Georgia Amendment 5, Industrial Property Designation Measure (2010)

Georgia Amendment 5
Election date November 2, 2010
Topic Land use and development policy
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 5 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 2, 2010. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported allowing owners of industrial-zoned property to remove the industrial designation from their property.

A "no" vote opposed allowing owners of industrial-zoned property to remove the industrial designation from their property.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 5
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		1,520,636	63.50%
No		873,890	36.50%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 5 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to allow the owners of real property located in industrial areas to remove the property from the industrial area?

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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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