Georgia Amendment 5, Industrial Zone Property Amendment (1996)

Georgia Amendment 5
Election date November 5, 1996
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 5, 1996. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported allowing owners of island property in a constitutional industrial zone to voluntarily remove the property from the industrial classification.

A "no" vote opposed allowing owners of island property in a constitutional industrial zone to voluntarily remove the property from the industrial classification.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 5
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		970,435	54.66%
No		805,095	45.34%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 5 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to allow the owner of island property located within a constitutional industrial area voluntarily to remove the property from the industrial area?

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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

1996 Measures

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• 1996 legislative sessions

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