Georgia Amendment 19, Agricultural Product Promotion Measure (1968)

Georgia Amendment 19
Election date November 5, 1968
Topic Agriculture policy
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 19 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 5, 1968. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported authorizing the General Assembly to establish agricultural promotion programs, with decisions on continuation or termination based on referendums, and allows delegation of authority to impose or repeal charges related to affected products.

A "no" vote opposed authorizing the General Assembly to establish agricultural promotion programs, with decisions on continuation or termination based on referendums, and allows delegation of authority to impose or repeal charges related to affected products.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 19
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		425,009	57.34%
No		316,238	42.66%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 19 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide that programs for the promotion of agricultural products including provisions for quality and/or product control may be instituted, continued or terminated in accordance with the results of a referendum conducted among the producers of the product or products affected and to provide that the General Assembly may delegate to instrumentalities, public corporations, authorities and commissions created by it the right to impose, raise lower, or repeal assessments, fees or other charges upon the sale or processing of affected products and to collect the same after approval by the producers of such products in 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

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• 1968 legislative sessions

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