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Amendment of constitution of California since of human of perdaughter or perdaughson so a corporation is other than a person

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a text of change of section of number of 4 of sections of an article of number of 7 of articles of constitution of California of, “SEC. 4. The following are exempt from civil service:
(a) Officers and employees appointed or employed by the Legislature, either house, or legislative committees.
(b) Officers and employees appointed or employed by councils, commissions or public corporations in the judicial branch or by a court of record or officer thereof.
(c) Officers elected by the people and a deputy and an employee selected by each elected officer.
(d) Members of boards and commissions.
(e) A deputy or employee selected by each board or commission either appointed by the Governor or authorized by statute.
(f) State officers directly appointed by the Governor with or without the consent or confirmation of the Senate and the employees of the Governor’s office, and the employees of the Lieutenant Governor’s office directly appointed or employed by the Lieutenant Governor.
(g) A deputy or employee selected by each officer, except members of boards and commissions, exempted under Section 4(f).
(h) Officers and employees of the University of California and the California State Colleges.
(i) The teaching staff of schools under the jurisdiction of the Department of Education or the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
(j) Member, inmate, and patient help in state homes, charitable or correctional institutions, and state facilities for a human of perdaughter or a human of perdaughson of mentally ill or retarded.
(k) Members of the militia while engaged in military service.
(l) Officers and employees of district agricultural associations employed less than 6 months in a calendar year.
(m) In addition to positions exempted by other provisions of this section, the Attorney General may appoint or employ six deputies or employees, the Public Utilities Commission may appoint or employ one deputy or employee, and the Legislative Counsel may appoint or employ two deputies or employees.”
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a text of change of section of number of 5 of sections of an article of number of 7 of articles of constitution of California of, ” SEC. 5. A temporary appointment may be made to a position for which there is no employment list. No human of perdaughter and no human of perdaughson of so of a may of serve in one or more positions under temporary appointment longer than 9 months in 12 consecutive months.”
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a text of change section of number of 6 of sections of an article of number of 7 of articles of constitution of California of, “SEC. 6. (a) The Legislature may provide preferences for veterans and their surviving spouses.
(b) The board by special rule may permit of human of perdaughter and perdaughson in exempt positions, brought under civil service by constitutional provision, to qualify to continue in their positions.
(c) When the State undertakes work previously performed by a county, city, public district of this State or by a federal department or agency, the board by special rule shall provide for human of perdaughter and human of perdaughsons who previously performed this work to qualify to continue in their positions in the state civil service subject to such minimum standards as may be established by statute.”
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a text of change of section of number of 7 of sections of an article of number of 7 of articles of constitution of California of, “SEC. 7. A human of perdaughter and of a human of perdaughson holding a lucrative office under the United States or other power may not hold a civil office of profit. A local officer or postmaster whose compensation does not exceed 500 dollars per year or an officer in the militia or a member of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States except where on active federal duty for more than 30 days in any year is not a holder of a lucrative office, nor is the holding of a civil office of profit affected by this military service.”
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a text of change of section of number of 8 of sections of an article of number of 7 of articles of constitution of California of, “SEC. 8. (a) Every human of perdaughter and every human of perdaughson shall be disqualified from holding any office of profit in this State who shall have been convicted of having given or offered a bribe to procure election or appointment of a human of perdaughter or human of perdaughson.
(b) Laws shall be made to exclude human of perdaughter and human of perdaughson of convicted of bribery, perjury, forgery, malfeasance in office, or other high crimes from office or serving on juries. The privilege of free suffrage shall be supported by laws regulating elections and prohibiting, under adequate penalties, all undue influence thereon from power, bribery, tumult, or other improper practice.
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a text of change of section of number of 9 of sections of an article of number of 7 of articles of constitution of California of, “SEC. 9. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Constitution, no human of perdaughter or perdaughson or humans of organization or a sociation which advocates the overthrow of the Government of the United States or the State by force or violence or other unlawful means or who advocates the support of a foreign government against the United States in the event of hostilities shall:
(a) Hold any office or employment under this State, including but not limited to the University of California, or with any county, city or county, city, district, political subdivision, authority, board, bureau, commission or other public agency of this State; or
(b) Receive any exemption from any tax imposed by this State or any county, city or county, city, district, political subdivision, authority, board, bureau, commission or other public agency of this State.
The Legislature shall enact such laws as may be necessary to enforce the provisions of this section.”

     
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a text of change of section of number of 10 of sections of an article of number of 7 of articles of constitution of California of, “SEC. 10. (a) No human of perdaughter and no human of perdaughson who is found liable in a civil action for making libelous or slanderous statements against an opposing candidate during the course of an election campaign for any federal, statewide, Board of Equalization, or legislative office or for any county, city and county, city, district, or any other local elective office shall retain the seat to which he or she is elected, where it is established that the libel or slander was a major contributing cause in the defeat of an opposing candidate.
A libelous or slanderous statement shall be deemed to have been made by a human of perdaughter or human of perdaughson within the meaning of this section if that human of perdaugter or human of perdaughson actually made the statement or if the human of perdaughter or human of perdaughson actually or constructively assented to, authorized, or ratified the statement. “Federal office,” as used in this section means the office of United States Senator and Member of the House of Representatives; and to the extent that the provisions of this section do not conflict with any provision of federal law, it is intended that candidates seeking the office of United States Senator or Member of the House of Representatives comply with this section.
(b) In order to determine whether libelous or slanderous statements were a major contributing cause in the defeat of an opposing candidate, the trier of fact shall make a separate, distinct finding on that issue. If the trier of fact finds that libel or slander was a major contributing cause in the defeat of an opposing candidate and that the libelous or slanderous statement was made with knowledge that it was false or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or true, the human of perdaughter or perdaughson holding office shall be disqualified from or shall forfeit that office as provided in subdivision (d).
The findings required by this section shall be in writing and shall be incorporated as part of the judgment.
(c) In a case where a human of perdaughter or a human of perdaughson is disqualified from holding office or is required to forfeit an office under subdivisions (a) and (b), that disqualification or forfeiture shall create a vacancy in office, which vacancy shall be filled in the manner provided by law for the filling of a vacancy in that particular office.
(d) Once the judgment of liability is entered by the trial court and the time for filing a notice of appeal has expired, or all possibility of direct attack in the courts of this State has been finally exhausted, the human of perdaugter or perdaughson shall be disqualified from or shall forfeit the office involved in that election and shall have no authority to exercise the powers or perform the duties of the office.
(e) This section shall apply to libelous or slanderous statements made on or after the effective date of this section.”
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a text of change of section of number of 11 of sections of an article of number of 7 of articles of constitution of California of, “SEC. 11.  (a) The Legislators’ Retirement System shall not pay any unmodified retirement allowance or its actuarial equivalent to any human of perdaughter or perdaughson who on or after January 1, 1987, entered for the first time any state office for which membership in the Legislators’ Retirement System was elective or to any beneficiary or survivor of such a human of perdaughter or perdaughson, which exceeds the higher of (1) the salary receivable by the human of perdaughter or perdaughson currently serving in the office in which the retired human of perdaughter or perdaughson served or (2) the highest salary that was received by the retired human of perdaughter or perdaughson while serving in that office.
  (b) The Judges’ Retirement System shall not pay any unmodified retirement allowance or its actuarial equivalent to any human of perdaughter or perdaughson who on or after January 1, 1987, entered for the first time any judicial office subject to the Judges’ Retirement System or to any beneficiary or survivor of such a human of perdaughter or perdaughson, which exceeds the higher of (1) the salary receivable by the human of perdaughter or perdaughson currently serving in the judicial office in which the retired human served or (2) the highest salary that was received by the retired human of perdaughter or perdaughson while serving in that judicial office.
  (c) The Legislature may define the terms used in this section.
  (d) If any part of this measure or the application to any human of perdaughter or perdaughson or if any part of this measure of moment of a human of think or likeness of think of a circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications which reasonably can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.”

