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Tax Liens

Propositions

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 2. Adds Section 31b to Article IV of Constitution. Empowers Legislature to provide that the lien of every tax, heretofore or hereafter attaching, shall cease for all purposes thirty years after such tax became a lien, or to provide that every tax, heretofore or hereafter levied, shall be conclusively presumed to have been paid after thirty years from time same became a lien unless the property subject thereto has been sold in manner provided by law for payment of said tax.

Tideland Grant To City Of Huntington Beach

Initiatives

TIDELAND GRANT TO CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH. Initiative Constitutional Amendment. Adds Section Four to Article Fifteen of Constitution. Grants to City of Huntington Beach tide and submerged lands situated within present boundaries of said city. Empowers city to use such lands for promotion and accommodation of recreation, commerce, navigation, harbor and fishery, or production of minerals, oil, gas and other hydrocarbons. Empowers City to lease said lands for such purposes. Provides fifty per cent of income from such leases be paid into State treasury to credit of general fund. Confirms previous leases. Reserves to people of state right to fish.

Wright Act Repeal

Initiatives

WRIGHT ACT REPEAL. Initiative measure. Repeals Act of Legislature commonly known as Wright Act, approved by electors on referendum November 7, 1922, which Act provided for enforcement by State of California of the Eighteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution, prohibited all acts or omissions prohibited by Volstead Act, adopted penal provisions of that Act, imposed duties on courts, prosecuting attorneys, sheriffs, grand juries, magistrates and peace officers in this State, extended their jurisdiction, and provided for the disposition of fines and forfeitures.

State Liquor Regulation

Initiatives

STATE LIQUOR REGULATION. Initiative Constitutional Amendment. Declares, if Wright Act is repealed, and when lawful under Federal Constitution and laws, State of California shall have exclusive right to license and regulate the manufacture, sale, possession, transportation, importation and exportation, of intoxicating liquors; prohibits public saloons, bars or drinking places where intoxicating liquors are kept, sold or consumed; permits serving wine and beer with meals furnished in good faith to patrons of hotels, boarding houses, restaurants and public eating places; permits Legislature to authorize, under reasonable restrictions, sale of liquor in original packages in retail stores where same not consumed therein.

Store Licenses

Initiatives

STORE LICENSES. Initiative. Prohibits opening, operating or maintaining, any store without license from Secretary of State; defines store as one or more stores, mercantile establishments, gasoline or oil stations, theatres, or vehicles, under same ownership, operation, maintenance or control, wherein goods, wares or merchandise, are sold at retail or wholesale; fixes amount of annual license fee according to number of stores of licensee; apportions fees to old age pension fund and general fund; exempts manufacturer, gardener, farmer, vineyardist or horticulturist, who sells his products where manufactured or produced. Fixes maximum hours of labor in stores as herein defined.

Unemployment Insurance

Initiatives

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE. Initiative Constitutional Amendment. Requires unemployed employee be paid Ten Dollars weekly unemployment indemnity, and Three Dollars for dependent wife and each dependent minor child, deducting therefrom other income received. Creates Unemployment Insurance Board, provides for State Employment Bureau, and prescribes their respective functions. To pay indemnities, salaries and expenses, creates Unemployment Insurance Fund derived from taxes on yearly incomes exceeding Five Thousand Dollars, inheritance taxes, contributions, State General Fund whenever necessary and sources established by legislation. Authorizes Board to determine validity of Indemnity claims, and review thereof by Supreme and Appellate Courts. Defines terms used, and prescribes penalties.

Oil Control

Propositions

Act submitted to electors by referendum. Prohibits waste of crude petroleum oil; defines waste as including physical destruction, production, storage and uneconomic use thereof; creates conservation commission composed of oil and gas supervisor and five members elected by districts as therein provided; prescribes commission's powers and duties; authorizes commission to investigate production of oil, requires sworn statements from producer, hearings; determines whether waste is committed, ascertains nonwasteful production, regulates, limits production, requires those committing waste by excessive production to desist therefrom; authorizes injunctions against violating commission's orders and provides for closing wells pending court order.

War Veterans Tax Exemption

Propositions

Senate Constitutional Amendment. Amends Section 1 ¼ of Article XIII of Constitution. Exempts from taxation property to the amount of $1000 of every resident of this State who served in the army, navy, marine corps or revenue marine service of the United States in time of war and has thereafter continued in such service, provided such person or his wife does not own property of the value of $5,000 or more.

