Georgia Amendment 5, Tax Rates for Commercial Dockside Facilities Measure (2002)

Georgia Amendment 5
Election date November 5, 2002
Topic Property and Taxes
Status Defeated
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, 2002. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported allowing commercial dockside seafood facilities to be classified separately for ad valorem property tax purposes, and providing different tax rates, methods, and assessment dates.

A "no" vote opposed allowing commercial dockside seafood facilities to be classified separately for ad valorem property tax purposes, and providing different tax rates, methods, and assessment dates.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 5
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		797,188	43.31%
No		1,043,362	56.69%

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 provide that commercial dockside facilities consisting of real and personal property whose primary use is the landing and processing of seafood may be classified as a separate class of property for ad valorem property tax purposes and different rates, methods, and assessment dates may be provided for such dockside facilities?

”

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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