Proposition Summary

Senate Constitutional Amendment 40. Amends Section 14 of Article XIII of Constitution. Subject to change by Legislature, changes state tax on steam railroads not exceeding two hundred and fifty miles in length, operated separately and not as part of another railroad owning or operating lines exceeding such length, from seven to five and one-quarter per cent of gross receipts ascertained as provided in Constitution; if such classification violates Federal Constitution, or prejudices state's right to tax other steam railroads at different rate, taxes all steam railroads seven per cent, or percentage hereafter adopted.

Proposition Number

7

Year

1926

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Pass

Popular Vote Results

Y: 643993; A: 73.2; N: 236104; B: 26.8

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

Senate Constitutional Amendment

Code Sections Affected

Added Cal. Const. art. XIII, section 14aa.

For Author

H. C. Nelson, State Senator, First District; Harry A. Chamberlin, State Senator, Thirty-first District

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