Georgia Amendment 7, Classification of Heavy Equipment Amendment (1992)

Georgia Amendment 7
Election date November 3, 1992
Topic Property and Taxes
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 3, 1992. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported classifying heavy-duty equipment motor vehicles owned by nonresidents for separate ad valorem property tax treatment.

A "no" vote opposed classifying heavy-duty equipment motor vehicles owned by nonresidents for separate ad valorem property tax treatment.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 7
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		1,182,999	61.61%
No		737,191	38.39%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 7 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to provide that heavy-duty equipment motor vehicles owned by nonresidents and operated in this state 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 motor vehicles and to authorize the General Assembly to provide by general law for the ad valorem taxation of motor vehicles?

”

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

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• 1992 legislative sessions

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