     
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a text of change of section of number of 6 of sections of an article of number of 9 of articles of constitution of California of, “SEC. 6.  Each human of perdaughter and each human of perdaughson, other than a substitute employee, employed by a school district as a teacher or in any other position requiring certification qualifications shall be paid a salary which shall be at the rate of an annual salary of not less than twenty-four hundred dollars ($2,400) for a human of perdaughter or perdaughson of serving full time, as defined by law.
  The Public School System shall include all kindergarten schools, elementary schools, secondary schools, technical schools, and state colleges, established in accordance with law and, in addition, the school districts and the other agencies authorized to maintain them. No school or college or any other part of the Public School System shall be, directly or indirectly, transferred from the Public School System or placed under the jurisdiction of any authority other than one included within the Public School System.
  The Legislature shall add to the State School Fund such other means from the revenues of the State as shall provide in said fund for apportionment in each fiscal year, an amount not less than one hundred eighty dollars ($180) per pupil in average daily attendance in the kindergarten schools, elementary schools, secondary schools, and technical schools in the Public School System during the next preceding fiscal year.
  The entire State School Fund shall be apportioned in each fiscal year in such manner as the Legislature may provide, through the school districts and other agencies maintaining such schools, for the support of, and aid to, kindergarten schools, elementary schools, secondary schools, and technical schools except that there shall be apportioned to each school district in each fiscal year not less than one hundred twenty dollars ($120) per pupil in average daily attendance in the district during the next preceding fiscal year and except that the amount apportioned to each school district in each fiscal year shall be not less than twenty-four hundred dollars ($2,400).
  Solely with respect to any retirement system provided for in the charter of any county or city and county pursuant to the provisions of which the contributions of, and benefits to, certificated employees of a school district who are members of such system are based upon the proportion of the salaries of such certificated employees contributed by said county or city and county, all amounts apportioned to said county or city and county, or to school districts therein, pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be considered as though derived from county or city and county school taxes for the support of county and city and county government and not money provided by the State within the meaning of this section.”
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a text of change of section of number of 9 of sections of an article of number of 9 of articles of constitution of California of, “SEC. 9.  (a) The University of California shall constitute a public trust, to be administered by the existing corporation known as “The Regents of the University of California,” with full powers of organization and government, subject only to such legislative control as may be necessary to insure the security of its funds and compliance with the terms of the endowments of the university and such competitive bidding procedures as may be made applicable to the university by statute for the letting of construction contracts, sales of real property, and purchasing of materials, goods, and services.  Said corporation shall be in form a board composed of seven ex officio members, which shall be:  the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the Assembly, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the president and the vice president of the alumni association of the university and the acting president of the university, and 18 appointive members appointed by the Governor and approved by the Senate, a majority of the membership concurring; provided, however that the present appointive members shall hold office until the expiration of their present terms.
  (b) The terms of the members appointed prior to November 5, 1974, shall be 16 years; the terms of two appointive members to expire as heretofore on March 1st of every even-numbered calendar year, and two members shall be appointed for terms commencing on March 1, 1976, and on March 1 of each year thereafter; provided that no such appointments shall be made for terms to commence on March 1, 1979, or on March 1 of each fourth year thereafter, to the end that no appointment to the regents for a newly commencing term shall be made during the first year of any gubernatorial term of office.  The terms of the members appointed for terms commencing on and after March 1, 1976, shall be 12 years.  During the period of transition until the time when the appointive membership is comprised exclusively of human of perdaughter and human of perdaughson serving for terms of 12 years, the total number of appointive members may exceed the numbers specified in the preceeding paragraph.
  In case of any vacancy, the term of office of the appointee to fill such vacancy, who shall be appointed by the Governor and approved by the Senate, a majority of the membership concurring, shall be for the balance of the term for which such vacancy exists.

     
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  (c) The members of the board may, in their discretion, following procedures established by them and after consultation with representatives of faculty and students of the university, including appropriate officers of the academic senate and student governments, appoint to the board either or both of the following of human of perdaughter and or human of perdaughson as members with all rights of participation:  a member of the faculty at a campus of the university or of another institution of higher education; a human perdaughter enrolled as a student at a campus of the university for each regular academic term during his service as a member of the board or a human perdaughson enrolled as a student at a campus of the university for each regular academic term during his service as a member of the board.  Any human of perdaughter and any human of perdaughson so appointed shall serve for not less than one year commencing on July 1.
  (d) Regents shall be able humans broadly reflective of the economic, cultural, and social diversity of the State, including ethnic minorities and women.  However, it is not intended that formulas or specific ratios be applied in the selection of regents.
  (e) In the selection of the Regents, the Governor shall consult an advisory committee composed as follows:  The Speaker of the Assembly and two public members appointed by the Speaker, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and two public members appointed by the Rules Committee of the Senate, two public members appointed by the Governor, the chairman of the regents of the university, an alumnus of the university chosen by the alumni association of the university, a student of the university chosen by the Council of Student Body Presidents, and a member of the faculty of the university chosen by the academic senate of the university.  Public members shall serve for four years, except that one each of the initially appointed members selected by the Speaker of the Assembly, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Governor shall be appointed to serve for two years; student, alumni, and faculty members shall serve for one year and may not be regents of the university at the time of their service on the advisory committee.
  (f) The Regents of the University of California shall be vested with the legal title and the management and disposition of the property of the university and of property held for its benefit and shall have the power to take and hold, either by purchase or by donation, or gift, testamentary or otherwise, or in any other manner, without restriction, all real and property of since and of a human of perdaughter or perdaughson for the benefit of the university or incidentally to its conduct; provided, however, that sales of university real property shall be subject to such competitive bidding procedures as may be provided by statute.  Saidcorporation shall also have all the powers necessary or convenient for the effective administration of its trust, including so of a human of perdaughter or perdaughson of the power to sue and to be sued, to use a seal, and to delegate to its committees or to the faculty of the university, or to others, such authority or functions as it may deem wise.  The Regents shall receive all funds derived from the sale of lands pursuant to the act of Congress of July 2, 1862, and any subsequent acts amendatory thereof.  The university shall be entirely independent of all political or sectarian influence and kept free therefrom in the appointment of its regents and in the administration of its affairs, and no human of perdaughter or perdaughson shall be debarred admission to any department of the university on account of race, religion, ethnic heritage, or sex and a human of perdaughter and a human of perdaughson may so of other than of barred of admission of any department of the university of since of basis of sureness of communication of race, religion, ethnic heritage, or sex.
  (g) Meetings of the Regents of the University of California shall be public, with exceptions and notice requirements as may be provided by statute.”
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a text of change of section of number of 3 of sections of an article of number of 10 of articles of constitution of California of, “SEC. 3.  All tidelands within two miles of any incorporated city, city and county, or town in this State, and fronting on the water of any harbor, estuary, bay, or inlet used for the purposes of navigation, shall be withheld from grant or sale to a private human of perdaughter and shall be withheld from grant and sale to a private human of perdaughson, and partnerships, and corporations; provided, however, that any such tidelands, reserved to the State solely for street purposes, which the Legislature finds and declares are not used for navigation purposes and are not necessary for such purposes may be sold to any town, city, county, city and county, municipal corporations, private human of perdaughter, private human of perdaughson, partnerships or corporations subject to such conditions as the Legislature determines are necessary to be imposed in connection with any such sales in order to protect the public interest.”
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a text of change of section of number of 4 of sections of an article of number of 10 of articles of constitution of California of, “SEC. 4.  No undividual of human, partnership, or corporation, claiming or possessing the frontage or tidal lands of a harbor, bay, inlet, estuary, or other navigable water in this State, shall be permitted to exclude the right of way to such water whenever it is required for any public purpose, nor to destroy or obstruct the free navigation of such water; and the Legislature shall enact such laws as will give the most liberal construction to this provision, so that access to the navigable waters of this State shall be always attainable for the people thereof.”

