin. lh manner and extent rk bVi! XT'Tmt live tock an0 'ivc '' bum.. d tor 'laughter to be used lit, m " "nsumption. Intangible prop-,!rt prop-,!rt n eIemr,tcd from taxation as '" and V, Ta' bj ,:""-d 1" ,u-n '"an-ProTid.'" '"an-ProTid.'" lni a tne legislature 1 '-'tMrt. L Prvided that if intangible S v,rfi ed " Property the rate ol l eicepd five 0" each Station ,. "on- When exemi t..d from "'"'forn k"nTli'- lhe taxable income rVlpil.' on , b t-d 'Jcr any tax tHe" 1SUl(,nmf- but when taxed b, Tinll- '""m ,v.,, " Property, the income P0i tur, not also oe taxed. The ""Minn,, :" provide for ded urtions ex- y iot'om. , 'V'11" on any tax based shall L Personal income tux hUS- 'at, lnT, graduated but il.. moxi-? moxi-? m"0' excoed ' Per cent of CUS" ? '""mi .a.?, excUe rate based J1 i'come 'tJ1 '"" r" eent ot '"ined (' , 0 '"'e limitations herein ! U, in lm1M ase', on '"come and 4a KU" until I B'ble Property shall he es is, S ur,tii inu,a7 1M7- "d koiu, ' , ' lne, members elected to r"ivd f" 'ialaure. All re-S re-S on intm S" on Income or V 01 ol 1 "8lbl" Property shall be 5 i trie?' ?'l Cent thertof to 5l T' Clio, "ih0l fund "d 25 ahrf .I. tho Stat, gen-ui gen-ui t. Stat. I.,le. for . such purposes shall oc reduceo innjally in proportion to the revenues io altoruLed: I provided that any surplua above :he rev-j rev-j enue required for the Stale dislrn-: school i fund as provided in Section 7 of this Ar-i Ar-i tide shall be paid into the State vreneral fund. j SECTION 2. Secretary ol State to publish. lhe secretary of State is directed to cause tnis Proposed amendment to be publish-.! I as required by the constitution -ind to be submitted to the electors of ti:- SluU at ! the next tf.invr.il -lection in the manner ' provided by law. I SECTION 3. To take effect-when If approved by the electors of the State tiva proposed amendment shall take effec! ..n 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 SUCd FUND. A joint resolution providing for amendments amend-ments to house joint resolutions numbers num-bers three and eisrht passed by the legislature leg-islature in 1929. proposing to amend Section 3, Article X, and Section 7. Article- XIII of the constitution of the State ol Ltah relating to the State Bchool fund and the manner of distributing the in-tercst in-tercst 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 hou?e joint resolution number 3 passed by th legislature in 1929. proposing to amend Section 3 of Article 10 of the constitution of the Slate of Utah so that the same will read as follows : SECTION 3. Proceeds of lands and other property por cent of proceeds perpetual per-petual fond. The proceeds of all lands that have been or may be granted by the United Unit-ed States to this State, for the supnort of the common schools; the proceeds of all property that may accrue lo the Etiite by escheat or forfeiture-; all nnclairo.-d 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 ba sold by the United States rtV-,, ,..nt ti, a mission of this State into the Union, shall be and remain a p-rpetual tund. to te 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 constitu- ; tion of the State of Utah so that the same will read as follows: SECTION 7. Rate of taxation not to exceed purposs distribution. The rate of taxation on tangible property shall not exceed on each dollar of valuation, two and four-tenths mills for general State purposes, two-tenths of one mill for biorh 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 schools, and such levy for district school purposes wJiicb together with the interest on the permanent sdio:J fund and such other funds as nriy ue available for district school purposes, will raise annually n amount which equals J25.00 for each person of school a:.?e in the state as shown by the last preceding vhool census; the same to be distributed among the school districts according to the last preceding school census ; and m addition aa equalization fund which when added to other revenues provided for this purpose pur-pose by the legislature shall be S5.00 for-each for-each person of school age as shown by the last preceding school census ; said equalization equali-zation fund shall be apportioned to the school districts ii) 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 property tax assessed to them within the State, and the majority of those voting thereon shall vote i favor thereof, in suvb manner as may be provided by law. SECTION S. Secretary of Stale 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 Stale 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 jt 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, 1931. Filed with the Secretary of State February Feb-ruary 25, 1930. Constitutional Amendment No. 4 RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE TAXATION OF MINES AND MIMNt- PROPERTY A Joint resolution providing for an amend-ient amend-ient to Section 4. Article 13 of he constitution of the State of Ulah Ing to the taxation of mines and mining BeT resolved by th. .fL State of Utah, two-thirds of all the m m-Sen m-Sen Tested to each house concurr.ng therein: . t SECTION 1. Sections proposed to amend. That it is proposed to amend Section Sec-tion 4. Article XIII. of the fn"tl'"t",nwiff the State of Utah so that the same win read as follows : . . SECTION 4. Mine. b. - MU..MI basis and muiupie W ..ed as Ungibl. proper y All ,.-taJliferou. ,.