Georgia Amendment 21, Claims Advisory Board Measure (1978)

Georgia Amendment 21
Election date November 7, 1978
Topic Administration of government and State and local government budgets, spending, and finance
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 21 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 7, 1978. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported authorizing the General Assembly to allow the Claims Advisory Board to process and settle claims against the State up to $500.

A "no" vote opposed authorizing the General Assembly to allow the Claims Advisory Board to process and settle claims against the State up to $500.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 21
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		270,173	59.49%
No		183,973	40.51%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 21 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide by law for the processing and disposition, by the Claims Advisory Board, of claims against the State which do not exceed $500.00?

”

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

1978 Measures

• 1978 Measures
• Administration of government on the ballot
• State and local government budgets on the ballot
• spending on the ballot
• and finance on the ballot
• 1978 legislative sessions

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