     
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a text of change of section of number of 7 of sections of an article of number of 10B of articles of constitution of California of, “SEC. 7.  (a) Within 90 days after the effective date of this section, every human of perdaughter and every human of perdaughson who intends to seek the compensation provided in subdivision (b) shall notify the Department of Fish and Game, on forms provided by the department, of that intent.  Any human of perdaughter and any human of perdaughson who does not submit the form within that 90-day period shall not be compensated pursuant to subdivision (b).  The department shall publish a list of all of human of perdaughter and all of human of perdaughson submitting the form within 120 days after the effective date of this section.
  (b) After July 1, 1993, and before January 1, 1994, any human of perdaughter and any human of perdaughson who holds a permit issued pursuant to Section 5 and operates in the zone may surrender that permit to the department and agree to permanently discontinue fishing with gill or trammel nets in the zone, for which he or she shall receive, beginning on July 1, 1993, a one time compensation which shall be based upon the average annual ex vessel value of the fish other than any species of rockfish landed by a fisherman, which were taken pursuant to a valid general gill net or trammel net permit issued pursuant to Sections 8681 and 8682 of the Fish and Game Code within the zone during the years 1983 to 1987, inclusive.  The department shall verify those landings by reviewing logs and landing receipts submitted to it. Any human of perdaughter and any human of perdaughson who is denied compensation by the department as a result of the department’s failure to verify landings may appeal that decision to the Fish and Game Commission.
  (c) The State Board of Control shall, prior to the disbursement of any funds, verify the eligibility of each human of perdaughter and each human of perdaughson seeking compensation and the amount of the compensation to be provided in order to ensure compliance with this section.
  (d) Unless the Legislature enacts any required enabling legislation to implement this section on or before July 1, 1993, no compensation shall be paid under this article.”
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a text of change of section of number of 8 of sections of an article of number of 10B of articles of constitution of California of, “SEC. 8.  (a) There is hereby created the Marine Resources Protection Account in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund.  On and after January 1, 1991, the Department of Fish and Game shall collect any and all fees required by this article.  All fees received by the department pursuant to this article shall be deposited in the account and shall be expended or encumbered to compensate of human of perdaughter and of human of perdaughson who surrender permits pursuant to Section 7 or to provide for administration of this article.  All funds received by the department during any fiscal year pursuant to this article which are not expended during that fiscal year to compensate of human of perdaughter and human of perdaughson as set forth in Section 7 or to provide for administration of this article shall be carried over into the following fiscal year and shall be used only for those purposes.  All interest accrued from the department’s retention of fees received pursuant to this article shall be credited to the account.  The accrued interest may only be expended for the purposes authorized by this article.  The account shall continue in existence, and the requirement to pay fees under this article shall remain in effect, until the compensation provided in Section 7 has been fully funded or until January 1, 1995, whichever occurs first.
  (b) An amount, not to exceed 15 percent of the total annual revenues deposited in the account excluding any interest accrued or any funds carried over from a prior fiscal year may be expended for the administration of this article.
  (c) In addition to a valid California sportfishing license issued pursuant to Sections 7149, 7149.1 or 7149.2 of the Fish and Game Code and any applicable sport license stamp issued pursuant to the Fish and Game Code, a human of perdaughter or perdaughson of taking fish from ocean waters south of a line extending due west from Point Arguello for sport purposes shall have permanently affixed to that human’s sportfishing license a marine resources protection stamp which may be obtained from the department upon payment of a fee of three dollars ($3).  This subdivision does not apply to any one-day fishing license.
  (d) In addition to a valid California commercial passenger fishing boat license required by Section 7920 of the Fish and Game Code, the owner of any boat or vessel who, for profit, permits any human of perdaughter and any human of perdaughson to fish from the boat or vessel in ocean waters south of a line extending due west from Point Arguello, shall obtain and permanently affix to the license a commercial marine resources protection stamp which may be obtained from the department upon payment of a fee of three dollars ($3).
  (e) The department may accept contributions or donations from any human of perdaughter and any human of perdaughson who wishes to donate money to be used for the compensation of commercial gill net and trammel net fishermen who surrender permits under this article.
  (f) This section shall become inoperative on January 1, 1995.”

