Proposition Summary

Adds Subdivision ab to Section 14, Article XIII, of Constitution. Subject to change by Legislature fixes percentage of tax on street railways, including interurban electric and gasoline propelled railways, at four and one-quarter per cent of their gross receipts from operation ascertained as provided in constitution; should courts hold classification herein unconstitutional or prejudicial to State's right to tax other railroads differently, declares this amendment void, and rate on said railways and other railroads shall be as prescribed in subdivision a of same Section or as adopted pursuant thereto.

Proposition Number

4

Year

1930

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Pass

Popular Vote Results

Y: 691451; A: 65.6; N: 363155; B: 34.4

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

Assembly Constitutional Amendment

Code Sections Affected

Added Cal. Const. art. XIII, section 14 ab.

For Author

Bert B. Snyder, Assemblyman, Forty-third District; Fred B. Noyes, Assemblyman, Eighth District

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