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Georgia County Property Assessment, Amendment 31 (1978)
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The Georgia County Property Assessment Amendment, also known as Amendment 31, was on the ballot in Georgia on November 7, 1978, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was defeated. The measure would have provided for the assessment of property by a board of assessors and established county boards of equalization in counties with populations of 600,000 or more.[1]
Election results
| Georgia Amendment 31 (1978) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 243,982 | 59.55% | ||
| Yes | 165,701 | 40.45% | ||
Election results via: Georgia's Official Register 1977-78
Text of measure
The question on the ballot:
| Shall the Constitution be amended so as to authorize the General Assembly to enact general, local or special laws applicable to any county of this state having a population of 600,000 or more according to the United States Decennial Census of 1970 or any future such census, and applicable to any municipality located wholly or partially within such county, so as to provide for the assessment of property in any such county or municipality by a board of assessors; to establish county boards of equalization within any such county and for other matters relative thereto?[1][2] |
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 State of Georgia Department of Archives and History, "Georgia's Official Register 1977-78," accessed October 9, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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