Utah Amendment 3, Distribute the State School Fund Based on School Census Measure (1930)
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| Topic Property taxes and Public education funding |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Utah Amendment 3 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Utah on November 4, 1930. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported amending the constitution to distribute the interest of the State School Fund according to the last school census, and change the property tax rate for general state and education purposes. |
A "no" vote opposed amending the constitution to distribute the interest of the State School Fund according to the last school census, and change the property tax rate for general state and education purposes. |
Election results
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Utah Amendment 3 |
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66,208 | 54.27% | ||
| No | 55,791 | 45.73% | ||
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- Results are officially certified.
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Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 3 was as follows:
| “ | A joint resolution providing for amendments to house joint resolutions numbers three and eight passed by the legislature in 1929, proposing to amend Section 3, Article X, and Section 7, Article XIII of the constitution of the State of Utah relating to the State school fund and the manner of distributing the interest of such fund and other revenues of the several school districts of the State. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Utah Constitution
A two-thirds vote in both the legislative chambers 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.
See also
Footnotes
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