Show I 1 constitutional cons amendments amendments mend ments constitutional amendment nol resolution RELATING TO PILLING FILLING VACANCIES IN A joint reo resolution lation proposing an amend amian am irn to section 13 1 of H article VI of t the th constitution confutation of tin the state of utah to vacancies in the th legislature be it resolved lb acy the of the tha state if f utah Us fi tw two third of all members elected to each house houm contorting there ther theran ln n SECTION I 1 sections section to be amended that it Is proposed to amend section IS 19 of arteel VI of the constitution of the state of utah so 10 that the same ami shall read as aa follows follow SECTION 13 vacancies to bo be filled vacancies that may occur in either cither house of the legislature shall be filled in uch such manner ob nil be 10 provided by law SECTION 2 secretary of state to pul pub lith lish the secretary of state Is 3 directed to this firor sed amendment to lie published ea by the th constitution andio and to bi be to the electors of 0 the state bt at the nw election in the tha manner 1 provided ly by law SECTION 3 in effect when if RD proved by the electors of the state thi amendment shall take effect on oil the lt d 3 of ft tannery Tan nary 1931 fald with the tha secretary of state feb mary 21 constitutional amendment no noa 2 resolution TO REVENUE AND TAXATION A joint I 1 Q prop drori pr ori osing an n amand mant at to lo sections 2 and nd 3 of article 11 13 or ar U the 0 cc Iti of the tha state of utah so a revinue and taxation be it resolved I y the Lerr slature of the state of utah two tro thorda of all ember ete acted to ta etch each house con concar ar rink ring th clil I 1 SECTION 1 sections tlona proposed to mend ameila that it la ja proposed pro nosed to amend sections 3 tion 2 and 3 of article XIII of the constitution ol of the of 0 utah so that the same amo will ill read as follows follow st SECTION 2 Tan tangible llila property tr to to lie tried giov lio value ascertained properties les e exempt to ft provide agnail tax for state A all tangible property in the tha state rot not exempt under the laws law of the tha united states stated or under this Ms constitution shall bi be taxed in proportion to its lt value to be ascertained as provided by law the property 0 of f the united states of the state cinico citico towns school districts municipal corporations and public librn libra ri rief lota iota with tho the buil buildings dinas thereon used exclusively for either reli relia alous ioui worship or r charitable purposes and places of burial not held or nr used for private or corporate benefit be exempt from taxation tax aton water rights ditches ditch canals reservoirs power plants planta pumping transmission lines line end and blumes flumes flud ic owned and used bye by individuals or corporations for tr fr lands landa within the state owned by jauch fuch individuals or corporations or the individual J members thereof shall not be separately epars tely ta zed ed RS as lone leva as aa they shall be ba owned rn cil l used med exclusively for such buch purposes plants power lines and other property used for gen ben crating and cell v ering electrical power a portion ot of which aich ta is used for furnishing power for pumping pimping water for irritation purposes on lands landa in the state of utah may bo ba exempted from taxation to the extent that such buch proper property tyIs 4 used for uch ouch purposes pur potes these exemptions shall accrue to the benefit of the users usera of water to EO pumped under such regulations allans as the leg nay may prescribe the taxes of tho the Ined indigent sont poor may be remitted remit tedi or abated bt at such buch tomps and in uch such am aa may be ba provided pro tided by law the th legislature leei slature may provide for the exemption from taxation of homes homesteads and personal prop prep arty not t to exceed two hundred fifty doll ei lara ao 10 in value for hornes homes end and homesteads and one li hundred andred dollars for personal per tonal prop erty sot mot to exceed in value owned by disabled person who arved served in any war in tits the military service of the united states or of the state ot of utah and by the unmarried widows arid and minor orphans ot of each persons persona may be exempted cs as the legislature may provide the shall provide by law for an annual tax sufficient with other tour sour cs c s of revenue to defray the estimated ordinary expenses of if the state for each fiscal year for tho the purpose of paying the tha state debt it any there be the legislature shall chall provide for levying a tax annually sufficient to pay par the annual interest and to pry pay the prin cral of ct such debt within twenty years froni from the final passage of the law creating the debt SECTION 3 assessment and taxation of f proper property tr regulation n rate deductions exempt lens per personal onal income tax rates of revenues the lecia legislature lature shall provide by law a uniform end and equal rate of assessment and taxation on all tangible property sn in tho tha state stae according to its ita value in money and shall hall rr prescribe by lew law ouch each regulations at as shall secure a jut just vr Justion for taxation of uch such property to ro that ivery every person