Georgia Amendment 15, Downtown Savannah Authority Measure (1974)

Georgia Amendment 15
Election date November 5, 1974
Topic Administration of government and County and municipal governance
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 15 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 5, 1974. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported establishing the Downtown Savannah Authority, grant it powers to issue revenue bonds, contract with various entities, and allow the City of Savannah to levy taxes and allocate funds to the Authority.

A "no" vote opposed establishing the Downtown Savannah Authority, grant it powers to issue revenue bonds, contract with various entities, and allow the City of Savannah to levy taxes and allocate funds to the Authority.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 15
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		248,793	52.84%
No		222,061	47.16%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 15 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to create the Downtown Savannah Authority and to provide for the powers, authority and duties of such Authority to issue its revenue bonds and to provide for the method and manner of such issuance and for the validation thereof, and to authorize the Authority to contract with the City of Savannah and with the State of Georgia and any departments, institutions, agencies, municipalities, counties or political subdivisions of the State of Georgia, public corporations and others and to authorize the City of Savannah to contract with the Authority and to authorize said City to levy taxes and expend tax monies of the City and to make payment thereof to the Authority upon such terms as may be provided in any contract entered into by and between the Authority and the City of Savannah?

”

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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