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Georgia Amendment 9, Emerging Crops Loan Fund Measure (1990)
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| Topic Agriculture policy and State and local government budgets, spending, and finance |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Georgia Amendment 9 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 6, 1990. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported authorizing the General Assembly to create an emerging crops loan fund to provide financing assistance to farmers for economic development and consumer availability of emerging crops. |
A "no" vote opposed authorizing the General Assembly to create an emerging crops loan fund to provide financing assistance to farmers for economic development and consumer availability of emerging crops. |
Election results
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Georgia Amendment 9 |
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647,596 | 58.56% | ||
| No | 458,326 | 41.44% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 9 was as follows:
| “ | Shall the Constitution be amended so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide by general law for an emerging crops loan fund for the purpose of providing financing assistance to farmers to encourage economic development and consumer availability of emerging crops? | ” |
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
Footnotes
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