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Georgia Amendment 13, Fulton County Pension Fund Measure (June 1939)
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| Topic Local government finance and taxes and Public employee retirement funds |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
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Georgia Amendment 13 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on June 6, 1939. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported authorizing the General Assembly to enact laws to allow Fulton County to create a pension fund for county school employees. |
A "no" vote opposed authorizing the General Assembly to enact laws to allow Fulton County to create a pension fund for county school employees. |
Election results
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Georgia Amendment 13 |
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16,908 | 61.61% | ||
| No | 10,534 | 38.39% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 13 was as follows:
| “ | For ratification of amendment to Paragraph 2, of Section 6, of Article 7, of the Constitution authorizing the Legislature to enact laws authorizing the County of Fulton and the school authorities of said county to create a retirement and pension fund and system of retirement pay for county and county school employees of said county. Against ratification of amendment to Paragraph 2, of Section 6, of Article 7, of the Constitution authorizing the Legislature to enact laws authorizing the County of Fulton and the school authorities of said county to create a retirement and pension fund and system of retirement pay for county and county school employees of said county. | ” |
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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