-taJliferou. mine, or mini f 1 "scd placer md rock in place sh 11 b. aa the leg a atur. shall proviui. i S;.thb.sl.8and multiple now us i . termining the value of "'""adition.il for taaatior. Purposes "d theref claims and other valuable mineral deposit-including deposit-including lands containiiii; coal or hydro' carbons and all machinery used in minim and all property or surfa-.-e improvemen-upon improvemen-upon or appurtenant to mines or minim-claims, minim-claims, and the value ol any surlnce unmade un-made of mining claims, or mining prop erty for other than minii.g pin posis sh il Vmnv",' c"'r Um ible Pl'erty. SECTION L Secretary of state to put. Iish. The secretary of State is directed t. cause this p.JPosed amendment to be pill, ished as required by the constitution an. to be aubmitted to the electors of the Stat at the next general election in th- mam. provided by law SECTION 3. In effect hen. U . proved by the electors of the State th; proposed amendment shall talte effect o-the o-the 1st day of January, 11131 Filed with the Secretary of State Feb ruary 25, 1930. Constitutional Amendment No. 5 A RESOLUTION TREATING A STATF . TAX COMMISSION A joint resolution proposing an amend ment to Section II of Article 13 of lh constitution of the Slate of Utah. ... latmg to icvenue and taxation, c. . r"0,v'd hJ the Legislature of th. State of Utah, two-thirds of all mem bera elected to each house enncurrii. therein: SECTION I Sections proposed to amend i f- , 1!rIpIrT0Iosed '0 amend Section 11 ., Article XIII of the constitution of th. State of Utah so that the same will ren. as follows : SECTION II. Creation of State tai com mission membership governor to ap point terms duties county boaitl duties. There shall be a State tax com mission consisting of four members, -ki more than two of whom shall belong t the same political party. The member of the commission shall be appointed bi the governor, by and with the consent 01 the senate, for such terms of office as iui be provided by law. The State tax commis sion shall administer and supervise tin tax laws of the Stale. It shall asses-mines asses-mines and public utilities and adjust am' equalize the valuation and assessment ol property among the several counties. It shall have such other powers of origin., assessment as the legislature may provide. pro-vide. Under such regulations in suh cases and within such limitations as th. legislature may prescribe, it shall establish estab-lish systems of public accounting, reviev-Proposed reviev-Proposed bond issues, revise the tax levies and budgets of Ibcal governmental units. and eiu,i-e t .0 twrer meat and vakiatio of property within the eount'os. The du ties imposed upon the Sb;te board 0 equnlizacion by the constitution and law of thia StaLe shall he performed by th. State t;:x comruis jon. In each county rf t!-.'s State there shall be ai county board of equalization consisting con-sisting of the board of county commission-era commission-era of said county. The county boards o: equalization shall adjust and equalize tm valuation and assessment of the real ani perronal property within their respcctivi counties, subject to such regulation anc control by the State tax commission a-may a-may be prescribed by law. The State ta; commission and the county boards ol equalization shall each have such othet powers as may be prescribed by the leg islature. SECTION I. Secretary of State to tub Iish. The secretary of State is directed to cause this propospd amendment to be puo lished as required by the constitution uno to be submitted to tiie electors of tl-i State at the next general election in th. manner provided by law. SECTION 3. To take effect whtn 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. 6 RELATING TO THE LOCATION OF TtlE 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, relating re-lating to the location of the State Prison. Ba It resolved by the Legislature of the State of Utah, tWo-thlrds of the members elected to each house concurring therein: there-in: SECTION 1. Section proposed to amend. That it is proiosed to amend Section 3 Article XIX of the constitution of the State of Utah so that the same will read a. follows : SUCTION i Location of public institutions institu-tions and disposition of lands. The public institutions of the State are hereby permanently per-manently located at the place, hereinafter hereinaf-ter named, each to have the lands specifically speci-fically granted to it by the United SUtes. in the Act of Congress, approved July 16th, 1894, to be disposed of and used in such manner as the legislature may provide: First: Th. scat of government and the State fair at Salt Lake City. Second : The institutions for the deaf and dumb, and the blind, and the Stale reform Bchool at Ogden City, in the county of Weber. Third: The Utah State hospital at Provo Pro-vo Citv, in the county of Utah. SECTION 2. Secretin- of Stat, to puo-lish puo-lish The secretary of St.-.te is directed to cans, this proposed amendment to be pub. lisbed as required by the constitution and to o. submitted to the elector, of he State at the next general election In tne manner provided by law. SECTION 3. To take effect - lun. If approved by the electors of the Ma e. this proposed amendment sha take effect on the 1st day of January, 1931. Filed with th. Secretary of State February Feb-ruary 25, 1930 yt''Ad,r 5 1 S t. 5. and 6 as proposed by the ,ln witness "reof I have hereunto -et ber. 1930. (SEAL) eer.Urj of Sut J |