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PROCLAMATIONS
ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS
EXTRAORDINARY SESSION
OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE
STATE OF GEORGIA
1981
August 24, 1981September 18, 1981
COMPILED AND PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
OF THE STATE
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PROCLAMATIONS
ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS
EXTRAORDINARY SESSION
OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE
STATE OF GEORGIA
1981
August 24, 1981September 18, 1981
A PROCLAMATION BY
HIS EXCELLENCY
GOVERNOR GEORGE BUSBEE
of
THE STATE OF GEORGIA
CONVENING THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
GEORGIA IN EXTRAORDINARY SESSION
WHEREAS: Article V, Section II, Paragraph III of the Constitu-
tion empowers the Governor to convoke the General Assembly on
extraordinary occasions to attend called sessions of the General
Assembly for the purpose of considering the enactment of legislation
specified by the Governor; and
WHEREAS: The following specified objectives are hereby deter-
mined and concluded by me to be of extraordinary importance to be
considered by the General Assembly during a called session and prior
to the convening of the General Assembly in regular session in 1982:
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(1) The division of the State into appropriate districts from
which members of the House of Representatives to the United
States Congress shall be elected.
(2) The division of the State into appropriate districts from
which members of the Georgia House of Representatives shall be
elected.
(3) The division of the State into appropriate districts from
which members of the Georgia State Senate shall be elected.
(4) The adoption of a new and revised Code of the laws of this
State.
(5) The adoption of a Supplementary Appropriations Act appro-
priating funds solely and for no other purpose than to begin the
construction of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Complex.
NOW, THEREFORE, PURSUANT TO THE POWER AND
AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS GOVERNOR OF THE STATE
OF GEORGIA, I, GEORGE BUSBEE, do hereby convoke and call a
meeting of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia to convene in
extraordinary session at 10:00 A.M., on Monday, August 24,1981, for
the purpose of considering the enactment of legislation to accomplish
the hereinabove specified objectives.
(Seal
of the
Executive
Department)
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the Seal of the
Executive Department to be affixed.
This 13th day of August, 1981.
/s/ George Busbee
Governor
BY THE GOVERNOR:
/s/ Tom Perdue
Secretary, Executive Department
A PROCLAMATION BY
HIS EXCELLENCY
GOVERNOR GEORGE BUSBEE
of
THE STATE OF GEORGIA
CONVENING THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
GEORGIA IN EXTRAORDINARY SESSION
WHEREAS: Pursuant to my proclamation dated August 13,1981,
;he General Assembly of the State of Georgia has been convoked and
called to convene in extraordinary session on August 24,1981, for the
purpose of considering the enactment of legislation to accomplish five
specified objectives; and
WHEREAS: I have determined and concluded that three addi-
tional objectives are of extraordinary importance and should be
considered by the General Assembly during said called session and
prior to the convening of the General Assembly in regular session in
1982.
NOW, THEREFORE, PURSUANT TO THE POWER AND
AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS GOVERNOR OF THE STATE
OF GEORGIA, I, GEORGE BUSBEE, do hereby amend my procla-
mation of August 13,1981, calling the General Assembly into extraor-
dinary session by adding at the end of the second paragraph thereof
the following:
(6) The adoption of a resolution proposing a new Constitu-
tion for the State of Georgia.
(7) The adoption of a resolution proposing an amendment to the
Constitution of the State of Georgia of 1976 to authorize the
General Assembly to provide by law that tangible property, except
mobile homes, motor vehicles and tangible property owned by
public utilities, may be further subsclassified for ad valorem
taxation purposes.
(8) The adoption of a resolution proposing an amendment to
Article V, Section I, Paragraph I of the Constitution of the State of
Georgia of 1976, so as to provide for changes therein relative to the
eligibility of a Governor to succeed himself and hold the Office of
Governor again.,
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so that when so amended, the second paragraph of said proclama-
tion shall read as follows:
WHEREAS: The following specified objectives are hereby
determined and concluded by me to be of extraordinary importance
to be considered by the General Assembly during a called session and
prior to the convening of the General Assembly in regular session in
1982:
(1) The division of the State into appropriate districts from
which members of the House of Representatives to the United
States Congress shall be elected.
(2) The division of the State into appropriate districts from
which members of the Georgia House of Representatives shall be
elected.
(3) The division of the State into appropriate districts from
which members of the Georgia State Senate shall be elected.
(4) The adoption of a new and revised Code of the laws of this
State.
(5) The adoption of a Supplementary Appropriations Act appro-
priating funds solely and for no other purpose than to begin the
construction of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Complex.
(6) The adoption of a resolution proposing a new Constitution
for the State of Georgia.
(7) The adoption of a resolution proposing an amendment to the
Constitution of the State of Georgia of 1976 to authorize the
General Assembly to provide that tangible property, except
mobile homes, motor vehicles and tangible property owned by
public utilities, may be further subclassified for ad valorem taxa-
tion purposes.
(8) The adoption of a resolution proposing an amendment to
Article V, Section I, Paragraph I of the Constitution of the State of
Georgia of 1976, so as to provide for changes therein relative to the
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eligibility of a Governor to succeed himself and hold the Office of
Governor again.
(Seal
of the
Executive
Department)
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the Seal of the
Executive Department to be affixed.
This 21st day of August, 1981.
/s/ George Busbee
Governor
BY THE GOVERNOR:
/s/ Tom Perdue
Secretary, Executive Department
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OFFICIAL CODE OF GEORGIA ANNOTATED
ADOPTED.
No. 1 (House Bill No. 2).
AN ACT
To enact the statutory portion of the codification of Georgia laws
prepared by the Code Revision Commission and the Michie Com-
pany; to provide for a statement of purpose; to provide for the
publication of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated; to provide the
method and time at which such Code shall take effect; to provide that
the material contained in the supplemental volume shall supersede
material contained in the remaining 24 volumes of the statutory
portion of such codification; to provide that references in local or
special laws to certain other Acts or resolutions of the General
Assembly or to prior codes of the State of Georgia or portions thereof
shall be construed as references to the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated; to provide for other matters relative to the foregoing; to
provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia:
Section 1. At the 1977 regular session, the General Assembly of
Georgia created the Code Revision Commission and authorized the
commission to select a publisher to conduct a revision of the Code and
the laws of Georgia. Pursuant to such authority, the Code Revision
Commission entered into a contract with the Michie Company of
Charlottesville, Virginia, on June 19,1978, for the recodification and
publication of Georgia laws in a new Official Code of Georgia Anno-
tated. It is the purpose of this Act to enact the statutory portion of
the codification of Georgia laws prepared by the Code Revision
Commission and the Michie Company.
Section 2. The statutory portion of the codification of Georgia
laws prepared by the Code Revision Commission and the Michie
Company which is on file in the office of the Secretary of State is
enacted and shall have the effect of statutes enacted by the General
Assembly of Georgia.
Section 3. The statutory portion of the codification is contained
in 24 volumes entitled Code of Georgia 1981 Legislative Edition
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plus one volume entitled Code of Georgia 1981 Legislative Edition
Supplement. Material contained in such supplement consists of Acts
and resolutions of the General Assembly enacted at the 1981 regular
session. The material contained in such supplement shall supersede
correspondingly numbered material in the other 24 volumes and shall
be in addition to the material in the other 24 volumes where such
material is not correspondingly numbered.
Section 4. The statutory portion of such codification shall be
merged with annotations, captions, catchlines, history lines, editorial
notes, cross-references, indexes, and other materials pursuant to the
contract; shall be published by authority of the state pursuant to such
contract; and, when so published, shall be known and may be cited as
the Official Code of Georgia Annotated.
Section 5. The codification enacted pursuant to Section 2 of this
Act shall take effect on November 1, 1982, as provided in Code
Section 1-1-9 of such codification.
Section 6. Any reference in any local or special law of this state
to any Act or resolution of the General Assembly or to any title,
chapter, section, or other portion of any prior code of this state shall
be construed to be a reference to the appropriate title, chapter,
article, part, subpart, Code section, subsection, paragraph, subpara-
graph, division, or subdivision of the Official Code of Georgia Anno-
tated which is enacted by this Act.
Section 7. This Act shall become effective upon its approval by
the Governor or upon its becoming law without his approval.
Section 8. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
hereby repealed.
Approved September 3,1981.
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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICESSUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATION.
No. 2 (House Bill No. 1).
AN ACT
To provide a supplementary appropriation for
the Georgia Department of Administrative Ser-
vices for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1982, in
addition to any other appropriations heretofore or
hereafter made for the operation of state govern-
ment and the purposes provided for herein; to
provide for the expenditure of funds; to confer
certain responsibilities upon the Office of Planning
and Budget; to provide an effective date; to repeal
conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia:
That the sums of money hereinafter provided
are appropriated for the fiscal year beginning July
1, 1981, and ending June 30, 1982, as prescribed
hereinafter for such fiscal year, and are in addition
to any other appropriations heretofore or hereafter
made for the operation of state government.
Section 1. Georgia Department of
Administrative Services
A. Budget Unit: Georgia Department of
Administrative Services...............$ 16,500,000
Departmental Administration Budget:
Direct Payments to Georgia Building
Authority for Capital Outlay...............$ 16,500,000
Total Funds Budgeted.........................$ 16,500,000
State Funds Budgeted.........................$ 16,500,000
B. Budget Unit: Georgia Building
Authority.............................$ -0-
Georgia Building Authority Budget:
Capital Outlay...............................$ 16,500,000
Total Funds Budgeted.........................$ 16,500,000
State Funds Budgeted.........................$ -0-
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TOTAL SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION
FISCAL YEAR 1982...........................
Section 2. All expenditures and appropri-
ations made and authorized under this Act shall be
according to the purpose, programs, and activities
as specified in the Governors recommendations
contained in the Supplementary Budget Report
submitted to the General Assembly at the 1981
special session.
Section 3. The Office of Planning and Budget
is hereby directed to economize wherever possible
and in the event any part of the appropriations
provided in the foregoing section of this Act shall
be in excess of the actual approved budget allot-
ments for the fiscal year, the amounts so in excess,
as determined by the Office of Planning and
Budget, shall cease to be an obligation of the state.
Section 4. This Act shall become effective
upon its approval by the Governor or upon its
becoming law without his approval.
Section 5. All laws and parts of laws in
conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
$ 16,500,000
Approved September 8,1981.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APPORTIONMENT.
Code Section 47-101 Amended.
No. 3 (House Bill No. 3).
AN ACT
To amend Code Chapter 47-1, relating to the General Assembly,
as amended, particularly by an Act approved October 14, 1971 (Ga.
Laws 1971, Sept.-Oct. Ex. Sess., p. 22), an Act approved March 16,
1972 (Ga. Laws 1972, p. 250), an Act approved February 25,1974 (Ga.
Laws 1974, p. 16), and an Act approved March 14, 1978 (Ga. Laws
1978, p. 1043), so as to provide for the composition and number of
state representative districts; to provide for the number of Represen-
tatives; to provide for certain qualifications; to provide for the
election of Representatives; to provide when the Representatives
elected shall take office; to provide for the continuation of the present
representative districts until a certain time; to provide definitions; to
provide for other matters relative to the foregoing; to provide for the
incorporation of all of the foregoing matters into the Official Code of
Georgia Annotated; to provide for severability; to provide effective
dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia:
Section 1. Code Chapter 47-1, relating to the General Assembly,
as amended, particularly by an Act approved October 14, 1971 (Ga.
Laws 1971, Sept.-Oct. Ex. Sess., p. 22), an Act approved March 16,
1972 (Ga. Laws 1972, p. 250), an Act approved February 25,1974 (Ga.
Laws 1974, p. 16), and an Act approved March 14, 1978 (Ga. Laws
1978, p. 1043), is hereby amended by striking Code Section 47-101,
relating to apportionment of the House of Representatives, in its
entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new Code Section 47-101 to
read as follows:
47.101. (a) There shall be 180 members of the House of Repre-
sentatives and such membership shall be apportioned among the
representative districts provided for hereinafter. Each such district
shall be composed of either a portion of a county, or a county, or
counties, or any combination thereof, as provided for hereinafter, and
shall be represented by the number of Representatives provided for
hereinafter:
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District No. 1 - 2 Representatives
Dade
Tract 401
Blocks 101 through 104
Block Groups 7 and 8
Walker
Tracts 201 through 205, 206.01, 206.02,
and 207
Tract 208
Block Groups 1 and 2
Blocks 301 through 309
Block Group 4
Tracts 209.01 and 209.02
District No. 2 - 1 Representative
Catoosa
Tract 301
That part of Block 207 within
GMD 930
Blocks 308, 315, and 316
That part of Block 318 within
GMD 930
Tract 302
Tract 303
That part of Block 101 within
GMD 930
Blocks 401 through 414 and 417
Block Group 5
Tract 304
Block Groups 1 through 3
Blocks 401 through 419
Tracts 305 and 306
Tract 307
Block Groups 1 through 3
Blocks 401 through 417
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District No. 3 - 1 Representative
Catoosa
Tract 301
Blocks 101 through 110 and 201
through 206
That part of Block 207 within
GMD 1095
Blocks 208 through 232 and 242
through 270
Blocks 301 through 307, 309
through 314, and 317
That part of Block 318 within
GMD 1095
Blocks 319 through 321
Block Group 9
Tract 303
That part of Block 101 within
GMD 1095
Blocks 102 through 114, 415,
416, and 418 through 424
Tract 304
Blocks 420 through 431
Block Group 5
Tract 307
Blocks 418 through 420
Murray
Whitfield
Tract 9901
Blocks 101 through 126
Block Groups 2 and 3
Blocks 401 through 408 and 412 through 429
District No. 4 - 2 Representatives
Fannin
Gilmer
Lumpkin
Rabun
Towns
Union
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District No. 5 - 1 Representative
Chattooga
Dade
Tract 401
Blocks 105, 106, and 197 through 199
Block Groups 2 through 6
Tract 402
Walker
Tract 208
Blocks 310 through 317
District No. 6 - 2 Representatives
Whitfield
Tract 9901
Blocks 127 through 139, 409 through 411,
and 430 through 446
Tracts 9902 through 9911
District No. 7 - 1 Representative
Gordon
District No. 8 - 2 Representatives
Cherokee
Tracts 901 through 904
Tract 905
Blocks 111 through 114, 143 through 151,
201 through 218, 220, 221, and 225
through 244
Block Group 3
Tracts 906 through 911
Pickens
District No. 9 - 3 Representatives
Dawson
Gwinnett
Tract 502.02
Blocks 130 through 132 and 142
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Tract 505.02
Tract 505.03
Blocks 110 through 117 and 134 through 136
Tract 506
Block Group 1
Blocks 201 through 224
Hall
District No. 10 - 1 Representative
Cherokee
Tract 905
Blocks 101 through 110, 115 through 142,
219, and 222 through 224
Forsyth
District No. 11 - 2 Representatives
Banks
Tract 9901
Block Groups 1 and 2
Blocks 301 through 327, 330 through 332,
341 through 357, and 362
Block Group 4
Habersham
Stephens
White
District No. 12 - 1 Representative
Banks
Tract 9901
Blocks 328, 329, and 333 through 340
Tract 9902
Jackson
District No. 13 - 2 Representatives
Clarke
Tract 13.02
Block Group 1
Tract 14.01
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Tract 14.02
Block Groups 1 through 3
Blocks 405 through 408
Block Groups 5 and 6
Blocks 701 through 707 and 720 through 732
Tract 15.01
Blocks 116 through 125
Block Group 5
Tract 15.02
Block Group 1
Franklin
Hart
Madison
Tract 9901
Tract 9902
Blocks 103 through 105, 178 through
185, 187, and 201 through 228
Block Groups 3 and 4
Tract 9903
District No. 14 - 1 Representative
Elbert
Madison
Tract 9902
Blocks 101, 102, 106 through 110, 112
through 174, 177, 186, 188 through
195, 229 through 245, and 255 through 267
Oglethorpe
District No. 15 - 2 Representatives
Bartow
Tract 9902
Blocks 343 through 345 and 348
Tract 9903
Tract 9907
Blocks 201 through 214
Those parts of Blocks 215 and
216 within the City of Euharlee
Blocks 221 through 228
Block Group 3
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Floyd
Tracts 1 and 2
Tract 3
Block 101
That part of Block 102 outside the
City of Rome
Blocks 103 through 105
That part of Block 106 outside
the City of Rome
Blocks 107 through 115
Block Groups 2 and 3
Tract 4
Blocks 101 through 141 and 144
Those parts of Blocks 145 and 146
outside the City of Rome
Blocks 147 through 149
That part of Block 150 outside the
City of Rome
Tract 6
Blocks 101 through 132
Those parts of Blocks 133 through
135 outside the City of Rome
Block 137
That part of Block 138 outside
the City of Rome
Block 141
Those parts of Blocks 204 and 248
outside the City of Rome
Block 249
Tract 7
Tract 8
Blocks 101 through 103, 111, 112, 118,
121 through 140, 148, and 151
through 153
That part of Block 211 outside the
City of Rome
Blocks 212, 214 through 217, 219, 221,
and 222
Tract 9
Those parts of Blocks 101, 140, 148,
and 149 outside the City of Rome
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Blocks 150 and 201 through 209
That part of Block 210 outside
the City of Rome
Tract 12
That part of Block 221 outside
the City of Rome
Block 222
Those parts of Blocks 223 and 224
outside the City of Rome
Blocks 226 through 229
That part of Block 230 outside the
City of Rome
Block 231
Those parts of Blocks 232 and 234
outside the City of Rome
Block 235
That part of Block 238 outside the
City of Rome
Tract 13
Blocks 123 through 133
That part of Block 201 outside
the City of Rome
Blocks 202, 203, and 205 through 207
That part of Block 208 outside the
City of Rome
Block 209
Those parts of Blocks 210 and 213
outside the City of Rome
Block 214
That part of Block 231 outside the
City of Rome
Blocks 235 through 242
Tract 14
Tract 15
Those parts of Blocks 101 and 114
outside the City of Rome
Block 150
Tract 16
Blocks 212 through 214
That part of Block 215 outside
the City of Rome
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GENERAL ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS, VOL. I
Blocks 228 and 229
That part of Block 230 outside
the City of Rome
Block 304
That part of Block 305 outside
the City of Rome
Blocks 306 and 307
That part of Block 313 outside
the City of Rome
Blocks 314 through 316
Those parts of Blocks 317 through
320 outside the City of Rome
Block 321
Those parts of Blocks 322 and 323
outside the City of Rome
Blocks 324 through 327
That part of Block 333 outside
the City of Rome
Tract 17
Blocks 101 through 121
That part of Block 122 outside
the City of Rome
Block 123
That part of Block 124 outside the
City of Rome
Blocks 125 through 127
That part of Block 128 outside the
City of Rome
Blocks 129 through 134
Block Groups 2 through 5
Tract 18
That part of Block 102 outside
the City of Rome
Blocks 103 through 108
That part of Block 109 outside
the City of Rome
Blocks 110 through 113 and
116 through 121
That part of Block 122 outside
the City of Rome
Block 124
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Those parts of Blocks 125 and 126
outside the City of Rome
Blocks 127 through 150
That part of Block 154 outside
the City of Rome
Blocks 155 and 201
That part of Block 202 outside
the City of Rome
Blocks 203 through 251
Tract 19
Block 101
That part of Block 102 outside
the City of Rome
Blocks 104 through 111
That part of Block 112 outside
the City of Rome
Block 113
That part of Block 114 outside
the City of Rome
Block 116
That part of Block 118 outside
the City of Rome
Blocks 119 through 127, 129 through
134, and 138 through 141
Tract 20
District No. 16 - 1 Representative
Floyd
Tract 3
Those parts of Blocks 102 and 106
within the City of Rome
Tract 4
Blocks 142 and 143
Those parts of Blocks 145, 146, and
150 within the City of Rome
Blocks 151 and 152
Tract 5
Tract 6
Those parts of Blocks 133 through
135 within the City of Rome
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Block 136
That part of Block 138 within
the City of Rome
Blocks 139, 140, 142 through 150,
and 201 through 203
That part of Block 204 within
the City of Rome
Blocks 205 through 247
That part of Block 248 within
the City of Rome
Blocks 250 and 251
Block Groups 3 and 4
Tract 8
Blocks 104 through 110, 113 through
117, 119, 120, 141 through 147,
149, 150, 154 through 157, and 201
through 210
That part of Block 211 within
the City of Rome
Blocks 213, 220, and 223
Tract 9
That part of Block 101 within
the City of Rome
Blocks 102 through 137 and 139
That part of Block 140 within
the City of Rome
Blocks 141 through 147
Those parts of Blocks 148, 149,
and 210 within the City of Rome
Tracts 10 and 11
Tract 12
Block Group 1
Blocks 201 through 220
Those parts of Blocks 221, 223,
and 224 within the City of Rome
Block 225
Those parts of Blocks 230 and 232
within the City of Rome
Block 233
That part of Block 234 within
the City of Rome
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Block 237
That part of Block 238 within
the City of Rome
Blocks 239 through 242
Tract 13
Blocks 101 through 122 and 134
Those parts of Blocks 201, 202, 208,
and 210 within the City of Rome
Blocks 211 and 212
That part of Block 213 within the
City of Rome
Blocks 215 through 230
That part of Block 231 within
the City of Rome
Blocks 232 through 234 and 243
Tract 15
That part of Block 101 within
the City of Rome
Blocks 102 through 113
That part of Block 114 within
the City of Rome
Blocks 115 through 149 and 151
Tract 16
Block Group 1
Blocks 201 through 211
That part of Block 215 within
the City of Rome
Blocks 216 through 227
That part of Block 230 within
the City of Rome
Blocks 231 through 250 and 301
through 303
That part of Block 305 within
the City of Rome
Blocks 308 through 312
Those parts of Blocks 313, 317
through 320, 322, 323, and 333
within the City of Rome
Tract 17
Those parts of Blocks 122, 124,
and 128 within the City of Rome
Tract 18
Block 101
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Those parts of Blocks 102 and 109
within the City of Rome
Blocks 114 and 115
That part of Block 122 within
the City of Rome
Block 123
Those parts of Blocks 125, 126, 154,
and 202 within the City of Rome
Tract 19
Those parts of Blocks 102, 112, and
114 within the City of Rome
Blocks 115 and 117
That part of Block 118 within the
City of Rome
District No. 17 - 1 Representative
Polk
Tracts 9901 and 9902
Tract 9903
Block Group 1
Blocks 201 through 226
Block 311
Tract 9904
Block Groups 1 and 2
Blocks 301, 305, 319, 347 through 350,
and 399
Tract 9905
Tract 9906
Block Groups 1 and 2
Blocks 301 through 326
Tract 9907
Block Groups 1 through 3
Blocks 401 through 407
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District No. 18 - 1 Representative
Haralson
Paulding
Tract 1201
Tract 1203
Blocks 303 through 307, 321, and 422
Tract 1204
Tract 1205
Blocks 312 through 317
Tract 1206
Blocks 314 through 330, 332, 336, and 338
Polk
Tract 9903
Blocks 227 through 250 and 301 through
310
Tract 9904
Blocks 302 through 304, 306 through 318,
and 320 through 346
Tract 9906
Blocks 327 through 337
Tract 9907
Blocks 409 through 417
District No. 19 - 1 Representative
Bartow
Tract 9901
Tract 9902
Block Groups 1 and 2
Blocks 301 through 342, 346, 347,
376 through 379, 380, 381, 387,
and 390 through 396
Tracts 9904 through 9906
Tract 9907
Block Group 1
Those parts of Blocks 215 and 216 outside
the City of Euharlee
Blocks 217 through 220
Block Groups 4 through 7
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GENERAL ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS, VOL. I
District No. 20 - 5 Representatives
Cobb
Tracts 301 and 302.01 through 302.03
Tract 303.06
That part of Block 302 within the City of
Marietta
Tract 304.01
That part of Block 502 within the City
of Marietta
Those parts of Blocks 911 and 920 within
the City of Marietta
Tract 304.03
Those parts of Blocks 404, 405, and
411 within the City of Marietta
Blocks 412 through 415, 418 through
421, and 423 through 425
Those parts of Blocks 426 and 428
within the City of Marietta
Blocks 429 and 430
Block 501
Those parts of Blocks 603, 607, and
610 within the City of Marietta
Those parts of Blocks 701 through
703 within the City of Marietta
Block 705
Tract 305
Those parts of Blocks 311 and 313 within
the City of Marietta
Blocks 314 and 315
Those parts of Blocks 316 and 317 within
the City of Marietta
Blocks 324 and 325
Those parts of Blocks 326 through 328
within the City of Marietta
Blocks 402 and 403
That part of Block 406 within the
City of Marietta
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Blocks 407, 408, 410, and 411
Those parts of Blocks 413 through 415
within the City of Marietta
Blocks 416 and 417
Those parts of Blocks 511 and 512
within the City of Marietta
Blocks 515 through 524
That part of Block 525
within the City of Marietta
Blocks 601, 605 through 611, and 614
Those parts of Blocks 616 and 618
within the City of Marietta
Blocks 619 through 624
Tracts 306 through 309
Tract 310.01
Block Group 1
Blocks 201 through 207, 209, 210,
and 212 through 215
That part of Block 216 outside the
City of Smyrna
Blocks 217 through 227
That part of Block 228 outside
the City of Smyrna
Blocks 229 through 231
That part of Block 901 outside
the City of Smyrna
Blocks 902 and 903
Tract 310.02
Blocks 101 through 111 and 115 through 119
That part of Block 120 outside the
City of Smyrna
Blocks 122 through 125
Block Group 2
Tract 310.03
Blocks 102 through 105 and 107 through 109
That part of Block 110 outside the
City of Smyrna
Blocks 111 and 113
Block Groups 2 through 8
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Tract 311.02
That part of Block 115 within
the City of Marietta
Block Group 5
Tract 311.06
Blocks 401 through 409, 411, 412, 414
through 416, 418, and 419
Block Group 5
Tract 313.01
Block Group 1
Blocks 201 through 209, 214 through 217,
and 219 through 233
Block Groups 3 and 5
Tracts 313.02, 313.04, 313.05, 314.01,
314.02, and 315
District No. 21 - 5 Representatives
Cobb
Tracts 303.01 through 303.05
Tract 303.06
Block Groups 1 and 2
Block 301
That part of Block 302 outside
the City of Marietta
Blocks 303 through 311
Block Groups 4 through 6 and 9
Tract 304.01
Block Groups 1 and 2
That part of Block 502 outside
the City of Marietta
Blocks 503, 516 through 518, 521, 523,
and 524
Blocks 902 through 904, 909, and 910
That part of Block 911 outside the
City of Marietta
Blocks 912 through 919
That part of Block 920 outside
the City of Marietta
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Tract 304.02
Tract 304.03
Block Group 3
Blocks 401 through 403
Those parts of Blocks 404 and 405
outside the City of Marietta
Blocks 408 through 410
Those parts of Blocks 411 and 426
outside the City of Marietta
Block 427
That part of Block 428 outside
the City of Marietta
Blocks 503 through 508 and 510
through 513
Blocks 601 and 602
That part of Block 603 outside the
City of Marietta
Blocks 604 through 606
That part of Block 607 outside the
City of Marietta
Blocks 608 and 609
That part of Block 610 outside the
City of Marietta
Those parts of Blocks 701 through 703
outside the City of Marietta
Block Group 9
Tract 305
Block Groups 1 and 2
Blocks 301, 302, 305, and 307 through 310
Those parts of Blocks 311, 313, 316, and
317 outside the City of Marietta
Blocks 318 through 323
Those parts of Blocks 326 through 328
outside the City of Marietta
Blocks 329 through 335
Those parts of Blocks 406 and 413 through
415 outside the City of Marietta
Blocks 419, 420, 502, and 504 through 510
Those parts of Blocks 511, 512, and 525
outside the City of Marietta
Block 526
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Those parts of Blocks 616 and 618
outside the City of Marietta
Block Groups 7 and 8
Tract 310.01
Those parts of Blocks 216 and 228
within the City of Smyrna
That part of Block 901 within
the City of Smyrna
Tract 310.02
That part of Block 120 within the
City of Smyrna
Tract 310.03
That part of Block 110 within the
City of Smyrna
Block 112
Tract 311.01
Tract 311.02
Blocks 101 through 109, 113, and 114
That part of Block 115 outside
the City of Marietta
