Proposition Summary

Senate Constitutional Amendment No.7. Sets maximum permissible term of statutory state bond issues at 50 instead of 75 years. Declares that full publicity is given to state bond propositions in ballot pamphlets prepared by Secretary of State: eliminates requirement that such propositions be published for three months in newspaper in each county. Authorizes Legislature to reduce authorized bond issue to lesser amount than that fixed by bond proposition.

Proposition Number

12

Year

1956

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Pass

Popular Vote Results

Y: 2006548; A: 51.0; N: 1930235; B: 49.0

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

Senate Constitutional Amendment

Code Sections Affected

Amended Cal. Const. art. XVI, section 1.

For Author

Nelson S. Dilworth, Senator, 37th District; Donald L. Grunsky, Senator, 23d District; A. A. Erhart, Senator, 29th District

Against Author

John B. Long, General Manager California Newspaper Publishers Association

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