Proposition Summary

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 45. Amends Constitution, Article IV, section 25 ½. Creates Fish and Game Commission of five members, appointed by Governor subject to confirmation by Senate, with six year terms, removable by majority vote of Legislature; rotates terms by requiring terms of those first appointed shall expire one each year. Empowers Legislature to delegate to Commission powers relating to protection, propagation and preservation of fish and game.

Proposition Number

8

Year

1940

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Pass

Popular Vote Results

Y: 1287473; A: 63.6; N: 735589; B: 36.4

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

Assembly Constitutional Amendment

Code Sections Affected

Amended Cal. Const. art. IV, section 25 1/2.

For Author

Gordon H. Garland, Speaker and Member of the Assembly, Thirty-eighth District.; H. W. Call, Member of the Assembly, Twenty-ninth District.

Against Author

Fred Reaves, Member of the Assembly. Sixty-eighth District.

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