Blocks 116, 117, and 119 through 123
Block Groups 2 through 4
Tracts 311.03 and 311.05
Tract 311.06
Block 410
Tracts 311.07, 312.01, and 312.02
Tract 313.01
Blocks 234 and 235
Block Groups 4 and 9
District No. 22 - 1 Representative
Fulton
Tracts 101.03, 101.04, and 102.02
Tract 114.02
That part of Block 401 within the
City of Roswell
Blocks 402 and 403
That part of Block 404 within the
City of Roswell
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Blocks 406 through 418 and 420
through 423
That part of Block 501 within the
City of Roswell
District No. 23 - 1 Representative
Fulton
Tract 114.01
Tract 114.02
Block Groups 1 through 3
Those parts of Blocks 401, 404,
and 501 outside the City of Roswell
Blocks 502 through 504
Block Groups 6 and 7
Tracts 115 and 116
District No. 24 - 1 Representative
Fulton
Tracts 97 through 100, 101.01, and
102.01
District No. 25 - 1 Representative
Fulton
Tract 4
Blocks 102 through 106
Block Groups 2 and 3
Tract 5
Tract 6
Blocks 101 through 104 and 113 through
121
Block Group 2
Tract 10.95
Block Group 1
Tract 89
Block Group 1
Blocks 201 through 211, 215, 216, 401
through 405, 524, 525, and 527
through 530
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Tracts 90, 91, 93, and 95
Tract 96
Blocks 204 through 209
Block Groups 3 through 8
District No. 26 - 1 Representative
Fulton
Tracts 1 and 2
Tract 4
Block 101
Tract 6
Blocks 105 through 112
Block Group 3
Tract 10.95
Block Groups 2 through 7
Tracts 11 through 15, 92, and 94
Tract 96
Block Group 1
Blocks 201 through 203
District No. 27 - 1 Representative
Fulton
Tracts 109 through 111, 112.01, 112.02,
and 113.01
Tract 113.02
Block Groups 1 and 2
Blocks 303 through 308, 310, 311,
313 through 316, 409 through 413,
417 through 419, 503, 504, 507,
508, 511, 512, 514, and 517
through 528
District No. 28 - 1 Representative
Fulton
Tracts 77.01 and 77.02
Tract 103
Block Group 1
Blocks 211, 212, 214, 311 through
314, 316 through 321, and 323
Block Groups 4 through 8
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Tract 105.05
Block Groups 1 and 9
Tract 113.02
Blocks 312, 401 through 405, 415,
420 through 438, and 501
District No. 29 - 1 Representative
Fulton
Tracts 19 through 21
Tract 22
Blocks 102 through 104, 109, 110,
206, 208, and 209
Block Group 3
Blocks 401 through 407
Tract 26
Blocks 101 through 105 and 205
through 210
Block Group 3
Blocks 401 through 405
Tracts 27 and 35
Tract 36
Blocks 101 through 104, 109 through
111, and 301 through 308
Tracts 44, 46.95, and 48
Tract 49.95
Block Groups 1 through 3
Blocks 609 and 613
Tracts 55.01, 55.02, 56 through 58,
63, and 65
District No. 30 - 1 Representative
Fulton
Tracts 16 through 18 and 28
through 33
Tract 49.95
Block Groups 4 and 5
Blocks 602 through 608 and 610
through 612
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Tracts 50, 52, 53, and 64
Tract 67
Block Group 1
Blocks 401 through 404 and 406
through 409
Tracts 68.01 and 69
District No. 31 - 1 Representative
Fulton
Tracts 7 and 8
Tract 22
Blocks 106 through 108, 201 through
205, and 408
Block Group 5
Tract 23
Tract 24
Block Groups 1 through 3
Tract 25
Tract 26
Blocks 106 through 111, 201 through
204, and 406 through 410
Block Groups 5 and 6
Tract 36
Blocks 106 through 108 and 309
Tracts 37 through 39, 41, 42.95,
and 43
Tract 89
Blocks 212 and 217 through 219
Block Group 3
Blocks 406 through 422, 501 through
506, 509, 510, and 526
District No. 32 - 1 Representative
Fulton
Tracts 104, 105.03, and 105.04
Tract 105.05
Block Groups 2 through 6
Tract 105.06
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District No. 33 - 1 Representative
Fulton
Tract 24
Block Groups 4 and 5
Tract 40
Tract 81.02
Block Group 1
Blocks 205, 206, 225, and 226
Tracts 83.01, 83.02, 84, and 85
Tract 86.01
Block Group 5
Tract 87.01
District No. 34 - 1 Representative
Fulton
Tracts 60 through 62, 66.01, 66.02,
76.01, 76.02, 80, and 81.01
District No. 35 - 1 Representative
Fulton
Tract 78.04
Blocks 101 through 109
Tracts 82.01 and 82.02
Tract 86.01
Block Groups 1 through 4
Tracts 86.02, 87.02, and 88
Tract 89
Blocks 511, 512, 516, and 519
through 523
Block Group 6
District No. 36 - 1 Representative
Fulton
Tracts 74, 75, 106.01, 106.02,
107, and 108
District No. 37 - 1 Representative
Fulton
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Tract 67
Block Groups 2 and 3
Blocks 405 and 410
Block Groups 5 through 7
Tracts 68.02 and 70 through 73
District No. 38 - 1 Representative
Fulton
Tracts 78.02 and 78.03
Tract 78.04
Blocks 111, 113 through 122, 124
through 128, 131 through 137, and
139 through 143
Tract 79
Tract 81.02
Blocks 201 through 203, 208 through
216, 218 through 224, and 227
Tract 103
Blocks 201 through 210, 213, and
301 through 310
District No. 39 - 1 Representative
Fulton
District No. 40 - 1 Representative
Fulton
District No. 41 - 1 Representative
Douglas
Tract 804
Blocks 101 through 109
That part of Block 110 outside the
City of Douglasville
Blocks 111 through 133
Block Groups 2 and 3
Tract 805.01
Blocks 101 through 112 and 125
Block Group 2
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Tract 805.02
Blocks 101 through 115, 117 through 126,
136, 137, and 201 through 211
That part of Block 401 within
GMD 736
Blocks 402 and 403
Paulding
Tract 1202
Tract 1203
Block Groups 1 and 2
Blocks 301, 302, 308 through 320,
322 through 332, and 401 through 421
Tract 1205
Block Groups 1 and 2
Blocks 301 through 311
Tract 1206
Block Groups 1 and 2
Blocks 301 through 313, 331, 333, and 334
Block Group 4
District No. 42 - 1 Representative
Douglas
Tracts 801 through 803
Tract 804
That part of Block 110 within the
City of Douglasville
Tract 805.01
Blocks 513 through 515 and 605
through 611
Block Group 7
Tract 805.02
Blocks 116 and 212 through 215
Block Group 3
That part of Block 401 within
GMD 784
Blocks 404 through 410
Tract 806
District No. 43 - 1 Representative
Fayette
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District No. 44 - 1 Representative
DeKalb
Tract 212.05
Tract 212.06
Block Group 1
Blocks 202 through 207, 215 through 221,
and 228
Block Groups 3 and 4
Tract 212.07
Block Groups 1 and 2
Blocks 315 and 320
Tract 213.03
Blocks 101 through 108 and 221
Tract 213.04
That part of Block 113 outside the
City of Doraville
Blocks 114 through 117, 203, and 204
That part of Block 301 outside the
City of Doraville
Blocks 302 through 307
District No. 45 - 1 Representative
DeKalb
Tracts 211, 212.02, and 212.03
Tract 212.06
Blocks 208 through 213 and 222 through 227
Tract 212.07
Blocks 303, 304, 306 through 309,
311, 314, and 316 through 319
Tract 213.01
Tract 213.03
Blocks 109 through 113, 201, 204, 205,
209, 210, 212, 216 through 220,
222, and 223
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Tract 213.04
Blocks 106 through 111
That part of Block 113 within the
City of Doraville
Blocks 118 through 122, 205 through 215,
217 through 221, 225, 227 through 230,
232, and 233
That part of Block 301 within the
City of Doraville
District No. 46 - 1 Representative
DeKalb
Tracts 214.01 and 214.02
Tract 214.03
Blocks 108 and 109
That part of Block 110 outside the
City of Chamblee
Blocks 117 through 121
Block Groups 2 and 3
Tract 215
Blocks 102 through 110, 130, and 131
Block Group 2
Tract 216.03
Blocks 102 through 104
Block Group 9
District No. 47 - 1 Representative
DeKalb
Tracts 212.04 and 213.02
Tract 214.03
Blocks 101 through 106
That part of Block 110 within
the City of Chamblee
Blocks 111 through 116
Tract 214.04
Tract 216.01
Block Groups 1 and 2
Tract 217.02
Block Groups 2, 3, and 5 through 7
Tract 218.04
Block Group 4
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District No. 48 - 1 Representative
DeKalb
Tract 215
Block 113
Tract 216.01
Block Groups 3 and 4
Tract 216.02
Tract 216.03
Blocks 101, 105, and 110
Tract 217.01
Tract 218.02
Blocks 206 through 213
and 215 through 227
Tract 218.04
Blocks 323 and 328 through 330
Tract 220.01
Block Group 1
Blocks 410 through 417 and 431
Tract 222
Blocks 101 through 110 and 513
Tract 223.02
District No. 49 - 1 Representative
DeKalb
Tract 217.02
Block Groups 1 and 4
Tract 218.02
Block Group 1
Blocks 201 through 205, 214, and 228
Block Groups 3 and 4
Tract 218.03
Tract 218.04
Block Group 2
Blocks 301 and 304, 307 through 320,
and 324 through 327
Block Group 5
Tract 219.01
Blocks 109 through 115
Tract 219.02
Block Groups 1 through 3
Blocks 401 through 405 and 409
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District No. 50 - 1 Representative
DeKalb
Tract 208
Blocks 101 through 103, 208 through
212, 307 through 314, 316 through
321, and 324
Tract 228
Block Group 3
Tract 229
Blocks 216, 306 through 312, and 317
Block Groups 4 through 6
Tract 231.01
Tract 231.03
Blocks 307 through 319, 401 through
403, and 406 through 408
Tract 234.06
Blocks 304 through 306 and 308
Tracts 235.01 and 235.02
District No. 51 - 1 Representative
DeKalb
Tract 231.03
Block Groups 1 and 2
Blocks 303 through 306, 320 through 324,
404, 405, 410 through 419, and 421
through 426
Block Group 5
Tract 231.04
Blocks 203 through 210, 212, 213, 216,
303, 305 through 307, 310, and 311
Tract 232.02
Block Groups 2 through 4
Tract 232.03
Blocks 301 through 304
Tract 234.06
Blocks 301, 302, 313, 314, 328, 352,
and 353
Tract 235.03
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District No. 52 - 1 Representative
DeKalb
Tract 220.01
Blocks 401 through 408 and 418 through 421
Tract 220.02
Blocks 205, 207, 208, 210 through 212,
214, 231 through 236, 238 through 240,
401, 403, 404, 412 through 414,
425, and 426
Tract 221
Tract 222
Blocks 112 through 114
Block Groups 2 through 4
Blocks 506, 507, 509, 510,
and 514 through 518
Block Group 6
Tracts 223.01 and 226
Tract 227
Block Groups 1 and 5
Tract 228
Block Groups 1, 2, and 4
Tract 229
Block Group 1
Blocks 202 through 211, 213 through 215,
304, and 314 through 316
District No. 53 - 1 Representative
DeKalb
Tracts 201 through 204
Tract 205
Blocks 214 through 219, 221 through
223, and 225
Tract 206
Block Group 3
Tract 215
Blocks 111, 112, 114 through 117,
119 through 129, 132, and 133
Tract 216.03
Blocks 106 through 109
Tracts 224.01 through 224.03 and 225
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District No. 54 - 1 Representative
DeKalb
Tract 205
Block Group 1
Blocks 201 through 213
Tract 206
Block Groups 1 and 2
Tract 207
Tract 208
Blocks 104 through 110, 201 through
207, 213 through 215, 302 through
306, 322, and 323
Block Groups 4 through 7
Tract 209
Block Groups 1 through 3
Blocks 402, 403, and 407
Tract 227
Block Groups 2 through 4
Tract 236
Block 711
Tract 237
Block Group 1
Tract 238.01
Block Groups 1 and 2
District No. 55 - 1 Representative
DeKalb
Tract 209
Blocks 401, 404 through 406, 408
through 411, and 414 through 424
Tract 234.04
Blocks 401 through 405
Tract 236
Block Groups 1 through 6
Blocks 702, 703, 705, 706, 708,
709, 713, and 714
Block Group 8
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Tract 237
Block Groups 2 through 5
Tract 238.01
Block Group 3
Tracts 238.02 and 238.03
District No. 56 - 1 Representative
DeKalb
Tract 234.03
Tract 234.04
Block Groups 1 through 3
Blocks 406 through 415
Block Groups 5 and 9
Tract 234.05
Tract 234.06
Block Group 2
Blocks 307, 309 through 312, 315 through
322, 324, 325, 327, 329 through
335, and 337
Block Groups 4 and 5
Blocks 702 through 705
Block Group 9
District No. 57 - 3 Representatives
DeKalb
Tract 220.02
Those parts of Blocks 306 and 307
outside the City of Clarkston
Tract 220.03
Blocks 308 through 314, 316 through
318, and 321 through 327
Block Group 4
Tracts 230 and 231.02
Tract 231.04
Block Group 1
Blocks 201, 202, 302, 309, and 312
through 314
Block Groups 4 and 5
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Tract 232.01
Blocks 114, 201, 202, 205 through
207, 210, 212 through 216, and
218 through 225
Block Groups 3 and 4
Blocks 505 through 509
Tract 232.02
Block Groups 1 and 5
Tract 232.03
Block Groups 1 and 2
Blocks 305 through 311
Block Groups 4 through 6
Tracts 233.01 through 233.04
Tract 234.06
Block Groups 1 and 6
Blocks 701 and 706
Tract 234.07
Rockdale
District No. 58 - 1 Representative
DeKalb
Tract 219.01
Blocks 117, 119 through 124, 127
through 140, 150, and 151
Block Groups 2, 4, 5, and 9
Tract 219.02
Blocks 406, 408, 410, and 421
Tract 219.03
Tract 220.02
Blocks 216 through 222, 224 through
229, and 301 through 305
Those parts of Blocks 306 and 307
within the City of Clarkston
Blocks 405 through 411 and 415
Tract 220.03
Block Groups 1 and 2
Blocks 319 and 320
Tract 232.01
Blocks 101, 102, 104 through 113,
115 through 118, 217, and 501
through 504
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District No. 59 - 1 Representative
Gwinnett
Tract 504.05
Tract 507.01
Block Groups 1, 3, and 4
Tract 507.02
Block Groups 1 and 2
Tract 507.03
District No. 60-1 Representative
Gwinnett
Tracts 501 and 502.01
Tract 502.02
Blocks 101 through 112, 114
through 119, 121 through 129,
and 133 through 141
Block Group 2
Tract 503.02
Block Group 1
Blocks 402 through 410
Tract 503.03
Block Group 1
Blocks 201 through 210 and
328 through 333
Block Group 4
Blocks 501 through 504
Tract 504.02
Blocks 202 through 204
Tract 505.01
Block Groups 2 and 3
Blocks 413 through 415
District No. 61 - 1 Representative
Gwinnett
Tract 505.01
Block Group 1
Blocks 406 through 409, 411, and 412
Block Group 7
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Tract 505.03
Blocks 101 through 109, 118
through 133, 138 through 143, and
145 through 151
Block Group 2
Tract 505.04
Blocks 101 through 128 and 131
through 134
Block Groups 2 through 6
Tract 505.05
Tract 506
Blocks 225 through 238
Block Groups 3, 4, and 9
Tract 507.01
Block Group 2
Tract 507.05
Blocks 118 through 121
District No. 62 - 1 Representative
Gwinnett
Tract 504.02
Block Group 1
Blocks 205 through 207, 209, 211
through 218, 301 through 303, 307,
308, and 310 through 314
Block Groups 4, 5, and 9
Tracts 504.03 and 504.04
District No. 63 - 1 Representative
Gwinnett
Tract 503.01
Tract 503.02
Block Group 2
Blocks 411 through 420
Tract 503.03
Blocks 211 through 214, 312
through 327, and 505 through 519
Tract 504.01
Tract 504.02
Blocks 304 through 306 and 309
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District No. 64 - 1 Representative
Barrow
Gwinnett
Tract 505.04
Blocks 129, 130, and 135 through 141
Tract 506
Block Group 5
Tract 507.02
Block Groups 3 and 4
Tract 507.04
Tract 507.05
Blocks 101 through 117 and
122 through 150
Block Group 2
District No. 65 - 1 Representative
Walton
District No. 66 - 1 Representative
Morgan
Newton
Tract 1002
Tract 1003
Blocks 310 and 311
Tract 1008
Blocks 101, 102, 116 through 119,
and 133
Oconee
District No. 67 - 1 Representative
Clarke
Tracts 1 through 3 and 6 through 9
Tract 13.02
Block Groups 2 and 3
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Tract 14.02
Blocks 401 through 404, 409
through 413, and 708 through 719
Tract 15.01
Block 217
That part of Block 301 within
the City of Athens
Blocks 303 through 308
District No. 68 - 1 Representative
Clarke
Tracts 4, 5, 10 through 12, and 13.01
Tract 15.01
Blocks 101 through 115, 201 through 215,
and 218
That part of Block 301 outside the
City of Athens
Blocks 302, 309, and 310
Block Group 4
Tract 15.02
Block Groups 2 through 4
District No. 69 - 1 Representative
Carroll
Tract 9901
Tract 9902
Blocks 101 through 120 and
129 through 134
Block Group 2
Blocks 301 through 328
Tract 9903
Tract 9904
Those parts of Blocks 103 through 106
within the City of Mount Zion
Blocks 201 through 218
Those parts of Blocks 219 and 222
within the City of Mount Zion
Blocks 223 through 231
That part of Block 232 within the
City of Mount Zion
Blocks 233 through 240, 249, and 250
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Tract 9906
Blocks 201 through 203
Block Group 3
Blocks 401 through 406, 412, 422, and 423
Tract 9907
Block Group 1
Blocks 201 through 204
District No. 70 - 1 Representative
Carroll
Tract 9902
Blocks 121 through 128 and 329
through 345
Tract 9904
Blocks 101 and 102
Those parts of Blocks 103 through
106 outside the City of Mount Zion
Blocks 107 through 127
That part of Block 219 outside
the City of Mount Zion
Blocks 220 and 221
Those parts of Blocks 222 and 232
outside the City of Mount Zion
Blocks 241 through 248 and 251
through 253
Block Groups 3 through 5
Tract 9905
Tract 9906
Blocks 204 through 216, 407 through
411, and 413 through 421
Tract 9907
Blocks 205 through 231, 401 through
403, 451, 452, 501 through 513,
and 518
Douglas
Tract 804
Block Groups 4 through 6
Tract 805.01
Blocks 113 through 118
Block Groups 3 and 4
Blocks 501 through 512, 516, and 601 through 604
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District No. 71-1 Representative
Carroll
Tract 9906
Block Group 1
Tract 9907
Block Group 3
Blocks 404 through 450, 453, 454,
and 514 through 517
Coweta
Tract 9902
Blocks 105 through 110 and 116
Block Groups 2 through 4
Tracts 9903 through 9905
Tract 9906
Block Group 2
Blocks 301 through 321
Those parts of Blocks 322 and 323
within GMD 646
Block 324
That part of Block 325 within GMD 646
Blocks 326 through 328
That part of Block 329 within
GMD 646
Block 330
That part of Block 331 within GMD 646
Block Group 4
Blocks 501 through 511
Those parts of Block 512 within GMDs
646 and 755
Blocks 513 through 518
Tract 9907
That part of Block 108 within GMD 646
Those parts of Blocks 202 and 203
within GMD 755
District No. 72 - 5 Representatives
Clayton
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District No. 73 - 1 Representative
Henry
Tracts 701 through 703
Tract 705
Block Group 1
Blocks 201 through 228, 239 through
241, and 301 through 325
District No. 74 - 1 Representative
Newton
Tract 1001
Tract 1003
Block Groups 1 and 2
Blocks 301 through 309
Tracts 1004 through 1007
Tract 1008
Blocks 103 through 106, 108 through
115, 120 through 132, and 134
through 154
Tract 1009
District No. 75 - 1 Representative
Coweta
Tract 9901
Block Groups 1 through 3
Blocks 401 through 409
Those parts of Blocks 410 through
412 within GMD 1711
Blocks 413 through 422
That part of Block 423 within
GMD 1358
Blocks 428 through 430
Block Groups 5 through 7
Tract 9902
Blocks 101 through 104 and 111
through 115
Tract 9906
Blocks 101 through 127
Those parts of Block 128 within
GMDs 646 and 1711
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Tract 9907
Blocks 101 through 103
Those parts of Blocks 104, 111, and
112 within GMD 1711
Blocks 113 and 114
That part of Block 115 within GMD 1711
Block 116
Those parts of Blocks 117, 118, 132,
133, and 134 within GMD 1711
Pike
Tract 9901
Blocks 101 through 127
Those parts of Blocks 128 and 129
. outside the City of Zebulon
Blocks 130 through 144 and
201 through 207
Those parts of Blocks 208, 214, and
215 outside the City of Zebulon
Blocks 216 through 223 and 251
through 253
Block Group 3
Spalding
Tract 9901
Blocks 105 through 117 and 127
Tract 9902
Tract 9903
Blocks 102 through 115
That part of Block 116 outside
the City of Griffin
Blocks 117, 118, and 124 through 126
That part of Block 127 outside the
City of Griffin
Blocks 128 through 130
Those parts of Blocks 131, 132, 138,
and 139 outside the City of Griffin
Blocks 140 through 147
Block Group 5
Tract 9904
Block Group 1
Tract 9905
Blocks 511 through 514
That part of Block 531 outside
the City of Griffin
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Block 535
Those parts of Blocks 536 and
538 outside the City of Griffin
Blocks 539 through 546
Tract 9906
That part of Block 121 outside
the City of Griffin
Block 131
That part of Block 322 outside
the City of Griffin
Block 324
Those parts of Blocks 326 through
329 outside the City of Griffin
Block Group 4
Tract 9907
Block 227
District No. 76 - 1 Representative
Spalding
Tract 9901
Blocks 101 through 104, 118
through 126, and 128 through 145
Block Group 2
Tract 9903
That part of Block 116 within
the City of Griffin
Blocks 120, 122, and 123
Those parts of Blocks 127 and 131
within the City of Griffin
Blocks 132 and 133 through 137
Those parts of Blocks 138 and 139
within the City of Griffin
Tract 9904
Block Groups 2 and 3
Tract 9905
Block Groups 1 through 4
Blocks 501 through 508, 510,
and 515 through 530
That part of Block 531 within the
City of Griffin
Blocks 532 through 534
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That part of Block 536 within the
City of Griffin
Block 537
That part of Block 538 within the
City of Griffin
Tract 9906
Blocks 101 through 120
That part of Block 121 within the
City of Griffin
Block Group 2
Blocks 301 through 321
That part of Block 322 within the
City of Griffin
Blocks 323 and 325
Those parts of Blocks 326 through 329
within the City of Griffin
Tract 9907
Block Group 1
Blocks 201 through 226 and 238
through 242
Tract 9908
District No. 77 - 1 Representative
Coweta
Tract 9906
That part of Block 512 within GMD 693
Tract 9907
Those parts of Block 122 within
GMDs 693 and 1139
Those parts of Blocks 123 and 146
within GMD 1139
Those parts of Blocks 201 through
203 within GMD 693
Blocks 204 and 205
That part of Block 206 within
GMD 693
Blocks 207 through 220
Those parts of Block 221 within
GMDs 693 and 1139
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Blocks 222 through 231
Block Group 3
Those parts of Blocks 408 through
410 within GMD 1139
Block 411
That part of Block 427 within
GMD 1139
Block 428
That part of Block 429 within
GMD 1139
Heard
Troup
Tract 9901
Tract 9902
Block Group 1
Blocks 201 through 233
Those parts of Blocks 234 through
236 outside the City of LaGrange
Blocks 237 and 238
Those parts of Blocks 239 and 240
outside the City of LaGrange
Block 241
Tract 9903
Blocks 101 through 111 and 114
through 117
Those parts of Blocks 118 and 119
outside the City of LaGrange
Block 120
Those parts of Blocks 135 and 136
outside the City of LaGrange
Blocks 159 and 160
Those parts of Blocks 305 and 308
outside the City of LaGrange
Blocks 309 through 331
Block Group 4
Tract 9904
Those parts of Blocks 101 through
103 within the City of Mountville
Blocks 104 through 110
Those parts of Blocks 112 and 113
outside the City of LaGrange
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Blocks 114 through 120
Those parts of Blocks 201 and 202
outside the City of LaGrange
Block 203
That part of Block 204 outside
the City of LaGrange
Tract 9906
Blocks 101 through 145
That part of Block 146 outside
the City of LaGrange
Block 147
Those parts of Blocks 148 and 150
outside the City of LaGrange
Block 201
That part of Block 202 outside
the City of LaGrange
Blocks 203, 204, 206 through 213,
and 224 through 230'
Block Group 3
Tract 9908
Blocks 101 through 108, 112 through
127, 144 through 153, 155, 156, 164,
and 201 through 203
Those parts of Blocks 204 and 205
within the City of West Point
Block Groups 3 through 5
District No. 78 - 1 Representative
Butts
Henry
Tract 704
Tract 705
Blocks 229 through 238 and 326 through 336
Lamar
District No. 79 - 1 Representative
Pike
Tract 9901
Those parts of Blocks 128 and 129 within
the City of Zebulon
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Block 145
That part of Block 208 within the
City of Zebulon
Blocks 209 through 213
Those parts of Blocks 214 and 215
within the City of Zebulon
Blocks 224 through 250 and 254 through 260
Tract 9902
Upson
District No. 80 - 1 Representative
Crawford
Tract 701
Blocks 101 through 108 and 110 through 114
That part of Block 115 outside the City
of Roberta
Blocks 116 through 120
That part of Block 121 outside the City
of Roberta
Blocks 201 through 209 and 211 through 224
Those parts of Blocks 225 and 228 outside
the City of Roberta
Tract 702
Blocks 105 through 107
Jasper
Jones
Tract 301.01
Tract 301.02
Blocks 108 through 119 and 204 through 209
Tract 302
Tract 303
Blocks 104 and 105
Those parts of Blocks 301 and 302
outside the City of Gray
Blocks 303 through 315, 321 through
324, and 326 through 335
Monroe
District No. 81 - 1 Representative
Troup
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Tract 9902
Those parts of Blocks 234 through
236, 239, and 240 within the City
of LaGrange
Block Groups 3 and 4
Tract 9903
Those parts of Blocks 118 and 119
within the City of LaGrange
Blocks 121 through 134
Those parts of Blocks 135 and 136
within the City of LaGrange
Blocks 137 through 149
Block Group 2
Blocks 301 through 303
Those parts of Blocks 305 and 308
within the City of LaGrange
Tract 9904
Those parts of Blocks 101 through 103
outside the City of Mountville
Blocks 121 through 135
Those parts of Blocks 201, 202, and
204 within the City of LaGrange
Blocks 205 and 207 through 252
Block Group 3
Tract 9905
Tract 9906
Those parts of Blocks 146 and 148
within the City of LaGrange
Block 149
That part of Block 150 within the
City of LaGrange
That part of Block 202 within the
City of LaGrange
Blocks 231 through 242
Block Groups 4 and 5
Tract 9907
Tract 9908
Blocks 109 through 111 and 128
through 143
Those parts of Blocks 204 and 205
outside the City of West Point
Blocks 206 through 218
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District No. 82 - 1 Representative
Glascock
Jefferson
Tract 9901
Blocks 101 through 117
That part of Block 131 outside the
City of Wrens
Block 132
That part of Block 133 outside the
City of Wrens
Blocks 134 through 145
That part of Block 146 outside the
City of Wrens
Block 149
That part of Block 203 outside the
City of Wrens
Blocks 204 through 207 and 212
Lincoln
Taliaferro
Warren
Wilkes
District No. 83 - 1 Representative
Columbia
Tracts 301 through 304
District No. 84 - 1 Representative
Columbia
Tract 305
McDuffie
District No. 85 - 1 Representative
Richmond
Tract 6
Blocks 101 through 116
Block Groups 2 and 3
Blocks 403 through 411 and 504
through 511
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Tract 7
Blocks 111 through 118
Block Groups 2 through 4
Tract 9
Block Groups 1 through 5
Blocks 601 through 605
Tract 14
Block 105
Block Group 3
Blocks 404 through 409
Tract 15
Tract 105.06
Block Groups 2 and 6
Tract 105.08
Block Group 1
Blocks 701 through 707
Tract 105.10
Block Group 1
Block 901
Tract 105.11
Blocks 313 through 321
Block Group 9
Tract 106
Block Groups 1 through 3, 5, and 9
District No. 86 - 1 Representative
Richmond
Tract 105.08
Blocks 708 through 717 and 727
Tract 105.09
Blocks 719, 720, and 726
Tract 105.10
Block Groups 2, 4, and 5
Block 905
Tract 105.11
Block Group 2
Blocks 301 through 309, 311, 312,
and 322 through 326
Block Group 4
Tract 107.01
Blocks 105 through 129
Tracts 107.02, 109.01, and 109.02
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District No. 87 - 1 Representative
Richmond
Tracts 1 through 4
Tract 6
Blocks 401, 402, 412 through 418, 501
through 503, and 512 through 517
Tract 7
Blocks 101 through 106, 109, 110, and
119 through 124
Tract 8
Tract 9
Blocks 606 through 612
Tract 10
Blocks 101 through 104, 106 through
113, and 122 through 124
Block Groups 2 through 4
Tract 11
Tract 12
Block Group 1
Blocks 201 through 208, 402,
and 504 through 513
Block Groups 6 and 9
Tract 13
Blocks 205 through 216
Tract 16
Block Group 1
Blocks 205 through 209 and 217
Those parts of Blocks 225 through
228 within the City of Augusta
That part of Block 230 within the
City of Augusta
Blocks 231 through 233 and 235
Tract 101.01
Tract 101.02
Blocks 101, 102, 117, 118, 315 through
317, 323, 324, 326, and 911
Tract 101.03
Blocks 907 and 908
Tract 102.01
Blocks 102 through 105 and 131
through 134
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District No. 88 - 1 Representative
Richmond
Tract 10
Blocks 115 through 121
Tract 12
Blocks 209 through 215
Block Group 3
Blocks 401, 403 through 411,
501, and 503
Tract 13
Block Group 1
Blocks 201 through 204 and 217
Tract 14
Blocks 104 and 106 through 119
Block Group 2
Blocks 410 through 412
Block Group 5
Tract 16
Blocks 210, 211, 604, 907,
and 908
That part of Block 909 within the
City of Augusta
Blocks 911 and 912
Tracts 103 and 104
Tract 105.07
Block Group 2
Blocks 303, 310 through 322, 401
through 412, and 419 through 422
Block Group 5
Tract 106
Block Groups 4 and 6
District No. 89 - 1 Representative
Richmond
Tract 16
Blocks 213 through 216 and 221
through 223
Those parts of Blocks 225 through 228
outside the City of Augusta
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Block 229
That part of Block 230 outside the
City of Augusta
Blocks 304 through 306, 311 through 316,
319 through 323, 603, 606 through 609,
and 630 through 633
That part of Block 909 outside the
City of Augusta
That part of Block 910 within the
City of Augusta
Tracts 105.04 and 105.05
Tract 105.06
Block Group 5
Tract 105.07
Blocks 301, 304 through 309, 413
through 415, and 418
Tract 105.09
Blocks 721 through 725
Block Group 8
Tract 107.01
Blocks 101 through 104
That part of Tract 108 on the
northeastern side of the following
line which bisects Tract 108:
beginning at the point of
intersection of U.S. Highway 78
and 19th Street at Gate 2;
proceed along 19th Street in a
southerly direction to the point
of intersection of 19th Street
and 7th Avenue; proceed thence
along 7th Avenue in an easterly
direction to the point of
intersection of 7th Avenue and
29th Street; proceed along 29th
Street in a southerly direction
to the point of intersection of
29th Street and 6th Avenue;
proceed along 6th Avenue in an
easterly direction to the point
of intersection of 6th Avenue and
Headquarters Road; proceed along
Headquarters Road in a northerly
direction to the point of
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intersection of Headquarters Road
and 7th Avenue; proceed along
7th Avenue in an easterly direction
to the point of intersection of
7th Avenue and 34th Street;
proceed along 34th Street in a
southerly direction to the point
of intersection of 34th Street
and 4th Avenue; proceed along 4th
Avenue in a southeasterly direction
to the point of intersection of
4th Avenue and 37th Street;
proceed along 37th Street in a
northeasterly direction to the
point of intersection of 37th
Street and 5th Avenue; proceed
along 5th Avenue in a southeasterly
direction to the point of
intersection of 5th Avenue and
38th Street; proceed along 38th
Street in a northeasterly
direction to the point of
intersection of 38th Street and
7th Avenue; proceed along 7th
Avenue in a southeasterly
direction to the point of
intersection of 7th Avenue and
40th Street; proceed along 40th
Street in a southwesterly
direction to the point of
intersection of 40th Street and
5th Avenue; proceed along 5th
Avenue in a southeasterly
direction to the point of
intersection of 5th Avenue and
43rd Street; proceed along
43rd Street in a southwesterly
direction to the point of
intersection of 43rd Street
and 4th Avenue; proceed
finally along 4th Avenue in a
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southeasterly direction to the
point of intersection of 4th
Avenue and U.S. Highway 1 at
Gate 5
District No. 90 - 1 Representative
Richmond
Tract 16
Blocks 317, 318, 324, and 327
Block Groups 4 and 5
That part of Block 910 outside the
City of Augusta
Tract 101.02
Blocks 103 through 116, 119 through
121, and 318 through 320
Block Group 4
