Georgia Amendment 1, Property Classification for Taxes Measure (1980)

Georgia Amendment 1
Election date November 4, 1980
Topic Property and Taxes
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 4, 1980. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported allowing the General Assembly to establish property classes for the State Revenue Commissioner’s review of county tax digests.

A "no" vote opposed allowing the General Assembly to establish property classes for the State Revenue Commissioner’s review of county tax digests.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 1
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		441,802	42.47%
No		598,560	57.53%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 1 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to provide that the General Assembly may by law establish one or more classes of tangible property for use by the State Revenue Commissioner when reviewing and approving county tangible property tax digests?

”

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

1980 Measures

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• Property on the ballot
• 1980 legislative sessions

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