Georgia Amendment 1, Eminent Domain Limitation Measure (2006)

Georgia Amendment 1
Election date November 7, 2006
Topic Eminent domain policy
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 7, 2006. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported prohibiting unelected authorities from using eminent domain and restrict its use to only public purposes as defined by state law.

A "no" vote opposed prohibiting unelected authorities from using eminent domain and restrict its use to only public purposes as defined by state law.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 1
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		1,622,403	82.72%
No		338,876	17.28%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 1 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to prohibit the use of eminent domain by certain nonelected authorities and to prohibit the contested use of eminent domain except for public use as defined by general law?

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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

2006 Measures

• 2006 Measures
• Eminent domain policy on the ballot
• 2006 legislative sessions

Georgia

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• Georgia ballot measure laws

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