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Show Constitutional Amendments Constitutional Amendment No. 1 RESOLUTION RELATING TO FILLING VACANCIES IN LEGISLATURE A joint resolution pnspoiMng un amendment amend-ment to Section 13 of Article VI of tJ cfr.H'.:tut!Mi of th-? State of Utah, latins to vacancies i'i the legislature. Be it rcs'-Jvtfl by lite Lrgiylalure of the State of Utah, two-thirds of nil members mem-bers elected to each house concurrh a therein : SECTION 1 Sections to he amended. That it is .rnprvfii to amend Section 13 of Article VI cf the constitution of the State of Utah so that the same shnll read hh follows : SECTION VS. V acancics to be fille-l. Vac.n icirs that nav occur in either houae of the legislature shnll "be filled in iUi h manner n.i -nay be provided by law. SECTION 2 SccTdary of State to puh-i puh-i lish. The secretary of State is directed to j cau'f this proposed amendment to '.e published as required by the constitution and to be submitted to the electors of Uie State at the next general election in the manner provided by law. SECTION 3. In effect when. If hp provi-d by the electors of the State, th;a proposed amendment shall take effect on thf lpr dt rf January, 1S131. Filed with the Secretary of State February Feb-ruary 21, Constitutional Amendment ?;o. 2 RESOLUTION RELATING TO REVENUE AND TAXATION A joint resolution propof:ng an amendment amend-ment ta Sect inns 2 and 3 of Arlicle 13 of the constitution of the Slate of Utah, relating to revenue and taxation. Be it resolved hv the Legislature of S at? of Utah. tv - thirds of rM mf mhers elected to each Hou?e cimcur-rir.T cimcur-rir.T therein : SECTION 1. Sections prpvbi'd i mend. Thst it is proposed to ameni Section? 2 and 3 of Article XIII of tha constitution of the State of Ulnh so t)r,i th s:rre will read as follows: SECTION 2. Tangible property to he ta-cd h"w value pscvrtalri'd prcprrli- ex-nipt -legislature to provide annual lax for btatc. All tanRiWe proprMty in the Stale, r.ot exempt under the laws of the United SLales, or under this constitution. BhnH be tved in proportion to its value to bs n?cerlaincd as provided hv law The prop-rty of the United Sln'e?. of the SStMe. counties, cities, to-.vr.s. school fiift rlcte. municirn! corporations ard public Hb-a-ries. lus with the buildings (hereon used e-:cl'iirivr!y for eii her reliri' 'j1 w.n sh -o o: ch.iritnble purpor-es. and placcB of burial not hald or nye.I for priva'e -r cjr;:-oratci benefit, shnll be exempt from taxation. Wfiter riKhts, ditches, canals, reservoirs, power plants, pumping plant, transmis-8un transmis-8un lines, pipes and flumes owned and used by individuals or corporations for ir-ricW.ius? ir-ricW.ius? Ir-nds within the state owned by iuch individuals or corporations, or the individual members thereof, shall not be eparatcly taxed as long as thsy shall be owned and used exclusively for such purposes. pur-poses. Power plants, power traj Emission lineB and otlrr property, used for generating gen-erating and delivering electrical power, a portion of which is used for lurnishiiiK 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 Eball accrue to the benefit of the users of water so pumped under such regula' ions as the legislature leg-islature may prescribe. The taxes of the indigent poor may be remitted or abated t 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 dollars dol-lars in value for homes and homesteads, nd one hundred dollars for personal property. prop-erty. 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 sha!l provide by law for ' mn annual tax sufficient, with other sour- 1 eea of revenue, to defray the estimated ordinary or-dinary expenses of the State for each fis- cal year. For the purpose of paying the State debt, if any tl.ere 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 the principal of BUch debt, within twenty years from the final passage of the law creating the debt. SECTION 8. Assessment and taxation f tangible property regulation rate deductions exemptions personal Income In-come tax rates 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 hall prescribe by law such regulations as shall secure a juBt valuation for taxation of such property, so that every person and corporation shall pay s 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 stock and live stock being fed for slaughter to be used for human consumption. Intangible property prop-erty may be exempted from taxation ai property or it may be taxed in such manner man-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 under any tax based on incomes, but when taxed by the State of Utah as property, the income therefrom shall not also be ta xed. 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 -l-e maximum maxi-mum ra-e shall not exceed six per cent of net income. No excise tax rate based upon income shall exceed four pr cent of net income. The rate limitations herein contained for taxes based on income and for Lixoa on intangible property shall be effective until January 1, 1937, and thereafter there-after until changed by l&w by a vta of the majority of the members elected to acb house of the legislature. All revenue rev-enue received from taxes on Income or from ta::ee un intangible property shall be allocr. fed as fellows: 75 per c?nt the: eof to the alaie district school fund and 25 per cent thereof to the State general gen-eral fund and the State levies for such purposes shall oe reduceo -tiuiuUI) in proportion to the revenues o allocated; , 1 provided that any surplus buve the rev- j j enue required for the State iisstnet school j i fund as provided in Section 7 of this Ar-I Ar-I tide shall be paid into the tatt eener.il I iund. j SECTION 2. Secretary ot State to publish. The secretary of State is directed to cause this proposed amendment to bs puliR-Ow-d ! as required by the constitution md to be submitted to he electors of tite Slate at the next genera) lection in the manner provided bv law.. SECTION 3. To take effect when. If approved by the electors of the State this proposed amendment shall take eTfeci tm the 1st day of January. 1931. Filed with the Secretary of Slate February Feb-ruary 25. 1930. Constitutional Amendment No. 3 RELATING TO STATE SCHOOL FUND AND MANNER OF DISTRIBUTING IN- j TEREST OF SUCH FUND. I A joint resolution providing for amendments amend-ments to house joint resolutions numbers num-bers three and eight passed by the legislator leg-islator 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 in- j terest of such fund and other revenues of the several school districts of the I State. Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Utah, two-thirds of all the mem- ! bers elected to each House concurring j therein : I SECTION 1. Resolution proposed to ' amend. That it is proposed to amend house joint resolution number 3 passed by th? legislature in 1229, proposing to amend Section 3 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 fend. The proceeds of all lands thai have besn or may be granted by the United Unit-ed Slates to this State, for the support of the common schools; the proceeds of all property that miy accrue to the Stale I by escheat or forfeiture ; all unciaiiP'.d shares and dividends of any corporation I incorporated under the laws of chiB State: j the proceeds of the sale of timber, mineral or other property from school and Stale I lands, other than those, granted for specific purposes: and five ner centum of th? 