Proposition Summary

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 71. Adds section 31d to Article IV of Constitution. Declares State may hold and hereafter acquire shares of stock in mutual water companies when incident to ownership of land heretofore or hereafter acquired by State or necessary to secure water supply required by State institution, department or agency. Declares State, when holding such stock, entitled to rights, powers and privileges and subject to obligations and liabilities conferred or imposed by law upon other stockholders in same company.

Proposition Number

11

Year

1940

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Pass

Popular Vote Results

Y: 1151911; A: 58.7; N: 810549; B: 41.3

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

Assembly Constitutional Amendment

Code Sections Affected

Added Cal. Const. art. IV, section 31d.

For Author

Godfrey A. Andreas, Member of the Assembly, Seventy-second District.; Hugh M. Burns, Member of the Assembly, Thirty-sixth District.

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