Georgia Amendment 9, Payment for Taking Private Property Amendment (1960)

Georgia Amendment 9
Election date November 8, 1960
Topic Eminent domain policy and Property
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 9 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 8, 1960. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported providing payment for taking or damaging private property for public road and tree purposes.

A "no" vote opposed providing payment for taking or damaging private property for public road and tree purposes.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 9
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		212,516	60.26%
No		140,167	39.74%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 9 was as follows:

“

FOR ratification of amendment to the Constitution so as to provide for the payment for taking or damaging private property for public road and tree purposes. AGAINST ratification of amendment to the Constitution so as to provide for the payment for taking or damaging private property for public road and street purposes.

”

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

1960 Measures

• 1960 Measures
• Property on the ballot
• Eminent domain policy on the ballot
• 1960 legislative sessions

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