Proposition Summary

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 27. Amends Section 9, Article VI, of Constitution. Prohibits Legislature from granting leave of absence to any judicial officer; declares any such officer who absents himself from State for more than sixty consecutive days forfeits his office, but Governor may, on terms fixed by him, extend said period. Authorizes Legislature, by two-thirds vote of each house, to increase or diminish number of Superior Court judges in any county or city and county, but any reduction shall not affect elected judge.

Proposition Number

24

Year

1930

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Fail

Popular Vote Results

Y: 419527; A: 47.2; N: 469955; B: 52.8

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

Assembly Constitutional Amendment

For Author

Harry Lyons, Assemblyman, Sixty-fourth District; Ernest C. Crowley, Assemblyman, Tenth District

Against Author

Ray C. De Yoe, Assemblyman, Forty-eighth District

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