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Show Constitutional Amendments Constitutional Amendment No. 1 RESOLUTION RELATINU TO PILLINO VACANCIES IN LEGISLATURE A Joint resolution propoilnt an amend-ant amend-ant to Section II ef Articlt VI of the eonstitutioa of tht But. of Utah, relating re-lating to vacancies la the legislature. Bo It resolved by tho Legislature of the BUI. of Utah, two-third, of all members mem-bers electro1 to each bouse eenrarrlnf therein l ' SECTION I Buttons to be amended, rhat it is proposed to amend Section II of Article VI of tho constitution of tho Bute of Utah ao that the same ahall read as follows : SECTION II. Vacancies to be filled. Vacancies that may occur in either house of tho levislsture shall be filled In each manner ne may be provided by law. SECTION I Secretory of State to publish pub-lish The secretory of State is directed to eauae Ihie proposed amendment to ho t4ublished as required by the constitution and to be eubmtttrd to the electors of the Btate at the next general election in the manner provided by law SECTION I. In effeel - when. If approved ap-proved by the electors of the 8tate, this proposed amendment shall take effect on the lit dns of January, 1091. Filed with the Secretary of State February Feb-ruary 21, I9S0. elainu and other valuable mineral deposit. Including lande containing coal or hydra j carbons and all machinery used in mininv and all property or surface improvements upon or appurtenant to mines or mining claims, and the value of any surface use made of mining claime, or mining prop. I erty for other than mining purposes, shsl) be asnesrted as other tangible property. SECTION I. Secretary of Stole to publish. pub-lish. The secretary of 8tats is directed to cause this p. .posed 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 hy law. SECTION I. In effect when. If approved ap-proved by the electors of the Stat, this proposed amendment shall take effect on the 1st day of January, 1931. Filed with the Secretary of Stat February Feb-ruary 25, 1930. Constitutional Amendment No. 5 A RESOLUTION CREATING A STATE TAX COMMISSION A Joint resolution proposing an amendment amend-ment to Section II of Article II f the constitution of the Slate of Utah, relating re-lating to revenue and taxation. II it resolved by tha Legislature of the Stat of Utah, two-thirds of all members mem-bers elected to each boas eoncarrlng therein : SECTION 1 Sections proposed to amend. That ft is proposed to amend Section 11 of Articlt XIII of the constitution of th State of Utah so that th same will road aa follows t SECTION II. Creation of State tax commission com-mission membership governor to appoint ap-point terms duties canty boards duties. There shall be a Stat tax commission com-mission consisting of four members, not mor than two of whom ahall belong to th sam political party.' The members of th commission shall be appointed by th governor, by and with the consent of th senate, for such terms of office aa may b provided by law. Th Stat tax commission commis-sion shsll administer and supervise the tax laws of the State. It shall assess mines and public utilities and adjust and quails th valuation and assessment of property among th several counties. It shall have such other powers of original assessment as th 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, ravis the tax levies and budgets of local governmental Qnlts, and equalize the assessment and valuation of property within the counties, Th duties du-ties imposed upon the State board of equalisation by the constitution and laws of this Stato shall be performed by the State tax commission. In each county of thia 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 ahall adjust and equalize the valuation and assessment of the real and persona 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 aa may be prescribed by the legislature. leg-islature. SECTION I. Secretary of State to publish. pub-lish. The secretary of State la 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 I. To take effect whin If approved by the electors of the 8tote, this proposed amendment shall take effect at the 1st dRy of January, 1931. Filed with the Secretory of State February Feb-ruary 25, 1930. each purposes shall ue reduced annually la proportion to the revenues so allocated : provided that any aurplue above 'iie rev-enue rev-enue required for the State district school fund aa provided in Section 1 of this Article Ar-ticle shall be paid Into the Stato general fund. SECTION I. Secretory of State to publish. The secretory of Stato la directed to cause this proposed amendment to be publli bed as required by the eonstitutiou end to be submitted to the electors of tits 8tst at the next general .lection lo the manner provided by law. SECTION I. Te take effect when. If approved by the electors of the Stats this proposed amendment shall take effeel on the 1st day of January, 1981. Filed with ths Secretary of Stat 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 amendment amend-ment to house Joint resolutions numbers num-bers three