Amendments, Election of 11-4-30:

1929 SJR 26 (Article IX, Section 6) {Adopted}

1929 SJR 89 (Article IX, Section 12) {Adopted}

1929 HJR 35 (Article IX, Section 11) {Adopted}

1929 HJR 753 (Article IX, Section 13) {Adopted}

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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 26.

A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an Amendment to Section 6 of Article IX of the Constitution of the State of Florida Relating to Bonds.

Be it Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

That the following amendment to Section 6 of Article IX of the Constitution of the State of Florida relating to bonds be, and the same is hereby, agreed to and shall be submitted to the electors of the State at the General Election of Representatives to be held in 1930, for approval or rejection. That said Section 6 shall be amended so as to read as follows:

Section 6. The Legislature shall have power to provide for issuing State bonds only for the purpose of repelling invasion or suppressing insurrection, and the Counties, Districts or Municipalities of the State of Florida shall have power to issue bonds only after the same shall have been approved by a majority of the votes cast in an election in which a majority of the freeholders who are qualified electors residing in such Counties, Districts, or Municipalities shall participate, to be held in the manner to be prescribed by law; but the provisions of this Act shall not apply to the refunding of bonds issued exclusively for the purpose of refunding of the bonds or the interest thereon of such Counties, Districts, or Municipalities.

Approved June 8, A. D. 1929.

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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 89.

A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an Amendment to Article IX of the Constitution of the State of Florida, Relative to Taxation and Finance, to Be Known As Section 12 of Article IX.

Be it Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

That the following amendment of Article IX of the Constitution of the State of Florida to be known as Section 12 of said Article IX be, and the same is hereby agreed to and shall be submitted to the electors of the State of Florida at the general election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1930, for ratification or rejection.

Section 12. For a period of fifteen years from the beginning of operation, all industrial plants which shall be established in this State on or after July 1, 1929, engaged primarily during said period in the manufacture of steel vessels, automobile tires, fabrics and textiles, wood pulp, paper, paper bags, fiber board, automobiles, automobile parts, aircraft, aircraft parts, Glass and Crockery Manufacturers and the refining of sugar and oils, and including by-products or derivatives incident to the manufacture of any of the above products, shall be exempt from all taxation, except that no exemption which shall become effective by virtue of this amendment shall extend beyond the year 1948.

The exemption herein authorized shall not apply to real estate owned and used by such industrial plants except the real estate occupied as the location required to house such industrial plants and the buildings and property situated thereon, together with such lands as may be required for warehouses, storage, trackage and shipping facilities and being used for such purposes.

Approved May 15, A. D. 1929.

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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 35.

A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an Amendment to Section 11 of Article IX of the Constitution of the State of Florida Relating to Taxation and Finances So As to Provide Authority for the State of Florida to Levy and Collect Inheritance or Estate Taxes Under Certain Conditions.

Be it Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

That the following amendment to Section 11 of Article IX of the Constitution of the State of Florida relating to Taxation and Finances be, and the same is, hereby agreed to, and shall be submitted to the electors of the State of Florida at the general election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, A. D. 1930, for ratification or rejection, that is to say, that Section 11 of Article IX of the Constitution of the State of Florida relating to Taxation and Finances be amended so as to read, as follows:

Section 11. No taxes upon inheritances or upon the income of residents or citizens of this State shall be levied by the State of Florida, or under its authority, and there shall be exempt from taxation to the head of the family residing in this State, household goods and personal effects to the value of Five Hundred ($500.00) Dollars, provided, however, that the Legislature may provide for the assessment, levying and collection of a tax upon Inheritances, or for the levying of Estate taxes, not exceeding in the aggregate the amounts which may by any law of the United States be allowed to be credited against or deducted from any similar tax upon Inheritances, or taxes on estates assessed or levied by the United States on the same subject, but the power of the Legislature to levy such Inheritance taxes, or Estate Taxes in this State, shall exist only so long as, and during the time, a similar tax is enforced by the United States against Florida Inheritances or Estates and shall only be exercised or enforced to the extent of absorbing the amount of any deduction or credit which may be permitted by the laws of the United States, now existing or hereafter enacted to be claimed by reason thereof, as a deduction or credit against such similar tax of the United States applicable to Florida Inheritances or Estates. The Legislature may provide for the appropriation of all taxes collected under this Article to such State, County, Municipal or Educational purposes as it may deem advisable.

Filed in this office without Governor's approval.

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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 753.

A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an Amendment to Article IX of the Constitution of the State of Florida by Adding Thereto An Additional Section to Be Known As Section 13 Relating to the Taxation of Motor Vehicles.

Be it Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

That the following amendment to Article IX of the Constitution of the State of Florida, relating to Taxation and Finance, by adding thereto an additional section to be known as Section 13 providing for the manner of taxation of motor vehicles, be and the same is hereby agreed to and shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the State of Florida for ratification or rejection at the General Election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November A. D. 1930, that is to say, there shall be added to Article IX of the Constitution of the State of Florida, relating to taxation and finance, an additional section to be known as Section 13 of said Article, which shall read as follows:

Section 13. Motor Vehicles, as property, shall be subject to only one form of taxation which shall be a license tax for the operation of such motor vehicles, which license tax shall be in such amount and levied for such purpose as the Legislature may, by law, provide, and shall be in lieu of all ad valorem taxes assessable against motor vehicles as personal property.

Approved May 31, A. D. 1929.