Constitution of the State of Georgia

Article VIII. EDUCATION · Article VIII. EDUCATION · Section VI. LOCAL TAXATION FOR EDUCATION

Art. VIII, Sec. VI, Para. II. Increasing or removing tax rate.

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The mill limitation in effect on June 30, 1983, for any school system may be increased or removed by action of the respective boards of education, but only after such action has been approved by a majority of the qualified voters voting thereon in the particular school system to be affected in the manner provided by law.

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1976 Constitution.: Art. VIII, Sec. VII, Para. II.
Constitutional referendum requirement implied in statute autho-Reducing limitation.: The procedures afforded by Ga. Const. 1983, Art. VIII, Sec. VI, Para. II may not be used to reduce a school millage limitation in effect on June 30, 1983. 1984 Op. Att’y Gen. No. U84-40.

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