bewon and corporation shall pay a tax in proportion to the value of hla his her or it its tangible property provided that the lex legisla isla ture tura may determine mhd manner and extent of taxing transient live stock block and live I 1 stock block iss aa fed for liter to be used for humn human consumption antan give property may be exempted from taE tion as property or it may be taxed in tuch such manner and to tuch such extent oa no the legislature may provide provided that if property be taxed us as property tale sate thereof adall not hoi exceed live haills on en each dollar ot of valuation when o tempted iron from taxation taia tion its property the taxable income a bhagi all tie be taxed under any tax based on incomes In comen but when taxed by the state of utah as property the income shall not ulna also be taxed the leela lecia lature may provide for deductions deduction exemptions empt rapt ions andor offsets on an wy any tax based upon upon in income corna the the p pe noral income tax rates shall be lut tia baxt muni rate shall not cot exceen acee 1 six per ix r cent of net income no excise tax tate ruta based upon income shall hall exceed four per cent of nat income the tha rate limitations limitation herein contained for taxes based on income and for taxes tabu on I 1 property shall be effective until january 1 L 1187 and thereafter until chanced by law by a vote of the majority ma loritZ of the members elected to etch house of the legislature all rev onue received from tax taxes on income or from taboa on intangible property shall hall be allocated as follows follow 75 per cent thereof to tho the state district school fund and 25 per p er cent thereof to the state boral gen fund and the sut levies for suh auch c purposes shall hill bogi b annually in proportion to the rovenia ve si located provided that SPY ary urple above tha rev on nu required for tl a state fund ul us B provided in n suction station 7 of tAT av bicle shall hall be paid into the tha state general fund SECTION 2 secretary of state to publish the secretary ot of state stat is ii directed to cause ants proposed amendes amending amen dint sint to be ba published no as required by the constitution and to be ba submitted to the ha elerton oatlie of the state at the next gendral k alon inthe in the manner provided by law SECTION 3 to inake ak effect when if 11 approved by the electors elector of the state this proposed amendment shall take tak effect un an the let lat day of january 1931 filed with the secretary of state I 1 rb eb rua 1930 constitutional amendment no 31 3 RELATING TO STATE SCHOOL FUNI FUND AND MANNER OF distributing INTEREST OF SUCH FUND A joint resolution providing for amend amena mento to house joint resolution muad hers ben three arid and eight passed by the les Iff lature in 1929 to amend section 3 article X and section 1 7 article arthe artha XIII of the constitution of n the tha stats of utah relating to the state sch school a 01 fund fun end nd the rianner manner of distributing t tha he in sorest of bt such buth fund fond and other revenues of the several leveral school districts of the state do be it resolved BoIved re by the ha legislature of the tha state of utah two third of all the mem bers bent elected to each house concurring shore thorton I 1 ln at SECTION 1 resolution proposed to amend that it to proposed to amend house housa joint resolution number 3 pass passed ad by the legislature in 1923 1921 proposing to amend section 8 3 of article 10 of the const constitution Lut of the state ot of utah so 0 o that the tha swo mama will read as aa follows I 1 SECTION 3 proceeds proceed ot of lands land and other property per cent of proceeds proceed per fund the proceeds of all lands that have been or way may be granted by the united states to this state tot for the support of the common schools the a proceeds of all property that may accrue to the state stata by escheat or forfeiture ill all unclaimed shares chares rind anil dividends of any corporation incorporated under the laws law of this state the proceeds of the sale gala of timber mineral or other property from school and state lands landa other than those granted eran teil for purposes nur posca and five live per of the net proceeds of the sale anle of public lands lying within the state which shall be sold bold by the united states subsequent to the admission of this thin stats state into the jahn shall oe DO and remain a perpetual laud fund to ke 10 called the state school fund the interest of which only shall bo be distributed arnonia the several school districts according to the lost lest preceding pre sedina school census SECTION 2 resolution proposed to amend ameid that thai it is proposed to amend house joint resolution number 8 9 passed by the legislature in 1929 proposing to amend suction section 7 tf of article XIII of the tona cori atit titu tion of the state of utah so 0 o that the sara same will read as follows foll onil I 1 SECTION 7 rate of t taxation not to exceed purpose distribution the rate of ct taxation on tan tangible tible property shall not exceed on each dollar of valuation two and four tenths nills mills for gereral state stat purposes wo two tenths of one mill for high school purposes which shall constitute the high school fund said fund shall chall