Georgia Amendment 3, Infrastructure Development Districts Measure (2008)

Georgia Amendment 3
Election date November 4, 2008
Topic Administrative powers and rulemaking
Status Defeated
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 4, 2008. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported authorizing the Georgia General Assembly to create and regulate infrastructure development districts for infrastructure provision as authorized by local governments.

A "no" vote opposed authorizing the Georgia General Assembly to create and regulate infrastructure development districts for infrastructure provision as authorized by local governments.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 3
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		1,665,890	48.38%
No		1,777,619	51.62%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 3 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide by general law for the creation and comprehensive regulation of infrastructure development districts for the provision or infrastructure as authorized by local governments?

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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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