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Georgia Amendment 5, Retirement Benefit Increases Measure (1980)
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| Topic Public employee retirement funds |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Georgia Amendment 5 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 4, 1980. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported allowing the General Assembly to increase retirement benefits for Georgia Firemen's Pension Fund retirees, and ensure no retiree receive more than current benefit levels. |
A "no" vote opposed allowing the General Assembly to increase retirement benefits for Georgia Firemen's Pension Fund retirees, and ensure no retiree receive more than current benefit levels. |
Election results
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Georgia Amendment 5 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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625,415 | 59.69% | ||
| No | 422,388 | 40.31% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 5 was as follows:
| “ | Shall the Constitution be amended so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide by law for the increase of retirement or other benefits of retired persons who have retired or who retire in the future pursuant to the Georgia Firemen's Pension Fund and to provide that no formerly retired person shall receive any greater benefits than those benefits provided by law to be received upon retirement by members of the Fund who have not retired? | ” |
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
Footnotes
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