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Georgia Authorize Debt for Airport Improvement Projects Amendment (2020)
| Georgia Authorize Debt for Airport Improvement Projects Amendment | |
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| Election date November 3, 2020 | |
| Topic State and local government budgets, spending and finance | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The Georgia Authorize Debt for Airport Improvement Projects Amendment was not on the ballot in Georgia as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 3, 2020.
This measure would have allowed the state to incur debt in order to fund grants and loans to local governments/authorities that own airports for development, expansion, and improvements of airports[1]
Text of measure
Ballot question
The ballot question would have been as follows:[1]
| “ | Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to allow the state to incur general obligation debt in order to make loans or grants to certain counties, municipalities, consolidated governments, local authorities, and local commissions that own airports with less than 750,000 takeoffs and landings during a calendar year for the acquisition, construction, development, extension, enlargement, or improvement of such airports?
( ) YES ( ) NO[2] |
” |
Constitutional changes
- See also: Georgia Constitution
The full text is available here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Georgia Constitution
The legislature can put a proposed amendment on the ballot upon a two-thirds majority vote in both the legislative chambers. Constitutional amendments must be approved by a majority of the electorate.
This amendment was introduced as Senate Resolution 885 on March 3, 2020. It was passed unanimously in the Senate on March 12, 2020.[1]
The measure was not passed by the legislature before the legislature adjourned on June 26, 2020.
| Vote in the Georgia State Senate | |||
| Requirement: Two-thirds (66.67 percent) vote of all members in each chamber | |||
Number of yes votes required: 38  | |||
| Yes | No | Not voting | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 54 | 0 | 2 |
| Total percent | 96.43% | 0.00% | 3.57% |
| Democrat | 20 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 34 | 0 | 1 |
See also
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Georgia Legislature, "House Resolution 962," accessed March 6, 2020
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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