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Georgia Amendment 3, Conservation Land and Timber Taxation Measure (1990)
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| Topic Environment and Property |
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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 6, 1990. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported allowing the General Assembly to use alternative assessment and taxation methods and assess standing timber only once after sale or harvest at a higher rate to promote conservation and transitional residential land preservation. |
A "no" vote opposed allowing the General Assembly to use alternative assessment and taxation methods and assess standing timber only once after sale or harvest at a higher rate to promote conservation and transitional residential land preservation. |
Election results
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Georgia Amendment 3 |
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726,907 | 61.94% | ||
| No | 446,716 | 38.06% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 3 was as follows:
| “ | Shall the Constitution be amended so as to provide that the General Assembly by general law shall encourage the preservation, conservation, and protection of bona fide conservation use property (including agricultural and timber land) and bona fide residential transitional property through different methods of assessment and taxation of such property and shall provide for standing timber to be assessed only once after sale or harvest at an increased level of assessment? | ” |
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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