Wetlands are considered the kidneys of the earth’s ecosystem. Their complex hydrologic systems work to clean pollutants from surface and ground water—water that often ends up as drinking water. Since the 1940s, Congress has recognized the importance of clean water in our everyday lives, and it has passed
In the throes of “Radical Reconstruction,” the population of Georgia remained sharply divided along racial and political lines. Three long years passed between emancipation and the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment, during which time the status of the state’s Black population remained uncertain. They were no longer enslaved but
The resolution proposes an amendment to the Georgia Constitution permitting the General Assembly to authorize counties, municipalities, and housing authorities to engage in community redevelopment. The resolution further proposes an amendment to the constitution permitting cities, counties and local boards of education to pledge property tax revenues toward payment of
This resolution would have amended the Constitution making it legal for special transportation districts to impose a 1 percent local option sales and use tax for various transportation projects. Voters in these regional districts would have had the authority to vote to impose such a tax. SR 845 did not
The amendment would have amended the Georgia Constitution to allow religious and sectarian organizations to receive state funding for social services. Currently, such organizations cannot receive state funding for social services.
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HR 256 - The resolution would have proposed an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Georgia to bar undocumented immigrants from the following: receiving any public services provided by the state, receiving any publicly funded health care services provided by the state, accessing public elementary and secondary schools
The General Assembly passed this resolution during its 1994 session, but the voters of Georgia must ratify the legislation in a statewide referendum in November 1994 in order for the resolution to become an amendment to the Georgia Constitution. The amendment gives the Georgia General Assembly full authority under the
This Resolution proposes an amendment to the Constitution to give the General Assembly authority to set mandatory minimum sentences and a sentence to life without parole for certain crimes. The proposed amendment would remove authority from the State Board of Pardons and Paroles to consider persons serving these sentences for