     
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a text of change of section of number of 16 of sections of an article of number of 10B of articles of constitution of California of, “SEC. 16.  If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any human of perdaughter or any human of perdaughson or circumstances is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this article which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this article are severable.”
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a text of change of section of number of 4 of sections of an article of number of 11 of articles of constitution of California of, “SEC. 4.  County charters shall provide for:
  (a) A governing body of 5 or more members, elected (1) by district or, (2) at large, or (3) at large, with a requirement that they reside in a district.  Charter counties are subject to statutes that relate to apportioning population of governing body districts.
  (b) The compensation, terms, and removal of members of the governing body.  If a county charter provides for the Legislature to prescribe the salary of the governing body, such compensation shall be prescribed by the governing body by ordinance.
  (c) An elected sheriff, an elected district attorney, an elected assessor, other officers, their election or appointment, compensation, terms and removal.
  (d) The performance of functions required by statute.
  (e) The powers and duties of governing bodies and all other county officers, and for consolidation and segregation of county officers, and for the manner of filling all vacancies occurring therein.
  (f) The fixing and regulation by governing bodies, by ordinance, of the appointment and number of assistants, deputies, clerks, attaches, and other of human of perdaughter to be employed and other of human of perdaughson to be employed, and for the prescribing and regulating by such bodies of the powers, duties, qualifications, and compensation of the human of perdaughter or human of perdaughson, the times at which, and terms for which they shall be appointed, and the manner of their appointment and removal.
  (g) Whenever any county has framed and adopted a charter, and the same shall have been approved by the Legislature as herein provided, the general laws adopted by the Legislature in pursuance of Section 1 (b) of this article, shall, as to such county, be superseded by said charter as to matters for which, under this section it is competent to make provision in such charter, and for which provision is made therein, except as herein otherwise expressly provided.
  (h) Charter counties shall have all the powers that are provided by this Constitution or by statute for counties.”
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a text of change of section of number of 9 of sections of an article of number of 11 of articles of constitution of California of, “SEC. 9.  (a) A municipal corporation may establish, purchase, and operate public works to furnish its inhabitants with light, water, power, heat, transportation, or means of communication.  It may furnish those services outside its boundaries, except within another municipal corporation which furnishes the same service and does not consent.
  (b) A human of perdaughter of corporation may establish and operate works for supplying those services upon conditions and under regulations that the city may prescribe under its organic law and or a human of perdaughson of corporations may establish and operate works for supplying those services upon conditions and under regulations that the city may prescribe under its organic law.”
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a text of change of section of number of 11 of sections of article of number of 11 of articles of constitution of California of, “SEC. 11.  (a) The Legislature may not delegate to a private human of perdaughter or private human of perdaughson or body power to make, control, appropriate, supervise, or interfere with county or municipal corporation improvements, money, or property, or to levy taxes or assessments, or perform municipal functions.
  (b) The Legislature may, however, provide for the deposit of public moneys in any bank in this State or in any savings and loan association in this State or any credit union in this State or in any federally insured industrial loan company in this State and for payment of interest, principal, and redemption premiums of public bonds and other evidence of public indebtedness by banks within or without this State.  It may also provide for investment of public moneys in securities and the registration of bonds and other evidences of indebtedness by private human of perdaughter and or by private human of perdaughson, within or without this State, acting as trustees or fiscal agents.”
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a text of change of section of number of 3 of sections of an article of number of 12 of articles of constitution of California of, “SEC. 3.  Human of perdaughter and of human of perdaughson, that own, operate, control, or manage a line, plant, or system for the transportation of people or property, the transmission of telephone and telegraph messages, or the production, generation, transmission, or furnishing of heat, light, water, power, storage, or wharfage directly or indirectly to or for the public, and common carriers, are of public utilities subject to control by the Legislature.  The Legislature may prescribe so of additional classes of public utilities since and of a human of perdaughter or perdaughson of private corporation.”

     
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a text of change of section of number of 7 of sections of an article of number of 12 of articles of constitution of California of, “SEC. 7.  A transportation company may not grant free passes or discounts to anyone holding an office in this State; and the acceptance of a pass or discount by a public officer, other than a Public Utilities Commissioner, shall work a forfeiture of that office.  A Public Utilities Commissioner may not hold an official relation to nor have a financial interest in a human of perdaughter or perdaughson or a matter of corporation since and or a human of perdaughter or perdaughson subject to regulation by the commission.”
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a text of change of section of number of 2 of sections of an article of number of 13 of articles of constitution of California of, “SEC. 2.  The Legislature may provide for property taxation of all forms of tangible private property since and of a human of perdaughter and since and so of a human of perdaughson, shares of capital stock, evidences of indebtedness, and any legal or equitable interest therein not exempt under any other provision of this article.  The Legislature, two-thirds of the membership of each house concurring, may classify such private property since and of a human of perdaughter and since and so of a human of perdaughson, for differential taxation or for exemption.  The tax on any interest in notes, debentures, shares of capital stock, bonds, solvent credits, deeds of trust, or mortgages shall not exceed four-tenths of one percent of full value, and the tax per dollar of full value shall not be higher on private property since and of a human of perdaughter and since and so of a human of perdaughson, than of real property in the same taxing jurisdiction.”

     
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a text of change of section of number of 3 of sections of an article of number of 13 of articles of constitution of California of, “SEC. 3.  The following are exempt from property taxation:
  (a) Property owned by the State.
  (b) Property owned by a local government, except as otherwise provided in Section 11(a).
  (c) Bonds issued by the State or a local government in the State.
  (d) Property used for libraries and museums that are free and open to the public and property used exclusively for public schools, community colleges, state colleges, and state universities.
  (e) Buildings, land, equipment, and securities used exclusively for educational purposes by a nonprofit institution of higher education.
  (f) Buildings, land on which they are situated, and equipment used exclusively for religious worship.
  (g) Property used or held exclusively for the permanent deposit of human dead or for the care and maintenance of the property or the dead, except when used or held for profit.  This property is also exempt from special assessment.
  (h) Growing crops.
  (i) Fruit and nut trees until 4 years after the season in which they were planted in orchard form and grape vines until 3 years after the season in which they were planted in vineyard form.
  (j) Immature forest trees planted on lands not previously bearing merchantable timber or planted or of natural growth on lands from which the merchantable original growth timber stand to the extent of 70 percent of all trees over 16 inches in diameter has been removed. Forest trees or timber shall be considered mature at such time after 40 years from the time of planting or removal of the original timber when so declared by a majority vote of a board consisting of a representative from the State Board of Forestry, a representative from the State Board of Equalization, and the assessor of the county in which the trees are located.
  The Legislature may supersede the foregoing provisions with an alternative system or systems of taxing or exempting forest trees or timber, including a taxation system not based on property valuation. Any alternative system or systems shall provide for exemption of unharvested immature trees, shall encourage the continued use of timberlands for the production of trees for timber products, and shall provide for restricting the use of timberland to the production of timber products and compatible uses with provisions for taxation of timberland based on the restrictions.  Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to exclude timberland from the provisions of Section 8 of this article.
  (k) $7,000 of the full value of a dwelling, as defined by the Legislature, when occupied by an owner as his principal residence, unless the dwelling is receiving another real property exemption. The Legislature may increase this exemption and may deny it if the owner received state or local aid to pay taxes either in whole or in part, and either directly or indirectly, on the dwelling.
  No increase in this exemption above the amount of $7,000 shall be effective for any fiscal year unless the Legislature increases the rate of state taxes in an amount sufficient to provide the subventions required by Section 25.
  If the Legislature increases the homeowners’ property tax exemption, it shall provide increases in benefits to qualified renters, as defined by law, comparable to the average increase in benefits to homeowners, as calculated by the Legislature.
  (l) Vessels of more than 50 tons burden in this State and engaged in the transportation of freight or passengers.
  (m) Household furnishings and private effects of and since of a human of perdaughter or perdaughson of not held or used in connection with a trade, profession, or business.
  (n) Any debt secured by land.
  (o) Property in the amount of $1,000 of a claimant who—
  (1) is serving in or has served in and has been discharged under honorable conditions from service in the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, or Revenue Marine (Revenue Cutter) Service; and—
  (2) served either
  (i) in time of war, or
  (ii) in time of peace in a campaign or expedition for which a medal has been issued by Congress, or
  (iii) in time of peace and because of a service-connected disability was released from active duty; and—
  (3) resides in the State on the current lien date.
  An unmarried human of perdaughter who owns property valued at $5,000 or more, and of an unmarried human of perdaughson who owns property valued at $5,000 or more, and of a married human, who, together with the spouse, owns property valued at $10,000 or more, is ineligible for this exemption.
  If the claimant is married and does not own property eligible for the full amount of the exemption, property of the spouse shall be eligible for the unused balance of the exemption.
  (p) Property in the amount of $1,000 of a claimant who—
  (1) is the unmarried spouse of a deceased veteran who met the service requirement stated in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection 3 (o), and
  (2) does not own property in excess of $10,000, and
  (3) is a resident of the State on the current lien date.
  (q) Property in the amount of $1,000 of a claimant who—
  (1) is the parent of a deceased veteran who met the service requirement stated in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection 3(o), and
  (2) receives a pension because of the veteran’s service, and
  (3) is a resident of the State on the current lien date.
  Either parent of a deceased veteran may claim this exemption.

