Georgia Amendment 14, Fulton County Tax Commissioner Measure (1952)

Georgia Amendment 14
Election date November 4, 1952
Topic Administrative organization and Administrative powers and rulemaking
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 14 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 4, 1952. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported authorizing the General Assembly to determine the method for selecting the Fulton County Tax Commissioner, create a Chief Deputy position to succeed the office in case of vacancy, and ratify related legislation.

A "no" vote opposed authorizing the General Assembly to determine the method for selecting the Fulton County Tax Commissioner, create a Chief Deputy position to succeed the office in case of vacancy, and ratify related legislation.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 14
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		81,040	72.43%
No		30,847	27.57%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 14 was as follows:

“

FOR ratification of amendment to Article XI, Section II, Paragraph I, of the Constitution of Georgia authorizing the General Assembly to provide the method of selection of the Tax Commissioner of Fulton County, to create the Office of Chief Deputy to succeed to his office in case of vacancy, and to ratify legislation enacted on this subject. AGAINST ratification of amendment to Article XI, Section II, Paragraph I, of the Constitution of Georgia authorizing the General Assembly to provide the method of selection of the Tax Commissioner of Fulton County, to create the Office of Chief Deputy to succeed to his office in case of vacancy, and to ratify legislation enacted on this subject.

”

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.

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• 1952 legislative sessions

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