Georgia Amendment 19, County and Municipal Services Amendment (1972)

Georgia Amendment 19
Election date November 7, 1972
Topic Administrative organization and Utility policy
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 19 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 7, 1972. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported granting counties and municipalities the authority to provide services and create districts for such services.

A "no" vote opposed granting counties and municipalities the authority to provide services and create districts for such services.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 19
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		360,864	54.12%
No		305,958	45.88%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 19 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to confer upon counties and municipalities, or any combination thereof, certain powers and authority to provide services; and to provide that districts may be created within which such services may be provided?

”

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

1972 Measures

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• Utility policy on the ballot
• Administrative organization on the ballot
• 1972 legislative sessions

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