Blocks 906, 909, and 910
Tract 101.03
Block Groups 4 and 5
Blocks 903, 911, 920, 921, 924, and 925
Tract 102.01
Blocks 107 through 114, 116 through
122, and 126 through 130
Block Groups 2 and 4
Tract 102.02
That part of Tract 108 not included
within District No. 89
District No. 91 - 1 Representative
Coweta
Tract 9901
Those parts of Blocks 410 through 412
and 423 within GMD 806
Blocks 424 through 427
Tract 9906
That part of Block 128 within GMD 806
Those parts of Blocks 322, 323, 325,
329, and 331 within GMD 806
Blocks 332 and 333
That part of Block 512 within GMD 806
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Tract 9907
That part of Block 104 within GMD 806
Blocks 105 through 107
That part of Block 108 within GMD 806
Blocks 109 and 110
Those parts of Blocks 111, 112, 115,
117, and 118 within GMD 806
Blocks 119 through 121
Those parts of Blocks 122 and 123
within GMD 806
Blocks 124 through 131
Those parts of Blocks 132 through
134 within GMD 806
Blocks 135 through 145
That part of Block 146 within GMD 806
Blocks 147 through 153
Those parts of Blocks 201, 202, 206,
and 221 within GMD 806
Blocks 401 through 407
Those parts of Blocks 408 through
410 within GMD 806
Blocks 412 through 426
Those parts of Blocks 427 and 429
within GMD 806
Blocks 430 and 431
Meriwether
Talbot
District No. 92 - 1 Representative
Muscogee
Tract 20
Blocks 102 through 114, 117, 119 through
122, and 201 through 219
Tract 22
Tract 23
Blocks 114, 115, and 120
through 122
Tract 24
Blocks 101 through 109, 111, and 113
through 125
Tracts 25, 27, 28, and 30 through 32
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District No. 93 - 1 Representative
Harris
Muscogee
Tract 33
Blocks 108 through 116
Block Groups 2 through 4
Blocks 605, 610, and 611
Tracts 101.02, 108, and 109
District No. 94 - 1 Representative
Muscogee
Tract 29.01
Blocks 201 through 206 and 212 through 229
Tract 29.02
Tract 33
Blocks 103 through 107, 501 through 511,
601, 602, 606 through 609, and 612
Tract 34
Tract 106.03
Blocks 101 through 107, 110, 111, 113
through 115, 117, 118, 139 through 147,
154, and 155
Tract 106.04
Blocks 302 through 310, 313 through 316,
319 through 326, 328, 330, 331, 349,
and 350
Tract 107.01
Blocks 101, 103 through 112, 114 through
116, 118, 123 through 133, and 135
Tracts 107.02 and 107.03
District No. 95 - 1 Representative
Muscogee
Tract 1
Tract 2
Blocks 110 through 118, 122, 123, 126,
and 201 through 218
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Tract 5
Tract 8
Blocks 201 through 206
Block Group 3
Tract 9
Tract 10
Blocks 201 through 211 and 333
Tract 11
Blocks 123, 124, 126, 127, 201 through
213, 221, 321, and 322
Tracts 12 through 16, 18, and 19
Tract 20
Blocks 118 and 220 through 222
Tract 21
Blocks 119 through 121 and 201
through 204
Tract 23
Blocks 101 through 113 and 116
through 119
Tract 24
Block 110
Tract 26
Tract 29.01
Block Group 1
Blocks 207 through 209 and 230
Tract 106.02
Blocks 206 through 213, 223, and
230 through 232
Tract 107.01
Blocks 203 through 207
Tract 110
District No. 96 - 1 Representative
Muscogee
Tract 10
Block Group 1
Blocks 216 through 221, 301 through
318, 321 through 329, 331, and 332
Tract 11
Blocks 101 through 122, 214 through 220,
and 301 through 320
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Tract 21
Blocks 102 through 105, 107 through 118,
122, 123, 205 through 220, and 223
Tracts 101.01 and 105
Tract 106.02
Block Group 1
Blocks 202 through 205, 214 through 222,
and 226 through 229
Block Group 3
Tract 106.03
Blocks 148 through 153
Tract 106.04
Block Group 2
Blocks 327, 329, and 332 through 346
Tract 107.01
Blocks 117, 119, 120, 134, 201, 202,
and 208 through 230
District No. 97 - 1 Representative
Muscogee
Tract 2
Blocks 101 through 106, 108, 119 through
121, 124, 125, 219 through 222, 224
through 229, 231, 234 through 237,
and 251 through 253
Tracts 3, 4, 6, and 7
Tract 8
Block Group 1
Blocks 207 through 219
Tracts 102.01, 102.02, 103.01, 103.02,
104.01, and 104.02
District No. 98 - 1 Representative
Crawford
Tract 701
Block 109
Those parts of Blocks 115 and 121 within
the City of Roberta
Blocks 122 through 132
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That part of Block 225 within the City
of Roberta
Blocks 226 and 227
That part of Block 228 within the
City of Roberta
Blocks 229 through 235
Block Groups 3 and 4
Tract 702
Blocks 101 through 104 and 108 through 132
Block Groups 2 and 3
Macon
Tract 9901
Blocks 101 through 111 and 116 through 129
Those parts of Blocks 130 and 143 within
the City of Marshallville
Blocks 144 through 158
That part of Block 159 within the City
of Marshallville
Blocks 160 and 161
Those parts of Blocks 162 through 164
within the City of Marshallville
Blocks 166 through 168
Block Groups 2 and 3
Peach
District No. 99 - 1 Representative
Bibb
Tract 110
Blocks 101 through 106
Block Groups 2 through 4 and 9
Tract 116
Those parts of Blocks 201, 214, 215,
and 301 outside the City of Macon
Blocks 402, 403, 426, and 427
Tracts 117.01, 117.02, and 129
Tract 130
Blocks 109 through 128
Block Groups 2 and 9
Tracts 133.01, 133.02, 135.01, and 135.02
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District No. 100 - 1 Representative
Bibb
Tract 101
Blocks 706 and 709
Tract 102
Blocks 203 through 205, 207 through 212,
214, and 215
Block Groups 3 and 4
Tracts 118 through 120
Tract 121
Blocks 101, 102, and 117 through 124
Block Groups 2 and 3
Tract 122
Tract 123
That part of Block 101 outside the
City of Macon
Blocks 102 through 106, 118, 119, 603
through 617, 619, 620, 622, and 623
Tract 124
Blocks 203 through 206 and 208 through 220
Block Groups 3 and 4
Tract 132.01
Tract 134.02
Blocks 904 and 912 through 917
Tract 136.01
Blocks 317 through 320
Tract 136.02
Blocks 101 through 107
District No. 101 - 1 Representative
Bibb
Tract 101
Block Groups 3 through 6
Blocks 701 through 705, 707, and 708
Tract 102
Block Group 1
Blocks 201 and 202
Tracts 103 and 104
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Tract 105
Blocks 203 through 205, 207 through
215, 219, 301 through 303,
305, and 306
Block Group 4
Tract 123
That part of Block 101 within the City
of Macon
Blocks 111 through 116
Block Groups 2 through 5
Blocks 601 and 602
Tract 124
Block Group 1
Blocks 201 and 202
Tracts 125 and 126
Tract 127
Blocks 301 through 309, 311 through 321,
323, and 330 through 332
Tract 132.02
Blocks 202 through 212, 220, and 221
District No. 102 - 1 Representative
Bibb
Tract 101
Block Groups 1 and 2
Tract 105
Block Group 1
Blocks 201, 202, 304, and 307 through 313
Tracts 106 through 109
Tract 110
Blocks 107, 108, 110, 111, 113, and 114
Tracts 111 through 115
Tract 116
Block Group 1
That part of Block 201 within the City
of Macon
Blocks 202 through 213
Those parts of Blocks 214, 215, and 301
within the City of Macon
Blocks 302 through 304, 311, 317 through
338, 401, 404 through 414, and 416
Block Group 9
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Tract 127
Block Groups 1 and 2
Block 328
Tract 128
Tract 130
Blocks 101 through 108
District No. 103 - 1 Representative
Bibb
Tract 121
Blocks 103 through 116
Tracts 131.01 and 131.02
Tract 132.02
Blocks 213 through 218
Block Group 3
Tract 134.01
Tract 134.02
Block Groups 1 through 3
Blocks 901, 902, and 906
Tract 136.01
Block Groups 1 and 2
Blocks 301 through 316, 321 through
324, and 334 through 340
Block Group 4
Tract 136.02
Blocks 108 through 145
Block Group 2
District No. 104 - 1 Representative
Jones
Tract 301.02
Blocks 101 through 107, 120 through
123, 201 through 203, and 210 through 220
Block Groups 3, 4, and 9
Tract 303
Blocks 101 through 103 and 106 through 132
Block Group 2
Those parts of Blocks 301 and 302 within
the City of Gray
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Blocks 316 through 320, 325, 336
through 351, 401 through 421, and
422 through 452
Block Group 5
Twiggs
Wilkinson
District No. 105 - 1 Representative
Baldwin
Tract 9901
Blocks 106 through 134, 201 through
205, 207, 223, 225 through 230,
232 through 247, and 301 through 311
Tracts 9902 through 9904
Tract 9905
Block Groups 1 through 3
Blocks 502 through 509
District No. 106 - 1 Representative
Greene
Hancock
Putnam
District No. 107 - 1 Representative
Baldwin
Tract 9901
Blocks 101 through 105, 135 through 146,
209 through 222, and 312 through 318
Tract 9905
Block 501
Block Group 6
Johnson
Tract 9901
Block Groups 1 and 2
Tract 9902
Washington
District No. 108 - 1 Representative
Burke
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Tract 9901
Block Groups 1 and 2
Blocks 301, 302, 304 through 308,
313, and 316
Tracts 9902 and 9903
Jefferson
Tract 9901
Blocks 118 through 130
Those parts of Blocks 131, 133, and
146 within the City of Wrens
Blocks 147, 148, 150, 201, and 202
That part of Block 203 within the City
of Wrens
Blocks 208 through 211, 213 through 228,
and 230 through 250
Block Groups 3 through 9
Tracts 9902 and 9903
District No. 109 - 1 Representative
Candler
Emanuel
Johnson
Tract 9901
Block Group 3
District No. 110-1 Representative
Bulloch
Tract 9901
Blocks 239 and 240
Those parts of Blocks 241, 326, and 344
outside the City of Statesboro
Tract 9902
Tract 9903
Those parts of Blocks 118, 120, 236,
and 237 outside the City of Statesboro
Blocks 238 through 247
Tract 9904
Those parts of Blocks 322 through 324
outside the City of Statesboro
Blocks 325, 326, and 401
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Tract 9905
Blocks 225 through 236
That part of Block 337 outside the City
of Statesboro
Block 340
Tracts 9906 and 9907
Burke
Tract 9901
Blocks 303, 309 through 312, 314, 315,
401 through 403, 405, 406, and 409
through 416
Block Groups 5 through 9
Jenkins
Screven
Tract 9901
Block Group 1
District No. 111-1 Representative
Bulloch
Tract 9901
Block Group 1
Blocks 201 through 238
That part of Block 241 within the City
of Statesboro
Blocks 301 through 325
That part of Block 326 within the City
of Statesboro
Blocks 327 through 343
That part of Block 344 within the City
of Statesboro
Blocks 345 through 386
Tract 9903
Blocks 101 through 117
That part of Block 118 within the City
of Statesboro
Block 119
That part of Block 120 within the City
of Statesboro
Blocks 121 through 135 and 201 through 235
Those parts of Blocks 236 and 237 within
the City of Statesboro
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Tract 9904
Block Groups 1 and 2
Blocks 301 through 321
Those parts of Blocks 322 through 324
within the City of Statesboro
Blocks 337 through 340 and 402 through 448
Tract 9905
Block Group 1
Blocks 201 through 224 and 301 through 336
That part of Block 337 within the City
of Statesboro
Screven
Tract 9901
Block Groups 2 through 4
Tract 9902
District No. 112-1 Representative
Chattahoochee
That part of Tract 202 lying on the
northeasterly side of the following
line which bisects Tract 202:
begin at the point of intersection
of the county line between Muscogee
and Chattahoochee counties and Fort
Benning Boulevard; proceed thence
in a southwesterly direction along
Fort Benning Boulevard and its
continuation as Sigerfoos Road to
the point of intersection of
Sigerfoos Road with Yibbert Avenue;
proceed thence in a southwesterly
direction along Yibbert Avenue to
its point of intersection with
Dilboy Street; proceed thence in
a southerly direction along Dilboy
Street to its point of intersection
with Wold Avenue; proceed thence in
an easterly direction along Wold
Avenue to its point of intersection
with Edwards Street; proceed thence
in a southerly direction along
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Edwards Street to its point of
intersection with Dixie Road;
proceed thence in an easterly
direction along Dixie Road to its
point of intersection with First
Division Road; proceed from said
point of intersection in a
generally southeasterly direction
in a direct line to the confluence
of Harps Mill Creek and Oswichee
Creek; proceed thence in an easterly
direction along the center of
Oswichee Creek to its point of
intersection with the dividing line
between Tract 201 and Tract 202;
said line being as shown on the
United States Army 1976 Family
Housing Area Designation map for
Fort Benning, the census maps for
the United States decennial census
of 1980 for the State of Georgia,
and the Georgia Department of
Transportation 1976 general highway
map of Chattahoochee County
Marion
Schley
Taylor
District No. 113-1 Representative
Houston
Tracts 201.01 through 201.03 and 202
through 204
Tract 205
Block Group 1
Blocks 201 through 217, 231 through 233,
and 299
That part of Tract 206 not contained
within District No. 114
Tract 209
Block Group 1
Blocks 301 and 401 through 406
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District No. 114 - 1 Representative
Houston
Tract 205
Blocks 218 through 230, 234 through 237,
and 901
That part of Tract 206 bounded as
follows: begin at the southwesterly
corner of Robins Base which lies
at the intersection of State Highway
247 and Laundry Drive; proceed
thence in an easterly direction
along the southern boundary of
Robins Base to the southeasterly
corner of Robins Base; proceed
thence in a northerly direction
along the eastern boundary of
Robins Base to its point of
intersection with 7th Street;
proceed thence in a westerly
direction along 7th Street to its
point of intersection with Page
Road; proceed thence in a northerly
direction along Page Road to its
point of intersection with Oak
Street; proceed thence in a
westerly direction along Oak Street
to its termination and thence due
west to a point of intersection
with the western boundary of Robins
Base; proceed thence in a southerly
direction along the western boundary
of Robins Base to the point of
beginning; said boundary being
as shown on the census maps for the
United States decennial census of
1980 for the State of Georgia
Tracts 207 and 208
Tract 209
Blocks 201 through 224, 302 through 316,
and 407 through 430
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Tracts 210 and 211.01
Tract 211.02
Block Group 1
Blocks 201 through 204 and 207
District No. 115-1 Representative
Houston
Tract 211.02
Blocks 205 and 206
Block Group 3
Tracts 211.03, 212 through 214, 215.01,
and 215.02
Macon
Tract 9901
Blocks 112 through 115
That part of Block 130 outside the City
of Marshallville
Blocks 131 through 142
Those parts of Blocks 143, 159, and 162
through 164 outside the City of
Marshallville
Blocks 165 and 169 through 191
Block Groups 4 and 5
Tract 9902
District No. 116-1 Representative
Sumter
District No. 117 - 1 Representative
Bleckley
Pulaski
Turner
Tract 9901
Block Group 1
Blocks 275, 299, 301 through 321, 326
through 343, 346 through 355, and
358 through 362
Wilcox
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District No. 118-1 Representative
Dodge
Laurens
Tract 9902
Block Group 3
Tract 9904
Block Groups 4 through 6
Tract 9906
Telfair
Tract 9901
Block Group 1
Blocks 201 through 204
That part of Block 205 within the
City of McRae
Blocks 206 through 208, 210 through
299, and 301 through 378
Those parts of Blocks 379 through 381
within the City of McRae
Blocks 386 through 396 and 467 through 474
Tract 9902
Block Group 1
District No. 119 - 1 Representative
Laurens
Tract 9901
Tract 9902
Block Groups 1, 2, and 4
Tract 9903
Tract 9904
Block Groups 1 through 3
Tract 9905
District No. 120 - 1 Representative
Montgomery
Toombs
Tract 9902
Blocks 101 through 144
That part of Block 145 outside the
City of Lyons
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Those parts of Blocks 215, 217, and
218 outside the City of Lyons
Blocks 219 through 286 and 288 through 291
Tract 9903
Tract 9904
Block 134
That part of Block 135 outside the
City of Vidalia
That part of Block 158 outside the
City of Vidalia
Block 159
That part of Block 160 outside the
City of Lyons
Blocks 161 through 199
Blocks 201 through 263 and 278 through 299
Block Group 3
Treutlen
Wheeler
District No. 121 - 1 Representative
Evans
Long
Tattnall
District No. 122 - 1 Representative
Chatham
Tract 13
Block 101
Block Groups 2 and 3
Tract 18
Block Group 1
Blocks 201 through 219 and 221 through 226
Tract 19
Block Group 1
Blocks 203 through 209 and 212 through 214
Block Group 3
Tract 24
Blocks 101 through 106, 110 through 119,
202 through 212, 215 through 220, 301
through 305, 308 through 316, and 318
through 321
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Tract 25
Tract 26
Blocks 106, 107, 117, 118, 201, 208, 209,
216, 301, and 308 through 310
Tracts 28 and 29
Tract 30
Block Groups 2 and 3
Tract 34
Tract 40.01
Blocks 530 through 533, 535, and 537
through 539
Tracts 44 and 45
Tract 105
Block Groups 1 and 3
District No. 123 - 1 Representative
Chatham
Tract 3
Block Groups 4 through 6
Tract 3.99, 10, and 11
Tract 19
Blocks 201, 202, 210, 211, and 215
Tracts 20 and 21
Tract 22
Blocks 310 through 314, 401, 402,
408 through 411, 413, 414, 419,
420, 501 through 509, 514, 601
through 603, and 605 through 611
Tract 26
Blocks 101 through 105, 108 through 116,
202 through 207, 210 through 215,
302 through 307, and 311 through 315
Tract 27
Tract 30
Block Group 1
Tract 36.01
That part of Block 101 outside the
City of Savannah
Blocks 102, 103, 105 through 110, and 115
Blocks 504 through 508
Blocks 601, 602, and 605 through 608
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Tract 36.02
That part of Block 101 outside the
City of Savannah
Tract 37
Blocks 306 through 313
Tracts 38 and 101.01
Tract 101.02
Block Groups 1 and 2
Blocks 301 through 310, 312, and 313
That part of Block 901 within the
City of Savannah
Blocks 903 and 921
Tract 106.05
That part of Block 304 within the
City of Savannah
Tract 111.01
Blocks 916, 917, and 935
District No. 124 - 1 Representative
Chatham
Tract 22
Block Groups 1 and 2
Blocks 301 through 309, 403 through 407,
415, 416, 418, 510 through 513, and 612
Tracts 35.01 and 35.02
Tract 36.01
That part of Block 101 within the City
of Savannah
Blocks 111 through 114
Block Groups 2, 3, and 4
Blocks 501 through 503, 603, 604,
609, and 610
Tract 36.02
That part of Block 101 within the City
of Savannah
Blocks 103 through 109 and 111
Block Groups 2 through 6
Tract 37
Block Groups 1 and 2
Blocks 301 through 305
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Tract 39
Blocks 110 through 114, 202,
and 218 through 222
Block Group 3
Tract 40.01
Block Groups 1 and 4
Blocks 501 through 519, 521 through 524,
526, 527, 534, and 540 through 542
Tract 40.02
Blocks 205 through 219 and 233 through 235
Block Groups 3 and 5
Tract 42.02
Blocks 102 through 107, 109, and 140
District No. 125 - 1 Representative
Chatham
Tract 39
Blocks 101 through 104, 106 through 109,
115 through 117, 201, and 203 through 216
Tract 40.02
Blocks 201 through 204 and 230 through 232
Tract 41
Tract 101.02
Blocks 314 through 318
That part of Block 901 outside the
City of Savannah
Block 902
Tracts 102, 110.01, and 110.02
Tract 111.01
Block Groups 1, 3 through 5, 7, and 8
Blocks 909, 919 through 921, and
923 through 926
Tracts 111.02 and 111.03
District No. 126-1 Representative
Bryan
Tract 203
Blocks 101 through 116, 118 through 143,
189, 190, and 192 through 198
Block Group 4
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Chatham
Tract 42.02
Blocks 101, 108, 110 through 123, 133,
134, 136, 138, and 139
Block Group 2
Tracts 42.03 and 42.04
Tract 108.02
Blocks 323 through 329, 401 through
413, 416 through 425, and 427
through 433
Tract 109
District No. 127-1 Representative
Chatham
Tract 1
Tract 3
Block Groups 1 through 3
Tracts 6.01, 6.02, 8, 9, and 12
Tract 13
Blocks 102 through 114
Tracts 15 and 17
Tract 18
Block 220
Tract 23
Tract 24
Blocks 107 through 109, 120, 201, 213,
214, 306, 307, and 317
Tracts 32, 33.01, and 33.02
Tract 105
Blocks 203, 989, and 992 through 998
Tract 106.04
Tract 106.05
Block Groups 1 and 2
Blocks 301 through 303
That part of Block 304 outside the
City of Savannah
Block Group 8
Blocks 905 through 911, 914, 916 through
918, and 995 through 998
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District No. 128 - 1 Representative
Chatham
Tract 43
Tract 105
Blocks 202, 204 through 209, 215, 903,
905, 910, 911, 913, 914, 916, 917,
920 through 924, 927, 930, 931, and 990
Tracts 106.01 and 106.03
Tract 106.05
Blocks 901 through 904
Tracts 107 and 108.01
Tract 108.02
Block Groups 1 and 2
Blocks 301, 302, 304 through 322, 414,
415, and 426
Block Group 9
District No. 129 - 1 Representative
Bryan
Tracts 201 and 202
Tract 203
Blocks 144 through 150, 155 through 159,
177 through 188, and 191
Effingham
Liberty
Tract 9904
District No. 130 - 1 Representative
Chattahoochee
Tract 201
That part of Tract 202 not
contained within District No. 112
Quitman
Randolph
Stewart
Webster
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District No. 131 - 1 Representative
Calhoun
Clay
Lee
Tract 201
Blocks 201 through 236, 238, and 241
Tract 202
Tract 203
Blocks 119 through 123 and 133 through 135
Block Groups 2 and 3
Blocks 401 through 448
That part of Block 449 within the
City of Leesburg
That part of Block 503 within the
City of Leesburg
Blocks 504 through 522
Terrell
District No. 132 - 1 Representative
Dougherty
Tract 11
Tract 12
Blocks 104, 105, 115, and 118
through 124
Block Group 2
Tracts 14.01, 14.02, and 15
Tract 105
Blocks 112 through 120 and 125
through 130
Block Group 2
Blocks 301, 303, and 307
Block Group 9
Tract 106.01
Tract 107
Blocks 106, 108 through 119, 131
through 148, and 150 through 152
Block Groups 2, 3, and 9
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District No. 133 - 1 Representative
Dougherty
Tracts 3 through 10
Tract 12
Blocks 101 through 103 and
106 through 114
Tracts 13 and 104
District No. 134 - 1 Representative
Dougherty
Tracts 1, 2, 101, 102, 103.01, and 103.02
Tract 107
Blocks 121 through 126 and 128
through 130
Tract 108 through 110
District No. 135-1 Representative
Crisp
Dooly
District No. 136 - 1 Representative
Lee
Tract 201
Block Group 1
Blocks 237, 239, 240, and 242 through 247
Tract 203
Blocks 101 through 118 and 124 through 132
That part of Block 449 outside the City
of Leesburg
Blocks 450, 501, and 502
That part of Block 503 outside the
City of Leesburg
Turner
Tract 9901
Blocks 201 through 274 and 276 through 298
Blocks 322 through 325, 345, 356, and 357
Tract 9902
Worth
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District No. 137 - 1 Representative
Ben Hill
Irwin
Telfair
Tract 9901
Those parts of Blocks 205 and 379 through
381 outside the City of McRae
Blocks 382, 384, 385, 397 through
399, 401 through 452, and 462 through 465
Tract 9902
Block Groups 2 and 3
District No. 138 - 1 Representative
Tift
Tract 9901
Blocks 101 through 155 and 158 through 163
Block Groups 2 and 3
Tracts 9902 through 9905
Tract 9906
Blocks 142 through 149, 161, and 162
Block Group 2
District No. 139 - 1 Representative
Atkinson
Tract 9901
Blocks 101 through 156 and 201 through 276
Those parts of Blocks 277 and 278 outside
the City of Pearson
Blocks 301 through 332
That part of Block 333 outside
the City of Willacoochee
Blocks 334 through 347
Those parts of Blocks 348 through
351 outside the City of Willacoochee
Blocks 352 through 355
That part of Block 356 outside
the City of Willacoochee
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Block 357
That part of Block 358 outside
the City of Willacoochee
Blocks 501 through 506
Those parts of Blocks 507 through
509 outside the City of Pearson
Coffee
District No. 140 - 1 Representative
Baker
Dougherty
Tract 105
Blocks 101 through 109, 302, 304 through
306, and 308 through 325
Tract 106.02
Early
Miller
District No. 141 - 1 Representative
Decatur
Tracts 9901 through 9903
Tract 9904
Block Groups 1 through 5 and 7
Tract 9905
Block Groups 1 and 2
Seminole
District No. 142 - 1 Representative
Decatur
Tract 9904
Block Group 6
Tract 9905
Block Groups 3 through 5
Grady
Thomas
Tract 9903
Blocks 259, 260, 271 through 273,
281, 283 through 289, 290 through
293, and 296 through 299
Block Group 3
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Tract 9905
Blocks 153 through 160, 176 through
178, and 199
Blocks 201 through 210, 220 through
224, and 230 through 235
Tract 9906
Block Group 1
Blocks 201 through 224
That part of Block 225 within the
City of Thomasville
District No. 143 - 1 Representative
Thomas
Tract 9901
Tract 9902
Blocks 101 through 104, 176 through 183,
198, and 199
Block Group 2
Tract 9903
Block Group 1
Blocks 201 through 258, 261 through 270,
and 274 through 280
Tract 9904
Tract 9905
Blocks 101 through 152, 161 through 175,
179 through 198, 211 through 219,
225 through 229, and 236 through 256
Tract 9906
That part of Block 225 outside the City
of Thomasville
Blocks 226 through 240
Tract 9907
District No. 144 - 1 Representative
Colquitt
Tract 9903
Blocks 306 through 314
That part of Blocks 315 through 317
within the City of Doerun
Blocks 326, 331, and 334
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Block Groups 4 and 5
That part of Block 601 outside the
City of Moultrie
Blocks 609 through 639
Block Group 7
Tract 9904
Blocks 308 through 329
That part of Block 330 outside the
City of Moultrie
Blocks 331 through 334, 401 through 406,
501 through 514, 601 through 610, and
612 through 624
Mitchell
Thomas
Tract 9902
Blocks 105 through 175 and 184 through 197
District No. 145 - 1 Representative
Colquitt
Tracts 9901 and 9902
Tract 9903
Block Groups 1 and 2
Blocks 302 through 305
Those parts of Blocks 315 through 317
outside the City of Doerun
Blocks 318 through 325, 327 through 330,
and 332 through 333
That part of Block 601 within the City
of Moultrie
Blocks 602 and 605 through 608
Tract 9904
Block Groups 1 and 2
Blocks 301 through 307
Tracts 9905 and 9906
District No. 146 - 1 Representative
Berrien
Cook
Tift
Tract 9901
Blocks 164 through 199
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Tract 9906
Blocks 101 through 141, 150 through 160,
and 163 through 172
District No. 147 - 1 Representative
Brooks
Echols
Lowndes
Tract 9902
Blocks 250, 301 through 326, 349, 350,
401 through 405, 428 through 441, and
447 through 449
Tract 9903
Blocks 307 through 317 and 325 through 327
Tract 9908
Block 129
Tract 9911
Blocks 350 through 352, 401 through 410,
and 412 through 432
Tract 9912
Blocks 107 through 110, 116, 117, 125,
131 through 147, 201 through 210, and
215 through 229
Block Groups 3 and 4
Tract 9913
District No. 148 - 1 Representative
Lowndes
Tract 9901
Tract 9902
Block Group 1
Blocks 201 through 249, 327 through 348,
406 through 427, and 442 through 446
Tracts 9904 and 9905
Tract 9906
Blocks 101 through 122, 124, 129 through
135, 137 through 140, and 143
through 146
Tract 9907
Tract 9908
Blocks 295 through 298
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Tract 9909
Blocks 109, 110, 117 through 119, 124,
125, 130, and 131
District No. 149 - 1 Representative
Lanier
Lowndes
Tract 9903
Block Groups 1 and 2
Blocks 301 through 306, 318 through
324, and 328 through 351
Tract 9906
Blocks 123, 125 through 128, 136,
141, 142, and 147 through 153
Block Group 2
Tract 9908
Blocks 101 through 128, 130 through
150, 201 through 223, 225 through
228, and 299
Block Group 3
Tract 9909
Blocks 101 through 108, 111 through 116,
120 through 123, 126 through 129,
and 132 through 150
Block Groups 2 and 3
Tract 9910
Tract 9911
Block Groups 1 and 2
Blocks 301 through 349 and 411
Tract 9912
Blocks 101 through 106, 111 through 115,
118, 120 through 124, 126 through 130,
and 211 through 214
District No. 150 - 1 Representative
Atkinson
Tract 9901
Blocks 157 through 185
Those parts of Blocks 277 and 278
within the City of Pearson
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Those parts of Blocks 333, 348 through
351, 356, and 358 within the City
of Willacoochee
Blocks 359 through 380
Block Group 4
Those parts of Blocks 507 through
509 within the City of Pearson
Blocks 510 through 571
Block Group 6
Charlton
Tract 9901
Blocks 123 through 145 and 205 through 222
Block Groups 3 through 7
Clinch
Ware
Those parts of Tracts 9901 through 9903
outside the City of Waycross
District No. 151 - 1 Representative
Camden
That part of Tract 9901 within the
City of St. Marys
Tract 9902
Blocks 103 through 118
That part of Block 125 within the
City of Kingsland
Blocks 126 and 127
Those parts of Blocks 128 and 129
within the City of Kingsland
Blocks 130 through 143
Those parts of Blocks 145 and 146
within the City of Kingsland
Blocks 147 through 199, 201, 202,
204 through 210, and 214 through 288
Charlton
Tract 9901
Blocks 101 through 114, 116 through
122, 146, 201, 202, and 204
Ware
Those parts of Tracts 9901 through 9903
within the City of Waycross
Tracts 9904 and 9905
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District No. 152 - 1 Representative
Bacon
Brantley
Tract 9901
Blocks 143 through 145, 151, 153
through 156, and 219 through 223
Those parts of Blocks 225 through
227 outside the City of Nahunta
Blocks 228 through 251
Tract 9902
Blocks 149 and 150
That part of Block 151 outside
the City of Nahunta
Blocks 152 through 165
Block Groups 2 and 3
Camden
That part of Tract 9901 outside
the City of St. Marys
Tract 9902
Blocks 101, 102, and 119 through 124
Those parts of Blocks 125, 128, and
129 outside the City of Kingsland
Block 144
Those parts of Blocks 145 and 146
outside the City of Kingsland
Blocks 211 through 213
Tract 9902.99
Pierce
District No. 153 - 2 Representatives
Appling
Brantley
Tract 9901
Blocks 101 through 142, 146 through
150, 152, 201 through 218, and 224
Those parts of Blocks 225 through
227 within the City of Nahunta
Blocks 252, 301 through 316, and
331 through 335
Tract 9902
Blocks 101 through 148
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That part of Block 151 within the
City of Nahunta
Block Group 4
Jeff Davis
Toombs
Tract 9901
Tract 9902
That part of Block 145 within the
City of Lyons
Blocks 146 through 199 and 201 through 214
That part of Block 215 within the
City of Lyons
Block 216
Those parts of Blocks 217 and 218 within
the City of Lyons
Tract 9904
Blocks 101 through 133
That part of Block 135 within the
City of Lyons
Blocks 136 through 157
Those parts of Blocks 158 and 160
within the City of Lyons
Blocks 264 through 277
Tract 9905
Wayne
District No. 154 - 1 Representative
Liberty
Tracts 9901 through 9903
District No. 155 - 1 Representative
Glynn
Tract 9903
Blocks 103 through 138
That part of Block 140 within the
City of Brunswick
Blocks 141 through 145, 147 through
155, and 161
Block Groups 2 through 4
Tract 9904
Block Group 1
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Blocks 201 and 203 through 234
Block Group 4
Tracts 9905 through 9907 and 9907.99
District No. 156-1 Representative
Glynn
Tracts 9901 and 9902
Tract 9903
Blocks 101, 102, and 139
That part of Block 140 outside
the City of Brunswick
Tract 9904
Block 202
Block Group 3
Tract 9908
McIntosh
(b) A candidate for the House of Representatives in a represen-
tative district having more than one Representative shall designate
the representative post for which he offers as a candidate. This
designation requirement shall apply to all primaries and elections.
