Proposition Summary
Assembly Constitutional Amendment 31. Amends section 14, Article I of constitution. Excepts counties from provisions requiring compensation be first made or paid into court for owner before right of way is appropriated; adds proviso authorizing state, political subdivision thereof or district, upon commencement of condemnation proceedings for right of way, to take immediate possession thereof upon making money deposits in such amounts as court may determine adequate to secure to owner immediate payment as compensation therefor, permitting court on motion and upon notice to alter amount of such security.
Proposition Number
13
Year
1918
Document Type
Proposition
Pass/Fail
Pass
Popular Vote Results
Y: 212011; A: 54.1; N: 179976; B: 45.9
Election Type
General Election
Proposition Type
Assembly Constitutional Amendment
Code Sections Affected
Amended Cal. Const. art. I, section 14.
For Author
Lee Gebhart, Assemblyman Fifteenth District; L. L. Dennett, Assemblyman Forty-sixth District
Recommended Citation
CONDEMNATION OF RIGHT OF WAY FOR PUBLIC USE California Proposition 13 (1918).
https://repository.uclawsf.edu/ca_ballot_props/115