Georgia Amendment 2, Motor Vehicle Fee for Trauma Care Funding Measure (2010)

Georgia Amendment 2
Election date November 2, 2010
Topic Fees, licenses, and charges and Healthcare facility funding
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 2 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 2, 2010. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported enacting an annual $10.00 charge on motor vehicles to fund trauma care.

A "no" vote opposed enacting an annual $10.00 charge on motor vehicles to fund trauma care.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 2
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		1,207,836	47.36%
No		1,342,555	52.64%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 2 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to impose an annual $10.00 trauma charge on certain passenger motor vehicles in this state for the purpose of funding trauma care?

”

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Georgia Constitution

A two-thirds (66.67%) vote is required during one legislative session for the Georgia State Legislature to place an amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 120 votes in the Georgia House of Representatives and 38 votes in the Georgia State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

See also

2010 Measures

• 2010 Measures
• Fees on the ballot
• licenses on the ballot
• and charges on the ballot
• Healthcare facility funding on the ballot
• 2010 legislative sessions

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