Georgia County Library System, Amendment 4 (1982)

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The Georgia County Library System Amendment, also known as Amendment 4, was on the ballot in Georgia on November 2, 1982, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. The measure created county-wide library systems for all counties with a population of 550,000 or more, and transferred any existing municipal library systems to the county.[1]

Election results[edit]

Georgia Amendment 4 (1982)
ResultVotesPercentage
Approveda Yes375,41252.03%
No346,08347.97%

Election results via: Georgia's Official Register 1981-82

Text of measure

The question on the ballot:

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide by law for the creation of a countywide public library system within all counties of this state having a population of 550,000 or more according to the United States decennial census of 1980 or any future such census and authorizing the General Assembly to transfer existing library facilities and systems of such county and of any municipality located wholly or partially within such county to the countywide public library system?[1][2]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 State of Georgia Department of Archives and History, "Georgia's Official Register 1981-82," accessed October 16, 2015
  2. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

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