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Georgia Amendment 16, Homestead Exemption for Seniors and Federal Benefits Amendment (1972)
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| Topic Public employee retirement funds |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Georgia Amendment 16 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 7, 1972. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported providing that federal old-age, survivor or disability benefits not be included in income for persons over the age of 65 years. |
A "no" vote opposed providing that federal old-age, survivor or disability benefits not be included in income for persons over the age of 65 years. |
Election results
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Georgia Amendment 16 |
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589,872 | 79.92% | ||
| No | 148,225 | 20.08% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 16 was as follows:
| “ | Shall the Constitution be amended so as to provide that federal old-age, survivor or disability benefits shall not be included in income for the purpose of persons 65 years of age or over qualifying for a homestead exemption of $4,000.00 and to provide that a person 65 years of age or older, after having once received the additional homestead exemption now provided for such persons with a certain income, need not apply for such exemption each year, but must notify the tax commissioner or tax receiver in the event he is no longer eligible for such exemption? | ” |
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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