and eight passed by the Initiators In-itiators In ID21, proposing to amend Section I, Article X, and Section T, Article Ar-ticle XIII of the constitution of the State ef Utah relating to ths State school fund and the manner of distributing the interest in-terest ef each fend and ether revenues of the several school district of the State. Be It resolved by the Legislator el the State ef Utah, two-thirds ef all ths members mem-bers elected te each House concurring therein : SECTION 1. Resolution proposed to amend That it Is proposed to amend house joint resolution number I passed by the legislature in 1929, proposing to amend Section I of Article 10 of the constitution of the State of Utah ao that the same will read aa follows: SECTION I. Proceeds of lands and ether property per cent of proceeds per petnal fond. The proceeds of all lands that have been or may be granted by the Unit-ed 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 suecifie 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 th admission ad-mission of this Stat into the Onim, shsll be and remain 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 t. Rssolutlon 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 T. Rate ef taxation not te exceed perpeee distribution. The rate of taxation on tangible property ahall 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 ths high school fund; said fund shall be apportioned ap-portioned In the manner the legislature shsll provide, to the school districts maintaining main-taining high schools, 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 $26.00 for each person of school ago in the state as shown by the last preceding school census; ths same to be distributed among the acbool 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 ahall be 15.00 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 shsll not be Increased unless proposition to Increase the same apecifying the rate or rates proposed and tie 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 ths State, as In the year next preceding pre-ceding such election, shall have paid a property tax assessed to them within the State, and th majority of those voting thereon shall vote in favor thereof, In such manner aa may be provided by law. SECTION I. Secretory of State to publish. pub-lish. The secretary of Stato It directed to cause this proposed amendment to be published pub-lished aa 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. aa one proposition in lieu of H. J. R. numbers I and 9. psssed at the regular aesslon of the 18th legislature, SECTION 4. Te take effect when. If approved by the electors of tht Btate the proposed amendment shall take effect on the first day of January, 1981. Filed with the Secretary of Stato February Feb-ruary 26. IMOl Constitutional Amendment No. 4 RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE TAXATION OP MINES AND MINING PROPERTY A joint resolution providing for an amendment amend-ment to Sectloa 4, Article II, of the constitution ef the Stato of Utah relating relat-ing to the taxation ef mines and mining property. Be II resolved by the Legislature ef the State of Utah, two-thirds ef all the members mem-bers elected to each house concurring therein : SECTION L Sections proposed to amend. That It Is proposed to amend Section Sec-tion 4, Article XIII, of the constitution of the Stato of Utah so that th sam will read aa follows: SECTION 4. Mine and claims to he aa-i aa-i j be.! and multiple what te be aaaastsd a tanglblt property. - AH metalliferous me-talliferous mines or mining claims, both placer and rock in place, ahall be assessed sa th legislature shall provide; provided, the basic and multiple now used in determining de-termining the value of metalliferous mines for taxation purpose tind the additional assessed value of 16.00 per acre thereof shall not be changed before January 1. 10AA, nor thereafter until otherwise pro. vided by law. All other mine or mining Constitutional Amendment No. 2 aw RESOLUTION RELATING TO REVENUE AND TAXATION A Joint resolution proposing an amendment amend-ment to Sections t snd i ef Article II ef the constitution of the State ef Utah, relating to revenue and taxation. Be it resolved by the Leg'slsture ef the Bute of Uah. two -thirds of all mrmhers elected to esch House concur-' concur-' ring therein i SECTION 1. Sections proposed I amend. That it is proposed to amend . Sectiona t and S of Article XIII of the constitution of the 8tate of Utah so that the same will read as follows: SECTION t. Tangible property to he taxed how value ascertained properties exempt legislature to provide annual tax for State. AU 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 valtn. to bs ascertained as provided by law. The property of the United Stales, of the State, counties, cities, towns, school districts, municipal corporations and public libraries, libra-ries, Iota 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, shsll be exempt from tnxat'on. Water rights, ditches, canals, reservoirs, power plants, pumping plant., transmis- ,on 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 