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Registration Of Voters Jan 1930

Registration Of Voters

Initiatives

REGISTRATION OF VOTERS. Initiative. Changes laws regulating registration of voters. Requires new state-wide registration of voters commencing January 1, 1932; voter's registration to continue in force until cancelled at his request, or upon his death, removal, insanity, conviction of felony, or by judgment of cancellation; on January first of each subsequent odd-numbered year registration of any person not voting at last preceding August primary or November general election to be cancelled and notice thereof mailed such person at least ten days prior to close of registration for any subsequent election and such person must re-register before voting.

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Taxation On Street Railways Jan 1930

Taxation On Street Railways

Propositions

Adds Subdivision ab to Section 14, Article XIII, of Constitution. Subject to change by Legislature fixes percentage of tax on street railways, including interurban electric and gasoline propelled railways, at four and one-quarter per cent of their gross receipts from operation ascertained as provided in constitution; should courts hold classification herein unconstitutional or prejudicial to State's right to tax other railroads differently, declares this amendment void, and rate on said railways and other railroads shall be as prescribed in subdivision a of same Section or as adopted pursuant thereto.

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State Employees Retirement Salaries Jan 1930

State Employees Retirement Salaries

Propositions

Adds Section 22a to Article IV of Constitution. Empowers Legislature to provide for payment of retirement salaries to State employees, and prescribe requirements and conditions for retirement which shall include minimum period of services, minimum attained age and minimum contribution of funds by employees, but may prescribe lesser requirements for retirement because of disability; contribution rates, service periods and conditions, and amount of retirement salaries, fixed pursuant hereto shall be changed only by two-thirds vote of members elected to each house of Legislature.

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Taxation Of Toll Bridges Acquired By State Jan 1930

Taxation Of Toll Bridges Acquired By State

Propositions

Senate Constitutional Amendment 45. Amends Section 1 of Article XIII of Constitution. Declares toll bridge property, acquired by State or governmental agency thereof, continues subject to taxation by county, municipality or political subdivision, wherein same is located, during life of original franchise, and State shall pay amounts due under franchise to county or city and county granting same; but whenever State ceases to collect tolls upon such property, and it becomes free to public use, it shall be exempt from taxation and thereafter State shall make no payments under franchise provisions.

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Legislative Help-Limitation Upon Expenses Therefor Jan 1930

Legislative Help-Limitation Upon Expenses Therefor

Propositions

Senate Constitutional Amendment 30. Amends Section 23a of Article IV of Constitution. Authorizes each house of Legislature, by resolution, to employ help, prescribe duties and fix compensation thereof; total daily expense for officers, employees and attaches not to exceed, at any regular session, four hundred dollars for Senate and four hundred fifty dollars for Assembly, exclusive of salaries of Secretary of Senate and Chief Clerk of Assembly, and, at any special or extraordinary Session, one hundred fifty dollars for each house, exclusive of salaries of such Secretary and Chief Clerk.

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Corporations Jan 1930

Corporations

Propositions

Senate Constitutional Amendment 24. Amends Sections 1 and 7, and repeals Sections 2, 3, 9, 11, 12 and 14 of Article XII of Constitution. Empowers Legislature by general laws to provide for formation, organization and regulation of corporations, prescribe their powers, rights, duties and liabilities, and those of their' officers, stockholders and members, and provide for extension of term of existence of all corporations formed for limited period, but shall not extend franchise of any quasi-public corporation nor remit forfeiture thereof. Declares present laws concerning corporations and those hereafter passed pursuant hereto may be altered or repealed.

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Municipal Charter Amendments Jan 1930

Municipal Charter Amendments

Propositions

Senate Constitutional Amendment 8. Amends Section 8, Article XI, of Constitution. Requires proposed amendments to municipal charters be submitted to electors at special election called for that purpose or at any general or special election, and petitions for such submission be filed with legislative body of municipality at least sixty days before election; eliminates provisions requiring such submission be only during six months next preceding a regular session of Legislature or thereafter and before final adjournment thereof, and the filing of petitions for such submission at least sixty days before general election next preceding such session.

