Utah Amendment 2, Change the Compensation of the State Legislature Measure (1944)

Utah Amendment 2
Election date November 7, 1944
Topic Salaries of government officials
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Utah Amendment 2 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Utah on November 7, 1944. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported amending the constitution to change the compensation of the legislature to $300 per year and 10 cents reimbursement per mile of travel.

A "no" vote opposed amending the constitution, thus maintaining the compensation of the legislature as $4.00 per day and 10 cents reimbursement per mile of travel.

Election results

Utah Amendment 2
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		74,296	72.27%
No		28,510	27.73%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 2 was as follows:

“

A proposed Amendment to the constitution of the State of Utah authorizing the legislature to pay each member, not to exceed, $300.00 per year and not to exceed 10c per mile travel expense, by amending Section 9 of Article VI of the Constitution of the State of Utah.

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Utah Constitution

A two-thirds majority vote in both the legislative chambers vote is required during one legislative session for the Utah State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 50 votes in the Utah House of Representatives and 20 votes in the Utah State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

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