Georgia Amendment 7, Development Districts Tax Incentives Measure (1986)

Georgia Amendment 7
Election date November 4, 1986
Topic Public economic investment policy and Taxes
Status Defeated
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 4, 1986. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported establishing a procedure for the creation of development districts to promote commercial and industrial development through tax incentives.

A "no" vote opposed establishing a procedure for the creation of development districts to promote commercial and industrial development through tax incentives.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 7
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		365,380	44.41%
No		457,436	55.59%

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 authorize the General Assembly to provide a procedure for the creation of development districts for the promotion of commercial and industrial development through ad valorem tax incentives?

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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.

See also

1986 Measures

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• Public economic investment policy on the ballot
• Taxes on the ballot
• 1986 legislative sessions

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