Georgia Municipal Water and Sewer Systems, Amendment 27 (1978)
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The Georgia Municipal Water and Sewer Systems Amendment, also known as Amendment 27, was on the ballot in Georgia on November 7, 1978, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was defeated. The measure would have created unified municipal/county water and sewer systems in counties with populations of 600,000 or more.[1]
Election results
| Georgia Amendment 27 (1978) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| 239,910 | 56.97% | |||
| Yes | 181,225 | 43.03% | ||
Election results via: Georgia's Official Register 1977-78
Text of measure
The question on the ballot:
| Shall the Constitution be amended so as to authorize the General Assembly to create a unified municipal/county water and sewer system between any county having a population of 600,000 or more according to the United States Decennial Census of 1970 or any future such census, and the largest municipality lying wholly or partially therein?[1][2] |
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 State of Georgia Department of Archives and History, "Georgia's Official Register 1977-78," accessed October 9, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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