Proposition Summary

Senate Constitutional Amendment 53 amending section 19 of article XI of constitution. Authorizes any municipal corporation to acquire and operate public utilities; to grant franchises to operate same under regulations prescribed by its organic law or otherwise by law: but eliminates from present section provisions authorizing municipal government to regulate charges for services under such franchises; and authorizes municipal corporation to furnish the product or service of public utility operated by it to users beyond its limits, to other municipalities, and to inhabitants thereof without consent of such municipalities.

Proposition Number

8

Year

1914

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Fail

Popular Vote Results

Y: 231724; A: 45.4; N: 278129; B: 54.6

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

Senate Constitutional Amendment

For Author

A. H. Breed, State Senator Fifteenth District

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