Proposition Summary

Senate Constitutional Amendment 30. Amends Section 21, Article XX of Constitution. Specifies matters included with complete system of workmen’s compensation. Empowers legislature to establish such system and require any or all persons to compensate workmen for their injury or disability, and dependents thereof for death of said workmen incurred in employment, irrespective of any party’s fault, provide for settling disputes by arbitration, industrial accident commission, courts or any combination thereof; procedures therefor, making decisions of such tribunals reviewable by appellate courts. Declares Industrial Accident Commission and State Compensation Insurance Fund unaffected hereby, confirming functions vested therein.

Proposition Number

23

Year

1918

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Pass

Popular Vote Results

Y: 229974; A: 50.6; N: 224517; B: 49.4

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

Senate Constitutional Amendment

Code Sections Affected

Amended Cal. Const. art. XX, section 21.

For Author

Edgar A. Luce, State Senator Fortieth District; Herbert C. Jones, State Senator Twenty-eighth District

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