Georgia Amendment 4, State Highway Board Amendment (1972)

Georgia Amendment 4
Election date November 7, 1972
Topic Administrative organization and Transportation
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 4 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 7, 1972. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported renaming the State Highway Board and Department and removing outdoor ads and junk yards to prevent losing federal funds.

A "no" vote opposed renaming the State Highway Board and Department and removing outdoor ads and junk yards to prevent losing federal funds.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 4
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		500,091	68.44%
No		230,575	31.56%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 4 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to change the name and designation of the State Highway Board to the State Transportation Board; to change the name and designation of Director to Commissioner; to change the reference to and designation of the State Highway Department to the Department of Transportation and 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

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