Georgia Amendment 13, Homestead Exemption Income Adjustment for Seniors Measure (1974)

Georgia Amendment 13
Election date November 5, 1974
Topic Public employee retirement funds and Taxes
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 13 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 5, 1974. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported excluding retirement, pension, or disability benefits from income calculations for persons 65 and older qualifying for a $4,000 homestead exemption.

A "no" vote opposed excluding retirement, pension, or disability benefits from income calculations for persons 65 and older qualifying for a $4,000 homestead exemption.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 13
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		436,119	72.94%
No		161,803	27.06%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 13 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to exclude retirement, pension or disability benefits, up to a certain maximum amount, as income for the purpose of persons 65 years of age or over qualifying for a homestead exemption of $4,000.00?

”

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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