Georgia Official and Statistical Register 1983-84 - the Digital Library ...

GENERAL ELECTIONNovember 6, 1984CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS (cont©d) YES NO9. Shall the Constitution be amended so as 646,826 483,563to provide that property qualifying forpreferential assessment which is devotedto bona fide agricultural purposes may beowned by an estate of which the deviseesor heirs are one or more natural or naturalized citizens or by a trust of which thebeneficiaries are one or more natural ornaturalized citizens?10. Shall the Constitution be amended so as 638,367 541,027to authorize the creation of communityimprovement districts for the purposeof providing governmental services?11. Shall the Constitution be amended so as 828,352 324,986to require that a local law which authorizes the exercise of additional redevelopment powers by counties and municipalities be approved in a referendum by amajority of the qualified voters votingthereon in the county or municipalityaffected?STATEWIDE REFERENDUMS1. Shall the Act declaring property used 718,467 464,620exclusively as the state headquarters ofa nonprofit corporation organized to promote cooperation between parents andteachers to be an extension of the publicschools of this state, to be treated aspublic property, and granting an exemptionfrom ad valorem taxation for such propertybe approved?2. Shall motor vehicles used principally for 900,688 345,204the purpose of transporting handicapped ordisabled students to or from any school oreducational institution be exempted from advalorem taxation?3. Shall the Act granting an exemption from ad 933,343 295,707valorem taxation on property of nonprofithomes for the mentally handicapped be approved?246