Georgia Amendment 3, Indigent Care Trust Fund Amendment (1992)

Georgia Amendment 3
Election date November 3, 1992
Topic Public assistance programs and State and local government budgets, spending, and finance
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 3 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 3, 1992. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported creating the Indigent Care Trust Fund to support primary healthcare programs for the indigent population, expansion of Medicaid and for programs to support rural healthcare.

A "no" vote opposed creating the Indigent Care Trust Fund to support primary healthcare programs for the indigent population, expansion of Medicaid and for programs to support rural healthcare.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 3
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		1,328,925	67.04%
No		653,322	32.96%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 3 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide by general law for the dedication and deposit of revenues raised from specified sources for the purposes of the fund into an Indigent Care Trust Fund; to provide that moneys in the fund shall be exclusively used for primary health care programs for medically indigent citizens and children, for expansion of Medicaid eligibility and services, or for programs to support rural and other health care providers who disproportionately serve the medically indigent; and to provide that contributions and revenues deposited to the fund shall not lapse?

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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

1992 Measures

• 1992 Measures
• Public assistance programs on the ballot
• State and local government budgets on the ballot
• spending on the ballot
• and finance on the ballot
• 1992 legislative sessions

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