Georgia Amendment 7, Tax Exemptions for Pollution Reduction Facilities Amendment (1966)

Georgia Amendment 7
Election date November 8, 1966
Topic Environment 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 8, 1966. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported providing tax exemption to facilities installed to reduce air or water pollution.

A "no" vote opposed providing tax exemption to facilities installed to reduce air or water pollution.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 7
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		312,791	69.77%
No		135,497	30.23%

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 for the exemption from taxation from all facilities installed for the primary purpose of reducing air or water pollution?

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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

1966 Measures

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• Environment on the ballot
• Taxes on the ballot
• 1966 legislative sessions

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