Authorizing City Of Escondido To Hold Stock In Mutual Water Company

Propositions

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 14. Adds Section 31b to Article IV of Constitution. Authorizes City of Escondido, California, for purpose of supplying water for public or municipal purposes or for use of its inhabitants, to acquire and hold shares of capital stock of mutual water company or corporation: declares such holding shall entitle city to all rights, powers and privileges and subject it to obligations and liabilities given or imposed by law to or upon other holders of stock in said corporation

Authorizing City Of Glendale, After Election Therefor, To Pay Owners Certain Improvement Assessments Upon Their Property

Propositions

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 32. Amends Section 31 or Article IV of Constitution. Provides that City of Glendale, in Los Angeles County, when authorized by majority vote at election therefor, may pay from surplus of its public service department to owners of property at time of such authorization the amount or any assessment for replacement of water mains levied upon such property between May 11, 1921 and ratification of this amendment, and that no statute of limitations shall apply thereto

Amending State Athletic Commission Initiative Act

Propositions

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 26. Adds Section 25 ¾ to Article IV of Constitution. Declares Legislature may amend State Athletic Commission initiative act, except provisions thereof allowing wrestling and twelve round boxing contests, to provide for supervision and regulation of wrestling. boxing or sparing matches or exhibitions, but limits boxing to sparring match or exhibition to twelve rounds not exceeding three minutes each. Appropriates State moneys derived from such matches or exhibitions, less expenses of Commission and salaries), to maintain homes for care of war veterans, apportioning same as Legislature directs.

Foreclosure Of Mortgages And Trust Deeds

Propositions

Initiative. Defines mortgage as contract, trust deed, or Instrument, here after executed, making specific real property security for performance without changing possession ; forbids power of sale therein ; declares same enforceable solely by Court action; requires action dismissed, and mortgage reinstated upon mortgagor paying, before Judgment, amount delinquent (other than by acceleration), costs and three months advance interest; prescribes notice before execution or foreclosure sale, and twelve months redemption period during which person in possession must pay rental specified by Court or surrender possession to execution purchaser, crediting same on judgment upon redemption ; permits Legislative amendments.

Exempting Vessels From Taxation

Propositions

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 28. Amends Section 4 of Article XIII of Constitution. Declares all vessels of more than fifty tons burden registered at any port in this state and engaged in the transportation of freight or passengers shall be exempt from taxation except for state purposes until and including the first day of January 1955.

Removing Restriction Upon Use Of State's Half Of Highway Transportation Taxes

Propositions

Senate Constitutional Amendment 22. Amends Section 15 or Article XIII or Constitution. Eliminates from present section provision therein which requires that State’s half of revenue from taxes upon highway transportation companies be devoted exclusively to the maintenance and repair of public highways.

City Charters

Propositions

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 31. Amends Section 8, Article Xl, of Constitution. Requires board of freeholders, within one year after their election, to prepare a proposed city charter, and If city's population exceeds 50,000 requires copies thereof be printed and mailed each elector. Requires petition for submission of charter amendment be filed with legislative body of city at least sixty days before general election next preceding a regular session of Legislature. Permits charter provision for division of city into boroughs or districts; eliminates provision that borough's powers be not changed without consent of electors of borough.

Authorizing Board Of Supervisors To Draft County Charter

Propositions

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 23. Adds Section 7 ¼ to Article XI of Constitution. Confers upon board of supervisors of any county same power to draft a proposed charter for said county as is conferred upon hoard of freeholders elected under Section 7 ½ of Article XI; declares provisions of latter section shall otherwise apply in every respect to such proposed charter.

Initiative And Referendum

Propositions

Senate Constitutional Amendment 3. Amends Section 1 of Article IV or Constitution. Requires proponents of any initiative or referendum petition, before circulating same for signatures, submit draft thereof to attorney general with written request that he prepare therefor a title and summary in not to exceed one hundred words, such request to be preserved by him until after next election. Reserves to such proponents the right to file original petition; requires county clerk and registrar of voters disregard any section thereof or supplement thereto not presented by such proponents or by persona authorized by them in writing.

Tideland Grant To City Of Huntington Beach

Propositions

Initiative Constitutional Amendment. Adds Section Four to Article Fifteen of Constitution. Grants to City of Huntington Beach tide and submerged lands situated within present boundaries of said city. Empowers city to use such lands for promotion and accommodation of recreation, commerce, navigation, harbor, fishery, production of minerals, oil, gas and other hydrocarbons. Empowers City to lease said lands for such purposes. Provides fifty per cent of income from such leases be paid Into State treasury to credit of general fund. Confirms previous leases and agreements to lease. Reserves to people right to fish.

Deposit Of Public Moneys

Propositions

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 33. Amends Section 16 ½ of Article XI of Constitution. Extends to any public or municipal corporation within this State provisions of said section permitting deposit in national or state banks within this State or moneys belonging to or in custody of the State, or any county or municipality thereof: also extends to such public or municipal corporation provisions of said section permitting deposit in banks outside this State of moneys for payment of principal or interest of bonds Issued by such corporation and payable at places outside this State.

City Charter Provisions For Nomination And Election Of Officers

Propositions

Senate Constitutional Amendment 9. Amends Section 8 ½ of Article XI of Constitution. Adds provision permitting city or city and county charters to provide any mode for the nomination and/ or election of officers of such city or city and county, and to adopt and provide for any system of proportional representation on the legislative body thereof, also the manner of voting under such system.

