Georgia Amendment 2, Local-Option Sales Tax for Schools Amendment (1996)

Georgia Amendment 2
Election date November 5, 1996
Topic Public education funding and Taxes
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 2 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 5, 1996. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported authorizing local school boards to impose a 1 percent sales tax for school capital projects

A "no" vote opposed authorizing local school boards to impose a 1 percent sales tax for school capital projects.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 2
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		999,838	51.10%
No		956,606	48.90%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 2 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to authorize the boards of education of county school districts and independent school districts to impose, levy and collect a 1 percent sales and use tax for certain educational purposes subject to approval in a local referendum?

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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

1996 Measures

• 1996 Measures
• Public education funding on the ballot
• Taxes on the ballot
• 1996 legislative sessions

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