Georgia Amendment 11, Tourism Promotion Amendment (1966)

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Georgia Amendment 11

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Election date

November 8, 1966

Topic
Public economic investment policy
Status

ApprovedApproved

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment		Origin

State legislature


Georgia Amendment 11 was on theballot as alegislatively referred constitutional amendment inGeorgia onNovember 8, 1966. It wasapproved.

A "yes"votesupported authorizing the Department of Industry and Trade to participate in tourism promotion.

A "no"voteopposed authorizing the Department of Industry and Trade to participate in tourism promotion.


Election results

Georgia Amendment 11

ResultVotesPercentage

ApprovedYes

309,75670.47%
No129,78929.53%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 11 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to authorize the Department of Industry and Trade to participate in the operation of certain facilities for the promotion of tourism in the State of Georgia?

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is availablehere.


Path to the ballot

See also:Amending the Georgia Constitution

Atwo-thirds (66.67%) vote is required during one legislative session for theGeorgia State Legislature to place an amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 120 votes in theGeorgia House of Representatives and 38 votes in theGeorgia State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

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