Georgia Amendment 4, Indemnification for School Employees Amendment (2000)

Georgia Amendment 4
Election date November 7, 2000
Topic Public school teachers and staff and State and local government budgets, spending, and finance
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 4 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 7, 2000. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported providing for indemnification, or compensation, for public school teachers, administrators and employees who were killed or permanently disabled by an act of violence in the line of duty, funded with revenue from special motor vehicle license plates honoring Georgia educators.

A "no" vote opposed providing for indemnification, or compensation, for public school teachers, administrators and employees who were killed or permanently disabled by an act of violence in the line of duty, funded with revenue from special motor vehicle license plates honoring Georgia educators.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 4
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		1,692,079	75.08%
No		561,725	24.92%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 4 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide by law for indemnification with respect to public school teachers, administrators, and employees who are killed or permanently disabled by an act of violence in the line of duty, a nonlapsing indemnification fund for such purposes, and dedication of revenue from special and distinctive motor vehicle license plates honoring Georgia educators to such fund?

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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

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