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The
Senate Finance Committee offered the following substitute to HR
1150:
A
RESOLUTION
Proposing
an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that the sales and use tax for
educational purposes shall only be distributed on the basis of full-time
equivalent student counts when proceeds are distributed between a county school
district and an independent school district located in such county with more
than 3,000 full-time equivalent students; to provide for the submission of this
amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.
BE
IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Article
VIII, Section VI, Paragraph IV of the Constitution is amended by revising
subparagraph (g) as follows:
"(g)
The net proceeds of the tax shall be distributed between the county school
district and the independent school districts, or portion thereof, located in
such county according to the ratio the student enrollment in each school
district, or portion thereof, bears to the total student enrollment of all
school districts in the county
or, for
independent school districts with less than 3,000 full-time equivalent
students, upon such other formula for
distribution as may be
authorized
by local law
agreed upon by
all participating districts.
Any law
implementing this subparagraph shall not be considered a population
Act. For purposes of this subparagraph,
student enrollment shall be based on the latest
FTE
full-time
equivalent count prior to the referendum
on imposing the tax."
SECTION
2.
The
above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall be published and submitted as
provided in Article X, Section I, Paragraph II of the Constitution. The ballot
submitting the above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon
the following:
"( ) YES
( ) NO
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Shall
the Constitution of Georgia be amended to assure that any one cent sales and use
tax for educational purposes is distributed equally to a school system on a per
student basis for certain school systems?"
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All
persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote
"Yes." All persons desiring to vote against ratifying the proposed amendment
shall vote "No." If such amendment shall be ratified as provided in said
Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall become a part of the Constitution of
this state.