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California Proposition 2, Highway Usage Taxation Amendment (1926)
| California Proposition 2 | |
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| Election date November 2, 1926 | |
| Topic Taxes | |
Status Approved | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
California Proposition 2 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in California on November 2, 1926. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported taxing companies that own or operate vehicles on public highways for transporting persons at 4.25% of their gross receipts and taxing companies who operate trucks for transporting property at 5% of their gross receipts. |
A “no” vote opposed taxing companies that own or operate vehicles on public highways for transporting persons at 4.25% of their gross receipts and taxing companies who operate trucks for transporting property at 5% of their gross receipts. |
Election results
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California Proposition 2 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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751,379 | 78.03% | ||
| No | 211,618 | 21.97% | ||
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- Results are officially certified.
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Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 2 was as follows:
| “ | Taxing Highway Transportation Companies | ” |
Ballot summary
The ballot summary for this measure was:
| “ | Assembly Constitutional Amendment 37. Adds Section 15 to Article XIII of Constitution. Taxes companies, owning or operating, as common carriers upon public highways between fixed termini or over a regular route, jitney busses, stages or motor vehicles tor transporting persons, four and one-quarter per cent, and those operating trucks tor transporting property five per cent, of their gross receipts; exempts property so used from all other taxes and licenses; appropriates halt of such taxes to state and halt to counties, exclusively for maintaining and repairing public highways; empowers legislature to change such percentages . | ” |
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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