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Georgia Amendment 47, Sunny Hill Consolidated School District Bonds Measure (June 1941)
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| Topic Bond issues and Public education funding |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Georgia Amendment 47 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on June 3, 1941. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported authorizing the Sunny Hill Consolidated School to issue bonds. |
A "no" vote opposed authorizing the Sunny Hill Consolidated School to issue bonds. |
Election results
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Georgia Amendment 47 |
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19,176 | 69.71% | ||
| No | 8,332 | 30.29% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 47 was as follows:
| “ | FOR ratification of amendment to Article 7, Section 7, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution of Georgia, so as to authorize the Sunny Hill Consolidated School District of Gwinnett County, to incur a bonded indebtedness in addition to that heretofore authorized. AGAINST ratification of amendment to Article 7, Section 7, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution of Georgia, so as to authorize the Sunny Hill Consolidated School District of Gwinnett County, to incur a bonded indebtedness in addition to that heretofore authorized. | ” |
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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