Georgia Industrial Property Designation, Amendment 5 (2010)
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The Georgia Industrial Property Designation Amendment , also known as Amendment 5, was on the November 2, 2010 ballot in Georgia as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. The measure allowed owners of industrial-zoned property to remove the industrial designation.[1][2][3][4]
Election results
- See also: 2010 ballot measure election results
| Georgia Amendment 5 (2010) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 1,520,636 | 63.50% | ||
| No | 873,890 | 36.50% | ||
Election results via: Georgia Secretary of State
Text of measure
Title
The question on the ballot:
| Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to allow the owners of real property located in industrial areas to remove the property from the industrial area?[2][5] |
Full text
The full text of the measure can be found here.
Media editorial positions
Support
- Savannah Morning News supported Amendment 5. The editorial board said, "Amendment 5 will allow the land owners the choice of switching to local government taxation, zoning and services. Voters should approve the amendment."[6]
- Creative Loafing said, "This one's confusing. Let's make it simple: Some people in Savannah 'burb Garden City want to annex their property into an adjacent city. Oh, why not?"[7]
Path to the ballot
- See also: How the Georgia Constitution is amended
In order to qualify the proposed constitutional amendment for the 2010 ballot, the measure required two-thirds approval in both the House and Senate. The measure was approved by the Senate on April 27, 2010 and by the House on April 29. The measure was submitted to the governor on May 7, 2010.[8]
See also
External links
- Georgia Secretary of State
- Proposed Constitutional Amendments and State-Wide Referendum Question
- HR 136 summary
- HR 136 full text
Additional reading
- Atlanta Progressive News, "APN Overview of Proposed 2010 Georgia Amendment 5, Referendum A," October 24, 2010
- The Blackshear Times, "Pay attention to constitutional amendments on the ballot," October 6, 2010
Footnotes
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Georgia Election Results," accessed November 2, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Georgia Secretary of State, "Proposed Constitutional Amendments and State-wide Referendum Question General Election November 2, 2010," accessed November 5, 2015
- ↑ Georgia General Assembly, "HR 136 full text," accessed September 24, 2010
- ↑ Examiner, "Amendment Five: Local issue faces voters statewide," October 24, 2010
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Savannah Morning News, "Burying relics," October 10, 2010
- ↑ Creative Loafing, "Our pick for ballot measures: Yes to all (except Amendment 1)," October 27, 2010
- ↑ Georgia General Assembly, "HR 136 summary," accessed September 24, 2010
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