Georgia Amendment 3, Personal Property Tax Exemptions Amendment (1970)
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| Topic Property and Taxes |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Georgia Amendment 3 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 3, 1970. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported providing personal property, tools, implements of trade, and domestic animals from tax exemptionup to $300. |
A "no" vote opposed providing personal property, tools, implements of trade, and domestic animals from tax exemption up to $300. |
Election results
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Georgia Amendment 3 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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428,762 | 69.49% | ||
| No | 188,244 | 30.51% | ||
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 law that all personal clothing and effects, household furniture, furnishings, equipment, appliances and other personal property used within the home shall be exempt from all ad valorem taxation; and to further authorize the General Assembly to provide by law that all tools and implements of trade or manual laborers and domestic animals shall be exempt from State, county, municipal and school district ad valorem taxes, in an amount not to exceed $300.00 in actual value? | ” |
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
Footnotes
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