Georgia Development Impact Fees to Fund Education Facilities Amendment (2024)

Georgia Development Impact Fees to Fund Education Facilities Amendment
Election date November 5, 2024
Topic State and local government budgets, spending and finance and Education
Status Not on the ballot
Type Constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

The Georgia Development Impact Fees to Fund Education Facilities Amendment was not on the ballot in Georgia as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 5, 2024.

This amendment would have allowed local boards of education to impose and collect development impact fees subject to local voter approval and use the proceeds to pay for part of the costs associated with educational facilities.

Text of the measure

Full text

The full text of the amendment is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Georgia Constitution

To put a legislatively referred constitutional amendment before voters, a two-thirds (66.67%) vote vote is required in both the Georgia State Senate and the Georgia House of Representatives.

On February 29, 2024, the state Senate approved Senate Resolution 189 proposing this amendment by a vote of 55-0, with one member excused or not voting. The measure was not passed before the legislature adjourned its 2024 session.

Vote in the Georgia State Senate February 29, 2024
Requirement:
Number of yes votes required: 38  a
	Yes	No	Not voting
Total	49	2	5
Total percent	87.50%	3.57%	8.93%
Democrat	19	0	4
Republican	30	2	1

See also

2024 measures

• 2024 ballot measures
• Budgets on the ballot
• Education on the ballot

Georgia

• Georgia ballot measures
• Georgia ballot measure laws

News and analysis

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External links

• Senate Resolution 189