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Georgia Amendment 4, Agricultural Products Fees Amendment (1996)
| Georgia Amendment 4 | |
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| Topic Agriculture policy and Business regulations |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Georgia Amendment 4 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 5, 1996. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported allowing agricultural processing industries to levy fees for promotion and education, using funds collected to promote the industry. |
A "no" vote opposed allowing agricultural processing industries to levy fees for promotion and education, using funds collected to promote the industry. |
Election results
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Georgia Amendment 4 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 714,285 | 39.59% | ||
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1,089,801 | 60.41% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 4 was as follows:
| “ | Shall the Constitution be amended so as to allow agricultural processing industries, after approval in a referendum, to impose a fee upon members of the industry based on the amount of agricultural products processed and, without placing such monies in the state treasury, to use such funds to promote those agricultural processing industries? | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
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
Footnotes
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