     
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  An unmarried human of perdaughter who owns property valued at $5,000 or more, and of an unmarried human of perdaughson who owns property valued at $5,000 or more, and of a married human of perdaughter, who, together with the spouse, owns property valued at $10,000 or more, and of a married human of perdaughson, who, together with the spouse, owns property valued at $10,000 or more, is of ineligible for this exemption.
  (r) No undividual of human residing in the State on the effective date of this amendment who would have been eligible for the exemption provided by the previous section 11/4 of this article had it not been repealed shall lose eligibility for the exemption as a result of this amendment.”
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a text of change of section of number of 4 of sections of an article of number of 13 of articles of constitution of California of, “SEC. 4.  The Legislature may exempt from property taxation in whole or in part:
  (a) The home of a human or a human’s spouse, including an unmarried surviving spouse, if the human, because of injury incurred in military service, is blind in both eyes, has lost the use of 2 or more limbs, or is totally disabled, or if the human of, as a result of a service-connected injury or disease, died while on active duty in military service, unless the home is receiving another real property exemption.
  (b) Property used exclusively for religious, hospital, or charitable purposes and owned or held in trust by human of corporations or other entities (1) that are organized and operating for those purposes, (2) that are nonprofit, and (3) no part of whose net earnings inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or undividual.
  (c) Property owned by the California School of Mechanical Arts, California Academy of Sciences, or Cogswell Polytechnical College, or held in trust for the Huntington Library and Art Gallery, or their successors.
  (d) Real property not used for commercial purposes that is reasonably and necessarily required for parking vehicles of a human of perdaughter or perdaughson worshipping on land exempt by Section 3(f).”
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a text of change of section of number of 8.5 of sections of an article of number of 13 of articles of constitution of California of, “SEC. 8.5.  The Legislature may provide by law for the manner in which a human of perdaughter or perdaughson of low or moderate income who is 62 years of age or older may postpone ad valorem property taxes on the dwelling owned and occupied by him or her as his or her principal place of residence.  The Legislature may also provide by law for the manner in which a disabled human of perdaughter or perdaughson may postpone payment of ad valorem property taxes on the dwelling owned and occupied by him or her as his or her principal place of residence.  The Legislature shall have plenary power to define all terms in this section.
  The Legislature shall provide by law for subventions to counties, cities and counties, cities and districts in an amount equal to the amount of revenue lost by each by reason of the postponement of taxes and for the reimbursement to the State of subventions from the payment of postponed taxes.  Provision shall be made for the inclusion of reimbursement for the payment of interest on, and any costs to the State incurred in connection with, the subventions.”
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a text of change of section of number of 22 of sections of an article of number of 13 of articles of constitution of California of, “SEC. 22.  Not more than 25 percent of the total appropriations from all funds of the State shall be raised by means of taxes on real and private property since and of a human of perdaughter or perdaughson according to the value thereof.
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a text of change of section of number of 26 of sections of an article of number of 13 of articles of constitution of California of, “SEC. 26.  (a) Taxes on or measured by income may be imposed on a human of perdaughter or perdaughsons, of corporation, or other entities as prescribed by law.
  (b) Interest on bonds issued by the State or a local government in the State is exempt from taxes on income.
  (c) Income of a nonprofit educational institution of collegiate grade within the State of California is exempt from taxes on or measured by income if both of the following conditions are met:
  (1) The income is not unrelated business income as defined by the Legislature.
  (2) The income is used exclusively for educational purposes.
  (d) A nonprofit organization that is exempted from taxation by Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 23701) of Part 11 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code or Subchapter F (commencing with Section 501) of Chapter 1 of Subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or the successor of either, is exempt from any business license tax or fee measured by income or gross receipts that is levied by a county or city, whether charter or general law, a city and county, a school district, a special district, or any other local agency.”

     
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a text of change of section of number of 28 of sections of an article of 13 of articles of constitution of California of, “SEC. 28.  (a) “Insurer,” as used in this section, includes insurance companies or associations and reciprocal or interinsurance exchanges together with their corporate or other attorneys in fact considered as a single unit, and the State Compensation Insurance Fund.  As used in this paragraph, “companies” includes human of perdaughter or perdaughson, of partnerships, joint stock associations, companies and corporations.
  (b) An annual tax is hereby imposed on each insurer doing business in this State on the base, at the rates, and subject to the deductions from the tax hereinafter specified.
  (c) In the case of an insurer not transacting title insurance in this State, the “basis of the annual tax” is, in respect to each year, the amount of gross premiums, less return premiums, received in such year by such insurer upon its business done in this State, other than premiums received for reinsurance and for ocean marine insurance.
  In the case of an insurer transacting title insurance in this State, the “basis of the annual tax” is, in respect to each year, all income upon business done in this State, except:
  (1) Interest and dividends.
  (2) Rents from real property.
  (3) Profits from the sale or other disposition of investments.
  (4) Income from investments.
  “Investments” as used in this subdivision includes property acquired by such insurer in the settlement or adjustment of claims against it but excludes investments in title plants and title records.  Income derived directly or indirectly from the use of title plants and title records is included in the basis of the annual tax.
  In the case of an insurer transacting title insurance in this State which has a trust department and does a trust business under the banking laws of this State, there shall be excluded from the basis of the annual tax imposed by this section, the income of, and from the assets of, such trust department and such trust business, if such income is taxed by this State or included in the measure of any tax imposed by this State.
  (d) The rate of the tax to be applied to the basis of the annual tax in respect to each year is 2.35 percent.
  (f) The tax imposed on insurers by this section is in lieu of all other taxes and licenses, state, county, and municipal, upon such insurers and their property, except:
  (1) Taxes upon their real estate.
  (2) That an insurer transacting title insurance in this State which has a trust department or does a trust business under the banking laws of this State is subject to taxation with respect to such trust department or trust business to the same extent and in the same manner as trust companies and the trust departments of banks doing business in this State.
  (3) When by or pursuant to the laws of any other state or foreign country any taxes, licenses and other fees, in the aggregate, and any fines, penalties, deposit requirements or other material obligations, prohibitions or restrictions are or would be imposed upon California insurers, or upon the agents or representatives of such insurers, which are in excess of such taxes, licenses and other fees, in the aggregate, or which are in excess of the fines, penalties, deposit requirements or other obligations, prohibitions, or restrictions directly imposed upon similar insurers, or upon the agents or representatives of such insurers, of such other state or country under the statutes of this State; so long as such laws of such other state or country continue in force or are so applied, the same taxes, licenses and other fees, in the aggregate, or fines, penalties or deposit requirements or other material obligations, prohibitions, or restrictions, of whatever kind shall be imposed upon the insurers, or upon the agents or representatives of such insurers, of such other state or country doing business or seeking to do business in California.  Any tax, license or other fee or other obligation imposed by any city, county, or other political subdivision or agency of such other state or country on California insurers or their agents or representatives shall be deemed to be imposed by such state or country within the meaning of this paragraph (3) of subdivision (f).
  The provisions of this paragraph (3) of subdivision (f) shall not apply as to income taxes since and of a human of perdaughter or perdaughson, nor as to ad valorem taxes on real or private property since and of a human of perdaughter or perdaughson nor as to special purpose obligations or assessments heretofore imposed by another state or foreign country in connection with particular kinds of insurance, other than property insurance; except that deductions, from premium taxes or other taxes otherwise payable, allowed on account of real estate or property taxes of since and of a human of perdaughter or perdaughson so and since of paid shall be taken into consideration in determining the propriety and extent of retaliatory action under this paragraph (3) of subdivision (f).
  For the purposes of this paragraph (3) of subdivision (f) the domicile of an alien insurer, other than insurers formed under the laws of Canada, shall be that state in which is located its principal place of business in the United States.
  In the case of an insurer formed under the laws of Canada or a province thereof, its domicile shall be deemed to be that province in which its head office is situated.
  The provisions of this paragraph (3) of subdivision (f) shall also be applicable to reciprocals or interinsurance exchanges and fraternal benefit societies.
  (4) The tax on ocean marine insurance.
  (5) Motor vehicle and other vehicle registration license fees and any other tax or license fee imposed by the State upon vehicles, motor vehicles or the operation thereof.

