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Georgia Amendment 20, Retirement Benefits Increases Amendment (1972)
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| Topic Public employee retirement funds and State and local government budgets, spending, and finance |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Georgia Amendment 20 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 7, 1972. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported allowing the legislature to increase retirement benefits for retired persons and fund such systems through fines or forfeitures. |
A "no" vote opposed allowing the legislature to increase retirement benefits for retired persons and fund such systems through fines or forfeitures. |
Election results
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Georgia Amendment 20 |
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450,802 | 65.02% | ||
| No | 242,523 | 34.98% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 20 was as follows:
| “ | Shall the Constitution be amended so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide by law, from time to time, for the increase of retirement or other benefits of retired persons who have retired or who retire in the future pursuant to any retirement system, annuity and benefit fund system, pension system or any similar system, which such system was created by law and such law provided that such system be funded wholly or partly from fines or forfeitures? | ” |
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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