Georgia Amendment 14, State School Lunch Tax Amendment (1958)

Georgia Amendment 14
Election date November 4, 1958
Topic Public education funding and Taxes
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 14 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 4, 1958. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported authorizing taxation over the entire state to include a tax for school lunch purposes.

A "no" vote opposed authorizing taxation over the entire state to include a tax for school lunch purposes.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 14
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		36,489	33.72%
No		71,727	66.28%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 14 was as follows:

“

FOR ratification of amendment to the Constitution so 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 so 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

1958 Measures

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• Taxes on the ballot
• 1958 legislative sessions

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