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Article XVI, section 18 of the California Constitution
Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 32
Resolution Chapter 70, Statutes of 1974 Adopted November 5, 1974 as Proposition 8
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Various provisions of the California Constitution relating to taxation and state funds were amended, added or repealed in 1974 by voter approval of Proposition No. 8 on the November 5, 1974 General Election ballot. (See Exhibit A, #1) Proposition No. 8 was placed on the ballot by Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 32, introduced by the Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation, in particular, Assembly member Joe A. Gonsalves, the chair of the Committee. (See Exhibit A, #2) Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 32 was introduced to put into effect the recommendation of the California Constitution Revision Commission. (See Exhibit A, #4)
Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 32 was heard in the Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation and the Assembly Committee on Constitutional Amendments and then in the Senate Committee on Revenue and Taxation. (See Exhibit A, #3, #4, and #7) Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 32 was approved by the Legislature on May 23, 1974, and chaptered by the Secretary of State on May 30, 1974 as Resolution Chapter 70 of the Statutes of 1974. (See Exhibit A, #2n and #3)
Ballot arguments made in favor of Proposition 8 provide this background to the action:
Proposition 8 revises Article XIII of our Constitution. This Article deals with the tax structure. Though the proposal shortens the Article by 8,200 words, it makes only technical changes in the Constitution and clarifies the meaning of existing sections.
Proposition 8 is a part of the continuing program for constitutional revision that has resulted in more than one half of California's Constitution being rewritten. This measure originated in the Constitution Revision Commission. The Commission's recommendations were further refined by a blue ribbon "task force" made up of staff from both Houses of the Legislature, the Department of Finance, and a group of outside experts. The result was this non-controversial measure which was adopted by both Houses of the Legislature with only one dissenting vote.
(See Exhibit A, #1, page 31)