Such posts shall be designated by numbers, beginning with post
number 1 and ending with the number equaling the total number of
Representatives in such district.
Districts No. 39 and 40, each of which is a floterial district
consisting of all of Fulton County shall not be subject to the provi-
sions for numbered posts; and a candidate for the House of Represen-
tatives in District No. 39 or District No. 40 shall designate the seat for
which he is offering by District No.
(c) A member of the House of Representatives must be a resi-
dent of the district which he represents and at the time of his election
must have been a resident of the territory embraced within such
district for at least one year preceding such time. Each Representa-
tive shall be elected only by the voters of his representative district.
(d) The first members of the House of Representatives elected
pursuant to this Code section shall be those who are elected to take
office on the convening date of the regular session of the General
Assembly in 1983. Until that time the membership of the House of
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Representatives elected under prior apportionment provisions shall
continue to serve and shall represent the districts from which elected;
and until that time the composition of the districts from which such
members were elected shall remain the same. The provisions of this
Code section shall be effective, however, for the primary and general
elections of 1982 for the purpose of electing members of the House of
Representatives in 1982 who are to take office in 1983. Successors to
those members and future successors shall likewise be elected under
this Code section.
(e) For the purposes of this Code section:
(1) The terms Tract or Census Tract, Block Group, and
Block shall mean and shall describe the same geographical
boundaries as provided in the report of the Bureau of the Census
for the United States decennial census of 1980 for the State of
Georgia.
(2) Whenever the description of any representative district
refers to a named city, it shall mean the geographical boundaries
of that city as shown on the census maps for the United States
decennial census of 1980 for the State of Georgia.
(3) In the description of territory within Coweta County,
any reference to a GMD shall mean the geographical boundaries
of that Georgia Militia District as shown on the Georgia Depart-
ment of Transportation 1974 general highway map of Coweta
County.
(4) In the description of territory within Douglas County,
any reference to a GMD shall mean the geographical boundaries
of that Georgia Militia District as shown on the 1978 official map
of Douglas County adopted by the Board of Commissioners of
Douglas County.
(f) Any part of the State of Georgia which is not included in any
representative district described in this Code section shall be
included within that district contiguous to such part which contains
the least population according to the United States decennial census
of 1980 for the State of Georgia.
Section 2. Code Section 47-101, relating to representative
districts, as such Code section shall exist immediately prior to the
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effective date of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, shall be
renumbered Code Section 28-2-1 and shall be substituted in lieu of
and shall become Code Section 28-2-1 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated.
Section 3. In the event any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
or phrase of this Act shall be declared or adjudged invalid or unconsti-
tutional, such adjudication shall in no manner affect the other
sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, or phrases of this Act, which
shall remain of full force and effect as if the section, subsection,
sentence, clause, or phrase so declared or adjudged invalid or uncon-
stitutional were not originally a part hereof. The General Assembly
hereby declares that it would have passed the remaining parts of this
Act if it had known that such part or parts hereof would be declared or
adjudged invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 4. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), this Act
shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its
becoming law without his approval.
(b) Section 2 of this Act shall become effective November 1,
1982, but only in the event that the Official Code of Georgia Anno-
tated becomes law by such date. If the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated does not become law by such date, Section 2 shall be null
and void and shall stand repealed in its entirety.
Section 5. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
hereby repealed.
Approved September 10,1981.
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STATE SENATORIAL DISTRICTS.
Code Section 47-102 Amended.
No. 4 (Senate Bill No. 1).
AN ACT
To amend Code Section 47-102, relating to state senatorial dis-
tricts, as amended, particularly by an Act approved October 14,1971
(Ga. Laws 1971, Ex. Sess., p. 69), an Act approved March 16, 1972
(Ga. Laws 1972, p. 237), and an Act approved March 28, 1974 (Ga.
Laws 1974, p. 1233), so as to provide for the composition and number
of state senatorial districts; to provide for the number of Senators; to
provide for certain qualifications; to provide for the election of
Senators; to provide when the Senators elected shall take office; to
provide for the continuation of present senatorial districts until a
certain time; to provide definitions; to provide for other matters
relative to the foregoing; to incorporate the provisions of Code
Section 47-102, relating to state senatorial districts, as such Code
section shall exist immediately prior to the effective date of the
Official Code of Georgia Annotated, into the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated; to provide for severability; to provide effective dates; to
repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia:
Section 1. Code Section 47-102, relating to state senatorial
districts, as amended, particularly by an Act approved October 14,
1971 (Ga. Laws 1971, Ex. Sess., p. 69), an Act approved March 16,
1972 (Ga. Laws 1972, p. 237), and an Act approved March 28, 1974
(Ga. Laws 1974, p. 1233), is hereby amended by striking said Code
section in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof a new Code
Section 47-102 to read as follows:
47-102. (a) There shall be 56 members of the Senate, and such
membership shall be apportioned among the senatorial districts
provided for in this Code section. Each Senate district shall be
composed of a portion of a county, or a county, or counties, or a
combination thereof, as provided for hereinafter, and shall be repre-
sented by one Senator.
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District No. 1
Chatham
Tracts 29, 30, 34, 35.01, 35.02, 38, 39,
40.01, 40.02, 41, 42.02 through 42.04,
101.02, 102, 105, and 106.03
Tract 108.02
Blocks 217 through 237, 302, 304
through 314, and 319 through 329
Block Groups 4 and 9
Tracts 109, 110.01, 110.02, and 111.01
through 111.03
District No. 2
Chatham
Tracts 1, 3, 3.99, 6.01, 6.02, 8 through
13, 15, 17 through 28, 32, 33.01, 33.02,
36.01, 36.02, 37, 43 through 45, 101.01,
106.01, 106.04, 106.05, 106.99,
and 107
District No. 3
Bryan
Tracts 202 and 203
Chatham
Tract 108.01
Tract 108.02
Block Group 1
Blocks 201 through 216, 301, and 315
through 318
Glynn
Tracts 9902 through 9907 and 9907.99
Tract 9908
Block Group 1
Liberty
McIntosh
District No. 4
Bryan
Tract 201
Bulloch
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Candler
Effingham
Evans
Long
Tattnall
District No. 5
DeKalb
Tract 215
Blocks 102 through 110, 113 through
115, 130, and 131
Block Group 2
Tracts 216.01 through 216.03, 217.01,
217.02, and 218.02 through 218.04
Tract 219.01
Blocks 109 through 115, 117, 127, 129
through 135, and 140
Tracts 219.02 and 220.01
Tract 220.02
Blocks 205, 207, 208, 210 through 212,
231 through 234, 238 through 240,
401, 403, 404, 413, 414, 425, and 426
Tract 222
Blocks 101 through 110 and 513
Tract 223.02
Tract 224.02
Blocks 101 through 103, 105, 201, 203
through 206, 211 through 215, 217
through 220, and 223 through 228
District No. 6
Appling
Tract 9901
Block Group 3
Tracts 9902 and 9903
Bacon
Brantley
Camden
Charlton
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Glynn
Tract 9901
Tract 9908
Block Groups 2 through 5
Pierce
Wayne
District No. 7
Atkinson
Berrien
Clinch
Lanier
Tift
Ware
District No. 8
Brooks
Cook
Echols
Lowndes
District No. 9
Gwinnett
Tracts 503.01 through 503.03, 504.01
through 504.05, 507.01, and 507.02
Tract 507.03
Blocks 204 through 213
Tract 507.04
District No. 10
Colquitt
That part of Tract 9901 outside the City
of Moultrie
Tract 9902
Blocks 101 through 105 and 114
Tract 9903
Blocks 101, 105 through 110, 113 through
116, and 118
Block Group 2
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Blocks 305 through 317, 326, 331, and 334
Block Groups 4 through 7
Those parts of Tracts 9904 through 9906
outside the City of Moultrie
Decatur
Grady
Thomas
District No. 11
Baker
Calhoun
Chattahoochee
Tract 201
That part of Tract 202 lying on the
southwesterly side of the following line
which bisects Tract 202: begin at the
point of intersection of the county line
between Muscogee and Chattahoochee
counties and Santa Fe Road; thence
proceed in a southerly direction along
Santa Fe Road to the point of
intersection of Santa Fe Road and First
Division Road; thence proceed in a
southwesterly direction along First
Division Road to the point of
intersection of First Division Road and
Dixie Road; thence proceed from said
point of intersection in a generally
southeasterly direction in a direct line
to the confluence of Harps Mill Creek
and Oswichee Creek; thence proceed in an
easterly direction along Oswichee Creek
to its point of intersection with the
dividing line between Tract 201 and
Tract 202, said dividing line being as
shown on the United States Army 1976
Family Housing Area Designation map for
Fort Benning, the census map for the
United States decennial census of 1980
for the State of Georgia, and the
Georgia Department of Transportation
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1976 general highway map of
Chattahoochee County
Clay
Early
Miller
Mitchell
Quitman
Randolph
Seminole
Stewart
Webster
District No. 12
Dougherty
District No. 13
Ben Hill
Colquitt
That part of Tract 9901 within the City
of Moultrie
Tract 9902
Blocks 106 through 108, 110 through 113,
115 through 120, and 122 through 137
Block Groups 2 through 6
Tract 9903
Blocks 102 through 104, 111, 112, 302
through 304, 318 through 325, 327
through 330, 332, and 333
Those parts of Tracts 9904 through 9906
within the City of Moultrie
Crisp
Dooly
Irwin
Turner
Worth
District No. 14
Lee
Macon
Peach
Schley
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Sumter
Taylor
Terrell
District No. 15
Chattahoochee
That part of Tract 202 not within
Senate District No. 11
Muscogee
Tracts 22 through 25, 27, 28, 29.01,
29.02, 30 through 34, 106.02 through
106.04, 107.01 through 107.03, 108,
and 109
District No. 16
Marion
Muscogee
Tracts 1 through 16, 18 through 21, 26,
101.01, 101.02, 102.01, 102.02, 103.01,
103.02, 104.01, 104.02, 105, and 110
Talbot
District No. 17
Butts
Clayton
Tract 404.05
Blocks 308 and 309
Tract 405.02
Tract 405.04
That part of Block 330 outside the City
of Riverdale
Tract 405.05
Those parts of Blocks 221 and 224
outside the City of Riverdale
Block 225
That part of Block 301 outside the City
of Riverdale
Blocks 302 through 309
That part of Block 310 outside the City
of Riverdale
Blocks 311 through 313
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Block Groups 4 and 5
That part of Block 601 outside the City
of Riverdale
Blocks 602 through 608
Tract 405.06
Tract 406.03
Block Group 1
That part of Block 603 within the City
of Jonesboro
Block Group 7
Tracts 406.04 through 406.08
Henry
District No. 18
Bibb
Those parts of Tracts 116 and 130 outside
the City of Macon
Tracts 133.01, 133.02, 135.01, and 135.02
Houston
Twiggs
District No. 19
Bleckley
Coffee
Dodge
Jeff Davis
Pulaski
Telfair
Wilcox
District No. 20
Appling
Tract 9901
Block Groups 1 and 2
Johnson
Laurens
Montgomery
Toombs
Treutlen
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Washington
Tract 9903
Blocks 106 through 130 and 135
through 199
Block Groups 2 and 3
Tract 9904
Blocks 104 through 156
Block Groups 3 and 4
Wheeler
District No. 21
Burke
Emanuel
Glascock
Jefferson
Jenkins
Screven
Washington
Tracts 9901 and 9902
Tract 9903
Blocks 101 through 105 and 131
through 134
Block Group 4
Tract 9904
Blocks 101 through 103 and 157
through 159
Block Group 2
District No. 22
Richmond
Tract 1
Block Groups 1 through 4
Blocks 501 through 513 and 517
Tracts 2 through 4 and 6 through 15
Tract 16
Block Group 1
Blocks 205 through 211, 213 through
215, and 217
Those parts of Blocks 225 through 228,
230, 231, and 233 within the City of
Augusta
Blocks 512 through 515, 907, and 908
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Those parts of Blocks 909 through 911
within the City of Augusta
Block 912
Tracts 101.01 through 101.03
Tract 102.01
Blocks 413 and 414
Tract 102.02
Block Group 1
Blocks 201 through 218, 220 through
232, 245, 415, and 416
Block Group 7
Blocks 902 through 904
Tracts 103 and 104
Tract 105.04
Blocks 137 through 149
Tract 106
That part of Tract 108 on the
northeastern side of the following
line which bisects Tract 108:
beginning at the point of
intersection of U.S. Highway 78
and 19th Street at Gate 2;
proceed along 19th Street in a
southerly direction to the point
of intersection of 19th Street
and 7th Avenue; proceed thence
along 7th Avenue in an easterly
direction to the point of
intersection of 7th Avenue and
29th Street; proceed along 29th
Street in a southerly direction
to the point of intersection of
29th Street and 6th Avenue;
proceed along 6th Avenue in an
easterly direction to the point
of intersection of 6th Avenue and
Headquarters Road; proceed along
Headquarters Road in a northerly
direction to the point of
intersection of Headquarters Road
and 7th Avenue; proceed along
7th Avenue in an easterly direction
to the point of intersection of
7th Avenue and 34th Street;
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proceed along 34th Street in a
southerly direction to the point
of intersection of 34th Street
and 4th Avenue; proceed along 4th
Avenue in a southeasterly direction
to the point of intersection of
4th Avenue and 37th Street;
proceed along 37th Street in a
northeasterly direction to the
point of intersection of 37th
Street and 5th Avenue; proceed
along 5th Avenue in a southeasterly
direction to the point of
intersection of 5th Avenue and
38th Street; proceed along 38th
Street in a northeasterly
direction to the point of
intersection of 38th Street and
7th Avenue; proceed along 7th
Avenue in a southeasterly
direction to the point of
intersection of 7th Avenue and
40th Street; proceed along 40th
Street in a southwesterly
direction to the point of
intersection of 40th Street and
5th Avenue; proceed along 5th
Avenue in a southeasterly
direction to the point of
intersection of 5th Avenue and
43rd Street; proceed along
43rd Street in a southwesterly
direction to the point of
intersection of 43rd Street
and 4th Avenue; proceed
finally along 4th Avenue in a
southeasterly direction to the
point of intersection of 4th
Avenue and U.S. Highway 1 at
Gate 5
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District No. 23
Columbia
Tract 305
Block Groups 4 and 5
Richmond
Tract 1
Blocks 515, 518 through 521, and 525
Tract 16
Blocks 221 through 223
Those parts of Blocks 225 through 228
outside the City of Augusta
Block 229
Those parts of Blocks 230 and 231
outside the City of Augusta
Block 232
That part of Block 233 outside the City
of Augusta
Block 235
Block Groups 3 and 4
Blocks 516, 517, and 523
Block Group 6
Those parts of Blocks 909 through 911
outside the City of Augusta
Tract 102.01
Block Groups 1 and 2
Blocks 402, 404, 405, 407 through 411,
and 425 through 432
Tract 102.02
Blocks 219, 233 through 240, 418, 419,
421, and 432 through 441
Block Groups 5 and 6
Block 901
Tract 105.04
Blocks 101 through 107, 110 through
112, 114 through 116, 118, 119,
121, and 125 through 127
Block Group 9
Tracts 105.05 through 105.11, 107.01,
and 107.02
That part of Tract 108 not included
within Senate District No. 22
Tracts 109.01 and 109.02
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District No. 24
Columbia
Tracts 301 through 304
Tract 305
Block Groups 1 through 3 and 9
Greene
Lincoln
McDuffie
Oglethorpe
Taliaferro
Warren
Wilkes
District No. 25
Baldwin
Hancock
Jasper
Jones
Morgan
Putnam
Wilkinson
District No. 26
Bibb
Tracts 101 through 115
That part of Tract 116 within the City
of Macon
Tracts 117.01, 117.02, 118, and 119
Tract 120
Block Group 1
Tract 122
Blocks 101 through 103, 109 through
117, and 212
Tract 123
Tract 124
Blocks 202, 205, 308, 402 through 406,
414 through 416, 420, 421, and 424
Tracts 125 through 129
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That part of Tract 130 within the City
of Macon
Tracts 131.02 and 132.02
District No. 27
Bibb
Tract 120
Block Groups 2 and 3
Tract 121
Tract 122
Blocks 105, 107, 108, 201, 202, 211,
214, 215, 218, and 220
Block Group 3
Tract 124
Block Group 1
Blocks 201, 203, 204, 206, 208 through
220, 302, 316, 317, 411, 417 through
419, and 425 through 427
Tracts 131.01, 132.01, 134.01, 134.02,
136.01, and 136.02
Crawford
Lamar
Monroe
Upson
District No. 28
Coweta
Pike
Spalding
District No. 29
Carroll
Tract 9905
Blocks 320 through 356 and 364
Block Group 4
Blocks 503, 504, and 506 through 520
That part of Block 521 within the City
of Bowdon
Blocks 522 through 537
Harris
Heard
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Meriwether
Troup
District No. 30
Carroll
Tracts 9901 through 9904
Tract 9905
Block Groups 1 and 2
Blocks 301 through 309, 311 through
319, 357, 358, 501, 502, and 505
That part of Block 521 outside the City
of Bowdon
Tracts 9906 and 9907
Douglas
Tracts 802 through 804, 805.01, 805.02,
and 806
District No. 31
Bartow
Tract 9901
Block Groups 2 and 3
Tract 9902
Those parts of Blocks 221 and 301
within the City of Cartersville
Blocks 314 through 316, 319, 320, 323
through 325, 330 through 334, 336,
376 through 379, 398, and 399
Tract 9903
Blocks 609 through 613
Tracts 9904 through 9906
Tract 9907
Block Groups 1 and 2
Blocks 304 through 333 and 399
Block Groups 4 through 7
Haralson
Paulding
Polk
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District No. 32
Cobb
Tract 303.06
Blocks 302 through 311
Tracts 304.01 through 304.03
Tract 305
Blocks 205, 207 through 210, 212, 218
through 220, and 224 through 237
Block Groups 3 through 8
Tracts 306, 310.01, 311.01 through
311.03, 311.05 through 311.07,
312.01, and 312.02
District No. 33
Cobb
Tracts 307 through 309, 310.02,
310.03, 313.01, 313.02, 313.04,
313.05, 314.01, 314.02, and 315
District No. 34
Douglas
Tract 801
Fayette
Fulton
Tracts 103, 104, 105.03 through 105.06,
and 106.02
District No. 35
Fulton
Tract 74
Tract 75
Blocks 109, 113, and 114
Block Groups 2 and 3
Tracts 76.01, 76.02, 77.01, 77.02, 78.02,
106.01, 107 through 111, 112.01, 112.02,
113.01, and 113.02
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District No. 36
Fulton
Tracts 13, 14, and 16 through 20
Tract 21
Blocks 113 and 117 through 120
Block Groups 2 and 3
Tracts 27 through 33, 35, 46.95, 48,
49.95, 50, 52, 53, 55.01, 55.02, 56,
64, 67, 68.01, 68.02, and 69 through 73
District No. 37
Cherokee
Tracts 905 and 907 through 911
Cobb
Tracts 301, 302.01 through 302.03, and
303.01 through 303.03
Tract 305
Block Group 1
Blocks 201 through 204, 222, and 223
District No. 38
Fulton
Tracts 40, 41, 60, 61, 66.02, 78.03,
78.04, 79, 80, 81.01, 81.02, 82.01,
82.02, 83.01, 83.02, 84, 86.01, and
86.02
District No. 39
Fulton
Tracts 6 through 8, 10.95, 11, and 12
Tract 21
Blocks 101 through 111 and 114
through 116
Tracts 22 through 26, 36 through 39,
42.95, 43, 44, 57, 58, 62, 63, 65,
and 66.01
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Tract 75
Blocks 101, 103 through 105, and 110
through 112
Block Groups 4 and 5
Tracts 85, 87.01, 87.02, 88, and 89
District No. 40
Fulton
Tracts 1, 2, 4, 5, 15, 90 through 100,
101.01, and 101.03
Tract 101.04
Block Groups 1 through 3 and 5
Tract 102.01
District No. 41
DeKalb
Tracts 211, 212.02 through 212.07,
213.01 through 213.04, and 214.01
through 214.04
District No. 42
DeKalb
Tracts 201 through 209
Tract 215
Blocks 111, 112, 116, 117, 119 through
129, 132, and 133
Tract 224.01
Tract 224.02
Blocks 108 through 111, 113 through
115, 221, and 222
Tracts 224.03, 225, 226, 231.01, 235.01,
235.02, 236, 237, and 238.01
District No. 43
DeKalb
Tracts 231.03, 232.02, and 232.03
Tract 233.04
Block Groups 1 through 4
Blocks 501 through 509
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Tracts 234.03 through 234.07, 235.03,
238.02, and 238.03
District No. 44
Clayton
Tracts 401, 402, 403.01 through 403.05,
and 404.01 through 404.03
Tract 404.05
Block Groups 1 and 2
Blocks 301 through 307
Tracts 404.06 and 405.03
Tract 405.04
Block Groups 1 and 2
Blocks 309 through 312, 315, 316, and
318 through 329
That part of Block 330 within the City
of Riverdale
Blocks 331 through 334
Block Group 4
Tract 405.05
Blocks 212 through 220
That part of Block 221 within the City
of Riverdale
Blocks 222 and 223
That part of Block 224 within the City
of Riverdale
Block 226
Those parts of Blocks 301, 310, and 601
within the City of Riverdale
Blocks 609 and 610
Tract 406.03
Block Groups 2 through 5
Blocks 601 and 602
That part of Block 603 outside the City
of Jonesboro
Blocks 604 and 605
Block Group 9
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GENERAL ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS, VOL. I
District No. 45
Newton
Rockdale
Walton
District No. 46
Clarke
Jackson
Tract 9901
Tract 9904
Block Groups 1, 5, and 6
Oconee
District No. 47
Banks
Elbert
Franklin
Hart
Jackson
Tracts 9902 and 9903
Tract 9904
Block Groups 2 through 4
Madison
District No. 48
Barrow
Gwinnett
Tracts 501, 502.01, 502.02, 505.01
through 505.05, and 506
Tract 507.03
Block Group 1
Blocks 201 through 203 and 214
Block Groups 3 through 8
Tract 507.05
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District No. 49
Forsyth
Tracts 1301 through 1305
Hall
District No. 50
Dawson
Habersham
Lumpkin
Rabun
Stephens
Towns
Union
White
District No. 51
Cherokee
Tracts 901 through 904 and 906
Fannin
Gilmer
Gordon
Pickens
Whitfield
Tract 9905
Blocks 321 and 322
Tract 9907
Blocks 101 through 105
That part of Block 106 outside the City
of Dalton
Blocks 126 through 130 and 201
Those parts of Blocks 202 and 203
outside the City of Dalton
Blocks 301 and 304 through 307
Those parts of Blocks 308 and 310
outside the City of Dalton
Blocks 311 through 318
That part of Block 319 outside the City
of Dalton
Block 320
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GENERAL ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS, VOL. I
Tract 9910
Blocks 101 through 124
That part of Block 125 outside the City
of Dalton
Blocks 126 through 133
Those parts of Blocks 213, 242, 244,
and 245 outside the City of Dalton
Blocks 301 through 303
That part of Block 304 outside the City
of Dalton
Blocks 305 through 318
Block Groups 4 and 5
Blocks 601 through 608, 610, 612, and
614 through 618
That part of Block 619 outside the
City of Dalton
Blocks 620 through 628
Those parts of Blocks 703 through 705
outside the City of Dalton
Tract 9911
Block Groups 2 through 4
District No. 52
Bartow
Tract 9901
Block Group 1
Tract 9902
Block Group 1
Blocks 201 through 220
That part of Block 221 outside the City
of Cartersville
Blocks 222 through 238
That part of Block 301 outside the City
of Cartersville
Blocks 302 through 313, 317, 318, 321,
322, 326 through 329, 335, 337
through 348, 381, 387, 388, and 390
through 396
Tract 9903
Block Groups 1 through 5
Blocks 601 through 608 and 614
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Tract 9907
Blocks 301 through 303
Floyd
District No. 53
Catoosa
Tract 306
Blocks 146 through 148 and 152
Those parts of Blocks 164, 166, and 167
within the City of Fort Oglethorpe
Block 199
Those parts of Blocks 222 and 223 within
the City of Fort Oglethorpe
Block 231
That part of Block 338 within the City
of Fort Oglethorpe
Tract 307
Blocks 101, 107, 108, 110, 111, and 113
That part of Block 120 within the City
of Fort Oglethorpe
Blocks 121, 122, 133, 138, and 139
That part of Block 140 within the City
of Fort Oglethorpe
Blocks 142 and 143
Those parts of Blocks 154, 156, and 159
within the City of Fort Oglethorpe
Block 160
That part of Block 161 within the City
of Fort Oglethorpe
Blocks 162 through 164
That part of Block 201 within the City
of Fort Oglethorpe
Blocks 202 through 204, 206 through 208,
211, 214 through 217, 219 through 224,
244 through 246, 249, and 261
That part of Block 262 within the City
of Fort Oglethorpe
Block 263
That part of Block 264 within the City
of Fort Oglethorpe
Blocks 265, 266, 268, and 269
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That part of Block 271 within the City
of Fort Oglethorpe
Blocks 275 and 276
Those parts of Blocks 277 and 297 within
the City of Fort Oglethorpe
Blocks 306 and 308 through 316
That part of Block 319 within the City
of Fort Oglethorpe
Blocks 320 through 331 and 341 through
343
Chattooga
Dade
Walker
District No. 54
Catoosa
Tracts 301 through 305
Tract 306
Blocks 101 through 107, 113 through 117,
119, 120, 122 through 128, and 138
Those parts of Blocks 164, 166, 167,
222, and 223 outside the City of Fort
Oglethorpe
Blocks 228, 229, 232, 242, 244, 245,
251, 301 through 303, 305 through 307,
310 through 312, 315, 316, and 320
through 327
That part of Block 338 outside the City
of Fort Oglethorpe
Blocks 339, 340, 342, and 343
Block Group 4
Tract 307
Those parts of Blocks 120, 140, and 154
outside the City of Fort Oglethorpe
Block 155
That part of Block 156 outside the City
of Fort Oglethorpe
Blocks 157 and 158
Those parts of Blocks 159 and 161
outside the City of Fort Oglethorpe
Blocks 165 and 166
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That part of Block 201 outside the City
of Fort Oglethorpe
Blocks 248 and 252
Those parts of Blocks 262, 264, and 271
outside the City of Fort Oglethorpe
Blocks 272 through 274
Those parts of Blocks 277, 297, and 319
outside the City of Fort Oglethorpe
Block Group 4
Murray
Whitfield
Tracts 9901 through 9904
Tract 9905
Block Groups 1 and 2
Blocks 301 through 310 and 312 through
320
Tract 9906
Tract 9907
That part of Block 106 within the City
of Dalton
Blocks 107 through 125 and 131 through
144
Those parts of Blocks 202 and 203 within
the City of Dalton
Blocks 204 through 207, 209 through 215,
302, and 303
That part of Block 308 within the City
of Dalton
Block 309
Those parts of Blocks 310 and 319
within the City of Dalton
Tracts 9908 and 9909
Tract 9910
That part of Block 125 within the City
of Dalton
Blocks 138, 139, and 201 through 212
That part of Block 213 within the City
of Dalton
Blocks 214 through 241
That part of Block 242 within the City
of Dalton
Block 243
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Those parts of Blocks 244 and 245 within
the City of Dalton
Blocks 247 through 250
Those parts of Blocks 304 and 619 within
the City of Dalton
Blocks 701 and 702
Those parts of Blocks 703 through
705 within the City of Dalton
Blocks 706 and 707
Block Group 8
Tract 9911
Block Group 1
District No. 55
DeKalb
Tract 219.01
Blocks 119 through 124, 128, 136 through
139, 150, and 151
Block Groups 2, 4, 5, and 9
Tract 219.03
Tract 220.02
Blocks 214, 216 through 222, 224 through
229, 235, and 236
Block Group 3
Blocks 405 through 412 and 415
Tracts 220.03 and 221
Tract 222
Blocks 112 through 114
Block Groups 2 through 4
Blocks 506, 507, 509, 510, and 514
through 518
Block Group 6
Tracts 223.01, 227 through 230, 231.02,
231.04, 232.01, and 233.01 through
233.03
Tract 233.04
Blocks 510 and 511
Block Group 6
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District No. 56
Cobb
Tracts 303.04 and 303.05
Tract 303.06
Block Groups 1 and 2
Block 301
Block Groups 4 through 6 and 9
Forsyth
Tract 1306
Fulton
Tract 101.04
Block Group 4
Tracts 102.02, 114.01, 114.02, 115,
and 116
(b) A member of the Senate must be a resident of the district
which he represents and at the time of his election must have been a
resident of the territory embraced within such district for at least one
year preceding such time. Each Senator shall be elected only by the
voters of his senatorial district.
