Georgia Amendment 33, Bibb County Loans Measure (June 1941)

Georgia Amendment 33
Election date June 3, 1941
Topic Local government finance and taxes
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 33 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on June 3, 1941. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported authorizing Bibb County to make temporary loans.

A "no" vote opposed authorizing Bibb County to make temporary loans.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 33
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		19,984	70.59%
No		8,327	29.41%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 33 was as follows:

“

FOR ratification of amendment of Article 7, Section 7, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution, authorizing Bibb County to make temporary loans. AGAINST ratification of amendment of Article 7, Section 7, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution, authorizing Bibb County to make temporary loans.

”

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

1941 Measures

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• Local government finance and taxes on the ballot
• 1941 legislative sessions

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