Proposition Summary

Senate Constitutional Amendment 24. Amends Section 31 of Article IV of Constitution. Authorizes irrigation districts, in order to obtain water and other necessary property, to acquire stock of corporations owning water rights, waterworks, franchises or concessions, subject to obligations imposed by law upon other stockholders therein; requires city or county treasurer, upon resolution of governing body of political subdivision, to transfer temporarily funds thereof, not exceeding eighty-five per cent of taxes accruing thereto, to meet obligations incurred for maintenance, replacing same from such taxes before using latter for other obligations.

Proposition Number

24

Year

1926

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Pass

Popular Vote Results

Y: 387905; A: 52.4; N: 351785; B: 47.6

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

Senate Constitutional Amendment

Code Sections Affected

Amended Cal. Const. art. IV, section 31.

For Author

Herbert W. Slater, State Senator, Eighth District; Chester M. Kline, State Senator, Thirty-ninth District

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