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Usury Law Jan 1930

Usury Law

Propositions

Amends Sections 1 and 3 thereof, and adds Sections 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. Written agreement for interest rate unnecessary. Corporations can not recover treble amount of interest paid. Defines "construction loans" and provides for computing interest thereon. Excepts agreements giving borrower option to pay before maturity. If maturity is accelerated by default, interest paid in advance is not usurious. Corporations can not plead usury. Legislature regulates pawnbrokers and "industrial loan companies."

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Sunday Closing Law Jan 1930

Sunday Closing Law

Propositions

Initiative. Prohibits keeping open for business any store, barber shop, workshop, factory, or other place of business, or performing or employing labor, on Sunday; excepts necessary, charitable or recreational works, needful during day for good order, health or comfort of community, enumerating many thereof but declaring enumeration not all inclusive; excepts work by member of religious society which observes weekly for rest or worship a day other than Sunday, provided he keeps place of business closed and does not work that day. Declares contracts made on Sunday and acts limiting hours of labor of females not affected.

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Fish And Game Jan 1930

Fish And Game

Propositions

Initiative. Amends Constitution, Article IV, Section 25 ½ 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 15, 1931.

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Taxation Of Ocean Marine Insurers Jan 1930

Taxation Of Ocean Marine Insurers

Propositions

Senate Constitutional Amendment 17. Adds Section 18 to Article XIII of the Constitution. Requires each ocean marine insurer pay annual State tax measured by that proportion of its underwriting profit from business in United States which its gross premiums from business in California bear to its gross premiums from business in United States; exempting such insurer from-all other taxes and licenses except real property taxes and those imposed because of other class of insurance written by it. Requires Legislature define "ocean marine insurance" and "underwriting profit." fix tax rate and provide for assessment and collection.

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Governor's Council Jan 1930

Governor's Council

Propositions

Senate Constitutional Amendment 11. Adds Section 21 to Article V of Constitution. Empowers Legislature to include in any department of executive branch of state government any office, board or commission established by Constitution and appointed by Governor, and to provide representation therefor in Governor's Council, through the director of the department. Declares section not applicable to officers and boards filled, by constitutional provision, through elections by the people, and Legislature not empowered thereby to impair any jurisdiction conferred by Constitution upon such office, board or commission, except as Legislature is now or may hereafter be so authorized.

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Reimbursing Counties For Losses From State Taxation Jan 1930

Reimbursing Counties For Losses From State Taxation

Propositions

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 21. Adds Section 17 to Article XIII of Constitution. Requires department of finance biennially report to Legislature net loss in revenue sustained during preceding biennium by each county or city and county by withdrawal from local taxation of property taxed for state purposes, basing loss to city and county on loss for county purposes apart from municipal purposes: Legislature, upon approval of budget bill, to determine amount and manner of reimbursement therefor from unappropriated money in State treasury, provided said money is not thereby reduced below ten million dollars.

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Changing Motor Vehicle Taxation Jan 1930

Changing Motor Vehicle Taxation

Propositions

Senate Constitutional Amendment 18. Adds Section 1c to Article XIII of Constitution. Requires Legislature provide for tax on motor vehicles in lieu of personal property taxes thereon, prescribe basis and method of fixing amount thereof, and collection by state department registering such vehicles: requires at least 95 per cent of fund derived therefrom be paid each year to respective counties from which such vehicles were registered, each county's share to be distributed between county and political subdivisions therein, as prescribed by law. Declares section shall not affect motor vehicle registration fees.

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Absence Of Judicial Officers From State. Authorizing Legislature To Change Number Of Superior Judges Jan 1930

Absence Of Judicial Officers From State. Authorizing Legislature To Change Number Of Superior Judges

Propositions

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 27. Amends Section 9, Article VI, of Constitution. Prohibits Legislature from granting leave of absence to any judicial officer; declares any such officer who absents himself from State for more than sixty consecutive days forfeits his office, but Governor may, on terms fixed by him, extend said period. Authorizes Legislature, by two-thirds vote of each house, to increase or diminish number of Superior Court judges in any county or city and county, but any reduction shall not affect elected judge.

