Georgia Constitutional Convention of 1976
GPTKB entity
Properties (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:Constitution
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| gptkbp:birthDate |
July 1, 1983
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| gptkbp:community_involvement |
held public hearings
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| gptkbp:controversy |
government accountability
home rule election processes budgetary control state vs local authority |
| gptkbp:duration |
several months
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| gptkbp:historical_significance |
reflected changing political landscape
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Georgia Constitutional Convention of 1976
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| gptkbp:impact |
increased local government powers
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| gptkbp:influenced |
civil rights movement
federal mandates |
| gptkbp:keyPeople |
judicial system
education civil rights taxation government structure |
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Georgia
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| gptkbp:notableFeature |
approximately 200
provisions for taxation provisions for local government provisions for public safety provisions for local elections provisions for economic development provisions for education funding provisions for state elections provisions for environmental protection provisions for public health provisions for housing provisions for transportation provisions for local government structure provisions for public education provisions for constitutional amendments provisions for state agencies provisions for state and local government relations enhanced executive powers establishment of a state income tax provisions for civil rights protections provisions for local judiciary provisions for local taxation provisions for public participation in government provisions for state budget process provisions for state government structure provisions for state judiciary provisions for state taxation revised judicial system revised legislative structure |
| gptkbp:notableFigures |
gptkb:Jimmy_Carter
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| gptkbp:outcome |
new_Georgia_Constitution_adopted
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| gptkbp:produces |
gptkb:Georgia_Constitution_of_1983
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| gptkbp:purpose |
to_revise_the_Georgia_State_Constitution
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| gptkbp:relatedEvent |
gptkb:Georgia_Constitutional_Convention_of_1983
gptkb:Georgia_Constitutional_Convention_of_1945 |
| gptkbp:significantEvent |
first comprehensive revision since 1945
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| gptkbp:year |
1976
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