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Georgia Amendment 5, Local Sales Tax Authority Measure (1990)

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Georgia Amendment 5

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Election date

November 6, 1990

Topic
Local government finance and taxes andSales taxes
Status

DefeatedDefeated

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment		Origin

State legislature


Georgia Amendment 5 was on theballot as alegislatively referred constitutional amendment inGeorgia onNovember 6, 1990. It wasdefeated.

A "yes" votesupported allowing the General Assembly to allow political subdivisions to impose a local sales and use tax without reducing their ad valorem (property) taxing powers.

A "no" voteopposed allowing the General Assembly to allow political subdivisions to impose a local sales and use tax without reducing their ad valorem (property) taxing powers.


Election results

Georgia Amendment 5

ResultVotesPercentage
Yes301,20228.06%

DefeatedNo

772,27171.94%
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 authorize the General Assembly to provide that a political subdivision whose ad valorem taxing powers are restricted by constitutional amendment may impose a local sales and use tax without a corresponding limitation of its ad valorem taxing powers?

”


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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Footnotes

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