Proposition Summary

Initiative. Amends section 11, Article XIII of Constitution. Declares no law imposing income tax on individual or natural person, or his estate or trust, shall be valid unless approved by majority of electors after initiative proceedings therefor, or after submission thereto, as provided for constitutional amendments proposed by legislature, at next general election following its passage by two-thirds of all members of each house of legislature. Repeals 1935 Personal Income Tax Act, Chapter 329, Statutes 1935, and similar personal income tax laws. Declares liability for taxes then accrued unaffected by such repeal.

Proposition Number

2

Year

1936

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Fail

Popular Vote Results

Y: 737629; A: 38.2; N: 1193225; B: 61.8

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

Initiative

For Author

Dr. LeRoy H. Briggs; David R. Faries

Against Author

Von T. Ellsworth, Head of Research Department, California Farm Bureau Federation, and, Executive Secretary California Tax Equalization League, which represents: Alta California, Incorporated,

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