Georgia Amendment 8, Indemnification for Emergency Medical Technicians Measure (1986)

Georgia Amendment 8
Election date November 4, 1986
Topic Insurance policy
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 8 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 4, 1986. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported providing indemnification, or compensation, for publicly employed emegency medical technicians killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty.

A "no" vote opposed providing indemnification, or compensation, for publicly employed emegency medical technicians killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 8
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		589,354	69.84%
No		254,451	30.16%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 8 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide by law for indemnification with respect to publicly employed emergency medical technicians who are or have been killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty on or after January 1, 1987?

”

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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• 1986 legislative sessions

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