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Utah Proposition 3, Grant Legislature Power to Determine Income Tax Calculations Amendment (1970)
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| Topic Income taxes and State legislative authority |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Utah Proposition 3 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Utah on November 3, 1970. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported amending the constitution to permit the legislature to define the amount on which income taxes are measured by referring to the laws of the United States. |
A "no" vote opposed amending the constitution to permit the legislature to define the amount on which income taxes are measured by referring to the laws of the United States. |
Election results
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Utah Proposition 3 |
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181,039 | 55.66% | ||
| No | 144,218 | 44.34% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 3 was as follows:
| “ | The State Constitution shall be amended to provide that the Legislature may define income taxes imposed or measured by reference to any provision of the laws of the United States and may prescribe exceptions or modifications to any such provision. (Amending Section 22 of Article VI) | ” |
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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