Utah Amendment 3, Raise the Salary Limit for Legislators Measure (1962)
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| Topic Salaries of government officials |
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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 6, 1962. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported amending the constitution to raise the salary limit for legislators to $1200 each year and the expenses limit to $10.00 per day. |
A "no" vote opposed amending the constitution, thus maintaining the salary limit for legislators as $500 per year and the expenses limit as $5.00 per day. |
Election results
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Utah Amendment 3 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 71,745 | 27.78% | ||
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186,473 | 72.22% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 3 was as follows:
| “ | Shall Section 9 of Article VI of the Constitution of Utah be amended to raise the limits on salaries and expenses that may be paid members of the legislature from the present level of $500 per year as salary and $5.00 per day expenses while actually in session, to $1200 per year as salary and $10.00 per day as expenses while actually in session? | ” |
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.
See also
Footnotes
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