Georgia Amendment 9, Tax Exemptions for Water and Sewage Facilities Amendment (1970)

Georgia Amendment 9
Election date November 3, 1970
Topic Sewage and stormwater and Taxes
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 9 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 3, 1970. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported exempting property owned by non-profit corporations providing water supply or sewage disposal from ad valorem taxation.

A "no" vote opposed exempting property owned by non-profit corporations providing water supply or sewage disposal from ad valorem taxation.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 9
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		278,761	47.31%
No		310,400	52.69%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 9 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to provide that all property held by and belonging to public, non-profit corporations created and operated for the purpose of providing water supply or sewage disposal, or combination of such services, shall be exempt from all ad valorem taxation?

”

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

1970 Measures

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• Sewage and stormwater on the ballot
• 1970 legislative sessions

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