Georgia Amendment 20, City of Savannah Bonds Measure (1938)

Georgia Amendment 20
Election date November 8, 1938
Topic Bond issues and Local government finance and taxes
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 20 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 8, 1938. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported allowing the City of Savannah to issue refunding bonds.

A "no" vote opposed allowing the City of Savannah to issue refunding bonds.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 20
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		22,511	82.39%
No		4,813	17.61%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 20 was as follows:

“

For ratification of amendment to article 7, section 7, paragraph 1, of the Constitution, authorizing the City of Savannah to issue refunding bonds, to issue bonds for the retirement of indebtedness due and unpaid as of January 1, 1939. Against ratification of amendment to article 7, section 7, paragraph 1, of the Constitution, authorizing the City of Savannah to issue refunding bonds, to issue bonds for the retirement of indebtedness due and unpaid as of January 1, 1939.

”

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

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• 1938 legislative sessions

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