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Georgia Amendment 1, Repeal of Intangible Personal Property Tax Amendment (1996)

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Georgia Amendment 1

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Election date

November 5, 1996

Topic
Property taxes
Status

ApprovedApproved

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 5, 1996. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported repealing the intangible personal property tax by general law without a referendum

A "no" vote opposed repealing the intangible personal property tax by general law without a referendum.


Election results

Georgia Amendment 1

Result Votes Percentage

Approved Yes

1,053,360 56.52%
No 810,181 43.48%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 1 was as follows:

Shall the state Constitution be amended so as to authorize the repeal of intangible personal property tax by general law without a referendum effective for all taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1967?

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


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