Proposition Summary

Senate Constitutional Amendment 24. Amends Constitution, Article XIII, Section 1a, 1 ½, and 1 ½ a. Extends exemption from taxation of buildings used solely and exclusively for religious worship to include all furnishings and other personal property therein; and of buildings occupied by institutions sheltering more than twenty orphans or half-orphans, receiving State aid, to include all personal property used in connection with such institutions. Denies exemptions to church property, to such orphan institutions, and to educational institutions of collegiate grade, unless those claiming exemption comply with prescribed statutory procedure.

Proposition Number

21

Year

1938

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Fail

Popular Vote Results

Y: 760482; A: 36.5; N: 1323176; B: 63.5

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

Senate Constitutional Amendment

For Author

Thomas F. Keating, Senator, Thirteenth District

Against Author

Eric Lyders, Attorney, 200 Bush Street, San Francisco, California

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