Georgia Amendment 4, Department of Industry and Trade Amendment (1962)

Georgia Amendment 4
Election date November 6, 1962
Topic Administrative organization and Public economic investment policy
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 4 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 6, 1962. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported creating the Department of Industry and Trade with a Board of Commissioners.

A "no" vote opposed creating the Department of Industry and Trade with a Board of Commissioners.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 4
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		116,644	60.64%
No		75,700	39.36%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 4 was as follows:

“

FOR ratification of amendment to the Constitution as to create the Department of Industry and Trade and to provide for a Board of Commissioners for said Department. AGAINST ratification of amendment to the Constitution as to create the Department of Industry and Trade and to provide for a Board of Commissioners for said Department.

”

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

1962 Measures

• 1962 Measures
• Public economic investment policy on the ballot
• Administrative organization on the ballot
• 1962 legislative sessions

Georgia

• Georgia ballot measures
• Georgia ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls