Georgia Amendment 17, Property Tax Exemptions for Nonprofits Measure (1978)
| Georgia Amendment 17 | |
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| Topic Public education funding and Taxes |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Georgia Amendment 17 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 7, 1978. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported exempting from all state, county, municipal, and school taxes certain property owned by nonprofit corporations promoting cooperation between parents and teachers for children's education and welfare in counties with populations of 600,000 or more. |
A "no" vote opposed exempting from all state, county, municipal, and school taxes certain property owned by nonprofit corporations promoting cooperation between parents and teachers for children's education and welfare in counties with populations of 600,000 or more. |
Election results
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Georgia Amendment 17 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 153,802 | 33.84% | ||
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300,733 | 66.16% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 17 was as follows:
| “ | Shall the Constitution be amended so as to provide that certain property located within any county of this State having a population of 600,000 or more according to the United States Decennial Census of 1970 or any future such census which is owned by a nonprofit corporation organized for the primary purpose of encouraging cooperation between parents and teachers to promote the education and welfare of children and youth shall be exempted from all State, county, municipal and school taxation, including such taxation to pay interest on and retire bonded indebtedness? | ” |
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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