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Georgia Local Government Temporary Loans Payed in Full Amendment (2022)
| Georgia Local Government Temporary Loans Payed in Full Amendment | |
|---|---|
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| Election date November 8, 2022 | |
| Topic State and local government budgets, spending and finance | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The Georgia Local Government Temporary Loans Payed in Full Amendment was not on the ballot in Georgia as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 8, 2022.
The ballot measure would have changed the time frame for when local governments need to pay the money owed from temporary loans. As of 2022, local governments had until December 31 of the year in which the loan was made to pay the loan in full. The ballot measure would have instead required local governments to pay a loan in full within 12 months on the initial loan date.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot question
The ballot question would have been as follows:[1]
| “ | Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended to provide that temporary loans for counties, municipalities, and other political subdivisions of this state are payable in full within 12 months rather than by the end of the calendar year?[2] | ” |
Constitutional changes
- See also: Article IX, Georgia Constitution
The ballot measure would have amended Section 5, Paragraph V of Article IX of the Georgia Constitution. The full text of the constitutional amendment is available here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Georgia Constitution
In Georgia, a constitutional amendment requires a two-thirds vote in both chambers of the Georgia State Legislature.
The constitutional amendment was introduced into the Georgia State Legislature as House Resolution 732 (HR 732). On March 15, 2022, the Georgia House of Representatives voted 165 to three, with 11 members not voting or absent. The measure was not passed in the Senate before the legislature adjourned its 2022 session on April 5, 2022.[1]
| Vote in the Georgia House of Representatives | |||
| Requirement: Two-thirds (66.67 percent) vote of all members in each chamber | |||
Number of yes votes required: 100  | |||
| Yes | No | Not voting | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 165 | 3 | 11 |
| Total percent | 92.18% | 1.68% | 6.15% |
| Democrat | 74 | 0 | 3 |
| Republican | 91 | 3 | 8 |
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Georgia State legislature, "HR 732," accessed March 15, 2022
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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