Georgia Amendment 22, Bibb County Public Service Districts Measure (August 1943)

Georgia Amendment 22
Election date August 3, 1943
Topic Local government organization and Utility policy
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 22 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on August 3, 1943. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported authorizing Bibb County to create special districts to provide municipal services such as sanitation, fire and police protection, drainage, roadwork, and other customary public facilities.

A "no" vote opposed authorizing Bibb County to create special districts to provide municipal services such as sanitation, fire and police protection, drainage, roadwork, and other customary public facilities.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 22
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		43,109	81.71%
No		9,648	18.29%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 22 was as follows:

“

FOR ratification of Amendment to Article 2, Section 1, of the Constitution of Georgia, authorizing Bibb County to establish special districts for sanitation, garbage removal and disposal, fire prevention, police protection, drainage, road building, paving, and improvement, and any other public service and facility usual and customarily afforded by municipalities of this State. AGAINST ratification of Amendment to Article 2, Section 1, of the Constitution of Georgia, authorizing Bibb County to establish special districts for sanitation, garbage removal and disposal, fire prevention, police protection, drainage, road building, paving, and improvement, and any other public service and facility usual and customarily afforded by municipalities of this State.

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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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• 1943 legislative sessions

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