Georgia Amendment 28, Unincorporated County Plans Measure (1978)

Georgia Amendment 28
Election date November 7, 1978
Topic County and municipal governance
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 28 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 7, 1978. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported authorizing the General Assembly to allow counties with populations of 600,000 or more to create a comprehensive, countywide framework plan that includes both unincorporated areas and municipal plans within the county.

A "no" vote opposed authorizing the General Assembly to allow counties with populations of 600,000 or more to create a comprehensive, countywide framework plan that includes both unincorporated areas and municipal plans within the county.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 28
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		153,862	37.61%
No		255,250	62.39%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 28 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to authorize the General Assembly to enact general, local or special laws applicable to 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, and applicable to any municipality located wholly or partially within such county, so as to provide for the preparation and annual updating, by such county governing authority, of a comprehensive plan for all of the unincorporated county, and to provide for a countywide framework plan which shall consist of the adopted comprehensive plans of each municipality in such county, which has developed a comprehensive plan along with the comprehensive plan for the unincorporated portion of such county?

”

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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