be op cp portioned in the manner the legislature shall provide to the school districts district main high schools and such levy for district school purposes which together with the interest on the permanent school fund arid and such much other funds as an may day be ava ilaLIe ton foil district school purpose sev aul wul ill raise annually an amount which edala 2500 26 00 for each person of school aee ace in the state as shown by the last preceding school cerisia the lame to be distributed arnora the school districts accord ur to the last preceding school census end and in addition an equalization fund which when added to other revenues provided for this thia pur rose by the legislature leia latura shall be for each person of school age os as shown by the last school census said caid equalization fund shall be apportioned to the school chool districts in tuch such manner as a the lear iea Is latura shall provide said rates shall not be b increased unless a proposition to increase the name dame the rate or rates proposed end and the th time during which the same shall be levied he b first submitted to a vote of such of the qualified elce cleo tori tore of the state oa as la in the year next pro pre tuch such election shall rhall have paid a croper property tax assessed to them within the state ard and uin the majority of those voting thereon shall vote te la in favor thereof to in uch such manner as aa may inar be provided by law S E 3 secretary of state to pub ila itah the secretary of state is directed to cause this chii proposed amendment to be published as ai requA required red ly by the constitution anil and to be submitted to the electors of the state at the next general election in the manner provided provide by law as ai one proposition in lieu of it J IL numbers 8 and 8 passed at the ref fular session cession of the esth lecis legislature lature SECTION 4 to talie effect when if 11 approved by the electors elector of the tha state stata the proposed amendment shall take effect on the first jar of january 1921 1931 filed with the secretary of state february 25 1830 1930 constitutional amendment no 4 resolution RELATING eting TO THE TAXATION OP MINES AND MINING PROPERTY I 1 A joint resolution providing provi dine for an amendment to section 4 article 13 of the constitution of tho the state of utah relating no to tue tle taxation of mints late and VA in ang property properly ila co it resolved ly by the th legislature Leil tar of the h state stat of utah two thirds third of 11 all II tits members member elected to each house home concurring the SECTION L 1 Stet lont tono apropo to amend that net it is fi propos proposed edt to amend section 4 article SUI of the of the tb state of utah mo 10 that the same game w will in read an follows SECTION 4 mines and claims to be b am J seamed basis bail and multiple what hat to be assessed fea iid as tangible tar sibl property W all ferous mines or mining claims claim both placer anil and rock tn in place shall hall be assessed as a the leri legislature slature dball provide provided th the basis bail and multiple now used la in de termini lne nir tho the value of taints mints f fot taxation purposes and the addict additional anal amoc ased value ot 0 per acre thereof shall ahall not charged changed beffi e january 1 1935 nor thereafter the until otherwise provided by law all other mines or mining claims kin and d other valuable minaret damits including lands containing coal or hydro and all mat hivery lifted in raining and an all pa kopd if r tc improvements upon or apfl api ew pine or mining claims and WI may iny surface w use made of mining cerv eta ct irli rV property fw for other than trl IE i purpose hll bholi be b assessed an aa other UnK ibI property pro party SECTION 2 sarty of af state stat to fab itah iloh the secretary of ato la Is directed to cause this proposed to be b pul pub as required by the tha constitution and to be b submitted to the electors tl ector of the th state at the next general lection election to la the manner provided by law SECTION a in fleet when if up P proved by the electors tl ector of the state this thi pro proposed amendment amand meat shall nall talc effect act on en the lot lit day of january 1031 filed with the Secret secretary wT of state rb feb roary 25 1930 constitutional amendment 8 no 5 A rr 1 CREATING A STATE A joti a on proposing on an amend inon clan 11 1 of article 13 of the tk of th 0 state of utah to r lating to screna and taxation be B it ft resolved byi bri tir of the th state of utah two thirds of all mesa b br cle elected e fed to ch house hoar concar con carrina therein t sections seca iona sections to mind agnand that it Is ij proposed to alej section 11 of article XIII of the constitution of the tha state of utah so 0 o that the tha same aar will read as a follows follow SECTION it 11 creation Cr eatn of state st tax corn cons moulon slon membership governor ro remor to ta so p point terms tenni dihle county board there shall be ba a state stata tax corn com mission nil aalon consisting of four rn members embers not more than two of whom shall ball belong to the lama political party the mei mer abers of the tha commission shall be appointed by tho the governor by and with th the consent of uia 5 senate en 1 1 t for uch such terms |