(c) The first members of the Senate elected pursuant to this
Code section shall be those who are elected to take office on the
convening date of the regular session of the General Assembly in 1983.
Until that time the membership of the Senate elected in 1980 shall
continue to serve and shall represent the districts from which elected;
and until that time the composition of the districts from which such
members were elected shall remain the same. The provisions of this
Code section shall be effective for the primary and general elections of
1982 for the purpose of electing members of the Senate in 1982 who
are to take office in 1983. Successors to those members shall likewise
be elected under this Code section.
(d) For the purposes of this Code section:
(1) The terms Tract or Census Tract, Block Group, and
Block shall mean and shall describe the same geographical
boundaries as provided in the report of the Bureau of the Census
for the United States decennial census of 1980 for the State of
Georgia.
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(2) Whenever the description of any senatorial district
refers to a named city, it shall mean the geographical boundaries
of that city as shown on the census maps for the United States
decennial census of 1980 for the State of Georgia.
(e) Any part of the State of Georgia which is not included in any
Senate district described in this Code section shall be included within
that district contiguous to such part which contains the least popula-
tion according to the United States decennial census of 1980 for the
State of Georgia.
Section 2. Code Section 47-102, relating to senatorial districts,
as such Code section shall exist immediately prior to the effective
date of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, shall be renumbered
Code Section 28-2-2 and shall be substituted in lieu of and shall
become Code Section 28-2-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Anno-
tated.
Section 3. In the event any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
or phrase of this Act shall be declared or adjudged invalid or unconsti-
tutional, such adjudication shall in no manner affect the other
sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, or phrases of this Act, which
shall remain of full force and effect as if the section, subsection,
sentence, clause, or phrase so declared or adjudged invalid or uncon-
stitutional were not originally a part hereof. The General Assembly
hereby declares that it would have passed the remaining parts of this
Act if it had known that such part or parts hereof would be declared or
adjudged invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 4. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), this Act
shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its
becoming law without his approval.
(b) Section 2 of this Act shall become effective November 1,
1982, but only in the event that the Official Code of Georgia Anno-
tated becomes law by such date. If the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated does not become law by such date, Section 2 shall be null
and void and shall stand repealed in its entirety.
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Section 5. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
hereby repealed.
Approved September 10,1981.
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.
Code Chapter 34-18 Amended.
No. 5 (Senate Bill No. 2).
AN ACT
To amend Code Chapter 34-18, relating to congressional districts,
as amended, particularly by an Act approved October 14, 1971 (Ga.
Laws 1971, Ex. Sess., p. 89) and an Act approved March 16,1972 (Ga.
Laws 1972, p. 235), so as to provide for the composition of the ten
congressional districts of Georgia; to provide for the election of
members of Congress; to provide when the members of Congress shall
take office; to provide for the continuation of present congressional
districts until a certain time; to provide definitions; to provide certain
provisions relative to certain boards or bodies; to provide for other
matters relative to the foregoing; to incorporate the provisions of
Code Section 34-1801, relating to congressional districts, Code Sec-
tion 34-1802, relating to definitions, and Code Section 34-1803,
relating to boards or bodies, as such Code sections shall exist immedi-
ately prior to the effective date of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, into the Official Code of Georgia Annotated; to provide
for severability; to provide effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws;
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia:
Section 1. Code Chapter 34-18, relating to congressional dis-
tricts, as amended, particularly by an Act approved October 14,1971
(Ga. Laws 1971, Ex. Sess., p. 89) and an Act approved March 16,1972
(Ga. Laws 1972, p. 235), is hereby amended by striking Code Section
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34-1801 in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof new Code
sections to read as follows:
34-1801. (a) The state is divided into ten congressional districts,
each of said districts being entitled to elect one representative to the
Congress of the United States. Each such district shall be composed
of either a portion of a county, or a county, or counties, or any
combination thereof, as provided for hereinafter.
District No. 1
Brantley
Bryan
Bulloch
Burke
Camden
Candler
Chatham
Effingham
Emanuel
Evans
Glynn
Jenkins
Liberty
Long
McIntosh
Montgomery
Screven
Tattnall
Toombs
Wayne
District No. 2
Baker
Ben Hill
Berrien
Brooks
Calhoun
Clay
Colquitt
Cook
Crisp
Decatur
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Dougherty
Early
Echols
Grady
Irwin
Lanier
Lee
Lowndes
Miller
Mitchell
Quitman
Randolph
Seminole
Stewart
Terrell
Thomas
Tift
Turner
Webster
Worth
District No. 3
Bleckley
Butts
Chattahoochee
Crawford
Dooly
Harris
Houston
Lamar
Macon
Marion
Meriwether
Muscogee
Peach
Pike
Pulaski
Schley
Sumter
Talbot
Taylor
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Troup
Upson
District No. 4
DeKalb
Tracts 201 through 204, 211, 212.02 through
212.07, 213.01 through 213.04, 214.01 through
214.04, 215, 216.01 through 216.03,
217.01, 217.02, 218.02 through 218.04,
219.01 through 219.03, 220.01 through
220.03, 221, 222, 223.01, 223.02,
224.01 through 224.03, 225 through 230,
231.01 through 231.04, 232.01 through
232.03, 233.01 through 233.04,
234.03 through 234.07, 235.01
through 235.03, 236, 237, and
238.01 through 238.03
Fulton
Tract 101.04
Tract 114.01
Those parts of Blocks 601 and 602
within the City of Alpharetta
Block 603
That part of Block 604 within the
City of Alpharetta
Tract 114.02
Block Group 1
Blocks 201 through 203, 206, 207,
and 210
That part of Block 301 outside the
City of Roswell
Blocks 302 and 303
Those parts of Blocks 401, 404, and
501 outside the City of Roswell
Blocks 502 through 504
Block Groups 6 and 7
Tracts 115 and 116
Newton
Rockdale
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District No. 5
DeKalb
Tracts 205 through 209
Fulton
Tracts 1, 2, 4 through 8, 10.95,
11 through 33, 35 through 41, 42.95,
43, 44, 46.95, 48, 49.95, 50, 52,
53, 55.01, 55.02, 56 through 58, 60
through 65, 66.01, 66.02, 67, 68.01
68.02, 69 through 75, 76.01,
76.02, 77.01, 77.02, 78.02
through 78.04, 79, 80, 81.01,
81.02, 82.01, 82.02, 83.01, 83.02,
84, 85, 86.01, 86.02, 87.01, 87.02,
88 through 100, 101.01, 101.03,
102.01, 102.02, 103, 104, and 105.05
Tract 105.06
Block Group 1
Tracts 109 through 111, 112.01,
112.02, 113.01, and 113.02
Tract 114.01
Block Groups 1 through 5
Those parts of Blocks 601, 602, and 604
outside the City of Alpharetta
Blocks 605 through 609
Block Groups 7 through 9
Tract 114.02
Block 205
Those parts of Blocks 301 and 401
within the City of Roswell
Blocks 402 and 403
That part of Block 404 within the
City of Roswell
Blocks 406 through 418 and 420
through 423
That part of Block 501 within the
City of Roswell
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District No. 6
Carroll
Clayton
Coweta
Douglas
Fayette
Fulton
Tracts 105.03 and 105.04
Tract 105.06
Block Groups 2 through 4 and 6 through 9
Tracts 106.01, 106.02, 107, and 108
Haralson
Heard
Henry
Paulding
Polk
Spalding
District No. 7
Bartow
Catoosa
Chattooga
Cobb
Dade
Floyd
Walker
District No. 8
Appling
Atkinson
Bacon
Baldwin
Bibb
Charlton
Clinch
Coffee
Dodge
Glascock
Greene
Hancock
Jasper
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Jeff Davis
Jefferson
Johnson
Jones
Laurens
Monroe
Pierce
Putnam
Taliaferro
Telfair
Treutlen
Twiggs
Ware
Washington
Wheeler
Wilcox
Wilkinson
District No. 9
Banks
Cherokee
Dawson
Fannin
Forsyth
Franklin
Gilmer
Gordon
Gwinnett
Tracts 501, 502.01, 502.02, 503.02,
505.01 through 505.05,
and 506
Tract 507.03
Block Group 1
Blocks 201 through 203
Block Groups 3 through 8
Tract 507.05
Habersham
Hall
Hart
Jackson
Lumpkin
Murray
Pickens
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Rabun
Stephens
Towns
Union
White
Whitfield
District No. 10
Barrow
Clarke
Columbia
Elbert
Gwinnett
Tracts 503.01, 503.03, 504.01 through
504.05, 507.01, and 507.02
Tract 507.03
Blocks 204 through 214
Tract 507.04
Lincoln
McDuffie
Madison
Morgan
Oconee
Oglethorpe
Richmond
Walton
Warren
Wilkes
(b) Any portion of this state which is not included in any district
described in this Code section shall be included within that district
contiguous to such portion which contains the least population
according to the United States decennial census of 1980 for this state.
(c) The first members elected pursuant to the above provisions
shall be those who are elected to take office in January, 1983.
Successors to those members and future successors shall likewise be
elected under the provisions of this Code section. Until that time the
members of the United States House of Representatives elected in
1980 shall continue to serve and, for all purposes relative to member-
ship in the House of Representatives, the composition of congres-
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sional districts from which such members were elected shall remain
the same. The provisions of this Code section shall be effective for the
primaries and elections of 1982 for the purpose of electing the
members in 1982 who are to take office in 1983. For the purpose of
appointing or electing members of boards or bodies where such are
made on the basis of congressional districts, the provisions of this
Code section shall be effective January 1,1983.
34-1802. For purposes of this Code chapter: (1) the terms Tract
or Census Tract, Block Group, and Block shall mean and shall
describe the same geographical boundaries as provided in the
report of the Bureau of the Census for the United States decennial
census of 1980 for the State of Georgia.
(2) Whenever the description of any congressional district
refers to a named city, it shall mean the geographical boundaries
of that city as shown on the census maps for the United States
decennial census of 1980 for the State of Georgia.
34-1803. Any member of any constitutional or statutory board or
body who is in office on January 1, 1983, and who was appointed on
the basis of residency within a congressional district shall serve out
the term for which the member was appointed and shall represent the
congressional district created by this Code chapter in which the
member resides unless more members of the board or body than
authorized by the applicable constitutional provision or statute reside
within the same congressional district. In the event any congressional
district created by this Code chapter has residing therein more
members of any such board or body than the number of members
specified by the applicable constitutional provision or statute, the
appointing authority shall designate which member or members
representing the congressional district shall continue to serve as a
member or members of the board or body. Any member not desig-
nated for continued membership shall cease to hold office at such
time as the appointing authority makes such designation. If a con-
gressional district created by this Code chapter is not represented on
a board or body as specified by the applicable constitutional provision
or statute, the appointing authority shall appoint to the board or body
a member or members from the congressional district which does not
have sufficient representation. The initial appointment of such
member or members shall be for a term or terms ending on the date or
dates on which the term or terms of the member or members removed
by the foregoing requirement would have ended.
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Section 2. (a) Code Section 34-1801, relating to congressional
districts, as such Code section shall exist immediately prior to the
effective date of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, shall be
renumbered Code Section 21-2-4 and shall be substituted in lieu of
and shall become Code Section 21-2-4 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated.
(b) Code Section 34-1802, relating to definitions, as such Code
section shall exist immediately prior to the effective date of the
Official Code of Georgia Annotated, shall be renumbered Code Sec-
tion 21-2-3 and shall become Code Section 21-2-3 of the Official Code
of Georgia Annotated.
(c) Code Section 34-1803, relating to boards or bodies, as such
Code section shall exist immediately prior to the effective date of the
Official Code of Georgia Annotated, shall be renumbered Code Sec-
tion 21-2-4.1 and shall become Code Section 21-2-4.1 of the Official
Code of Georgia Annotated.
Section 3. In the event any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
or phrase of this Act shall be declared or adjudged invalid or unconsti-
tutional, such adjudication shall in no manner affect the other
sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, or phrases of this Act, which
shall remain of full force and effect as if the section, subsection,
sentence, clause, or phrase so declared or adjudged invalid or uncon-
stitutional were not originally a part hereof. The General Assembly
hereby declares that it would have passed the remaining parts of this
Act if it had known that such part or parts hereof would be declared or
adjudged invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 4. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), this Act
shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its
becoming law without his approval.
(b) Section 2 of this Act shall become effective November 1,
1982, but only in the event that the Official Code of Georgia Anno-
tated becomes law by such date. If the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated does not become law by such date, Section 2 shall be null
and void and shall stand repealed in its entirety.
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Section 5. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
hereby repealed.
Approved September 22,1981.
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RESOLUTIONS
OF THE
EXTRAORDINARY SESSION
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE
STATE OF GEORGIA
1981
PROPOSING AMENDMENTS
TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF GEORGIA
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PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1983.
Proposed Amendment to the Constitution.
No. 1 (House Resolution No. 4).
A RESOLUTION
Proposing a new Constitution for the State of Georgia to be
presented to the people for ratification or rejection at the general
election in 1982; to provide an effective date; to provide for the
submission of this Constitution for ratification or rejection; and for
other purposes.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
GEORGIA:
Section 1. If ratified by the people at the general election in
1982, the following shall be the Constitution of the State of Georgia:
CONSTITUTION
OF THE
STATE OF GEORGIA
PREAMBLE
To perpetuate the principles of free government, insure justice to
all, preserve peace, promote the interest and happiness of the citizen
and of the family, and transmit to posterity the enjoyment of liberty,
we the people of Georgia, relying upon the protection and guidance of
Almighty God, do ordain and establish this Constitution.
ARTICLE I.
BILL OF RIGHTS
SECTION I.
RIGHTS OF PERSONS
Paragraph I. Life, liberty, and property. No person shall be
deprived of life, liberty, or property except by due process of law.
Paragraph II. Protection to person and property; equal
protection. Protection to person and property is the paramount
duty of government and shall be impartial and complete. No person
shall be denied the equal protection of the laws.
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Paragraph III. Freedom of conscience. Each person has the
natural and inalienable right to worship God, each according to the
dictates of that persons own conscience; and no human authority
should, in any case, control or interfere with such right of conscience.
Paragraph IV. Religious opinions; freedom of religion. No
inhabitant of this state shall be molested in person or property or be
prohibited from holding any public office or trust on account of
religious opinions; but the right of freedom of religion shall not be so
construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness or justify practices
inconsistent with the peace and safety of the state.
Paragraph V. Freedom of speech and of the press guaran-
teed. No law shall be passed to curtail or restrain the freedom of
speech or of the press. Every person may speak, write, and publish
sentiments on all subjects but shall be responsible for the abuse of
that liberty.
Paragraph VI. Libel. In all civil or criminal actions for libel, the
truth may be given in evidence; and, if it shall appear to the trier of
fact that the matter charged as libelous is true, the party shall be
discharged.
Paragraph VII. Citizens, protection of. All citizens of the
United States, resident in this state, are hereby declared citizens of
this state; and it shall be the duty of the General Assembly to enact
such laws as will protect them in the full enjoyment of the rights,
privileges, and immunities due to such citizenship.
Paragraph VIII. Arms, right to keep and bear. The right of
the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, but the
General Assembly shall have power to prescribe the manner in which
arms may be borne.
Paragraph IX. Right to assemble and petition. The people
have the right to assemble peaceably for their common good and to
apply by petition or remonstrance to those vested with the powers of
government for redress of grievances.
Paragraph X. Bill of attainder; ex post facto laws; and
retroactive laws. No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, retroac-
tive law, or laws impairing the obligation of contract or making
irrevocable grant of special privileges or immunities shall be passed.
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Paragraph XI. Right to trial by jury; number of jurors;
selection and compensation of jurors, (a) The right to trial by
jury shall remain inviolate, except that the court shall render
judgment without the verdict of a jury in all civil cases where no
issuable defense is filed and where a jury is not demanded in writing
by either party. In criminal cases, the defendant shall have a public
and speedy trial by an impartial jury; and the jury shall be the judges
of the law and the facts.
(b) A trial jury shall consist of 12 persons; but the General
Assembly may prescribe any number, not less than six, to constitute a
trial jury in courts of limited jurisdiction and in superior courts in
misdemeanor cases.
(c) The General Assembly shall provide by law for the selection
and compensation of persons to serve as grand jurors and trial jurors.
Paragraph XII. Right to the courts. No person shall be
deprived of the right to prosecute or defend, either in person or by an
attorney, that persons own cause in any of the courts of this state.
Paragraph XIII. Searches, seizures, and warrants. The
right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and
effects against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be vio-
lated; and no warrant shall issue except upon probable cause sup-
ported by oath or affirmation particularly describing the place or
places to be searched and the persons or things to be seized.
Paragraph XIV. Benefit of counsel; accusation; list of
witnesses; compulsory process. Every person charged with an
offense against the laws of this state shall have the privilege and
benefit of counsel; shall be furnished with a copy of the accusation or
indictment and, on demand, with a list of the witnesses on whose
testimony such charge is founded; shall have compulsory process to
obtain the testimony of that persons own witnesses; and shall be
confronted with the witnesses testifying against such person.
Paragraph XV. Habeas corpus. The writ of habeas corpus shall
not be suspended unless, in case of rebellion or invasion, the public
safety may require it.
Paragraph XVI. Self-incrimination. No person shall be com-
pelled to give testimony tending in any manner to be self-incriminat-
ing.
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Paragraph XVII. Bail; fines; punishment; arrest, abuse of
prisoners. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines
imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted; nor shall any
person be abused in being arrested, while under arrest, or in prison.
Paragraph XVIII. Jeopardy of life or liberty more than
once forbidden. No person shall be put in jeopardy of life or liberty
more than once for the same offense except when a new trial has been
granted after conviction or in case of mistrial.
Paragraph XIX. Treason. Treason against the State of Georgia
shall consist of insurrection against the state, adhering to the states
enemies, or giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be
convicted of treason except on the testimony of two witnesses to the
same overt act or confession in open court.
Paragraph XX. Conviction, effect of. No conviction shall work
corruption of blood or forfeiture of estate.
Paragraph XXI. Banishment and whipping as punishment
for crime. Neither banishment beyond the limits of the state nor
whipping shall be allowed as a punishment for crime.
Paragraph XXII. Involuntary servitude. There shall be no
involuntary servitude within the State of Georgia except as a punish-
ment for crime after legal conviction thereof or for contempt of court.
Paragraph XXIII. Imprisonment for debt. There shall be no
imprisonment for debt.
Paragraph XXIV. Costs. No person shall be compelled to pay
costs in any criminal case except after conviction on final trial.
Paragraph XXV. Status of the citizen. The social status of a
citizen shall never be the subject of legislation.
Paragraph XXVI. Exemptions from levy and sale. The
General Assembly shall protect by law from levy and sale by virtue of
any process under the laws of this state a portion of the property of
each person in an amount of not less than $1,600.00 and shall have
authority to define to whom any such additional exemptions shall be
allowed; to specify the amount of such exemptions; to provide for the
manner of exempting such property and for the sale, alienation, and
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encumbrance thereof; and to provide for the waiver of said exemp-
tions by the debtor.
Paragraph XXVII. Spouses separate property. The sepa-
rate property of each spouse shall remain the separate property of
that spouse except as otherwise provided by law.
Paragraph XXVIII. Enumeration of rights not denial of
others. The enumeration of rights herein contained as a part of this
Constitution shall not be construed to deny to the people any
inherent rights which they may have hitherto enjoyed.
SECTION II.
ORIGIN AND STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT
Paragraph I. Origin and foundation of government. All
government, of right, originates with the people, is founded upon
their will only, and is instituted solely for the good of the whole.
Public officers are the trustees and servants of the people and are at
all times amenable to them.
Paragraph II. Object of government. The people of this state
have the inherent right of regulating their internal government.
Government is instituted for the protection, security, and benefit of
the people; and at all times they have the right to alter or reform the
same whenever the public good may require it.
Paragraph III. Separation of legislative, judicial, and
executive powers. The legislative, judicial, and executive powers
shall forever remain separate and distinct; and no person discharging
the duties of one shall at the same time exercise the functions of either
of the others except as herein provided.
Paragraph IV. Contempts. The power of the courts to punish
for contempt shall be limited by legislative acts.
Paragraph V. What acts void. Legislative acts in violation of
this Constitution or the Constitution of the United States are void,
and the judiciary shall so declare them.
Paragraph VI. Superiority of civil authority. The civil
authority shall be superior to the military.
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Paragraph VII. Separation of church and state. No money
shall ever be taken from the public treasury, directly or indirectly, in
aid of any church, sect, cult, or religious denomination or of any
sectarian institution.
Paragraph VIII. Lotteries. All lotteries, and the sale of lottery
tickets, are hereby prohibited; and this prohibition shall be enforced
by penal laws, except that the General Assembly may by law provide
that the operation of a nonprofit bingo game shall not be a lottery and
shall be legal in this state. The General Assembly may by law define a
nonprofit bingo game and provide for the regulation of nonprofit
bingo games.
Paragraph IX. Sovereign immunity of the state from suit.
