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Georgia Amendment 14, Vehicle Tax Exemptions for Veterans Amendment (1972)

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Georgia Amendment 14

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Election date

November 7, 1972

Topic
Taxes and Veterans policy
Status

ApprovedApproved

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 7, 1972. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported providing disabled veterans a tax exemption on vehicles with free HV license plates from Georgia.

A "no" vote opposed providing disabled veterans a tax exemption on vehicles with free HV license plates from Georgia.


Election results

Georgia Amendment 14

Result Votes Percentage

Approved Yes

555,403 74.42%
No 190,895 25.58%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 14 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to provide that each disabled veteran who is a citizen and resident of Georgia shall be granted an exemption from all ad valorem taxes on the vehicle he owns and on which he actually places the free HV vehicle license plates he receives from the State of Georgia?

”

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

1972 Measures

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