Georgia Amendment 12, Increase in Retirement Benefits Amendment (1970)
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| Topic Public employee retirement funds |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Georgia Amendment 12 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 3, 1970. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported authorizing the General Assembly to increase pension benefits and appropriate funds for this purpose. |
A "no" vote opposed authorizing the General Assembly to increase pension benefits and appropriate funds for this purpose. |
Election results
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Georgia Amendment 12 |
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367,700 | 61.48% | ||
| No | 230,355 | 38.52% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 12 was as follows:
| “ | Shall the Constitution be amended so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide by law, from time to time, for the increase of retirement or pension benefits of retired persons who retired pursuant to any retirement system, annuity and benefit fund, pension system or any similar system heretofore or hereafter created by law, and to authorize the General Assembly to appropriate funds for such purpose? | ” |
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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