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Georgia Amendment 12, Municipal Retirement Benefits Measure (1974)
| Georgia Amendment 12 | |
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| Topic County and municipal governance and Public employee retirement funds |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Georgia Amendment 12 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 5, 1974. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported authorizing the governing authorities of cities with over 300,000 residents to increase retirement or pension benefits for former municipal employees and allocate funds for this purpose. |
A "no" vote opposed authorizing the governing authorities of cities with over 300,000 residents to increase retirement or pension benefits for former municipal employees and allocate funds for this purpose. |
Election results
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Georgia Amendment 12 |
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325,017 | 59.42% | ||
| No | 221,938 | 40.58% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 12 was as follows:
| “ | Shall the Constitution be amended so as to provide that in all cities of this State having a population of more than 300,000, as disclosed by the United States Decennial Census of 1970, or any such future census, the governing authority shall be authorized to provide, from time to time, for the increase of retirement or pension benefits of persons who who have retired from employment with any such municipal corporation pursuant to any retirement system, annuity and benefit fund, pension system or similar system heretofore or hereafter created by law, and to authorize such municipal corporations to appropriate funds for such purposes? | ” |
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
Footnotes
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