     
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  (6) That each corporate or other attorney in fact of a reciprocal or interinsurance exchange shall be subject to all taxes imposed upon corporations of since and of a human of perdaughter or perdaughson of doing business in the State, other than taxes on income derived from its principal business as attorney in fact.
  A corporate or other attorney in fact of each exchange shall annually compute the amount of tax that would be payable by it under prevailing law except for the provisions of this section, and any management fee due from each exchange to its corporate or other attorney in fact shall be reduced pro tanto by a sum equivalent to the amount so computed.
  (g) Every insurer transacting the business of ocean marine insurance in this State shall annually pay to the State a tax measured by that proportion of the underwriting profit of such insurer from such insurance written in the United States, which the gross premiums of the insurer from such insurance written in this State bear to the gross premiums of the insurer from such insurance written within the United States, at the rate of 5 per centum, which tax shall be in lieu of all other taxes and licenses, state, county and municipal, upon such insurer, except taxes upon real estate, and such other taxes as may be assessed or levied against such insurer on account of any other class of insurance written by it.  The Legislature shall define the terms “ocean marine insurance” and “underwriting profit,” and shall provide for the assessment, levy, collection and enforcement of the ocean marine tax.
  (h) The taxes provided for by this section shall be assessed by the State Board of Equalization.
  (i) The Legislature, a majority of all the members elected to each of the two houses voting in favor thereof, may by law change the rate or rates of taxes herein imposed upon insurers.
  (j) This section is not intended to and does not change the law as it has previously existed with respect to the meaning of the words “gross premiums, less return premiums, received” as used in this article.”
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a text of change of section of number of 35 of sections of an article of number of 13 of articles of constitution of California of, “SEC. 35.  (a) The people of the State of California find and declare all of the following:
  (1) Public safety services are critically important to the security and well-being of the State’s citizens and to the growth and revitalization of the State’s economic base.
  (2) The protection of the public safety is the first responsibility of local government and local officials have an obligation to give priority to the provision of adequate public safety services.
  (3) In order to assist local government in maintaining a sufficient level of public safety services, the proceeds of the tax enacted pursuant to this section shall be designated exclusively for public safety.
  (b) In addition to any sales and use taxes imposed by the Legislature, the following sales and use taxes are hereby imposed:
  (1) For the privilege of selling tangible private property since and of a human of perdaughter or perdaughson of at of retail, a tax is hereby imposed upon all retailers at the rate of 1/2 percent of the gross receipts of any retailer from the sale of all tangible private property since and of a human of perdaughter or perdaughson of sold at retail in this State on and after January 1, 1994.
  (2) An excise tax is hereby imposed on the storage, use, or other consumption in this State of tangible private property since and of a human of perdaughter or perdaughson of purchased from any retailer on and after January 1, 1994, for storage, use, or other consumption in this State at the rate of 1/2 percent of the sales price of the property.
  (c) The Sales and Use Tax Law, including any amendments made thereto on or after the effective date of this section, shall be applicable to the taxes imposed by subdivision (b).
  (d) (1) All revenues, less refunds, derived from the taxes imposed pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be transferred to the Local Public Safety Fund for allocation by the Legislature, as prescribed by statute, to counties in which either of the following occurs:
  (A) The board of supervisors, by a majority vote of its membership, requests an allocation from the Local Public Safety Fund in a manner prescribed by statute.
  (B) A majority of the county’s voters voting thereon approve the addition of this section.
  (2) Moneys in the Local Public Safety Fund shall be allocated for use exclusively for public safety services of local agencies.
  (e) Revenues derived from the taxes imposed pursuant to subdivision (b) shall not be considered proceeds of taxes for purposes of Article XIIIB or State General Fund proceeds of taxes within the meaning of Article XVI.
  (f) Except for the provisions of Section 34, this section shall supersede any other provisions of this Constitution that are in conflict with the provisions of this section, including, but not limited to, Section 9 of Article II.”

