Georgia Amendment 13, Taxes for School Lunches Amendment (1962)

Georgia Amendment 13
Election date November 6, 1962
Topic Public education funding and Taxes
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 13 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 6, 1962. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported extending the power of taxation to include a tax for school lunch purposes.

A "no" vote opposed extending the power of taxation to include a tax for school lunch purposes.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 13
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		93,756	47.45%
No		103,813	52.55%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 13 was as follows:

“

FOR ratification of amendment to the Constitution as to extend the power of taxation over the whole State exercised by the General Assembly to include a tax for school lunch purposes. AGAINST ratification of amendment to the Constitution as to extend the power of taxation over the whole State exercised by the General Assembly to include a tax for school lunch purposes.

”

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

1962 Measures

• 1962 Measures
• Public education funding on the ballot
• Taxes on the ballot
• 1962 legislative sessions

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