Georgia Amendment 3, Eminent Domain and Removal of Advertisements Amendment (1966)
Georgia Amendment 3 | |
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Election date |
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Topic Eminent domain policy and Property |
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Status |
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Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Georgia Amendment 3 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 8, 1966. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported authorizing the payment for property taken for roads and requiring the removal of outdoor advertising and junk yards to preserve federal funds. |
A "no" vote opposed authorizing the payment for property taken for roads and requiring the removal of outdoor advertising and junk yards to preserve federal funds. |
Election results
Georgia Amendment 3 |
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Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
305,819 | 65.89% | |||
No | 158,332 | 34.11% |
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 3 was as follows:
“ | Shall the Constitution be amended so as to provide for the payment for taking or damaging private property for public road and street purposes, in order to authorize the state to require the removal of existing outdoor advertising and the removal or screening of existing outdoor junk yards or other installations interfering with the natural beauty of the highway and surrounding landscape, so as to prevent the loss of large sums of Federal money? | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
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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