Georgia Amendment 7, Bibb County Pension and Disability Plans Measure (1950)

Georgia Amendment 7
Election date November 7, 1950
Topic Public employee retirement funds
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 7 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 7, 1950. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported authorizing the General Assembly to establish and support pension or retirement plans for Bibb County employees, including disability and death benefits, with retroactive service credit and tax funding.

A "no" vote opposed authorizing the General Assembly to establish and support pension or retirement plans for Bibb County employees, including disability and death benefits, with retroactive service credit and tax funding.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 7
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		54,259	64.48%
No		29,885	35.52%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 7 was as follows:

“

FOR ratification of Amendment of Article VII, Section 4, Paragraph 1, Sub-Paragraph 15, of the Constitution of Georgia authorizing the General Assembly to constitute a pension and or retirement plan or plans for all persons compensated in whole or in part by Bibb County, permitting payments for disability and payments to dependents or such person killed in the performance of duty, permitting any such plan or plans to allow credit for service performed prior to the enactment of any such plan or plans, authorizing the levy of a tax to support any such plan or plans, and ratifying and validating an Act of the General Assembly of Georgia adopted at its 1949 session, providing such a pension and/or retirement plan for Bibb County, and any and all amendments thereto. AGAINST ratification of Amendment of Article VII, Section 4, Paragraph 1, Sub-Paragraph 15, of the Constitution of Georgia authorizing the General Assembly to constitute a pension and or retirement plan or plans for all persons compensated in whole or in part by Bibb County, permitting payments for disability and payments to dependents or such person killed in the performance of duty, permitting any such plan or plans to allow credit for service performed prior to the enactment of any such plan or plans, authorizing the levy of a tax to support any such plan or plans, and ratifying and validating an Act of the General Assembly of Georgia adopted at its 1949 session, providing such a pension and/or retirement plan for Bibb County, and any and all amendments thereto.

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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.

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