Voter Information Guide For 1932, General Election

Propositions

No abstract provided.

The Bank And Corporation Franchise Tax Act, Roger J. Traynor

Taxation & Traynor

The Bank and Corporation Franchise Tax Act

Sec. 550 Act of 1929 Amended

Sec. 551 Corporations Taxable

Sec. 552 What Is Meant by "Doing Business?"

Sec. 553 Business Trusts

Sec. 554 Income Reported to Federal Government Is the Basis of the Computation of the Tax

Sec. 555 Adjustments; Tax Exempt Interest

Sec. 556 Stock Dividends and Subscription Rights

Sec. 557 Liquidating Dividends

Sec. 558 Dividends Paid in Property Other Than Cash

Sec. 559 Dividends From Earnings Accumulated Prior to Effective Date of the Act

Sec. 560 Proceeds of Life Insurance Policies

Sec. 561 Net Losses

Sec. 562 Adjustment for Taxes. …

State Liquor Regulation

Propositions

Initiative Constitutional Amendment. Declares, if Wright Act is repealed, and when lawful under Federal Constitution and laws, State of California shall have exclusive right to license and regulate the manufacture, sale, possession, transportation, importation and exportation of intoxicating liquors; prohibits public saloons, bars or drinking places where intoxicating liquors are Kept, sold or consumed: permits serving wine and beer with meals furnished in good faith to patrons of hotels, boarding houses, restaurants and public eating places; permits Legislature to authorize, under reasonable restrictions, sale of liquor in original packages in stores where same not consumed therein

Racing

Propositions

Creates California Racing Board, consisting of three members, appointed by Governor, empowered to regulate and license racing and wagering, within race track enclosure, by system known as Certificate System; limits racing period at each track; requires all fees collected by board be paid into California Racing Board Fund, appropriating Thirty Thousand dollars thereof annually for payment of salaries and expenses of members of Board and its appointees, and annually dividing balance thereof between Veterans' Welfare Board and State Board of Agriculture: authorizes licenses tor limited periods at county fairs or agricultural exhibits.

County Charter Provisions For Nomination And Election Of Officers

Propositions

Senate Constitutional Amendment 8. Amends Section 7 ½ of Article Xl of Constitution. Adds provision permitting county charters to provide any other mode in place of that provided by general laws for nomination and/or election of elective officers of counties, townships, road districts and highway construction divisions therein, and to adopt and provide for any system of proportional representation on the legislative or governing body of counties, also the manner of voting under such system.

Chiropractic Act

Initiatives

CHIROPRACTIC ACT. Initiative. Regulates the practice and licensing of chiropractic; creates board of examiners; provides for appointment, tenure, compensation and duties of members; exempts employees from Civil Service; fixes educational requirements and other qualifications for licenses; provides for issuance, suspension and revocation of licenses; defines - chiropractic; provides for investigation and approval of chiropractic schools; provides penalties for violations of act; creates examiners fund and provides for disbursements therefrom; provides for construction with state medical practice act, and repeals chiropractic initiative act of 1922 and other acts inconsistent herewith.

Veterans' Welfare Bond Act Of 1929

Propositions

This act provides for a bond issue of twenty million dollars to be used by the veterans’ welfare board in assisting California war veterans to acquire farms or homes.

Daylight Savings Act

Propositions

Initiative. Provides that annually at 2 a.m. on last Sunday in April standard time be advanced one hour, and at 2 a.m. on last Sunday in September retarded one hour, so that between those times in each year standard time in California be one hour in advance of United States Standard Pacific Time. Declares that in all laws, orders, decrees and regulations. relating to performance of public or private acts, or accrual or determination of rights, and in public schools and institutions, contracts or choses in action, standard time as so changed shall be intended.

Authorizing Indemnity To Owners For Live Stock Destroyed To Prevent Spread Of Disease

Propositions

Senate Constitutional Amendment 29. Adds Section 31a to Article IV of Constitution. Declares that nothing in Constitution shall be construed as limiting the power of the Legislature to provide by general law, from public moneys or funds, for the indemnification of owners of livestock taken, slaughtered or otherwise disposed of pursuant to law to prevent the spread of contagious or infectious disease; provided the amount paid in any case for such animal shall not exceed the value thereof.

Fish And Game Initiative

Initiatives

FISH AND GAME INITIATIVE. Amends constitution, Article IV Section 25 1/2, and adds thereto three sections. Creates Fish and Game Commission of five members appointed by Governor; empowers Commission to establish fish and game districts, determine what animals, birds and fish are within its jurisdiction, regulate by ordinance approved by Governor, the taking, sale or possession thereof, and issue licenses therefor, fix seasons and limits within maximums prescribed by Legislature, establish refuges, public shooting grounds and fishing waters, conduct investigations of persons, and their books, within its jurisdiction; prescribes penalties, declares provisions effective January 15th, 1931.