Proposition Summary
Legislative Constitutional Amendment. Amends and adds various constitutional provisions to provide for or affect two-year legislative sessions, automatic adjournment, special sessions, recesses, effective date of statutes, limitation on time for introduction of bills and presentation to Governor, budget bill time limits and procedure, vetoes, Governor's annual report, pardons, and legislators' terms and retirement. Financial impact: Cost decrease to state of between $16,500 and $60,000 per year.
Proposition Number
4
Year
1972
Document Type
Proposition
Pass/Fail
Pass
Popular Vote Results
Y: 4521981; A: 60.9; N: 2906291; B: 39.1
Election Type
General Election
Proposition Type
Assembly Constitutional Amendment
Code Sections Affected
Amended Cal. Const. art. IV, sections 2(a), 3, 4, 7(d), 8(c), 10, 11, 12(c), 23(b), Amended Cal. Const. art. V, sections 3, 8, Amended Cal. Const. art. XX, section 20, Added Cal. Const. art. XX, section 25
For Author
Bob Moretti, Assembly Speaker; Bob Monagan, Assembly Republican Leader; Fred Marler, Senate Republican Leader
Against Author
Ken MacDonald, Assemblyman, 37th District
Recommended Citation
LEGISLATIVE REORGANIZATION California Proposition 4 (1972).
https://repository.uclawsf.edu/ca_ballot_props/748