Georgia Amendment 4, State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless Measure (1988)

Georgia Amendment 4
Election date November 8, 1988
Topic Housing and State and local government budgets, spending, and finance
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 8, 1988. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported establishing that State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless funds do not expire and can be used for charitable homeless programs, including those involving religious institutions.

A "no" vote opposed establishing that State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless funds do not expire and can be used for charitable homeless programs, including those involving religious institutions.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 4
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		883,770	60.80%
No		569,803	39.20%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 4 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to provide that funds appropriated to or received by the State Housing Trust Fund for the Homeless shall not lapse and may be expended for programs of purely public charity for the homeless, including programs involving the participation of churches and religious institutions?

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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

1988 Measures

• 1988 Measures
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• State and local government budgets on the ballot
• spending on the ballot
• and finance on the ballot
• 1988 legislative sessions

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