Utah Amendment 5, Create the State Tax Commission Measure (1930)

Utah Amendment 5
Election date November 4, 1930
Topic Administrative organization and Administrative powers and rulemaking
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Utah Amendment 5 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 create the State Tax Commission and create the rules and regulations governing the commission.

A "no" vote opposed amending the constitution to create the State Tax Commission and create the rules and regulations governing the commission.

Election results

Utah Amendment 5
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		62,814	51.98%
No		58,021	48.02%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 5 was as follows:

“

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section 11 of Article 13 of the constitution of the State of Utah, relating to revenue and taxation.

”

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

• 1930 Measures
• Administrative powers and rulemaking on the ballot
• Tax and revenue administration on the ballot
• Administrative organization on the ballot
• 1930 legislative sessions

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