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California Proposition 2, Fire Insurance Tax Amendment (1930)
| California Proposition 2 | |
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| Election date November 4. 1930 | |
| Topic Taxes | |
Status Defeated | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
California Proposition 2 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in California on November 4, 1930. It was defeated.
A “yes” vote supported requiring biennial legislation that distributes half of the state taxes on fire insurance companies to firemen's pension, relief, health, life, and accident insurance funds of counties, municipalities, and political subdivisions and establishing procedures for distributing the funds. |
A “no” vote opposed requiring biennial legislation that distributes half of the state taxes on fire insurance companies to firemen's pension, relief, health, life, and accident insurance funds of counties, municipalities, and political subdivisions and establishing procedures for distributing the funds. |
Election results
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California Proposition 2 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 262,131 | 24.16% | ||
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822,964 | 75.84% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 2 was as follows:
| “ | Apportioning State Taxes to Firemen's Funds | ” |
Ballot summary
The ballot summary for this measure was:
| “ | Senate Constitutional Amendment 27. Adds Section 19 to Article XIII of constitution. Requires biennial legislation distributing not exceeding half of state taxes on premiums of fire insurance companies among firemen's pension, relief, health, life and accident insurance funds of counties, municipalities and political subdivisions, in proportion that each fund bears to aggregate thereof at distribution time; permitting distribution of portion thereof to any said subdivision having no such fund and maintaining paid or volunteer fire department. Authorizes legislation permitting local authorities to apply distributions hereunder toward procuring such insurance and paying firemen's pensions. | ” |
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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Footnotes
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