Georgia Amendment 4, Public Retirement and Pensions Measure (1984)

Georgia Amendment 4
Election date November 6, 1984
Topic Public employee retirement funds
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 6, 1984. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported authorizing the General Assembly to revise public retirement and pension laws, redefine involuntary separation and part-time service, and impose restrictions on benefits for future systems.

A "no" vote opposed authorizing the General Assembly to revise public retirement and pension laws, redefine involuntary separation and part-time service, and impose restrictions on benefits for future systems.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 4
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		887,528	72.41%
No		338,250	27.59%

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: (1) Authorize the General Assembly by law to change previously existing public retirement or pension laws of this state to redefine involuntary separation from employment and to provide additional or revise existing limitations or restrictions on the right to qualify for a retirement or pension benefit based on involuntary separation from employment and to affect present members of public retirement or pension systems as a result of the revision of such laws; (2) Authorize the General Assembly by law to define or redefine part-time service including but not limited to service as a member of the General Assembly, for the purposes of any previously existing or future public retirement or pension system and place limitations or restrictions on the use of part-time service as creditable service under any such system and to affect present members of any public retirement or pension system in connection therewith; and (3) Provide restrictions on retirement or pension benefits based on involuntary separation from employment as applied to public retirement or pension systems created in the future?

”

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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• 1984 legislative sessions

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