Georgia 1988 ballot measures

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One statewide ballot measure was on the March 8, 1988 ballot in Georgia.

• The one measure was a legislatively referred state statute.
• The one measure was approved.

Fifteen statewide ballot measures were on the November 8, 1988 ballot in Georgia.

• All fifteen of the measures were legislatively referred constitutional amendments.
• Six of the measures were approved.
• Nine of the measures were defeated.

On the ballot

March 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRSS	Referendum 1	Taxes	Increases the maximum amount of gross annual income for exemptions from ad valorem taxes	a

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Admin of Gov't	Replaces the office of State School Superintendent with the office of commissioner of education	d
LRCA	Amendment 2	Term Limits	Increases legislative terms of office from two to four years	d
LRCA	Amendment 3	Law Enforcement	Provides for compensation of crime victims	a
LRCA	Amendment 4	Housing	Provides that funds for the State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless may be expended to fund charities for the homeless	a
LRCA	Amendment 5	Admin of Gov't	Removes the attorney general from the State Financing and Investment Commission	d
LRCA	Amendment 6	Tort	Provides for sovereign immunity and official immunity	d
LRCA	Amendment 7	Law Enforcement	Provides for additional penalties in criminal or traffic cases	a
LRCA	Amendment 8	Gov't Finances	Creates a seed capital fund to provide equity and capital to young entrepreneurial firms	a
LRCA	Amendment 9	Admin of Gov't	Creates a commission to renumber, redesignate and rearrange articles, sections, paragraphs or provisions of the constitution	d
LRCA	Amendment 10	Gov't Finances	Authorizes the issuance of temporary loans on behalf of special service districts	d
LRCA	Amendment 11	Gov't Finances	Provides for the creation of an export finance fund	d
LRCA	Amendment 12	Property	Allows the owner of property located within an industrial area on an island to remove the property from the area	d
LRCA	Amendment 13	Property	Establishes a separate class of property for property listed in the National Register of Historical Places	a
LRCA	Amendment 14	Gov't Finances	Creates an Indigent Care Trust Fund	a
LRCA	Amendment 15	Bonds	Authorizes certain municipalities to incur $8 million in debt every year without a referendum vote	d

See also

• List of Georgia ballot measures
• 1988 ballot measures

External links

• The Georgia Official and Statistical Register