Proposition Summary

Senate Constitutional Amendment 28. Adds Article XXVI to Constitution. Requires motor vehicle fuel tax moneys be used exclusively for public street and highway purposes. Permits not exceeding 20% of 1₵; per gallon fuel tax to be expended for payment, redemption, etc. of certain street or highway assessments, bonds or coupons. Requires all vehicle license fee and tax moneys be used to enforce laws concerning use, operation or registration of vehicles, for California Highway Patrol functions, for street and highway and other designated purposes. Declares amendment shall not affect certain existing laws.

Proposition Number

3

Year

1938

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Pass

Popular Vote Results

Y: 1505043; A: 66.3; N: 766063; B: 33.7

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

Senate Constitutional Amendment

Code Sections Affected

Added Cal. Const. art. XXVI.

For Author

William F. Knowland, Senator, Sixteenth District; Sanborn Young, Senator, Eighteenth District

Against Author

Malcolm M. Davisson

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