(a) The sovereign immunity of the state from suit is hereby expressly
reserved except to the extent of any waiver or qualification of such
immunity as is now or may hereafter be provided by law.
(b) The General Assembly may provide by law for the processing
and disposition of claims against the state which do not exceed such
maximum amount as provided therein.
SECTION III.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Paragraph I. Eminent domain, (a) Except as otherwise
provided in this Paragraph, private property shall not be taken or
damaged for public purposes without just and adequate compensa-
tion being first paid.
(b) When private property is taken or damaged by the state or
the counties or municipalities of the state for public road or street
purposes, or for public transportation purposes, or for any other
public purposes as determined by the General Assembly, just and
adequate compensation therefor need not be paid until the same has
been finally fixed and determined as provided by law; but such just
and adequate compensation shall then be paid in preference to all
other obligations except bonded indebtedness.
(c) The General Assembly may by law require the condemnor to
make prepayment against adequate compensation as a condition
precedent to the exercise of the right of eminent domain and provide
for the disbursement of the same to the end that the rights and
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equities of the property owner, lien holders, and the state and its
subdivisions may be protected.
(d) The General Assembly may provide by law for the payment
by the condemnor of reasonable expenses, including attorneys fees,
incurred by the condemnee in determining just and adequate com-
pensation.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Constitution, the
General Assembly may provide by law for relocation assistance and
payments to persons displaced through the exercise of the power of
eminent domain or because of public projects or programs; and the
powers of taxation may be exercised and public funds expended in
furtherance thereof.
Paragraph II. Private ways. In case of necessity, private ways
may be granted upon just and adequate compensation being first paid
by the applicant.
Paragraph III. Tidewater titles confirmed. The Act of the
General Assembly approved December 16, 1902, which extends the
title of ownership of lands abutting on tidal water to low water mark,
is hereby ratified and confirmed.
ARTICLE II.
VOTING AND ELECTIONS
SECTION I.
METHOD OF VOTING; RIGHT TO REGISTER AND VOTE
Paragraph I. Method of voting. Elections by the people shall
be by secret ballot and shall be conducted in accordance with proce-
dures provided by law.
Paragraph II. Right to register and vote. Every person who is
a citizen of the United States and a resident of Georgia as defined by
law, who is at least 18 years of age and not disenfranchised by this
article, and who meets minimum residency requirements as provided
by law shall be entitled to vote at any election by the people. The
General Assembly shall provide by law for the registration of electors.
Paragraph III. Exceptions to right to register and vote, (a)
No person who has been convicted of a felony involving moral
turpitude may register, remain registered, or vote except upon com-
pletion of the sentence.
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(b) No person who has been judicially determined to be mentally
incompetent may register, remain registered, or vote unless the
disability has been removed.
SECTION II.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Paragraph I. Procedures to be provided by law. The
General Assembly shall provide by law for a method of appeal from
the decision to allow or refuse to allow any person to register or vote
and shall provide by law for a procedure whereby returns of all
elections by the people shall be made to the Secretary of State.
Paragraph II. Run-off election. A run-off election shall be a
continuation of the general election and only persons who were
entitled to vote in the general election shall be entitled to vote
therein; and only those votes cast for the persons designated for the
runoff shall be counted in the tabulation and canvass of the votes
cast.
Paragraph III. Persons not eligible to hold office. No person
who is not a registered voter or who has been convicted of a felony
involving moral turpitude, unless that persons civil rights have been
restored, or who is the holder of public funds illegally shall be eligible
to hold any office or appointment of honor or trust in this state.
Additional conditions of eligibility to hold office for persons elected
on a write-in vote and for persons holding offices or appointments of
honor or trust other than elected offices created by this Constitution
may be provided by law.
Paragraph IV. Recall of public officials holding elective
office. The General Assembly is hereby authorized to provide by
general law for the recall of public officials who hold elective office.
The procedures, grounds, and all other matters relative to such recall
shall be provided for in such law.
ARTICLE III.
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
SECTION I.
LEGISLATIVE POWER
Paragraph I. Power vested in General Assembly. The
legislative power of the state shall be vested in a General Assembly
which shall consist of a Senate and a House of Representatives.
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SECTION II.
COMPOSITION OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Paragraph I. Senate and House of Representatives, (a)
The Senate shall consist of not more than 56 Senators, each of whom
shall be elected from single-member districts.
(b) The House of Representatives shall consist of not fewer than
180 Representatives apportioned among representative districts of
the state.
Paragraph II. Apportionment of General Assembly. The
General Assembly shall apportion the Senate and House districts.
Such districts shall be composed of contiguous territory. The appor-
tionment of the Senate and of the House of Representatives shall be
changed by the General Assembly as necessary after each United
States decennial census.
Paragraph III. Qualifications of members of General
Assembly, (a) At the time of their election, the members of the
Senate shall be citizens of the United States, shall be at least 25 years
of age, shall have been citizens of this state for at least two years, and
shall have been legal residents of the territory embraced within the
district from which elected for at least one year.
(b) At the time of their election, the members of the House of
Representatives shall be citizens of the United States, shall be at least
21 years of age, shall have been citizens of this state for at least two
years, and shall have been legal residents of the territory embraced
within the district from which elected for at least one year.
Paragraph IV. Disqualifications, (a) No person on active duty
with any branch of the armed forces of the United States shall have a
seat in either house unless otherwise provided by law.
(b) No person holding any civil appointment or office having any
emolument annexed thereto under the United States, this state, or
any other state shall have a seat in either house.
(c) No Senator or Representative shall be elected by the General
Assembly or appointed by the Governor to any office or appointment
having any emolument annexed thereto during the time for which
such person shall have been elected unless the Senator or Representa-
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tive shall first resign the seat to which elected; provided, however,
that, during the term for which elected, no Senator or Representative
shall be appointed to any civil office which has been created during
such term.
Paragraph V. Election and term of members, (a) The
members of the General Assembly shall be elected by the qualified
electors of their respective districts for a term of two years and shall
serve until the time fixed for the convening of the next General
Assembly.
(b) The members of the General Assembly in office on June 30,
1983, shall serve out the remainder of the terms to which elected.
(c) The first election for members of the General Assembly
under this Constitution shall take place on Tuesday after the first
Monday in November, 1984, and subsequent elections biennially on
that day until the day of election is changed by law.
SECTION III.
OFFICERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Paragraph I. President and President Pro Tempore of the
Senate, (a) The presiding officer of the Senate shall be styled the
President of the Senate.
(b) A President Pro Tempore shall be elected by the Senate
from among its members. The President Pro Tempore shall act as
President in case of the temporary disability of the President. In case
of the death, resignation, or permanent disability of the President or
in the event of the succession of the President to the executive power,
the President Pro Tempore shall become President and shall receive
the same compensation and allowances as the Speaker of the House of
Representatives. The General Assembly shall provide by law for the
method of determining disability as provided in this Paragraph.
Paragraph II. Speaker and Speaker Pro Tempore of the
House of Representatives, (a) The presiding officer of the House
of Representatives shall be styled the Speaker of the House of
Representatives and shall be elected by the House of Representatives
from among its members.
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(b) A Speaker Pro Tempore shall be elected by the House of
Representatives from among its members. The Speaker Pro Tem-
pore shall become Speaker in case of the death, resignation, or
permanent disability of the Speaker and shall serve until a Speaker is
elected. Such election shall be held as provided in the rules of the
House. The General Assembly shall provide by law for the method of
determining disability as provided in this Paragraph.
Paragraph III. Other officers of the two houses. The other
officers of the two houses shall be a Secretary of the Senate and a
Clerk of the House of Representatives.
SECTION IV.
ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURE OF THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
Paragraph I. Meeting, time limit, and adjournment, (a)
The Senate and House of Representatives shall organize each odd-
numbered year and shall be a different General Assembly for each
two-year period. The General Assembly shall meet in regular session
on the second Monday in January of each year, or otherwise as
provided by law, and may continue in session for a period of no longer
than 40 days in the aggregate each year. By concurrent resolution, the
General Assembly may adjourn any regular session to such later date
as it may fix for reconvening. Separate periods of adjournment may
be fixed by one or more such concurrent resolutions.
(b) Neither house shall adjourn during a regular session for more
than three days or meet in any place other than the state capitol
without the consent of the other. Following the fifth day of a special
session, either house may adjourn not more than twice for a period
not to exceed seven days for each such adjournment. In the event
either house, after the thirtieth day of any session, adopts a resolution
to adjourn for a specified period of time and such resolution and any
amendments thereto are not adopted by both houses by the end of the
legislative day on which adjournment was called for in such resolu-
tion, the Governor may adjourn both houses for a period of time not
to exceed ten days.
(c) If an impeachment trial is pending at the end of any session,
the House shall adjourn and the Senate shall remain in session until
such trial is completed.
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Paragraph II. Oath of members. Each Senator and Represen-
tative, before taking the seat to which elected, shall take the oath or
affirmation prescribed by law.
Paragraph III. Quorum. A majority of the members to which
each house is entitled shall constitute a quorum to transact business.
A smaller number may adjourn from day to day and compel the
presence of its absent members.
Paragraph IV. Rules of procedure; employees; interim
committees. Each house shall determine its rules of procedure and
may provide for its employees. Interim committees may be created
by or pursuant to the authority of the General Assembly or of either
house.
Paragraph V. Vacancies. When a vacancy occurs in the General
Assembly, it shall be filled as provided by this Constitution and by
law. The seat of a member of either house shall be vacant upon the
removal of such members legal residence from the district from
which elected.
Paragraph VI. Salaries. The members of the General Assembly
shall receive such salary as shall be provided for by law, provided that
no increase in salary shall become effective prior to the end of the
term during which such change is made.
Paragraph VII. Election and returns; disorderly conduct.
Each house shall be the judge of the election, returns, and qualifica-
tions of its members and shall have power to punish them for
disorderly behavior or misconduct by censure, fine, imprisonment, or
expulsion; but no member shall be expelled except by a vote of two-
thirds of the members of the house to which such member belongs.
Paragraph VIII. Contempts, how punished. Each house may
punish by imprisonment, not extending beyond the session, any
person not a member who shall be guilty of a contempt by any
disorderly behavior in its presence or who shall rescue or attempt to
rescue any person arrested by order of either house.
Paragraph IX. Privilege of members. The members of both
houses shall be free from arrest during sessions of the General
Assembly, or committee meetings thereof, and in going thereto or
returning therefrom, except for treason, felony, or breach of the
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peace. No member shall be liable to answer in any other place for
anything spoken in either house or in any committee meeting of either
house.
Paragraph X. Elections by either house. All elections by
either house of the General Assembly shall be by recorded vote, and
the vote shall appear on the respective journal of each house.
Paragraph XI. Open meetings. The sessions of the General
Assembly and all standing committee meetings thereof shall be open
to the public. Either house may by rule provide for exceptions to this
requirement.
SECTION V.
ENACTMENT OF LAWS
Paragraph I. Journals and laws. Each house shall keep and
publish after its adjournment a journal of its proceedings. The
original journals shall be the sole, official records of the proceedings of
each house and shall be preserved as provided by law. The General
Assembly shall provide for the publication of the laws passed at each
session.
Paragraph II. Bills for revenue. All bills for raising revenue, or
appropriating money, shall originate in the House of Representatives.
Paragraph III. One subject matter expressed. No bill shall
pass which refers to more than one subject matter or contains matter
different from what is expressed in the title thereof.
Paragraph IV. Statutes and sections of Code, how
amended. No law or section of the Code shall be amended or
repealed by mere reference to its title or to the number of the section
of the Code; but the amending or repealing Act shall distinctly
describe the law or Code section to be amended or repealed as well as
the alteration to be made.
Paragraph V. Majority of members to pass bill. No bill shall
become law unless it shall receive a majority of the votes of all the
members to which each house is entitled, and such vote shall so
appear on the journal of each house.
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Paragraph VI. When roll-call vote taken. In either house,
when ordered by the presiding officer or at the desire of one-fifth of
the members present or a lesser number if so provided by the rules of
either house, a roll-call vote on any question shall be taken and shall
be entered on the journal. The yeas and nays in each house shall be
recorded and entered on the journal upon the passage or rejection of
any bill or resolution appropriating money and whenever the Consti-
tution requires a vote of two-thirds of either or both houses for the
passage of a bill or resolution.
Paragraph VII. Reading of general bills. The title of every
general bill and of every resolution intended to have the effect of
general law or to amend this Constitution or to propose a new
Constitution shall be read three times and on three separate days in
each house before such bill or resolution shall be voted upon; and the
third reading of such bill and resolution shall be in their entirety
when ordered by the presiding officer or by a majority of the members
voting on such question in either house.
Paragraph VIII. Procedure for considering local legisla-
tion. The General Assembly may provide by law for the procedure
for considering local legislation. The title of every local bill and every
resolution intended to have the effect of local law shall be read at least
once before such bill or resolution shall be voted upon; and no such
bill or resolution shall be voted upon prior to the second day following
the day of introduction.
Paragraph IX. Advertisement of notice to introduce local
legislation. The General Assembly shall provide by law for the
advertisement of notice of intention to introduce local bills.
Paragraph X. Acts signed. All Acts shall be signed by the
President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives.
Paragraph XI. Signature of Governor. No provision in this
Constitution for a two-thirds vote of both houses of the General
Assembly shall be construed to waive the necessity for the signature
of the Governor as in any other case, except in the case of the two-
thirds vote required to override the veto or to submit proposed
constitutional amendments or a proposal for a new Constitution.
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Paragraph XII. Rejected bills. No bill or resolution intended to
have the effect of law which shall have been rejected by either house
shall again be proposed during the same regular or special session
under the same or any other title without the consent of two-thirds of
the house by which the same was rejected.
Paragraph XIII. Approval, veto, and override of veto of
bills and resolutions, (a) All bills and all resolutions which have
been passed by the General Assembly intended to have the effect of
law shall become law if the Governor approves or fails to veto the
same within six days from the date any such bill or resolution is
transmitted to the Governor unless the General Assembly adjourns
sine die or adjourns for more than 40 days prior to the expiration of
said six days. In the case of such adjournment sine die or of such
adjournment for more than 40 days, the same shall become law if
approved or not vetoed by the Governor within 40 days from the date
of any such adjournment.
(b) During sessions of the General Assembly or during any
period of adjournment of a session of the General Assembly, no bill or
resolution shall be transmitted to the Governor after passage except
upon request of the Governor or upon order of two-thirds of the
membership of each house. A local bill which is required by the
Constitution to have a referendum election conducted before it shall
become effective shall be transmitted immediately to the Governor
when ordered by the presiding officer of the house wherein the bill
shall have originated or upon order of two-thirds of the membership
of such house.
(c) The Governor shall have the duty to transmit any vetoed bill
or resolution, together with the reasons for such veto, to the presiding
officer of the house wherein it originated within three days from the
date of veto if the General Assembly is in session on the date of
transmission. If the General Assembly adjourns sine die or adjourns
for more than 40 days, the Governor shall transmit any vetoed bill or
resolution, together with the reasons for such veto, to the presiding
officer of the house wherein it originated within 60 days of the date of
such adjournment.
(d) During sessions of the General Assembly, any vetoed bill or
resolution may upon receipt be immediately considered by the house
wherein it originated for the purpose of overriding the veto. If two-
thirds of the members to which such house is entitled vote to override
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the veto of the Governor, the same shall be immediately transmitted
to the other house where it shall be immediately considered. Upon
the vote to override the veto by two-thirds of the members to which
such other house is entitled, such bill or resolution shall become law.
All bills and resolutions vetoed during the last three days of the
session and not considered for the purpose of overriding the veto and
all bills and resolutions vetoed after the General Assembly has
adjourned sine die may be considered at the next session of the
General Assembly for the purpose of overriding the veto in the
manner herein provided. If either house shall fail to override the
Governors veto, neither house shall again consider such bill or
resolution for the purpose of overriding such veto.
(e) The Governor may approve any appropriation and veto any
other appropriation in the same bill, and any appropriation vetoed
shall not become law unless such veto is overridden in the manner
herein provided.
Paragraph XIV. Jointly sponsored bills and resolutions.
The General Assembly may provide by law for the joint sponsorship
of bills and resolutions.
SECTION VI.
EXERCISE OF POWERS
Paragraph I. General powers. The General Assembly shall
have the power to make all laws not inconsistent with this Constitu-
tion, and not repugnant to the Constitution of the United States,
which it shall deem necessary and proper for the welfare of the state.
Paragraph II. Specific powers, (a) Without limitation of the
powers granted under Paragraph I, the General Assembly shall have
the power to provide by law for:
(1) Restrictions upon land use in order to protect and
preserve the natural resources, environment, and vital areas of
this state.
(2) A militia and for the trial by courts-martial and nonjudi-
cial punishment of its members, the discipline of whom, when not
in federal service, shall be in accordance with law and the direc-
tives of the Governor acting as commander in chief.
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(3) The participation by the state and political subdivisions
and instrumentalities of the state in federal programs and the
compliance with laws relating thereto, including but not limited to
the powers, which may be exercised to the extent and in the
manner necessary to effect such participation and compliance, to
tax, to expend public money, to condemn property, and to zone
property.
(4) The continuity of state and local governments in periods
of emergency resulting from disasters caused by enemy attack
including but not limited to the suspension of all constitutional
legislative rules during such emergency.
(5) The participation by the state with any county, munici-
pality, nonprofit organization, or any combination thereof in the
operation of any of the facilities operated by such agencies for the
purpose of encouraging and promoting tourism in this state.
(6) The control and regulation of outdoor advertising
devices adjacent to federal aid interstate and primary highways
and for the acquisition of property or interest therein for such
purposes and may exercise the powers of taxation and provide for
the expenditure of public funds in connection therewith.
(b) The General Assembly shall have the power to implement
the provisions of Article I, Section III, Paragraph 1(2.); Article IV,
Section VIII, Paragraph II; Article IV, Section VIII, Paragraph III;
and Article X, Section II, Paragraph XII of the Constitution of 1976
in force and effect on June 30,1983; and all laws heretofore adopted
thereunder and valid at the time of their enactment shall continue in
force and effect until modified or repealed.
Paragraph III. Powers not to be abridged. The General
Assembly shall not abridge its powers under this Constitution. No
law enacted by the General Assembly shall be construed to limit its
powers.
Paragraph IV. Limitations on special legislation, (a) Laws
of a general nature shall have uniform operation throughout this state
and no local or special law shall be enacted in any case for which
provision has been made by an existing general law, except that the
General Assembly may by general law authorize local governments by
local ordinance or resolution to exercise police powers which do not
conflict with general laws.
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(b) No population bill, as the General Assembly shall define by
general law, shall be passed. No bill using classification by population
as a means of determining the applicability of any bill or law to any
political subdivision or group of political subdivisions may expressly
or impliedly amend, modify, supersede, or repeal the general law
defining a population bill.
(c) No special law relating to the rights or status of private
persons shall be enacted.
Paragraph V. Specific limitations, (a) The General Assembly
shall not have the power to grant incorporation to private persons but
shall provide by general law the manner in which private corporate
powers and privileges may be granted.
(b) The General Assembly shall not forgive the forfeiture of the
charter of any corporation existing on August 13, 1945, nor shall it
grant any benefit to or permit any amendment to the charter of any
corporation except upon the condition that the acceptance thereof
shall operate as a novation of the charter and that such corporation
shall thereafter hold its charter subject to the provisions of this
Constitution.
(c) The General Assembly shall not have the power to authorize
any contract or agreement which may have the effect of or which is
intended to have the effect of defeating or lessening competition, or
encouraging a monopoly, which are hereby declared to be unlawful
and void.
(d) The General Assembly shall not have the power to regulate
or fix charges of public utilities owned or operated by any county or
municipality of this state, except as authorized by this Constitution.
Paragraph VI. Gratuities, (a) Except as otherwise provided in
the Constitution, (1) the General Assembly shall not have the power
to grant any donation or gratuity or to forgive any debt or obligation
owing to the public, and (2) the General Assembly shall not grant or
authorize extra compensation to any public officer, agent, or contrac-
tor after the service has been rendered or the contract entered into.
(b) All laws heretofore adopted under Article III, Section VIII,
Paragraph XII of the Constitution of 1976 in force and effect on June
30, 1983, shall continue in force and effect and may be amended if
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such amendments are consistent with the authority granted to the
General Assembly by such provisions of said Constitution.
SECTION VII.
IMPEACHMENTS
Paragraph I. Power to impeach. The House of Representa-
tives shall have the sole power to vote impeachment charges against
any executive or judicial officer of this state or any member of the
General Assembly.
Paragraph II. Trial of impeachments. The Senate shall have
the sole power to try impeachments. When sitting for that purpose,
the Senators shall be on oath, or affirmation, and shall be presided
over by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Should the Chief
Justice be disqualified, then the Presiding Justice shall preside.
Should the Presiding Justice be disqualified, then the Senate shall
select a Justice of the Supreme Court to preside. No person shall be
convicted without concurrence of two-thirds of the members to which
the Senate is entitled.
Paragraph III. Judgments in impeachment. In cases of
impeachment, judgments shall not extend further than removal from
office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust,
or profit within this state or to receive a pension therefrom, but no
such judgment shall relieve any party from any criminal or civil
liability.
SECTION VIII.
INSURANCE REGULATION
Paragraph I. Regulation of insurance. Provision shall be
made by law for the regulation of insurance.
Paragraph II. Issuance of licenses. Insurance licenses shall be
issued by the Commissioner of Insurance as required by law.
SECTION IX.
APPROPRIATIONS
Paragraph I. Public money, how drawn. No money shall be
drawn from the treasury except by appropriation made by law.
Paragraph II. Preparation, submission, and enactments of
general appropriations bill, (a) The Governor shall submit to
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the General Assembly within five days after its convening in regular
session each year a budget message and a budget report, accompanied
by a draft of a general appropriations bill, in such form and manner as
may be prescribed by statute, which shall provide for the appropri-
ation of the funds necessary to operate all the various departments
and agencies and to meet the current expenses of the state for the
next fiscal year.
(b) The General Assembly shall annually appropriate those
state and federal funds necessary to operate all the various depart-
ments and agencies. To the extent that federal funds received by the
state for any program, project, activity, purpose, or expenditure are
changed by federal authority or exceed the amount or amounts
appropriated in the general appropriations Act or supplementary
appropriation Act or Acts, or are not anticipated, such excess,
changed or unanticipated federal funds are hereby continually appro-
priated for the purposes authorized and directed by the federal
government in making the grant. In those instances where the
conditions under which the federal funds have been made available
do not provide otherwise, federal funds shall first be used to replace
state funds that were appropriated to supplant federal funds in the
same state fiscal year. The fiscal year of the state shall commence on
the first day of July of each year and terminate on the thirtieth of
June following.
(c) The General Assembly shall by general law provide for the
regulation and management of the finance and fiscal administration
of the state.
Paragraph III. General appropriations bill. The general
appropriations bill shall embrace nothing except appropriations fixed
by previous laws; the ordinary expenses of the executive, legislative,
and judicial departments of the government; payment of the public
debt and interest thereon; and for support of the public institutions
and educational interests of the state. All other appropriations shall
be made by separate bills, each embracing but one subject.
Paragraph IV. General appropriations Act. (a) Each general
appropriations Act, now of force or hereafter adopted with such
amendments as are adopted from time to time, shall continue in force
and effect for the next fiscal year after adoption and it shall then
expire, except for the mandatory appropriations required by this
Constitution and those required to meet contractual obligations
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authorized by this Constitution and the continued appropriation of
federal grants.
(b) The General Assembly shall not appropriate funds for any
given fiscal year which, in aggregate, exceed a sum equal to the
amount of unappropriated surplus expected to have accrued in the
state treasury at the beginning of the fiscal year together with an
amount not greater than the total treasury receipts from existing
revenue sources anticipated to be collected in the fiscal year, less
refunds, as estimated in the budget report and amendments thereto.
Supplementary appropriations, if any, shall be made in the manner
provided in Paragraph V of this section of the Constitution; but in no
event shall a supplementary appropriations Act continue in force and
effect beyond the expiration of the general appropriations Act in
effect when such supplementary appropriations Act was adopted and
approved.
(c) All appropriated state funds, except for the mandatory
appropriations required by this Constitution, remaining unexpended
and not contractually obligated at the expiration of such general
appropriations Act shall lapse.
Paragraph V. Other or supplementary appropriations. In
addition to the appropriations made by the general appropriations
Act and amendments thereto, the General Assembly may make
additional appropriations by Acts, which shall be known as supple-
mentary appropriation Acts, provided no such supplementary appro-
priation shall be available unless there is an unappropriated surplus
in the state treasury or the revenue necessary to pay such appropri-
ation shall have been provided by a tax laid for such purpose and
collected into the general fund of the state treasury. Neither house
shall pass a supplementary appropriation bill until the general appro-
priations Act shall have been finally adopted by both houses and
approved by the Governor.
Paragraph VI. Appropriations to be for specific sums, (a)
Except as hereinafter provided, the appropriation for each depart-
ment, officer, bureau, board, commission, agency, or institution for
which appropriation is made shall be for a specific sum of money; and
no appropriation shall allocate to any object the proceeds of any
particular tax or fund or a part or percentage thereof.
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(b) An amount equal to all money derived from motor fuel taxes
received by the state in each of the immediately preceding fiscal
years, less the amount of refunds, rebates, and collection costs
authorized by law, is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year begin-
ning July 1, of each year following, for all activities incident to
providing and maintaining an adequate system of public roads and
bridges in this state, as authorized by laws enacted by the General
Assembly of Georgia, and for grants to counties by law authorizing
road construction and maintenance, as provided by law authorizing
such grants. Said sum is hereby appropriated for, and shall be
available for, the aforesaid purposes regardless of whether the Gen-
eral Assembly enacts a general appropriations Act; and said sum need
not be specifically stated in any general appropriations Act passed by
the General Assembly in order to be available for such purposes.
However, this shall not preclude the General Assembly from appro-
priating for such purposes an amount greater than the sum specified
above for such purposes. The expenditure of such funds shall be
subject to all the rules, regulations, and restrictions imposed on the
expenditure of appropriations by provisions of the Constitution and
laws of this state, unless such provisions are in conflict with the
provisions of this paragraph. And provided, however, that the
proceeds of the tax hereby appropriated shall not be subject to
budgetary reduction. In the event of invasion of this state by land,
sea, or air or in case of a major catastrophe so proclaimed by the
Governor, said funds may be utilized for defense or relief purposes on
the executive order of the Governor.
(c) A trust fund for use in the reimbursement of a portion of an
employers workers compensation expenses resulting to an employee
from the combination of a previous disability with subsequent injury
incurred in employment may be provided for by law. As authorized
by law, revenues raised for purposes of the fund may be paid into and
disbursed from the trust without being subject to the limitations of
subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph or of Article VII, Section III,
Paragraph II.
(d) As provided by law, additional penalties may be assessed in
any case in which any court in this state imposes a fine or orders the
forfeiture of any bond in the nature of the penalty for all offenses
against the criminal and traffic laws of this state or of the political
subdivisions of this state. The proceeds derived from such additional
penalty assessments may be allocated for the specific purpose of
meeting any and all costs, or any portion of the cost, of providing
training to law enforcement officers and to prosecuting officials.
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(e) The General Assembly may by general law approved by a
three-fifths vote of both houses designate any part or all of the
proceeds of any state tax now or hereafter levied and collected on
alcoholic beverages to be used for prevention, education, and treat-
ment relating to alcohol and drug abuse.
Paragraph VII. Appropriations void, when. Any appropri-
ation made in conflict with any of the foregoing provisions shall be
void.
SECTION X.
RETIREMENT SYSTEMS
Paragraph I. Expenditure of public funds authorized.
Public funds may be expended for the purpose of paying benefits and
other costs of retirement and pension systems for public officers and
employees and their beneficiaries.
Paragraph II. Increasing benefits authorized. Public funds
may be expended for the purpose of increasing benefits being paid
pursuant to any retirement or pension system wholly or partially
supported from public funds.
Paragraph III. Retirement systems covering employees of
county boards of education. Notwithstanding Article IX, Sec-
tion II, Paragraph III(a)(14), the authority to establish or modify
heretofore existing local retirement systems covering employees of
county boards of education shall continue to be vested in the General
Assembly.
Paragraph IV. Firemens Pension System. The powers of
taxation may be exercised by the state through the General Assembly
and the counties and municipalities for the purpose of paying pen-
sions and other benefits and costs under a firemens pension system
or systems. The taxes so levied may be collected by such firemens
pension system or systems and disbursed therefrom by authority of
the General Assembly for the purposes therein authorized.
Paragraph V. Funding standards. It shall be the duty of the
General Assembly to enact legislation to define funding standards
which will assure the actuarial soundness of any retirement or pen-
sion system supported wholly or partially from public funds and to
control legislative procedures so that no bill or resolution creating or
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amending any such retirement or pension system shall be passed by
the General Assembly without concurrent provisions for funding in
accordance with the defined funding standards.
ARTICLE IV.
CONSTITUTIONAL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
SECTION I.