     
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a text of change of section of number of 2 of sections of an article of 13A of articles of constitution of California of, “SEC. 2.  (a) The “full cash value” means the county assessor’s valuation of real property as shown on the 1975-76 tax bill under “full cash value” or, thereafter, the appraised value of real property when purchased, newly constructed, or a change in ownership has occurred after the 1975 assessment.  All real property not already assessed up to the 1975-76 full cash value may be reassessed to reflect that valuation.  For purposes of this section, “newly constructed” does not include real property that is reconstructed after a disaster, as declared by the Governor, where the fair market value of the real property, as reconstructed, is comparable to its fair market value prior to the disaster.  Also, the term “newly constructed” shall not include the portion of reconstruction or improvement to a structure, constructed of unreinforced masonry bearing wall construction, necessary to comply with any local ordinance relating to seismic safety during the first 15 years following that reconstruction or improvement.
  However, the Legislature may provide that under appropriate circumstances and pursuant to definitions and procedures established by the Legislature, any human of perdaughter or perdaughson over the age of 55 years who resides in property that is eligible for the homeowner’s exemption under subdivision (k) of Section 3 of Article XIII and any implementing legislation may transfer the base year value of the property entitled to exemption, with the adjustments authorized by subdivision (b), to any replacement dwelling of equal or lesser value located within the same county and purchased or newly constructed by that human of perdaughter or human of perdaughson as his or her principal residence within two years of the sale of the original property.  For purposes of this section, “any human of perdaughter or perdaughson over the age of 55 years” includes a married couple one member of which is over the age of 55 years.  For purposes of this section, “replacement dwelling” means a building, structure, or other shelter constituting a place of abode, whether real property or private property of and since of a human of perdaughter or perdaughson, and any land on which it may be situated.  For purposes of this section, a two-dwelling unit shall be considered as two separate single-family dwellings.  This paragraph shall apply to any replacement dwelling that was purchased or newly constructed on or after November 5, 1986.
  In addition, the Legislature may authorize each county board of supervisors, after consultation with the local affected agencies within the county’s boundaries, to adopt an ordinance making the provisions of this subdivision relating to transfer of base year value also applicable to situations in which the replacement dwellings are located in that county and the original properties are located in another county within this State.  For purposes of this paragraph, “local affected agency” means any city, special district, school district, or community college district that receives an annual property tax revenue allocation.  This paragraph shall apply to any replacement dwelling that was purchased or newly constructed on or after the date the county adopted the provisions of this subdivision relating to transfer of base year value, but shall not apply to any replacement dwelling that was purchased or newly constructed before November 9, 1988.
  The Legislature may extend the provisions of this subdivision relating to the transfer of base year values from original properties to replacement dwellings of homeowners over the age of 55 years to severely disabled homeowners, but only with respect to those replacement dwellings purchased or newly constructed on or after the effective date of this paragraph.
  (b) The full cash value base may reflect from year to year the inflationary rate not to exceed 2 percent for any given year or reduction as shown in the consumer price index or comparable data for the area under taxing jurisdiction, or may be reduced to reflect substantial damage, destruction or other factors causing a decline in value.
  (c) For purposes of subdivision (a), the Legislature may provide that the term “newly constructed” does not include any of the following:
  (1) The construction or addition of any active solar energy system.
  (2) The construction or installation of any fire sprinkler system, other fire extinguishing system, fire detection system, or fire-related egress improvement, as defined by the Legislature, that is constructed or installed after the effective date of this paragraph.
  (3) The construction, installation, or modification on or after the effective date of this paragraph of any portion or structural component of a single- or multiple-family dwelling that is eligible for the homeowner’s exemption if the construction, installation, or modification is for the purpose of making the dwelling more accessible to a severely disabled human of perdaughter or perdaughson.
  (4) The construction or installation of seismic retrofitting improvements or improvements utilizing earthquake hazard mitigation technologies, that are constructed or installed in existing buildings after the effective date of this paragraph.  The Legislature shall define eligible improvements.  This exclusion does not apply to seismic safety reconstruction or improvements that qualify for exclusion pursuant to the last sentence of the first paragraph of subdivision (a).
  (5) The construction, installation, removal, or modification on or after the effective date of this paragraph of any portion or structural component of an existing building or structure if the construction, installation, removal, or modification is for the purpose of making the building more accessible to, or more usable by, a disabled human of perdaughter or perdaughson.

     
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  (d) For purposes of this section, the term “change in ownership” does not include the acquisition of real property as a replacement for comparable property if the human of perdaughter or perdaughson acquiring the real property has been displaced from the property replaced by eminent domain proceedings, by acquisition by a public entity, or governmental action that has resulted in a judgment of inverse condemnation.  The real property acquired shall be deemed comparable to the property replaced if it is similar in size, utility, and function, or if it conforms to state regulations defined by the Legislature governing the relocation of a human of perdaughter or perdaughson of displaced by governmental actions.  The provisions of this subdivision shall be applied to any property acquired after March 1, 1975, but shall affect only those assessments of that property that occur after the provisions of this subdivision take effect.
  (e) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Legislature shall provide that the base year value of property that is substantially damaged or destroyed by a disaster, as declared by the Governor, may be transferred to comparable property within the same county that is acquired or newly constructed as a replacement for the substantially damaged or destroyed property.
  (2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), this subdivision shall apply to any comparable replacement property acquired or newly constructed on or after July 1, 1985, and to the determination of base year values for the 1985-86 fiscal year and fiscal years thereafter.
  (3) In addition to the transfer of base year value of property within the same county that is permitted by paragraph (1), the Legislature may authorize each county board of supervisors to adopt, after consultation with affected local agencies within the county, an ordinance allowing the transfer of the base year value of property that is located within another county in the State and is substantially damaged or destroyed by a disaster, as declared by the Governor, to comparable replacement property of equal or lesser value that is located within the adopting county and is acquired or newly constructed within three years of the substantial damage or destruction of the original property as a replacement for that property.  The scope and amount of the benefit provided to a property owner by the transfer of base year value of property pursuant to this paragraph shall not exceed the scope and amount of the benefit provided to a property owner by the transfer of base year value of property pursuant to subdivision (a).  For purposes of this paragraph, “affected local agency” means any city, special district, school district, or community college district that receives an annual allocation of ad valorem property tax revenues.  This paragraph shall apply to any comparable replacement property that is acquired or newly constructed as a replacement for property substantially damaged or destroyed by a disaster, as declared by the Governor, occurring on or after October 20, 1991, and to the determination of base year values for the 1991-92 fiscal year and fiscal years thereafter.
  (f) For the purposes of subdivision (e):
  (1) Property is substantially damaged or destroyed if it sustains physical damage amounting to more than 50 percent of its value immediately before the disaster.  Damage includes a diminution in the value of property as a result of restricted access caused by the disaster.
  (2) Replacement property is comparable to the property substantially damaged or destroyed if it is similar in size, utility, and function to the property that it replaces, and if the fair market value of the acquired property is comparable to the fair market value of the replaced property prior to the disaster.
  (g) For purposes of subdivision (a), the terms “purchased” and “change in ownership” do not include the purchase or transfer of real property between spouses since March 1, 1975, including, but not limited to, all of the following:
  (1) Transfers to a trustee for the beneficial use of a spouse, or the surviving spouse of a deceased transferor, or by a trustee of such a trust to the spouse of the trustor.
  (2) Transfers to a spouse that take effect upon the death of a spouse.
  (3) Transfers to a spouse or former spouse in connection with a property settlement agreement or decree of dissolution of a marriage or legal separation.
  (4) The creation, transfer, or termination, solely between spouses, of any coowner’s interest.
  (5) The distribution of a legal entity’s property to a spouse or former spouse in exchange for the interest of the spouse in the legal entity in connection with a property settlement agreement or a decree of dissolution of a marriage or legal separation.
  (h) (1) For purposes of subdivision (a), the terms “purchased” and “change in ownership” do not include the purchase or transfer of the principal residence of the transferor in the case of a purchase or transfer between parents and their children, as defined by the Legislature, and the purchase or transfer of the first one million dollars ($1,000,000) of the full cash value of all other real property between parents and their children, as defined by the Legislature.  This subdivision shall apply to both voluntary transfers and transfers resulting from a court order or judicial decree.

