Georgia Amendment 11, Chatham County School Tax Measure (August 1945)
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| Topic Property taxes and Public education funding |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Georgia Amendment 11 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on August 7, 1945. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported authorizing Chatham County to levy up to five additional mills in taxes for school purposes beyond the existing ten-mill Constitutional limit. |
A "no" vote opposed authorizing Chatham County to levy up to five additional mills in taxes for school purposes beyond the existing ten-mill Constitutional limit. |
Election results
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Georgia Amendment 11 |
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35,128 | 66.10% | ||
| No | 18,018 | 33.90% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 11 was as follows:
| “ | FOR ratification of Amendment to Article 8, Section 4, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution, authorizing the levy of taxes in Chatham County for school purposes not exceeding five mills on the dollar, in addition to the total tax of ten mills permitted by said Constitutional provision. AGAINST ratification of Amendment to Article 8, Section 4, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution, authorizing the levy of taxes in Chatham County for school purposes not exceeding five mills on the dollar, in addition to the total tax of ten mills permitted by said Constitutional provision. | ” |
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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