aa long aa they ehall be swned and used exclusively for such purposes. pur-poses. Power plants, iwwer trai.iniission line and other property, used for gen-trating gen-trating and delivering electrical power, portion of which la 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 aa the leg-hdature leg-hdature 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 taw. The legislature may provide for the exemption from taxation of homes, homesteads, and personal prop-arty, prop-arty, not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars dol-lars In value for homes and homesteads, and one hundred dollers for personal property. prop-erty. Property not to exceed 18.000 In value, owned by disabled persons who served in any war in the military service of the United Statea 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 aofficient, with other sour. ees of revenue, to defray the estimated ordinary or-dinary expenses of the Stato for each fiscal fis-cal year. For the purpose of paying the State debt, if any there be, the legislature legisla-ture ahall 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 1. Assessment and taxatiea ef tangible property regulation rate-deductions rate-deductions exemptions personal income in-come tax rates dispositions of revenoet. The legislature shall provide by law a uniform uni-form and equal rate of assessment and taxation on all tangible property rn the State, according to ita value in money, and shall prescribs by law such regulations as shall secure a Just valuation for taxation of such property, to that every person and corporation shall pay a tax in proportion propor-tion to th 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 bring fed for slsughter to be used for human consumption. Intangible property prop-erty may be exempted from taxation at property or It may be taxed in such manner man-ner and to such extent aa the l-l"r may provide. Provided that if Intangible property be taxed as property the rate thereof shall not exceed five mills on each dollar of valuation. When exempted from taxation at property, the taxable Income therefrom shall be taxed under any tot based on incomes, but when taxed by the State of Utah aa property, the Income therefrom shall not also be taxed. The legislature may provide for deductions, exemptions, ex-emptions, andor offsets on any toa based upon income. The personal income tax rates shsll be graduated but She maximum maxi-mum rate shall not exceed sis per cent of net income. No excise tax rate based upon Income shall exceed four prr cent of net Income. The rate llmitatlone herein , contained for taxes based on income and for taxes on Intangible property ehall he effective until January 1. 1987. and thereafter there-after until changed by law by a vote Of the majority of the members elected to each house of the legislature. All revenue rev-enue received from taxes on Income Of from taxes on Intangible property ahall be atsj-aj-''' allocated at follows: 76 per cent thereof to -" the state district echool fund and 15 'Wei per cent thereof to the Stat gen- J. cral fund and the Stat levies for r Constitutional Amendment No. 6 RELAT1NQ TO THB LOCATION 01 TUB STATE PRISON AND STATE INSTITUTIONS A Joint resolution proposing an amendment amend-ment to Section , of Article XIX of the constitution of ths State of Utah, relating re-lating to the location of the 8tate Prison. Be It resolved by the Legislature ef the Stato of Utah, two-thirds of the members elected to each bouse eoncarrlng therein there-in i SECTION 1. Section proposed to amend. That it la prooosed to amend Section I of Article XIX of the constitution of the State of Utah to that tht sams will read aa follows : SECTION I Location of public Instlte-tions Instlte-tions end disposition ef lands. The public 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 Stotea. in the Act of Congress, approved July 16th, 1894, to be disposed of and used in such manner as the legislature may provide I First: The seat of government and the Stato fair at Salt lake City. 8eeond : The institutions for the deaf and dumb, and the blind, and the State reform school at Ogden City, in the county ef Weber. Third : The Utah 8tate hospital at Prove Pro-ve City. In the county of Utah. SECTION t. Secretory ef State to publish. pub-lish. The secretary of Btate is directed to cause this proposed amendment to be published pub-lished aa required by the constitution and to be euhmitted to the electors of the State at the next general election in the manner provided by law. SECTION I. Te 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 Secretory of Stat Fab ruary 25, 1930 L M. B. Welling. Secretory of Stato el the State of Utah, do hereby certify that the foregoing la a full, true and correct copy of Constitutional Amendments Not 1, 2. S, 4, 5, and 6 as proposed by the special session of the legislature of 1980 aa the aame appear of record in my office. of-fice. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of Utah, this 1st day of Sep tern ber, 1930. (SEAL) Secretary of Stato. J |