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Paragraph I. Public Service Commission, (a) There shall be
a Public Service Commission for the regulation of utilities which shall
consist of five members who shall be elected by the people. The
Commissioners in office on June 30,1983, shall serve until December
31 after the general election at which the successor of each member is
elected. Thereafter, all succeeding terms of members shall be for six
years. Members shall serve until their successors are elected and
qualified. A chairman shall be selected by the members of the
commission from its membership.
(b) The commission shall be vested with such jurisdiction,
powers, and duties as provided by law.
(c) The filling of vacancies and manner and time of election of
members of the commission shall be as provided by law.
SECTION II.
STATE BOARD OF PARDONS AND PAROLES
Paragraph I. State Board of Pardons and Paroles. There
shall be a State Board of Pardons and Paroles which shall consist of
five members appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by
the Senate. The members of the board in office on June 30, 1983,
shall serve out the remainder of their respective terms, provided that
the expiration date of the term of any such member shall be
December 31 of the year in which the members term expires. As each
term of office expires, the Governor shall appoint a successor as
herein provided. All such terms of members shall be for seven years.
A chairman shall be selected by the members of the board from its
membership.
Paragraph II. Powers and authority, (a) Except as otherwise
provided in this Paragraph, the State Board of Pardons and Paroles
shall be vested with the power of executive clemency, including the
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powers to grant reprieves, pardons, and paroles; to commute penal-
ties; to remove disabilities imposed by law; and to remit any part of a
sentence for any offense against the state after conviction.
(b) When a sentence of death is commuted to life imprisonment,
the board shall not have the authority to grant a pardon to the
convicted person until such person has served at least 25 years in the
penitentiary; and such person shall not become eligible for parole at
any time prior to serving at least 25 years in the penitentiary.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) hereof, the
General Assembly may prescribe by law the terms and conditions
under which a pardon or parole to any person incarcerated for the
same serious felony for a second or subsequent time may be granted
by the board or may by law prohibit the granting of a pardon or parole
to such person. For the purposes of this Paragraph, the term serious
felony shall include any of the following offenses:
(1) Murder;
(2) Aggravated rape;
(3) Armed robbery where victim is injured;
(4) Kidnapping for ransom;
(5) Arson in the first degree.
(d) Without limiting the amount of time required to be served in
the penitentiary prior to pardon or parole pursuant to any other
provisions of this Paragraph, a person convicted of armed robbery
shall not be pardoned or paroled by the board until such person has
served at least five years in the penitentiary. The earned time law
shall not apply to this provision.
(e) The chairman of the board, or any other member designated
by the board, may suspend the execution of a sentence of death until
the full board shall have an opportunity to hear the application of the
convicted person for any relief within the power of the board.
(f) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Paragraph, the
State Board of Pardons and Paroles shall have the authority to
pardon any person convicted of a crime who is subsequently deter-
mined to be innocent of said crime.
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SECTION III.
STATE PERSONNEL BOARD
Paragraph I. State Personnel Board, (a) There shall be a
State Personnel Board which shall consist of five members appointed
by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate. The mem-
bers of the board in office on June 30, 1983, shall serve out the
remainder of their respective terms. As each term of office expires,
the Governor shall appoint a successor as herein provided. All such
terms of members shall be for five years. Members shall serve until
their successors are appointed and qualified. A member of the State
Personnel Board may not be employed in any other capacity in state
government. A chairman shall be selected by the members of the
board from its membership.
(b) The board shall provide policy direction for a State Merit
System of Personnel Administration and may be vested with such
additional powers and duties as provided by law. State personnel
shall be selected on the basis of merit as provided by law.
Paragraph II. Veterans preference. Any veteran who has
served as a member of the armed forces of the United States during
the period of a war or armed conflict in which any branch of the
armed forces of the United States engaged, whether under United
States command or otherwise, and was honorably discharged there-
from, shall be given such veterans preference in any civil service
program established in state government as may be provided by law.
Any such law must provide at least ten points to a veteran having at
least a 10 percent service connected disability as rated and certified
by the Veterans Administration, and all other such veterans shall be
entitled to at least five points.
SECTION IV.
STATE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
Paragraph I. State Transportation Board; commissioner,
(a) There shall be a State Transportation Board composed of as
many members as there are congressional districts in the state. The
member of the board from each congressional district shall be elected
by a majority vote of the members of the House of Representatives
and Senate whose respective districts are embraced or partly
embraced within such congressional district meeting in caucus. The
members of the board in office on June 30, 1983, shall serve out the
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remainder of their respective terms. The General Assembly shall
provide by law the procedure for the election of members and for
filling vacancies on the board. Members shall serve for terms of five
years and until their successors are elected and qualified.
(b) The State Transportation Board shall select a commissioner
of transportation, who shall be the chief executive officer of the
Department of Transportation and who shall have such powers and
duties as provided by law.
SECTION V.
VETERANS SERVICE BOARD
Paragraph I. Veterans Service Board; commissioner, (a)
There shall be a State Department of Veterans Service and Veterans
Service Board which shall consist of seven members appointed by the
Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate. The members in
office on June 30, 1983, shall serve out the remainder of their
respective terms. As each term of office expires, the Governor shall
appoint a successor as herein provided. All such terms of members
shall be for seven years. Members shall serve until their successors
are appointed and qualified.
(b) The board shall appoint a commissioner who shall be the
executive officer of the department. All members of the board and
the commissioner shall be veterans of some war or armed conflict in
which the United States has engaged. The board shall have such
control, duties, powers, and jurisdiction of the State Department of
Veterans Service as shall be provided by law.
SECTION VI.
BOARD OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Paragraph I. Board of Natural Resources, (a) There shall be
a Board of Natural Resources which shall consist of one member from
each congressional district in the state and five members from the
state at large, one of whom must be from one of the following named
counties: Chatham, Bryan, Liberty, McIntosh, Glynn, or Camden.
All members shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirma-
tion by the Senate. The members of the board in office on June 30,
1983, shall serve out the remainder of their respective terms. As each
term of office expires, the Governor shall appoint a successor as
herein provided. All such terms of members shall be for seven years.
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Members shall serve until their successors are appointed and quali-
fied. Insofar as it is practicable, the members of the board shall be
representative of all areas and functions encompassed within the
Department of Natural Resources.
(b) The board shall have such powers and duties as provided by
law.
SECTION VII.
QUALIFICATIONS, COMPENSATION, REMOVAL FROM
OFFICE
AND POWERS AND DUTIES OF MEMBERS OF
CONSTITUTIONAL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
Paragraph I. Qualifications, compensation, and removal
from office. The qualifications, compensation, and removal from
office of members of constitutional boards and commissions provided
for in this article shall be as provided by law.
Paragraph II. Powers and duties. The powers and duties of
members of constitutional boards and commissions provided for in
this article, except the Board of Pardons and Paroles, shall be as
provided by law.
ARTICLE V.
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
SECTION I.
ELECTION OF GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR
Paragraph I. Governor: term of office; compensation and
allowances. There shall be a Governor who shall hold office for a
term of four years and until a successor shall be chosen and qualified.
Persons holding the office of Governor may succeed themselves for
one four-year term of office. Persons who have held the office of
Governor and have succeeded themselves as hereinbefore provided
shall not again be eligible to be elected to that office until after the
expiration of four years from the conclusion of their term as Gover-
nor. The compensation and allowances of the Governor shall be as
provided by law.
Paragraph II. Election for Governor. An election for Gover-
nor shall be held on Tuesday after the first Monday in November of
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1986, and the Governor-elect shall be installed in office at the next
session of the General Assembly. An election for Governor shall take
place quadrennially thereafter on said date unless another date be
fixed by the General Assembly. Said election shall be held at the
places of holding general elections in the several counties of this state,
in the manner prescribed for the election of members of the General
Assembly, and the electors shall be the same.
Paragraph III. Lieutenant Governor. There shall be a Lieu-
tenant Governor, who shall be elected at the same time, for the same
term, and in the same manner as the Governor. The Lieutenant
Governor shall be the President of the Senate and shall have such
executive duties as prescribed by the Governor and as may be
prescribed by law not inconsistent with the powers of the Governor or
other provisions of this Constitution. The compensation and allow-
ances of the Lieutenant Governor shall be as provided by law.
Paragraph IV. Qualifications of Governor and Lieutenant
Governor. No person shall be eligible for election to the office of
Governor or Lieutenant Governor unless such person shall have been
a citizen of the United States 15 years and a legal resident of the state
six years immediately preceding the election and shall have attained
the age of 30 years by the date of assuming office.
Paragraph V. Succession to executive power, (a) In case of
the temporary disability of the Governor as determined in the
manner provided in Section IV of this article, the Lieutenant Gover-
nor shall exercise the powers and duties of the Governor and receive
the same compensation as the Governor until such time as the
temporary disability of the Governor ends.
(b) In case of the death, resignation, or permanent disability of
the Governor or the Governor-elect, the Lieutenant Governor or the
Lieutenant Governor-elect, upon becoming the Lieutenant Governor,
shall become the Governor until a successor shall be elected and
qualified as hereinafter provided. A successor to serve for the
unexpired term shall be elected at the next general election; but, if
such death, resignation, or permanent disability shall occur within 30
days of the next general election or if the term will expire within 90
days after the next general election, the Lieutenant Governor shall
become Governor for the unexpired term. No person shall be elected
or appointed to the office of Lieutenant Governor for the unexpired
term in the event the Lieutenant Governor shall become Governor as
herein provided.
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(c) In case of the death, resignation, or permanent disability of
both the Governor or the Governor-elect and the Lieutenant Gover-
nor or the Lieutenant Governor-elect or in case of the death, resigna-
tion, or permanent disability of the Governor and there shall be no
Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives
shall exercise the powers and duties of the Governor until the election
and qualification of a Governor at a special election, which shall be
held within 90 days from the date on which the Speaker of the House
of Representatives shall have assumed the powers and duties of the
Governor, and the person elected shall serve out the unexpired term.
Paragraph VI. Oath of office. The Governor and Lieutenant
Governor shall, before entering on the duties of office, take such oath
or affirmation as prescribed by law.
SECTION II.
DUTIES AND POWERS OF GOVERNOR
Paragraph I. Executive powers. The chief executive powers
shall be vested in the Governor. The other executive officers shall
have such powers as may be prescribed by this Constitution and by
law.
Paragraph II. Law enforcement. The Governor shall take care
that the laws are faithfully executed and shall be the conservator of
the peace throughout the state.
Paragraph III. Commander in chief. The Governor shall be
the commander in chief of the military forces of this state.
Paragraph IV. Veto power. Except as otherwise provided in
this Constitution, before any bill or resolution shall become law, the
Governor shall have the right to review such bill or resolution
intended to have the effect of law which has been passed by the
General Assembly. The Governor may veto, approve, or take no
action on any such bill or resolution. In the event the Governor vetoes
any such bill or resolution, the General Assembly may, by a two-
thirds vote, override such veto as provided in Article III of this
Constitution.
Paragraph V. Writs of election. The Governor shall issue writs
of election to fill all vacancies that may occur in the Senate and in the
House of Representatives.
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Paragraph VI. Information and recommendations to the
General Assembly. At the beginning of each regular session and
from time to time, the Governor may give the General Assembly
information on the state of the state and recommend to its consider-
ation such measures as the Governor may deem necessary or expedi-
ent.
Paragraph VII. Special sessions of the General Assembly,
(a) The Governor may convene the General Assembly in special
session by proclamation which may be amended by the Governor
prior to the convening of the special session or amended by the
Governor with the approval of three-fifths of the members of each
house after the special session has convened; but no laws shall be
enacted at any such special session except those which relate to the
purposes stated in the proclamation or in any amendment thereto.
(b) The Governor shall convene the General Assembly in special
session for all purposes whenever three-fifths of the members to
which each house is entitled certify to the Governor in writing, with a
copy to the Secretary of State, that in their opinion an emergency
exists in the affairs of the state. The General Assembly may convene
itself if, after receiving such certification, the Governor fails to do so
within three days, excluding Sundays.
(c) Special sessions of the General Assembly shall be limited to a
period of 40 days unless extended by three-fifths vote of each house
and approved by the Governor or unless at the expiration of such
period an impeachment trial of some officer of state government is
pending, in which event the House shall adjourn and the Senate shall
remain in session until such trial is completed.
Paragraph VIII. Filling vacancies, (a) When any public office
shall become vacant by death, resignation, or otherwise, the Governor
shall promptly fill such vacancy unless otherwise provided by this
Constitution or by law; and persons so appointed shall serve for the
unexpired term unless otherwise provided by this Constitution or by
law.
(b) In case of the death or withdrawal of a person who received a
majority of votes cast in an election for the office of Secretary of
State, Attorney General, State School Superintendent, Commissioner
of Insurance, Commissioner of Agriculture, or Commissioner of
Labor, the Governor elected at the same election, upon becoming
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Governor, shall have the power to fill such office by appointing,
subject to the confirmation of the Senate, an individual to serve until
the next general election and until a successor for the balance of the
unexpired term shall have been elected and qualified.
Paragraph IX. Appointments by Governor. The Governor
shall make such appointments as are authorized by this Constitution
or by law. If a person whose confirmation is required by the Senate is
once rejected by the Senate, that person shall not be renominated by
the Governor for appointment to the same office until the expiration
of a period of one year from the date of such rejection.
Paragraph X. Information from officers and employees.
The Governor may require information in writing from constitutional
officers and all other officers and employees of the executive branch
on any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices or
employment.
SECTION III.
OTHER ELECTED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Paragraph I. Other executive officers, how elected. The
Secretary of State, Attorney General, State School Superintendent,
Commissioner of Insurance, Commissioner of Agriculture, and Com-
missioner of Labor shall be elected in the manner prescribed for the
election of members of the General Assembly and the electors shall be
the same. Such executive officers shall be elected at the same time
and hold their offices for the same term as the Governor.
Paragraph II. Qualifications, (a) No person shall be eligible to
the office of the Secretary of State, Attorney General, State School
Superintendent, Commissioner of Insurance, Commissioner of Agri-
culture, or Commissioner of Labor unless such person shall have been
a citizen of the United States for ten years and a legal resident of the
state for four years immediately preceding election or appointment
and shall have attained the age of 25 years by the date of assuming
office. All of said officers shall take such oath and give bond and
security, as prescribed by law, for the faithful discharge of their
duties.
(b) No person shall be Attorney General unless such person shall
have been an active-status member of the State Bar of Georgia for
seven years.
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Paragraph III. Powers, duties, compensation, and allow-
ances of other executive officers. Except as otherwise provided
in this Constitution, the General Assembly shall prescribe the powers,
duties, compensation, and allowances of the above executive officers
and provide assistance and expenses necessary for the operation of
the department of each.
Paragraph IV. Attorney General; duties. The Attorney
General shall act as the legal advisor of the executive department,
shall represent the state in the Supreme Court in all capital felonies
and in all civil and criminal cases in any court when required by the
Governor, and shall perform such other duties as shall be required by
law.
SECTION IV.
DISABILITY OF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Paragraph I. Elected constitutional executive officer,
how defined. As used in this section, the term elected constitu-
tional executive officer means the Governor, the Lieutenant Gover-
nor, the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the State School
Superintendent, the Commissioner of Insurance, the Commissioner
of Agriculture, and the Commissioner of Labor.
Paragraph II. Procedure for determining disability. Upon
a petition of any four of the elected constitutional executive officers
to the Supreme Court of Georgia that another elected constitutional
executive officer is unable to perform the duties of office because of a
physical or mental disability, the Supreme Court shall by appropriate
rule provide for a speedy and public hearing on such matter, including
notice of the nature and cause of the accusation, process for obtaining
witnesses, and the assistance of counsel. Evidence at such hearing
shall include testimony from not fewer than three qualified physi-
cians in private practice, one of whom must be a psychiatrist.
Paragraph III. Effect of determination of disability. If,
after hearing the evidence on disability, the Supreme Court deter-
mines that there is a disability and that such disability is permanent,
the office shall be declared vacant and the successor to that office
shall be chosen as provided in this Constitution or the laws enacted in
pursuance thereof. If it is determined that the disability is not
permanent, the Supreme Court shall determine when the disability
has ended and when the officer shall resume the exercise of the
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powers of office. During the period of temporary disability, the
powers of such office shall be exercised as provided by law.
ARTICLE VI.
JUDICIAL BRANCH
SECTION I.
JUDICIAL POWER
Paragraph I. Judicial power of the state. The judicial power
of the state shall be vested exclusively in the following classes of
courts: magistrate courts, probate courts, juvenile courts, state
courts, superior courts, Court of Appeals, and Supreme Court. Magis-
trate courts, probate courts, juvenile courts, and state courts shall be
courts of limited jurisdiction. In addition, the General Assembly may
establish or authorize the establishment of municipal courts and may
authorize administrative agencies to exercise quasi-judicial powers.
Municipal courts shall have jurisdiction over ordinance violations and
such other jurisdiction as provided by law. Except as provided in this
paragraph and in Section X, municipal courts, county recorders
courts and civil courts in existence on June 30,1983, and administra-
tive agencies shall not be subject to the provisions of this article.
Paragraph II. Unified judicial system. All courts of the state
shall comprise a unified judicial system.
Paragraph III. Judges; exercise of power outside own
court; scope of term judge. Provided the judge is otherwise
qualified, a judge may exercise judicial power in any court upon the
request and with the consent of the judges of that court and of the
judges own court under rules prescribed by law. The term judge, as
used in this article, shall include Justices, judges, senior judges,
magistrates, and every other such judicial office of whatever name
existing or created.
Paragraph IV. Exercise of judicial power. Each court may
exercise such powers as necessary in aid of its jurisdiction or to
protect or effectuate its judgments; but only the superior and appel-
late courts shall have the power to issue process in the nature of
mandamus, prohibition, specific performance, quo warranto, and
injunction. Each superior court, state court, and other courts of
record may grant new trials on legal grounds.
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Paragraph V. Uniformity of jurisdiction, powers, etc.;
overlapping jurisdiction. Except as provided in Section III,
Paragraph I of this article, the courts of each class shall have uniform
jurisdiction, powers, rules of practice and procedure, and selection,
qualifications, terms, and discipline of judges. The provisions of this
Paragraph shall be effected by law within 24 months of the effective
date of this article.
Paragraph VI. Judicial circuits; courts in each county;
court sessions. The state shall be divided into judicial circuits, each
of which shall consist of not less than one county. Each county shall
have at least one superior court, magistrate court, a probate court,
and, where needed, a state court and a juvenile court. The General
Assembly may provide by law that the judge of the probate court may
also serve as the judge of the magistrate court. In the absence of a
state court or a juvenile court, the superior court shall exercise that
jurisdiction. Superior courts shall hold court at least twice each year
in each county.
Paragraph VII. Judicial circuits, courts, and judgeships,
law changed. The General Assembly may abolish, create, consoli-
date, or modify judicial circuits and courts and judgeships; but no
circuit shall consist of less than one county.
Paragraph VIII. Transfer of cases. Any court shall transfer to
the appropriate court in the state any civil case in which it determines
that jurisdiction or venue lies elsewhere.
Paragraph IX. Rules of evidence; law prescribed. All rules
of evidence shall be as prescribed by law.
SECTION II.
VENUE
Paragraph I. Divorce cases. Divorce cases shall be tried in the
county where the defendant resides, if a resident of this state; if the
defendant is not a resident of this state, then in the county in which
the plaintiff resides, provided that any person who has been a
resident of any United States army post or military reservation within
the State of Georgia for one year next preceding the filing of the
petition may bring an action for divorce in any county adjacent to said
United States army post or military reservation.
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Paragraph II. Land titles. Cases respecting titles to land shall
be tried in the county where the land lies, except where a single tract
is divided by a county line, in which case the superior court of either
county shall have jurisdiction.
Paragraph III. Equity cases. Equity cases shall be tried in the
county where a defendant resides against whom substantial relief is
prayed.
Paragraph IV. Suits against joint obligors, copartners, etc.
Suits against joint obligors, joint tort-feasors, joint promisors, copart-
ners, or joint trespassers residing in different counties may be tried in
either county.
Paragraph V. Suits against maker, endorser, etc. Suits
against the maker and endorser of promissory notes, or drawer,
acceptor, and endorser of foreign or inland bills of exchange, or like
instruments, residing in different counties, shall be tried in the
county where the maker or acceptor resides.
Paragraph VI. All other cases. All other civil cases, except
juvenile court cases as may otherwise be provided by the Juvenile
Court Code of Georgia, shall be tried in the county where the
defendant resides; venue as to corporations, foreign and domestic,
shall be as provided by law; and all criminal cases shall be tried in the
county where the crime was committed, except cases in the superior
courts where the judge is satisfied that an impartial jury cannot be
obtained in such county.
Paragraph VII. Venue in third-party practice. The General
Assembly may provide by law that venue is proper in a county other
than the county of residence of a person or entity impleaded into a
pending civil case by a defending party who contends that such
person or entity is or may be liable to said defending party for all or
part of the claim against said defending party.
Paragraph VIII. Power to change venue. The power to
change the venue in civil and criminal cases shall be vested in the
superior courts to be exercised in such manner as has been, or shall be,
provided by law.
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SECTION III.
CLASSES OF COURTS OF LIMITED JURISDICTION
Paragraph I. Jurisdiction of classes of courts of limited
jurisdiction. The magistrate, juvenile, and state courts shall have
uniform jurisdiction as provided by law. Probate courts shall have
such jurisdiction as now or hereafter provided by law, without regard
to uniformity.
SECTION IV.
SUPERIOR COURTS
Paragraph I. Jurisdiction of superior courts. The superior
courts shall have jurisdiction in all cases, except as otherwise pro-
vided in this Constitution. They shall have exclusive jurisdiction over
trials in felony cases, except in the case of juvenile offenders as
provided by law; in cases respecting title to land; in divorce cases; and
in equity cases. The superior courts shall have such appellate
jurisdiction, either alone or by circuit or district, as may be provided
by law.
SECTION V.
COURT OF APPEALS
Paragraph I. Composition of Court of Appeals; Chief
Judge. The Court of Appeals shall consist of not less than nine
Judges who shall elect from among themselves a Chief Judge.
Paragraph II. Panels as prescribed. The Court of Appeals
may sit in panels of not less than three Judges as prescribed by law or,
if none, by its rules.
Paragraph III. Jurisdiction of Court of Appeals; decisions
binding. The Court of Appeals shall be a court of review and shall
exercise appellate and certiorari jurisdiction in all cases not reserved
to the Supreme Court or conferred on other courts by law. The
decisions of the Court of Appeals insofar as not in conflict with those
of the Supreme Court shall bind all courts except the Supreme Court
as precedents.
Paragraph IV. Certification of question to Supreme Court.
The Court of Appeals may certify a question to the Supreme Court for
instruction, to which it shall then be bound.
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Paragraph V. Equal division of court. In the event of an equal
division of the Judges when sitting as a body, the case shall be
immediately transmitted to the Supreme Court.
SECTION VI.
SUPREME COURT
Paragraph I. Composition of Supreme Court; Chief
Justice; Presiding Justice; quorum; substitute judges. The
Supreme Court shall consist of not more than nine Justices who shall
elect from among themselves a Chief Justice as the chief presiding
and administrative officer of the court and a Presiding Justice to
serve if the Chief Justice is absent or is disqualified. A majority shall
be necessary to hear and determine cases. If a Justice is disqualified
in any case, a substitute judge may be designated by the remaining
Justices to serve.
Paragraph II. Exclusive appellate jurisdiction of Supreme
Court. The Supreme Court shall be a court of review and shall
exercise exclusive appellate jurisdiction in the following cases:
(1) All cases involving the construction of a treaty or of the
Constitution of the State of Georgia or of the United States and all
cases in which the constitutionality of a law, ordinance, or constitu-
tional provision has been drawn in question; and
(2) All cases of election contest.
Paragraph III. General appellate jurisdiction of Supreme
Court. Unless otherwise provided by law, the Supreme Court shall
have appellate jurisdiction of the following classes of cases:
(1) Cases involving title to land;
(2) All equity cases;
(3) All cases involving wills;
(4) All habeas corpus cases;
(5) All cases involving extraordinary remedies;
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(6) All divorce and alimony cases;
(7) All cases certified to it by the Court of Appeals; and
(8) All cases in which a sentence of death was imposed or could
be imposed.
Review of all cases shall be as provided by law.
Paragraph IV. Jurisdiction over questions of law from
state or federal appellate courts. The Supreme Court shall
have jurisdiction to answer any question of law from any state or
federal appellate court.
Paragraph V. Review of cases in Court of Appeals. The
Supreme Court may review by certiorari cases in the Court of Appeals
which are of gravity or great public importance.
Paragraph VI. Decisions of Supreme Court binding. The
decisions of the Supreme Court shall bind all other courts as prece-
dents.
SECTION VII.
SELECTION, TERM, COMPENSATION, AND DISCIPLINE
OF JUDGES
Paragraph I. Election; term of office. All superior court and
state court judges shall be elected on a nonpartisan basis for a term of
four years. All Justices of the Supreme Court and the Judges of the
Court of Appeals shall be elected on a nonpartisan basis for a term of
six years. The terms of all judges thus elected shall begin the next
January 1 after their election. All other judges shall continue to be
selected in the manner and for the term they were selected on June
30,1983, until otherwise provided by local law.
Paragraph II. Qualifications, (a) Appellate and superior court
judges shall have been admitted to practice law for seven years.
(b) State and juvenile court judges shall have been admitted to
practice law for five years.
(c) Probate and magistrate judges shall have such qualifications
as provided by law.
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(d) All judges shall reside in the geographical area in which they
are selected to serve.
(e) The General Assembly may provide by law for additional
qualifications, including, but not limited to, minimum residency
requirements.
Paragraph III. Vacancies. Vacancies shall be filled by appoint-
ment of the Governor except as otherwise provided by law in the
magistrate, probate, and juvenile courts.
Paragraph IV. Period of service of appointees. An
appointee to an elective office shall serve until a successor is duly
selected and qualified and until January 1 of the year following the
next general election which is more than six months after such
persons appointment.
Paragraph V. Compensation and allowances of judges. All
judges shall receive compensation and allowances as provided by law;
county supplements are hereby continued and may be granted or
changed by the General Assembly. County governing authorities
which had the authority on June 30, 1983, to make county supple-
ments shall continue to have such authority under this Constitution.
An incumbents salary, allowance, or supplement shall not be
decreased during the incumbents term of office.
Paragraph VI. Judicial Qualifications Commission; power;
composition. The power to discipline, remove, and cause involun-
tary retirement of judges shall be vested in the Judicial Qualifications
Commission. It shall consist of seven members, as follows:
(1) Two judges of any court of record, selected by the Supreme
Court;
(2) Three members of the State Bar of Georgia who shall have
been active status members of the state bar for at least ten years and
who shall be elected by the board of governors of the state bar; and
(3) Two citizens, neither of whom shall be a member of the state
bar, who shall be appointed by the Governor.
Paragraph VII. Discipline, removal, and involuntary
retirement of judges. Any judge may be removed, suspended, or
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otherwise disciplined for willful misconduct in office, or for willful
and persistent failure to perform the duties of office, or for habitual
intemperance, or for conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude.
Any judge may be retired for disability which constitutes a serious
and likely permanent interference with the performance of the duties
of office. The Supreme Court shall adopt rules of implementation.
Paragraph VIII. Due process; review by Supreme Court.
No action shall be taken against a judge except after hearing and in
accordance with due process of law. No removal or involuntary
retirement shall occur except upon order of the Supreme Court after
review.
SECTION VIII.
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS
Paragraph I. District attorneys; vacancies; qualifications;
compensation; duties; immunity, (a) There shall be a district
attorney for each judicial circuit, who shall be elected circuit-wide for
a term of four years. The successors of present and subsequent
incumbents shall be elected by the electors of their respective circuits
at the general election held immediately preceding the expiration of
their respective terms. District attorneys shall serve until their suc-
cessors are duly elected and qualified. Vacancies shall be filled by
appointment of the Governor.
(b) No person shall be a district attorney unless such person
shall have been an active-status member of the State Bar of Georgia
for three years immediately preceding such persons election.
(c) The district attorneys shall receive such compensation and
allowances as provided by law and shall be entitled to receive such
local supplements to their compensation and allowances as may be
provided by law.
(d) It shall be the duty of the district attorney to represent the
state in all criminal cases in the superior court of such district
attorneys circuit and in all cases appealed from the superior court
and the juvenile courts of that circuit to the Supreme Court and the
Court of Appeals and to perform such other duties as shall be
required by law.
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(e) District attorneys shall enjoy immunity from private suit for
actions arising from the performance of their duties.
Paragraph II. Discipline, removal, and involuntary retire-
ment of district attorneys. Any district attorney may be disci-
plined, removed or involuntarily retired as provided by general law.
SECTION IX.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Paragraph I. Administration of the judicial system; uni-
form court rules; advice and consent of councils. The judicial
system shall be administered as provided in this Paragraph. Not
more than 24 months after the effective date hereof, and from time to
time thereafter by amendment, the Supreme Court shall, with the
advice and consent of the council of the affected class or classes of
trial courts, by order adopt and publish uniform court rules and
record-keeping rules which shall provide for the speedy, efficient, and
inexpensive resolution of disputes and prosecutions. Each council
shall be comprised of all of the judges of the courts of that class.
