Proposition Summary
Adds Subdivision ab to Section 14, Article XIII, of Constitution. Subject to change by Legislature fixes percentage of tax on street railways, including interurban electric and gasoline propelled railways, at four and one-quarter per cent of their gross receipts from operation ascertained as provided in constitution; should courts hold classification herein unconstitutional or prejudicial to State's right to tax other railroads differently, declares this amendment void, and rate on said railways and other railroads shall be as prescribed in subdivision a of same Section or as adopted pursuant thereto.
Proposition Number
4
Year
1930
Document Type
Proposition
Pass/Fail
Pass
Popular Vote Results
Y: 691451; A: 65.6; N: 363155; B: 34.4
Election Type
General Election
Proposition Type
Assembly Constitutional Amendment
Code Sections Affected
Added Cal. Const. art. XIII, section 14 ab.
For Author
Bert B. Snyder, Assemblyman, Forty-third District; Fred B. Noyes, Assemblyman, Eighth District
Recommended Citation
TAXATION ON STREET RAILWAYS California Proposition 4 (1930).
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