'iet proceeds of the sale of public la.ids !virg within the State, which shall be Bcld by the United States subsequent to the admission ad-mission of this Slate into the Jnion. hal'. be and remain a perpetual Lun-1 to to 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 proprsed 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 cf 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 State purposes, two-tenths of one mill for high school purposes, which shall constitute the high school fund; Baid fund Bhoil be apportioned ap-portioned in the manner the legislature shall provide, to the school districts maintaining main-taining high schools, and such levy tor 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 n amount which equals $25.00 for each person of school a.e 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 So. 00 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 iu 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 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 it 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 26, 1930. Constitutional Amendment No. 4 RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE TAXATION OP 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 member mem-ber elected to each house concurring therein : SECTION 1. &ectiom 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 to be assessed as-sessed basis and multiple what to be assessed as tangible property. All 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 Jjnuc ry I , 1935, nor thereafter until otherwise provided pro-vided by law. All other mine or mining claims and other valuable mineral deposit, including Innds containuiK coal or hydro carbons and nil machinery used in miiuri; and all property or surface improvement upon or appurtenant to mines or minim claims, and the value or any surface u' made of mining cluinn. or mining prop erty for other than mining purposes, 6h-il I be assessed as othei tangible property. ! SECTION 2 Secretary of State to put' lish. The secretary of State is directed i cause this p: j posed amendment to he puo lished as required by the constitution ar.i to be submitted to the electors of the SUt at the next general election in th- manm-provided manm-provided by law. SECTION 3. In effect when. If p proved by the electors of the State, thb proposed amendment shall take effect v the 1st day of January. 1931. Filed with the Si-cretnry" of State Feb ruary 25, 1930. Constitutional Amendment No. 5 A RESOLUTION CREATING A STATE TAX COMMISSION A joint resolution propesing an amend ment to Section 11 of Article 13 of lb-constitution lb-constitution of the State of Utah, re lating to revenue and taxation. Be it resolved by the Legislature of the Stale of Utah, two-thirds of all mem bers elected to each house concurring therein : SECTION 1 Sections proposed to amend That it iB proposed to amend Section 11 a', Article XIII of the constitution of th' State of Utah so that the same will rea-' as follows : SECTION 11. Creation of State tax com , mission membership governor to sp-I sp-I point torms duties county toaj j duties. There shall be a State tax commission com-mission consisting of four members. rio: ! more than two of whom sha't belong t j the same political party. The members-! members-! of the commission shall be appointed bv ; the governor, by and with the consent ot ; the ecnate, for such t?rms of office as ma j be provided by law. The State tax coranus sion shall administer and supervise th I tax laws o the Sti:te. It shall asses mines and public utilities and adjust ant! equalize the valuation and assessment ul property among the several counties. ll shall have such other powers of original assessment as the legislature may provide. pro-vide. Under such regulations in su;:h casea and within such limitations as tht legislature may prescribe, it shall establish estab-lish systems of public accounting, review proposed bond issues, revise the tax leviee and budgets of local governmental units, and equalize the assessment and valuation of property within the counties. The du ties imposed uron the State board ol equalization by the constitution and law of this State shall be performed by th 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 ol equalization shall adjust and equalize tnt valuation and assessment of the real anr personal property within their respective counties, subject to such regulation and control by the State tax commission a-may a-may be prescribed by law. The State taj. commission and the county boards ol equalization shall each have such othci rowers as may be prescribed by the leg-is leg-is latnre. SECTION 2. Secretary of State to rub Hsh. The secretary of State is directed to cause this proposed amendment to be pub lished as required by the constitution and to be submitted to the electors of th( State at the next general election !n th manner provided by law. SECTION S. To taka 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. 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, relating re-lating to the location of the State Prison. Ee it resolved by the Legislature of the State- of Utah, two-thirds of the members elected to each house concurring therein there-in : SECTION 1. Section proposed to amend. That it is proposed to amend Section 8 cf Article XIX of the constitution mi the State of Utah so that the same will read as follows : SECTION S Location of public Institutions Institu-tions and disposition of lands. The publie institutions of the State are hereby permanently per-manently located at the places hereinafter hereinaf-ter named, each to have the lands specifically speci-fically granted to it by the United States, m the Act of Congress, approved July 16th, 1894, to be disposed of and used in such manner as the legislature may provide: First: The seat of government and th State fair at Salt Lake City. Second: The institutions for the deaf and dumb, and the blind, and the State reform school at Ogden City, in the county of W eber. Third: The Utah State hospital at Pro-vo Pro-vo City, In the county of Utah. SECTION 2. Secretory 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. 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 I, M. H. Welling, Secretary of State o the State of Utah, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of Constitutional Amendments Nos. 1, 2, 8, 4, 5, and 6 as proposed by the special session of the legislature of 1930 as the same appear of record in my office. of-fice. In witness whereof, I have hereunto sat my hand and affixed the Great Seal o the State of Utah, this 1st day of September, Septem-ber, 1930. I |