Georgia Amendment 5, Commission on Compensation of Public Officials Amendment (1998)

Georgia Amendment 5
Election date November 3, 1998
Topic Administration of government and Salaries of government officials
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 5 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 3, 1998. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported establishing a Georgia Citizens Commission to set the compensation of public officials.

A "no" vote opposed establishing a Georgia Citizens Commission to set the compensation of public officials.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 5
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		744,328	49.12%
No		770,957	50.88%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 5 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to provide for a Georgia Citizens Commission on Compensation of Public Officials and to remove from the General Assembly the authority to fix the compensation of the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the members and officers of the General Assembly, the members of the Public Service Commission, the members of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles, the constitutional officers elected state-wide, the superior court judges, and the district attorneys and to place such authority in the commission, with the action of the commission subject to rejection by both houses of the General Assembly?

”

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

1998 Measures

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• Administration of government on the ballot
• Salaries of government officials on the ballot
• 1998 legislative sessions

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