Proposition Summary

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.

Proposition Number

2

Year

1930

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Fail

Popular Vote Results

Y: 262131; A: 24.2; N: 822964; B: 75.8

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

Senate Constitutional Amendment

For Author

George W. Rochester, Senator Thirty-seventh District; Joseph L. Pedrotti, Senator Twenty-ninth District

Against Author

Walter H. Duval, Senator, Twenty-fifth District

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