Utah Amendment 4, Permit Legislation to Govern Valuation of Mining Property Measure (1930)

Utah Amendment 4
Election date November 4, 1930
Topic Mineral resources and Property taxes
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Utah Amendment 4 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 permit the legislature to provide for assessment of mining property and lands claimed for mining purposes.

A "no" vote opposed amending the constitution to permit the legislature to provide for assessment of mining property and lands claimed for mining purposes.

Election results

Utah Amendment 4
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		67,299	54.57%
No		56,023	45.43%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 4 was as follows:

“

A joint resolution providing for an amendment to Section 4, Article 13, of the constitution of the State of Utah relating to the taxation of mines and mining property.

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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

1930 Measures

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• Mineral resources on the ballot
• Property taxes on the ballot
• 1930 legislative sessions

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