Georgia Amendment 15, Municipal Bonded Indebtedness Measure (1988)
| Georgia Amendment 15 | |
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| Topic Bond issue requirements and Debt limits |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
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Georgia Amendment 15 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 8, 1988. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported allowing municipalities with a population of 400,000 or more to incur an additional $8 million in annual bonded indebtedness without a referendum. |
A "no" vote opposed allowing municipalities with a population of 400,000 or more to incur an additional $8 million in annual bonded indebtedness without a referendum. |
Election results
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Georgia Amendment 15 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 399,104 | 30.13% | ||
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925,692 | 69.87% | ||
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- Results are officially certified.
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Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 15 was as follows:
| “ | Shall the Constitution be amended so as to authorize any municipality of this state having a population of 400,000 or more according to the United States decennial census of 1960 or any future such census to incur an additional $8 million per annum in bonded indebtedness without the necessity of a referendum? | ” |
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
Footnotes
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