Georgia Amendment 36, Downtown Americus Authority Measure (1978)

Georgia Amendment 36
Election date November 7, 1978
Topic Bond issues and County and municipal governance
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 36 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 7, 1978. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported establishing the Downtown Americus Authority, defining its powers, bond issuance process, and ability to contract with the City of Americus and other government entities.

A "no" vote opposed establishing the Downtown Americus Authority, defining its powers, bond issuance process, and ability to contract with the City of Americus and other government entities.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 36
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		155,196	41.85%
No		215,652	58.15%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 36 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to create the Downtown Americus Authority and to provide for the powers, authority and duties of such Authority, and to authorize the Authority to issue its revenue bonds and to provide for the method and manner of such issuance and for the validation thereof, and to authorize the Authority to contract with the City of Americus and with the State of Georgia and any departments, institutions, agencies, municipalities, counties or political subdivisions of the State of Georgia, public corporations and others and to authorize the City of Americus to contract with the Authority?

”

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

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