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Georgia Amendment 5, Transportation Trust Fund Amendment (1992)

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Georgia Amendment 5

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Election date

November 3, 1992

Topic
Energy funds and State and local government budgets, spending, and finance
Status

DefeatedDefeated

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment 		Origin

State legislature


Georgia Amendment 5 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 3, 1992. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported creating a Transportation Trust Fund funded by motor and aviation fuel tax revenues.

A "no" vote opposed creating a Transportation Trust Fund funded by motor and aviation fuel tax revenues.


Election results

Georgia Amendment 5

Result Votes Percentage
Yes 712,388 36.81%

Defeated No

1,222,875 63.19%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 5 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to provide for the creation of a Transportation Trust Fund to be funded by revenues collected from new motor fuel taxes and new taxes on the sale of aviation fuel and from which funds shall be disbursed for transportation purposes only as defined by the General Assembly and according to a formula devised by the General Assembly?

”

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

1992 Measures

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