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Georgia Allow Local Property Tax Referendums for Education Funding Amendment (2020)

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Georgia Allow Local Property Tax Referendums for Education Funding Amendment
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Election date
November 3, 2020
Topic
Taxes and Education
Status
Not on the ballot
Type
Constitutional amendment		Origin
State legislature

The Georgia Allow Local Property Tax Referendums for Education Funding Amendment may was not on the ballot in Georgia as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 3, 2020.

This measure would have allowed the legislature to provide for local referendums to assess school district taxes at 20% of a property's fair market value.[1]

Text of measure

Ballot question

The ballot question would have been as follows:[1]

“ Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide by law for local referenda to authorize assessment of residential homesteaded property owned by individuals of certain ages at 20 percent of such property's fair market value regarding local school district taxes for educational purposes and to provide that such assessments may not be repealed except by local law once authorized?

( ) YES

( ) NO[2]

”

Constitutional changes

See also: Georgia Constitution

The full text is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Georgia Constitution

The legislature can put a proposed amendment on the ballot upon a two-thirds majority vote in both the legislative chambers. Constitutional amendments must be approved by a majority of the electorate.

This amendment was introduced as House Resolution 962 on January 30, 2020, by Rep. Ron Stephens (R-164). On March 3, 2020, the state House passed HR 962 by a vote of 163-5. Twelve Representatives were excused or not voting.[1]

The measure was not passed by the legislature before the legislature adjourned on June 26, 2020.

Vote in the Georgia House of Representatives
February 20, 2020
Requirement: Two-thirds (66.67 percent) vote of all members in each chamber
Number of yes votes required: 120  Approveda
YesNoNot voting
Total163512
Total percent90.55%2.77%6.66%
Democrat7023
Republican9339


See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Georgia Legislature, "House Resolution 962," accessed March 6, 2020
  2. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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