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Constitutional Convention Jan 1930

Constitutional Convention

Propositions

Senate Constitutional Amendment 5. Amends Section 2, Article XVIII, of Constitution. Provides for election within ten months after adoption hereof, on date fixed by Governor, of one hundred and twenty delegates, one from each senatorial and assembly district, to meet in convention at state capitol within three months after such election and frame new state constitution; empowers convention to employ clerks and experts; requires Legislature provide for expenses thereof arid compensation of delegates; requires Constitution be submitted for adoption or rejection by majority of electors at election held therefor; provides for such election and proclamation of result.

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Judiciary Disqualifications Jan 1930

Judiciary Disqualifications

Propositions

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 17. Amends Section 18, repeals Section 22, of Article VI of Constitution. Declares Justices of Supreme Court and District Courts of Appeal, and Judges of Superior Courts and Municipal Courts, ineligible to other office or public employment than judicial during their terms; prohibits justice or judge of court of record from practicing law in or out of court while in office; declares judge of Superior Court or Municipal Court eligible to election or appointment to public office during term for which elected, but acceptance of other office constitutes resignation from office then held.

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Suffrage Jan 1930

Suffrage

Propositions

Senate Constitutional Amendment 33. Amends Section 1 of Article II of Constitution. Requires forty days residence in precinct, instead of thirty days, as a qualification to vote; declares person removing within forty days of election from precinct wherein registered to another precinct in same county shall for that election be deemed elector of former precinct and may vote therein; authorizes Legislature to provide, by general law, for casting of votes by duly registered voters who expect to be absent from their respective precincts or unable to vote therein, by reason of physical disability, on election day.

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Apportioning State Taxes To Firemen's Funds Jan 1930

Apportioning State Taxes To Firemen's Funds

Propositions

Senate Constitutional Amendment 27. Adds Section 19 to Article XIII of constitution. Requires biennial legislation distributing not exceeding half of state taxes on premiums of fire insurance companies among firemen's pension, relief, health, life and accident insurance funds of counties, municipalities and political subdivisions, in proportion that each fund bears to aggregate thereof at distribution time; permitting distribution of portion thereof to any said subdivision having no such fund and maintaining paid or volunteer fire department. Authorizes legislation permitting local authorities to apply distributions hereunder toward procuring such insurance and paying firemen's pensions.

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Compensation Of State Executive Officers Jan 1930

Compensation Of State Executive Officers

Propositions

Amends Section 19 of Article V of Constitution. Declares Governor shall receive as annual compensation ten thousand dollars and Lieutenant-Governor four thousand dollars; Secretary of State, Controller, Treasurer, Attorney General, Surveyor General and Superintendent of Public Instruction, shall each receive such compensation as is or shall be provided by law. Declares compensation of officers herein mentioned shall be in full for official services and they shall not receive for themselves fees or perquisites for performing any official duty. Authorizes Legislature, in its discretion, to abolish office of Surveyor General.

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Exempting Hospitals And Sanatoriums From Taxation Jan 1930

Exempting Hospitals And Sanatoriums From Taxation

Propositions

Senate Constitutional Amendment 6. Adds Section I 5/8 to Article XIII of Constitution. Exempts from taxation property and income of any charitable or other hospital or sanatorium, not organized or conducted for private profit, when such property and income are used exclusively for hospital or sanatorium purposes; requires Legislature prescribe method of determining from time to time tax exempt status of all hospitals and sanatoriums

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Legalizing San Francisco Harbor Improvement Act Jan 1930

Legalizing San Francisco Harbor Improvement Act

Propositions

Senate Constitutional Amendment 28. Adds Section 8 to Article XVI of Constitution. Approves and legalizes San Francisco Harbor Improvement Act of 1929, passed by Legislature, and the issuance and sale of ten million dollars of state bonds and use of proceeds thereof, all as provided in said act which authorized such bonds to provide funds for construction work and improvements in San Francisco Harbor and provided for their payment from dockage, tolls and other like charges and from collections paid into the fourth San Francisco seawall sinking fund.

