California Proposition 12, Legislative Employees Pay Amendment (1930)
| California Proposition 12 | |
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| Election date November 4, 1930 | |
| Topic State legislatures measures | |
Status Defeated | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
California Proposition 12 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in California on November 4, 1930. It was defeated.
A “yes” vote supported allowing each house of the legislature to employ help and setting the daily pay (excluding the pay of the Secretary of Senate and Chief Clerk of Assembly) to a total of $400 for all employees of the Senate and a total of $450 for all employees of the Assembly during a regular session and $150 total for all employees of each house during special sessions. |
A “no” vote opposed allowing each house of the legislature to employ help and setting the daily pay (excluding the pay of the Secretary of Senate and Chief Clerk of Assembly) to a total of $400 for all employees of the Senate and a total of $450 for all employees of the Assembly during a regular session and $150 total for all employees of each house during special sessions. |
Election results
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California Proposition 12 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 449,280 | 49.51% | ||
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458,225 | 50.49% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 12 was as follows:
| “ | Legislative Help-limitation Upon Expenses Therefor | ” |
Ballot summary
The ballot summary for this measure was:
| “ | Senate Constitutional Amendment 30. Amends Section 23a of Article IV of Constitution. Authorizes each house of Legislature, by resolution, to employ help, prescribe duties and fix compensation thereof; total daily expense for officers, employees and attaches not to exceed, at any regular session, four hundred dollars for Senate and four hundred fifty dollars for Assembly, exclusive of salaries of Secretary of Senate and Chief Clerk of Assembly, and, at any special or extraordinary Session, one hundred fifty dollars for each house, exclusive of salaries of such Secretary and Chief Clerk. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the California Constitution
A two-thirds vote was needed in each chamber of the California State Legislature to refer the constitutional amendment to the ballot for voter consideration.
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