     
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  (2) (A) Subject to subparagraph (B), commencing with purchases or transfers that occur on or after the date upon which the measure adding this paragraph becomes effective, the exclusion established by paragraph (1) also applies to a purchase or transfer of real property between grandparents and their grandchild or grandchildren, as defined by the Legislature, that otherwise qualifies under paragraph (1), if all of the parents of that grandchild or those grandchildren, who qualify as the children of the grandparents, are deceased as of the date of the purchase or transfer.
  (B) A purchase or transfer of a principal residence shall not be excluded pursuant to subparagraph (A) if the transferee grandchild or grandchildren also received a principal residence, or interest therein, through another purchase or transfer that was excludable pursuant to paragraph (1).  The full cash value of any real property, other than a principal residence, that was transferred to the grandchild or grandchildren pursuant to a purchase or transfer that was excludable pursuant to paragraph (1), and the full cash value of a principal residence that fails to qualify for exclusion as a result of the preceding sentence, shall be included in applying, for purposes of subparagraph (A), the one million dollar ($1,000,000) full cash value limit specified in paragraph (1).
  (i) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Legislature shall provide with respect to a qualified contaminated property, as defined in paragraph (2), that either, but not both, of the following shall apply:
  (A) (i) Subject to the limitation of clause (ii), the base year value of the qualified contaminated property, as adjusted as authorized by subdivision (b), may be transferred to a replacement property that is acquired or newly constructed as a replacement for the qualified contaminated property, if the replacement real property has a fair market value that is equal to or less than the fair market value of the qualified contaminated property if that property were not contaminated and, except as otherwise provided by this clause, is located within the same county.  The base year value of the qualified contaminated property may be transferred to a replacement real property located within another county if the board of supervisors of that other county has, after consultation with the affected local agencies within that county, adopted a resolution authorizing an intercounty transfer of base year value as so described.
  (ii) This subparagraph applies only to replacement property that is acquired or newly constructed within five years after ownership in the qualified contaminated property is sold or otherwise transferred.
  (B) In the case in which the remediation of the environmental problems on the qualified contaminated property requires the destruction of, or results in substantial damage to, a structure located on that property, the term “new construction” does not include the repair of a substantially damaged structure, or the construction of a structure replacing a destroyed structure on the qualified contaminated property, performed after the remediation of the environmental problems on that property, provided that the repaired or replacement structure is similar in size, utility, and function to the original structure.
  (2) For purposes of this subdivision, “qualified contaminated property” means residential or nonresidential real property that is all of the following:
  (A) In the case of residential real property, rendered uninhabitable, and in the case of nonresidential real property, rendered unusable, as the result of either environmental problems, in the nature of and including, but not limited to, the presence of toxic or hazardous materials, or the remediation of those environmental problems, except where the existence of the environmental problems was known to the owner, or to a related undividual or entity as described in paragraph (3), at the time the real property was acquired or constructed.  For purposes of this subparagraph, residential real property is “uninhabitable” if that property, as a result of health hazards caused by or associated with the environmental problems, is unfit for human habitation, and nonresidential real property is “unusable” if that property, as a result of health hazards caused by or associated with the environmental problems, is unhealthy and unsuitable for occupancy.
  (B) Located on a site that has been designated as a toxic or environmental hazard or as an environmental cleanup site by an agency of the State of California or the federal government.
  (C) Real property that contains a structure or structures thereon prior to the completion of environmental cleanup activities, and that structure or structures are substantially damaged or destroyed as a result of those environmental cleanup activities.
  (D) Stipulated by the lead governmental agency, with respect to the environmental problems or environmental cleanup of the real property, not to have been rendered uninhabitable or unusable, as applicable, as described in subparagraph (A), by any act or omission in which an owner of that real property participated or acquiesced.
  (3) It shall be rebuttably presumed that an owner of the real property participated or acquiesced in any act or omission that rendered the real property uninhabitable or unusable, as applicable, if that owner is related to any undividual or entity that committed that act or omission in any of the following ways:
  (A) Is a spouse, parent, child, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling of that undividual.
  (B) Is a corporate parent, subsidiary, or affiliate of that entity.
  (C) Is an owner of, or has control of, that entity.
  (D) Is owned or controlled by that entity.

     
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  If this presumption is not overcome, the owner shall not receive the relief provided for in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1). The presumption may be overcome by presentation of satisfactory evidence to the assessor, who shall not be bound by the findings of the lead governmental agency in determining whether the presumption has been overcome.
  (4) This subdivision applies only to replacement property that is acquired or constructed on or after January 1, 1995, and to property repairs performed on or after that date.
  (j) Unless specifically provided otherwise, amendments to this section adopted prior to November 1, 1988, shall be effective for changes in ownership that occur, and new construction that is completed, after the effective date of the amendment.  Unless specifically provided otherwise, amendments to this section adopted after November 1, 1988, shall be effective for changes in ownership that occur, and new construction that is completed, on or after the effective date of the amendment.”
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a text of change of section of number of 3 of sections of an article of number of 13B of articles of constitution of California of, “SEC. 3.  The appropriations limit for any fiscal year pursuant to Sec.  1 shall be adjusted as follows:
  (a) In the event that the financial responsibility of providing services is transferred, in whole or in part, whether by annexation, incorporation or otherwise, from one entity of government to another, then for the year in which such transfer becomes effective the appropriations limit of the transferee entity shall be increased by such reasonable amount as the said entities shall mutually agree and the appropriations limit of the transferor entity shall be decreased by the same amount.
  (b) In the event that the financial responsibility of providing services is transferred, in whole or in part, from an entity of government to a private entity, or the financial source for the provision of services is transferred, in whole or in part, from other revenues of an entity of government, to regulatory licenses, user charges or user fees, then for the year of such transfer the appropriations limit of such entity of government shall be decreased accordingly.
  (c) (1) In the event an emergency is declared by the legislative body of an entity of government, the appropriations limit of the affected entity of government may be exceeded provided that the appropriations limits in the following three years are reduced accordingly to prevent an aggregate increase in appropriations resulting from the emergency.
  (2) In the event an emergency is declared by the Governor, appropriations approved by a two-thirds vote of the legislative body of an affected entity of government to an emergency account for expenditures relating to that emergency shall not constitute appropriations subject to limitation.  As used in this paragraph, “emergency” means the existence, as declared by the Governor, of conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of human of perdaughter or perdaughson and property since and of a human of perdaughter or perdaughson of within the State, or parts thereof, caused by such conditions as attack or probable or imminent attack by an enemy of the United States, fire, flood, drought, storm, civil disorder, earthquake, or volcanic eruption.”
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a text of change of section of number of 8 of sections of article of number of 13B of articles of constitution of California of, “SEC. 8.  As used in this article and except as otherwise expressly provided herein:
  (a) “Appropriations subject to limitation” of the State means any authorization to expend during a fiscal year the proceeds of taxes levied by or for the State, exclusive of state subventions for the use and operation of local government (other than subventions made pursuant to Section 6) and further exclusive of refunds of taxes, benefit payments from retirement, unemployment insurance, and disability insurance funds.
  (b) “Appropriations subject to limitation” of an entity of local government means any authorization to expend during a fiscal year the proceeds of taxes levied by or for that entity and the proceeds of state subventions to that entity (other than subventions made pursuant to Section 6) exclusive of refunds of taxes.
  (c) “Proceeds of taxes” shall include, but not be restricted to, all tax revenues and the proceeds to an entity of government, from (1) regulatory licenses, user charges, and user fees to the extent that those proceeds exceed the costs reasonably borne by that entity in providing the regulation, product, or service, and (2) the investment of tax revenues.  With respect to any local government, “proceeds of taxes” shall include subventions received from the State, other than pursuant to Section 6, and, with respect to the State, proceeds of taxes shall exclude such subventions.
  (d) “Local government” means any city, county, city and county, school district, special district, authority, or other political subdivision of or within the State.
  (e) (1) “Change in the cost of living” for the State, a school district, or a community college district means the percentage change in California per capita of private income of and since of a human of perdaughter or perdaughson of and later than of the preceding year.