Title

GASOLINE TAX

Proposition Summary

Initiative measure. Requires every distributor of gasoline, distillate and other motor vehicle fuels, to pay license tax of one cent per gallon, in addition to two-cent license tax now required by law; said additional tax to be applied toward paying one-third of refunds now required by law, and balance credited to State Highway Construction Fund and used for acquiring rights of way for, and construction of, highways under jurisdiction of California Highway Commission; declares act effective January 1, 1927, and subject to amendment or repeal by the Legislature after January 1, 1939.

Proposition Number

4

Year

1926

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Fail

Popular Vote Results

Y: 499415; A: 48.1; N: 539343; B: 51.9

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

Initiative

Relevant Case

Rossi v. Brown: 9 Cal. 4th 688, 1995

For Author

A. H. Breed, President pro tempore, California Senate; Ed. P. Sample, State Senator, Fortieth District

Against Author

Harry A. Chamberlin, State Senator, Thirty-first District; J. J. Deuel, Manager Law and Utilities Department, California Farm Bureau Federation

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