Georgia Amendment 9, Relocation Assistance for Public Projects Amendment (1972)
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| Topic Eminent domain 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 7, 1972. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported authorizing the General Assembly to provide relocation assistance and payments for displaced persons involved in public projects, preventing the loss of federal funds. |
A "no" vote opposed authorizing the General Assembly to provide relocation assistance and payments for displaced persons involved in public projects, preventing the loss of federal funds. |
Election results
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Georgia Amendment 9 |
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482,174 | 68.47% | ||
| No | 222,003 | 31.53% | ||
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 law for relocation assistance and payments to persons displaced by public projects or programs and, in connection with the acquisition of real property for public projects and programs, the establishment and implementation of policies and practices and the payment or reimbursement of necessary expenses, so as to prevent the loss of large sums of federal money? | ” |
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
Footnotes
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