Proposition Summary
Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 23. Continues exemption of California-registered freight and passenger ships of more than 50 tons burden from local property taxation, such exemption on otherwise due to expire January y 1, 1955.
Proposition Number
5
Year
1954
Document Type
Proposition
Pass/Fail
Pass
Popular Vote Results
Y: 2306460; A: 71.6; N: 913796; B: 28.4
Election Type
General Election
Proposition Type
Senate Constitutional Amendment
Code Sections Affected
Amended Cal. Const. art. XIII, section 4.
For Author
Arthur H. Breed, Jr., State Senator, Alameda County; Gerald J. O'Gara, State Senator, City and County of San Francisco; Thomas M. Erwin, Member of the Assembly, Los Angeles County Chairman of Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee
Against Author
Carley V. Porter, California State Assembly, 69th District
Recommended Citation
TAXATION: EXEMPTION OF VESSELS California Proposition 5 (1954).
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