Georgia Amendment 10, Fulton County Educational Tax Measure (August 1945)
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| Topic Property taxes and Public education funding |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Georgia Amendment 10 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on August 7, 1945. It was approved.
A "yes" supported authorizing Fulton County to levy an educational property tax of five to fifteen mills on areas outside the City of Atlanta. |
A "no" opposed authorizing Fulton County to levy an educational property tax of five to fifteen mills on areas outside the City of Atlanta. |
Election results
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Georgia Amendment 10 |
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34,376 | 65.00% | ||
| No | 18,507 | 35.00% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 10 was as follows:
| “ | FOR ratification of Amendment to Paragraph 1, Section 4, Article 8, of the Constitution, providing for educational tax of five to fifteen mills levied by Fulton County on property outside of City of Atlanta. AGAINST ratification of Amendment to Paragraph 1, Section 4, Article 8, of the Constitution, providing for educational tax of five to fifteen mills levied by Fulton County on property outside of City of Atlanta. | ” |
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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