Georgia Amendment 14, Taxes for Public Transportation Amendment (1966)

Georgia Amendment 14
Election date November 8, 1966
Topic Taxes and Transportation
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 14 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 8, 1966. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported declaring public transportation an essential government function, allowing state taxation and expenditure for it.

A "no" vote opposed declaring public transportation an essential government function, allowing state taxation and expenditure for it.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 14
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		241,654	55.15%
No		196,501	44.85%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 14 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to declare public transportation of passengers for hire to be an essential governmental function and a public purpose for which the power of taxation of this State may be exercised and its public funds expended?

”

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

1966 Measures

• 1966 Measures
• Taxes on the ballot
• Transportation on the ballot
• 1966 legislative sessions

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