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Registration Of Voters Jan 1930

Registration Of Voters

Propositions

Initiative. Changes laws regulating registration of voters. Requires new state-wide registration of voters commencing January 1, 1932; voter's registration to continue in force until cancelled at his request, or upon his death, removal, insanity, conviction of felony, or by judgment of cancellation; on January first of each subsequent odd-numbered year registration of any person not voting at last preceding August primary or November general election to be cancelled and notice thereof mailed such person at least ten days prior to close of registration for any subsequent election and such person must reregister before voting.

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Huntington Library And Art Gallery Jan 1930

Huntington Library And Art Gallery

Propositions

Senate Constitutional Amendment 9 Adds Section 15 to Article IX of Constitution. Confirms trusts and estates created for Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery by Henry E. and Arabella D. Huntington August 30, 1919, and subsequently. Authorizes such institution, or trustees thereof, to receive for its benefit any real or personal property upon same trusts unless otherwise provided. Exempts from taxation all property as of July 1, 1929, held in trust for said institution and all personal property received in exchange therefor, authorizing Legislature to modify, suspend and revive such exemption.

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The National Bank Taxation In California, Roger J. Traynor Jan 1929

The National Bank Taxation In California, Roger J. Traynor

Taxation & Traynor

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Approving California State Park Bonds Act Jan 1928

Approving California State Park Bonds Act

Propositions

Senate Constitutional Amendment 33. Adds Section 7 to Article XVI of Constitution. Approves and validates California State Park Bonds Act passed by the Legislature in 1927 and approved by the Governor; authorizes and directs the issuance and sale of $6,000,000 State bonds, and the use of the proceeds thereof, all as provided in said act, to provide a fund to be used for the acquisition of lands and other properties in California for state park purposes; declares section self-executing but permits legislation in furtherance thereof.

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Taxation Jan 1928

Taxation

Propositions

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 1. Adds Section 16 to Article XIII. Substitutes for state bank share and corporation franchise tax on banks and other financial, mercantile, manufacturing and business corporations equaling four per cent their net income, allowing them, except banks, personal property tax offset up to nine-tenths state tax. Authorizes legislative change in method of taxing banks and such corporation without constitutional amendment. Taxes intangibles three mills per dollar on their actual value for benefit of local subdivisions. Permits Legislature to change such offset or any rate by two-thirds vote, limiting rate on intangibles to four mills.

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Boxing And Wrestling Contests Jan 1928

Boxing And Wrestling Contests

Propositions

Initiative. Repeals initiative act approved by electors November 4, 1924. That act authorizes boxing and wrestling contests for prizes or purses, or where admission fee is charged, limiting such boxing contests to twelve rounds; created athletic commission empowered to license such contests and participants therein; prescribes conditions under which licenses shall be issued and contests held; and . declares amateur boxing contests, conducted under Section 412 of Penal Code (which limits such contests to four rounds and prohibits prize fights), are subject to that act, and under commission's jurisdiction, when admission fee is charged.

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Acquisition Of Rights Of Way By State Jan 1928

Acquisition Of Rights Of Way By State

Propositions

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 21." Amends Section 14, Article I of Constitution. Confers upon the State the same power now possessed by municipal corporations and counties to appropriate a right of way without full compensation therefor being first made in money or ascertained and paid into court for the owner, but requires that in any action to acquire such right of way security shall be given for immediate payment to the owner of just compensation for the property so taken as soon as the amount thereof can be ascertained according to law.

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Motor Vehicle Registration Fees Jan 1928

Motor Vehicle Registration Fees

Propositions

Act of Legislature submitted to electors by referendum. Amends Section 77 of "California Vehicle Act." Increases the amount of the registration fee to be paid for electric motor vehicles and vehicles (including trailers and semi-trailers) equipped wholly with pneumatic tires, and designed, used or maintained primarily for transporting passengers for hire or for transporting property; graduates such fees on a weight basis; doubles those fees for vehicles, other than electric, not so equipped.

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