Paragraph II. Disposition of cases. The Supreme Court and
the Court of Appeals shall dispose of every case at the term for which
it is entered on the courts docket for hearing or at the next term.
SECTION X.
TRANSITION
Paragraph I. Effect of ratification. On the effective date of
this article:
(1) Superior courts shall continue as superior courts.
(2) State courts shall continue as state courts.
(3) Probate courts shall continue as probate courts.
(4) Juvenile courts shall continue as juvenile courts.
(5) Municipal courts not otherwise named herein, of whatever
name, shall continue as and be denominated municipal courts, except
that the City Court of Atlanta shall retain its name. Such municipal
courts, county recorders courts, the Civil Courts of Richmond and
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Bibb counties, and administrative agencies having quasi-judicial
powers shall continue with the same jurisdiction as such courts and
agencies have on the effective date of this article until otherwise
provided by law.
(6) Justice of the peace courts, small claims courts, and magis-
trate courts operating on the effective date of this article, the County
Court of Echols County, the County Court of Baldwin County, and
the County Court of Putnam County shall become and be classed as
magistrate courts.
Paragraph II. Continuation of judges. Each judge holding
office on the effective date of this article shall continue in office until
the expiration of the term of office, as a judge of the court having the
same or similar jurisdiction. Each court not named herein shall cease
to exist on such date or at the expiration of the term of the incumbent
judge, whichever is later; and its jurisdiction shall automatically pass
to the new court of the same or similar jurisdiction, in the absence of
which court it shall pass to the superior court.
ARTICLE VII.
TAXATION AND FINANCE
SECTION I.
POWER OF TAXATION
Paragraph I. Taxation; limitations on grants of tax
powers. The state may not suspend or irrevocably give, grant, limit,
or restrain the right of taxation and all laws, grants, contracts, and
other acts to effect any of these purposes are null and void. Except as
otherwise provided in this Constitution, the right of taxation shall
always be under the complete control of the state.
Paragraph II. Taxing power limited, (a) The annual levy of
state ad valorem taxes on tangible property for all purposes, except
for defending the state in an emergency, shall not exceed one-fourth
mill on each dollar of the assessed value of the property.
(b) So long as the method of taxation in effect on December 31,
1980, for the taxation of shares of stock of banking corporations and
other monied capital coming into competition with such banking
corporations continues in effect, such shares and other monied capital
may be taxed at an annual rate not exceeding five mills on each dollar
of the assessed value of the property.
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Paragraph III. Uniformity; classification of property;
assessment of agricultural land; utilities, (a) All taxes shall
be levied and collected under general laws and for public purposes
only. Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (c), all taxation
shall be uniform upon the same class of subjects within the territorial
limits of the authority levying the tax.
(b) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subparagraph (b),
classes of subjects for taxation of property shall consist of tangible
property and one or more classes of intangible personal property
including money.
(2) Subject to the conditions and limitations specified by
law, each of the following types of property may be classified as a
separate class of property for ad valorem property tax purposes
and different rates, methods, and assessment dates may be pro-
vided for such properties:
(A) Motor vehicles, including trailers.
(B) Mobile homes other than those mobile homes
which qualify the owner of the home for a homestead exemp-
tion from ad valorem taxation.
(c) Tangible real property, but no more than 2,000 acres of any
single property owner, which is devoted to bona fide agricultural
purposes shall be assessed for ad valorem taxation purposes at 75
percent of the value which other tangible real property is assessed.
No property shall be entitled to receive the preferential assessment
provided for in this subparagraph if the property which would
otherwise receive such assessment would result in any person who has
a beneficial interest in such property, including any interest in the
nature of stock ownership, receiving the benefit of such preferential
assessment as to more than 2,000 acres. No property shall be entitled
to receive the preferential assessment provided for in this subpara-
graph unless the conditions set out below are met:
(1) The property must be owned by:
(A) One or more natural or naturalized citizens; or
(B) A family-owned farm corporation, the controlling
interest of which is owned by individuals related to each other
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within the fourth degree of civil reckoning, and such corpora-
tion derived 80 percent or more of its gross income from bona
fide agricultural pursuits within this state within the year
immediately preceding the year in which eligibility is sought.
(2) The General Assembly shall provide by law:
(A) For a definition of the term bona fide agricultural
purposes, but such term shall include timber production;
(B) For additional minimum conditions of eligibility
which such properties must meet in order to qualify for the
preferential assessment provided for herein, including, but
not limited to, the requirement that the owner be required to
enter into a covenant with the appropriate taxing authorities
to maintain the use of the properties in bona fide agricultural
purposes for a period of not less than ten years and for
appropriate penalties for the breach of any such covenant.
(3) In addition to the specific conditions set forth in this
subparagraph (c), the General Assembly may place further
restrictions upon, but may not relax, the conditions of eligibility
for the preferential assessment provided for herein.
(d) The General Assembly may provide for a different method
and time of returns, assessments, payment, and collection of ad
valorem taxes of public utilities, but not on a greater assessed
percentage of value or at a higher rate of taxation than other proper-
ties, except that property provided for in subparagraph (c).
SECTION II.
EXEMPTIONS FROM AD VALOREM TAXATION
Paragraph I. Unauthorized tax exemptions void. Except as
authorized in or pursuant to this Constitution, all laws exempting
property from ad valorem taxation are void.
Paragraph II. Exemptions from taxation of property.
(a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this Constitution, no
property shall be exempted from ad valorem taxation unless the
exemption is approved by two-thirds of the members elected to
each branch of the General Assembly in a roll-call vote and by a
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majority of the qualified electors of the state voting in a referen-
dum thereon.
(2) Homestead exemptions from ad valorem taxation levied
by local taxing jurisdictions may be granted by local law condi-
tioned upon approval by a majority of the qualified electors
residing within the limits of the local taxing jurisdiction voting in a
referendum thereon.
(3) Laws subject to the requirement of a referendum as
provided in this subparagraph (a) may originate in either the
Senate or the House of Representatives.
(4) The requirements of this subparagraph (a) shall not
apply with respect to a law which codifies or recodifies an exemp-
tion previously authorized in the Constitution of 1976 or an
exemption authorized pursuant to this Constitution.
(b) The grant of any exemption from ad valorem taxation shall
be subject to the conditions, limitations, and administrative proce-
dures specified by law.
Paragraph III. Exemptions which may be authorized
locally.
(a) (1) The governing authority of any county or municipal-
ity, subject to the approval of a majority of the qualified elec-
tors of such political subdivision voting in a referendum
thereon, may exempt from ad valorem taxation, including all
such taxation levied for educational purposes and for state
purposes, inventories of goods in the process of manufacture
or production, and inventories of finished goods.
(2) Exemptions granted pursuant to this subparagraph (a)
may only be revoked by a referendum election called and con-
ducted as provided by law. The call for such referendum shall not
be issued within five years from the date such exemptions were
first granted and, if the results of the election are in favor of the
revocation of such exemptions, then such revocation shall be
effective only at the end of a five-year period from the date of such
referendum.
(3) The implementation, administration, and revocation of
the exemptions authorized in this subparagraph (a) shall be
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provided for by law. Until otherwise provided by law, the grant of
the exemption shall be subject to the same conditions, limitations,
definitions, and procedures provided for the grant of such exemp-
tion in the Constitution of 1976 on June 30,1983.
(b) That portion of Article VII, Section I, Paragraph IV of the
Constitution of 1976 which authorized local exemptions for certain
property used in solar energy heating or cooling systems and in the
manufacture of such systems is adopted by this reference as a part of
this Constitution as completely as though incorporated in this Para-
graph verbatim. This subparagraph (b) is repealed effective July 1,
1986.
Paragraph IV. Current property tax exemptions pre-
served. Those types of exemptions from ad valorem taxation
provided for by law on June 30,1983, are hereby continued in effect as
statutory law until otherwise provided for by law. Any law which
reduces or repeals any homestead exemption in existence on June 30,
1983, or created thereafter must be approved by two-thirds of the
members elected to each branch of the General Assembly in a roll-call
vote and by a majority of the qualified electors of the state or the
affected local taxing jurisdiction voting in a referendum thereon. Any
law which reduces or repeals exemptions granted to religious or burial
grounds or institutions of purely public charity must be approved by
two-thirds of the members elected to each branch of the General
Assembly.
SECTION III.
PURPOSES AND METHOD OF STATE TAXATION
Paragraph I. Taxation; purposes for which powers may be
exercised, (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Constitution,
the power of taxation over the whole state may be exercised for any
purpose authorized by law. Any purpose for which the powers of
taxation over the whole state could have been exercised on June 30,
1983, shall continue to be a purpose for which such powers may be
exercised.
(b) Subject to conditions and limitations as may be provided by
law, the power of taxation may be exercised to make grants for tax
relief purposes to persons for sales tax paid and not otherwise
reimbursed on prescription drugs. Credits or relief provided here-
under may be limited only to such reasonable classifications of
taxpayers as may be specified by law.
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Paragraph II. Revenue to be paid into general fund, (a)
Except as otherwise provided in this Constitution, all revenue col-
lected from taxes, fees, and assessments for state purposes, as autho-
rized by revenue measures enacted by the General Assembly, shall be
paid into the general fund of the state treasury.
(b) (1) As authorized by law providing for the promotion of
any one or more types of agricultural products, fees, assessments,
and other charges collected on the sale or processing of agricul-
tural products need not be paid into the general fund of the state
treasury. The uniformity requirement of this article shall be
satisfied by the application of the agricultural promotion program
upon the affected products.
(2) As used in this subparagraph, agricultural products
includes, but is not limited to, registered livestock and livestock
products, poultry and poultry products, timber and timber pro-
ducts, fish and seafood, and the products of the farms and forests
of this state.
Paragraph III. Grants to counties and municipalities. State
funds may be granted to counties and municipalities within the state.
The grants authorized by this Paragraph shall be made in such
manner and form and subject to the procedures and conditions
specified by law. The law providing for any such grant may limit the
purposes for which the grant funds may be expended.
SECTION IV.
STATE DEBT
Paragraph I. Purposes for which debt may be incurred.
The state may incur:
(a) Public debt without limit to repel invasion, suppress insur-
rection, and defend the state in time of war.
(b) Public debt to supply a temporary deficit in the state trea-
sury in any fiscal year created by a delay in collecting the taxes of that
year. Such debt shall not exceed, in the aggregate, 5 percent of the
total revenue receipts, less refunds, of the state treasury in the fiscal
year immediately preceding the year in which such debt is incurred.
The debt incurred shall be repaid on or before the last day of the fiscal
year in which it is incurred out of taxes levied for that fiscal year. No
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such debt may be incurred in any fiscal year under the provisions of
this subparagraph (b) if there is then outstanding unpaid debt from
any previous fiscal year which was incurred to supply a temporary
deficit in the state treasury.
(c) General obligation debt to acquire, construct, develop,
extend, enlarge, or improve land, waters, property, highways, build-
ings, structures, equipment, or facilities of the state, its agencies,
departments, institutions, and of those state authorities which were
created and activated prior to November 8,1960.
(d) General obligation debt to provide educational facilities for
county and independent school systems and, when the construction
of such educational facilities has been completed, the title to such
educational facilities shall be vested in the respective local boards of
education for which such facilities were constructed.
(e) Guaranteed revenue debt by guaranteeing the payment of
revenue obligations issued by an instrumentality of the state if such
revenue obligations are issued to finance:
(1) Toll bridges or toll roads.
(2) Land public transportation facilities or systems.
(3) Water facilities or systems.
(4) Sewage facilities or systems.
(5) Loans to, and loan programs for, citizens of the state for
educational purposes.
Paragraph II. State general obligation debt and guaran-
teed revenue debt; limitations, (a) As used in this Paragraph
and Paragraph III of this section, annual debt service requirements
means the total principal and interest coming due in any state fiscal
year. With regard to any issue of debt incurred wholly or in part on a
term basis, annual debt service requirements means an amount
equal to the total principal and interest payments required to retire
such issue in full divided by the number of years from its issue date to
its maturity date.
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(b) No debt may be incurred under subparagraphs (c), (d), and
(e) of Paragraph I of this section or Paragraph V of this section at any
time when the highest aggregate annual debt service requirements for
the then current year or any subsequent year for outstanding general
obligation debt and guaranteed revenue debt, including the proposed
debt, and the highest aggregate annual payments for the then current
year or any subsequent fiscal year of the state under all contracts then
in force to which the provisions of the second paragraph of Article IX,
Section VI, Paragraph 1(a) of the Constitution of 1976 are applicable,
exceed 10 percent of the total revenue receipts, less refunds of the
state treasury in the fiscal year immediately preceding the year in
which any such debt is to be incurred.
(c) No debt may be incurred under subparagraphs (c) and (d) of
Paragraph I of this section at any time when the term of the debt is in
excess of 25 years.
(d) No guaranteed revenue debt may be incurred to finance
water or sewage treatment facilities or systems when the highest
aggregate annual debt service requirements for the then current year
or any subsequent fiscal year of the state for outstanding or proposed
guaranteed revenue debt for water facilities or systems or sewage
facilities or systems exceed 1 percent of the total revenue receipts less
refunds, of the state treasury in the fiscal year immediately preceding
the year in which any such debt is to be incurred.
(e) The aggregate amount of guaranteed revenue debt incurred
to make loans for educational purposes that may be outstanding at
any time shall not exceed $18 million, and the aggregate amount of
guaranteed revenue debt incurred to purchase, or to lend or deposit
against the security of, loans for educational purposes that may be
outstanding at any time shall not exceed $72 million.
Paragraph III. State general obligation debt and guar-
anteed revenue debt; conditions upon issuance; sinking
funds and reserve funds.
(a) (1) General obligation debt may not be incurred until leg-
islation is enacted stating the purposes, in general or specific
terms, for which such issue of debt is to be incurred, specify-
ing the maximum principal amount of such issue and appro-
priating an amount at least sufficient to pay the highest an-
nual debt service requirements for such issue. All such
appropriations for debt service purposes shall not lapse for
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any reason and shall continue in effect until the debt for
which such appropriation was authorized shall have been in-
curred, but the General Assembly may repeal any such ap-
propriation at any time prior to the incurring of such debt.
The General Assembly shall raise by taxation and appropri-
ate each fiscal year, in addition to the sum necessary to make
all payments required under contracts entitled to the protec-
tion of the second paragraph of Paragraph 1(a), Section VI,
Article IX of the Constitution of 1976, such amounts are nec-
essary to pay debt service requirements in such fiscal year on
all general obligation debt.
(2) (A) The General Assembly shall appropriate to a spe-
cial trust fund to be designated State of Georgia General
Obligation Debt Sinking Fund such amounts as are neces-
sary to pay annual debt service requirements on all general
obligation debt. The sinking fund shall be used solely for the
retirement of general obligation debt payable from the fund.
If for any reason the monies in the sinking fund are insuffi-
cient to make, when due, all payments required with respect
to such general obligation debt, the first revenues thereafter
received in the general fund of the state shall be set aside by
the appropriate state fiscal officer to the extent necessary to
cure the deficiency and shall be deposited by the fiscal officer
into the sinking fund. The appropriate state fiscal officer
may be required to set aside and apply such revenues at the
suit of any holder of any general obligation debt incurred
under this section.
(B) The obligation to make sinking fund deposits as
provided in subparagraph (2) (A) shall be subordinate to the
obligation imposed upon the fiscal officers of the state pursu-
ant to the provisions of the second paragraph of Paragraph
1(a) of Section VI of Article IX of the Constitution of 1976.
(b) (1) Guaranteed revenue debt may not be incurred until
legislation has been enacted authorizing the guarantee of the
specific issue of revenue obligations then proposed, reciting that
the General Assembly has determined such obligations will be
self-liquidating over the life of the issue (which determination
shall be conclusive), specifying the maximum principal amount of
such issue and appropriating an amount at least equal to the
highest annual debt service requirements for such issue.
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(2) (A) Each appropriation made for the purposes of sub-
paragraph (b)(1) shall be paid upon the issuance of said
obligations into a special trust fund to be designated State of
Georgia Guaranteed Revenue Debt Common Reserve Fund
to be held together with all other sums similarly appropriated
as a common reserve for any payments which may be required
by virtue of any guarantee entered into in connection with
any issue of guaranteed revenue obligations. No appropri-
ations for the benefit of guaranteed revenue debt shall lapse
unless repealed prior to the payment of the appropriation
into the common reserve fund.
(B) If any payments are required to be made from the
common reserve fund to meet debt service requirements on
guaranteed revenue obligations by virtue of an insufficiency
of revenues, the amount necessary to cure the deficiency shall
be paid from the common reserve fund by the appropriate
state fiscal officer. Upon any such payment, the common
reserve fund shall be reimbursed from the general funds of
the state within ten days following the commencement of any
fiscal year of the state for any amounts so paid; provided,
however, the obligation to make any such reimbursements
shall be subordinate to the obligation imposed upon the fiscal
officers of the state pursuant to the second paragraph of
Paragraph 1(a) of Section VI, Article IX of the Constitution of
1976 and shall also be subordinate to the obligation to make
sinking fund deposits for the benefit of general obligation
debt. The appropriate state fiscal officer may be required to
apply such funds as provided in this subparagraph (b)(2)(B)
at the suit of any holder of any such guaranteed revenue
obligations.
(C) The amount to the credit of the common reserve
fund shall at all times be at least equal to the aggregate
highest annual debt service requirements on all outstanding
guaranteed revenue obligations entitled to the benefit of the
fund. If at the end of any fiscal year of the state the fund is in
excess of the required amount, the appropriate state fiscal
officer, as designated by law, shall transfer the excess amount
to the general funds of the state free of said trust.
(c) The funds in the general obligation debt sinking fund and the
guaranteed revenue debt common reserve fund shall be as fully
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invested as is practicable, consistent with the requirements to make
current principal and interest payments. Any such investments shall
be restricted to obligations constituting direct and general obligations
of the United States government or obligations unconditionally guar-
anteed as to the payment of principal and interest by the United
States government, maturing no longer than 12 months from date of
purchase.
Paragraph IV. Certain contracts prohibited. The state, and
all state institutions, departments and agencies of the state are
prohibited from entering into any contract, except contracts pertain-
ing to guaranteed revenue debt, with any public agency, public
corporation, authority, or similar entity if such contract is intended to
constitute security for bonds or other obligations issued by any such
public agency, public corporation, or authority and, in the event any
contract between the state, or any state institution, department or
agency of the state and any public agency, public corporation, author-
ity or similar entity, or any revenues from any such contract, is
pledged or assigned as security for the repayment of bonds or other
obligations, then and in either such event, the appropriation or
expenditure of any funds of the state for the payment of obligations
under any such contract shall likewise be prohibited.
Paragraph V. Refunding of debt. The state may incur general
obligation debt or guaranteed revenue debt to fund or refund any
such debt or to fund or refund any obligations issued upon the
security of contracts to which the provisions of the second paragraph
of Paragraph 1(a), Section VI, Article IX of the Constitution of 1976
are applicable. The issuance of any such debt for the purposes of said
funding or refunding shall be subject to the 10 percent limitation in
Paragraph 11(b) of this section to the same extent as debt incurred
under Paragraph I of this section; provided, however, in making such
computation the annual debt service requirements and annual con-
tract payments remaining on the debt or obligations being funded or
refunded shall not be taken into account. The issuance of such debt
may be accomplished by resolution of the Georgia State Financing
and Investment Commission without any action on the part of the
General Assembly and any appropriation made or required to be
made with respect to the debt or obligation being funded or refunded
shall immediately attach and inure to the benefit of the obligations to
be issued in connection with such funding or refunding. Debt incurred
in connection with any such funding or refunding shall be the same as
that originally authorized by the General Assembly, except that
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general obligation debt may be incurred to fund or refund obligations
issued upon the security of contracts to which the provisions of the
second paragraph of Paragraph 1(a), Section VI, Article IX of the
Constitution of 1976 are applicable and the continuing appropri-
ations required to be made under this Constitution shall immediately
attach and inure to the benefit of the obligation to be issued in
connection with such funding or refunding with the same force and
effect as though said obligations so funded or refunded had originally
been issued as a general obligation debt authorized hereunder. The
term of a funding or refunding issue pursuant to this Paragraph shall
not extend beyond the term of the original debt or obligation and the
total interest on the funding or refunding issue shall not exceed the
total interest to be paid on such original debt or obligation. The
principal amount of any debt issued in connection with such funding
or refunding may exceed the principal amount being funded or
refunded to the extent necessary to provide for the payment of any
premium thereby incurred.
Paragraph VI. Faith and credit of state pledged debt may
be validated. The full faith, credit, and taxing power of the state are
hereby pledged to the payment of all public debt incurred under this
article and all such debt and the interest on the debt shall be exempt
from taxation. Such debt may be validated by judicial proceedings in
the manner provided by law. Such validation shall be incontestable
and conclusive.
Paragraph VII. Georgia State Financing and Investment
Commission; duties. There shall be a Georgia State Financing and
Investment Commission. The commission shall consist of the Gover-
nor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, the State Auditor, the Attorney General, the direc-
tor, Fiscal Division, Department of Administrative Services, or such
other officer as may be designated by law, and the Commissioner of
Agriculture. The commission shall be responsible for the issuance of
all public debt and for the proper application, as provided by law, of
the proceeds of such debt to the purposes for which it is incurred;
provided, however, the proceeds from guaranteed revenue obligations
shall be paid to the issuer thereof and such proceeds and the applica-
tion thereof shall be the responsibility of such issuer. Debt to be
incurred at the same time for more than one purpose may be
combined in one issue without stating the purpose separately but the
proceeds thereof must be allocated, disbursed and used solely in
accordance with the original purpose and without exceeding the
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principal amount authorized for each purpose set forth in the authori-
zation of the General Assembly and to the extent not so used shall be
used to purchase and retire public debt. The commission shall be
responsible for the investment of all proceeds to be administered by it
and, as provided by law, the income earned on any such investments
may be used to pay operating expenses of the commission or placed in
a common debt retirement fund and used to purchase and retire any
public debt, or any bonds or obligations issued by any public agency,
public corporation or authority which are secured by a contract to
which the provisions of the second paragraph of Paragraph 1(a) of
Section VI, Article IX of the Constitution of 1976 are applicable. The
commission shall have such additional responsibilities, powers, and
duties as are provided by law.
Paragraph VIII. State aid forbidden. Except as provided in
this Constitution, the credit of the state shall not be pledged or loaned
to any individual, company, corporation, or association. The state
shall not become a joint owner or stockholder in or with any individ-
ual, company, association, or corporation.
Paragraph IX. Construction. Paragraphs I through VIII of this
section are for the purpose of providing an effective method of
financing the states needs and their provisions and any law now or
hereafter enacted by the General Assembly in furtherance of their
provisions shall be liberally construed to effect such purpose. Insofar
as any such provisions or any such law may be inconsistent with any
other provisions of this Constitution or of any other law, the provi-
sions of such Paragraphs and laws enacted in furtherance of such
Paragraphs shall be controlling; provided, however, the provisions of
such Paragraphs shall not be so broadly construed as to cause the
same to be unconstitutional and in connection with any such con-
struction such Paragraphs shall be deemed to contain such implied
limitations as shall be required to accomplish the foregoing.
Paragraph X. Assumption of debts forbidden; exceptions.
The state shall not assume the debt, or any part thereof, of any
county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state, unless
such debt be contracted to enable the state to repel invasion, suppress
civil disorders or insurrection, or defend itself in time of war.
Paragraph XI. Section not to unlawfully impair contracts
or revive obligations previously voided. The provisions of this
section shall not be construed so as to:
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(a) Unlawfully impair the obligation of any contract in effect on
June 30,1983.
(b) Revive or permit the revival of the obligation of any bond or
security declared to be void by the Constitution of 1976 or any
previous Constitution of this state.
ARTICLE VIII.
EDUCATION
SECTION I.
PUBLIC EDUCATION
Paragraph I. Public education; free public education prior
to college or postsecondary level; support by taxation. The
provision of an adequate public education for the citizens shall be a
primary obligation of the State of Georgia. Public education for the
citizens prior to the college or postsecondary level shall be free and
shall be provided for by taxation. The expense of other public
education shall be provided for in such manner and in such amount as
may be provided by law.
SECTION II.
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
Paragraph I. State Board of Education, (a) There shall be a
State Board of Education which shall consist of one member from
each congressional district in the state appointed by the Governor
and confirmed by the Senate. The Governor shall not be a member of
said board. The ten members in office on June 30, 1983, shall serve
out the remainder of their respective terms. As each term of office
expires, the Governor shall appoint a successor as herein provided.
The terms of office of all members appointed after the effective date
of this Constitution shall be for seven years. Members shall serve
until their successors are appointed and qualified. In the event of a
vacancy on the board by death, resignation, removal, or any reason
other than expiration of a members term, the Governor shall fill such
vacancy; and the person so appointed shall serve until confirmed by
the Senate and, upon confirmation, shall serve for the unexpired term
of office.
(b) The State Board of Education shall have such powers and
duties as provided by law.
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(c) The State Board of Education may accept bequests, dona-
tions, grants, and transfers of land, buildings, and other property for
the use of the state educational system.
(d) The qualifications, compensation, and removal from office of
the members of the board of education shall be as provided by law.
SECTION III.
STATE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT
Paragraph I. State School Superintendent. There shall be a
State School Superintendent, who shall be the executive officer of the
State Board of Education, elected at the same time and in the same
manner and for the same term as that of the Governor. The State
School Superintendent shall have such qualifications and shall be
paid such compensation as may be fixed by law. No member of the
State Board of Education shall be eligible for election as State School
Superintendent during the time for which such member shall have
been appointed.
SECTION IV.
BOARD OF REGENTS
Paragraph I. University System of Georgia; board of
regents, (a) There shall be a Board of Regents of the University
System of Georgia which shall consist of one member from each
congressional district in the state and five additional members from
the state at large, appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the
Senate. The Governor shall not be a member of said board. The
members in office on June 30, 1983, shall serve out the remainder of
their respective terms. As each term of office expires, the Governor
shall appoint a successor as herein provided. All such terms of
members shall be for seven years. Members shall serve until their
successors are appointed and qualified. In the event of a vacancy on
the board by death, resignation, removal, or any reason other than the
expiration of a members term, the Governor shall fill such vacancy;
and the person so appointed shall serve until confirmed by the Senate
and, upon confirmation, shall serve for the unexpired term of office.
(b) The board of regents shall have the exclusive authority to
create new public colleges, junior colleges, and universities in the
State of Georgia, subject to approval by majority vote in the House of
Representatives and the Senate. Such vote shall not be required to
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change the status of a college, institution or university existing on the
effective date of this Constitution. The government, control, and
management of the University System of Georgia and all of the
institutions in said system shall be vested in the Board of Regents of
the University System of Georgia.
(c) All appropriations made for the use of any or all institutions
in the university system shall be paid to the board of regents in a lump
sum, with the power and authority in said board to allocate and
distribute the same among the institutions under its control in such
way and manner and in such amounts as will further an efficient and
economical administration of the university system.
(d) The board of regents may hold, purchase, lease, sell, convey,
or otherwise dispose of public property, execute conveyances thereon,
and utilize the proceeds arising therefrom; may exercise the power of
eminent domain in the manner provided by law; and shall have such
other powers and duties as provided by law.
(e) The board of regents may accept bequests, donations, grants,
and transfers of land, buildings, and other property for the use of the
University System of Georgia.
(f) The qualifications, compensation, and removal from office of
the members of the board of regents shall be as provided by law.
SECTION V.
LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS
Paragraph I. School systems continued; consolidation of
school systems authorized; new independent school sys-
tems prohibited. Authority is granted to county and area boards of
education to establish and maintain public schools within their limits.
Existing county and independent school systems shall be continued,
except that the General Assembly may provide by law for the
consolidation of two or more county school systems, independent
school systems, portions thereof, or any combination thereof into a
single county or area school system under the control and manage-
ment of a county or area board of education, under such terms and
conditions as the General Assembly may prescribe; but no such
consolidation shall become effective until approved by a majority of
the qualified voters voting thereon in each separate school system
proposed to be consolidated. No independent school system shall
hereafter be established.
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Paragraph II. Boards of education. Each school system shall
be under the management and control of a board of education, the
members of which shall be elected or appointed as provided by law.
School board members shall reside within the territory embraced by
the school system and shall have such compensation and additional
qualifications as may be provided by law.
Paragraph III. School superintendents. There shall be a
school superintendent of each system who shall be the executive
officer of the board of education and shall have such qualifications,
powers, and duties as provided by general law.
Paragraph IV. Changes in school boards and superinten-
dent. (a) The composition of school boards, the term of office, and
the methods of selecting board members and school superintendents,
including whether elections shall be partisan or nonpartisan, shall be
as provided by law applicable thereto on June 30, 1983, but may be
changed thereafter only by local law, conditioned upon approval by a
majority of the qualified voters voting thereon in the system affected.
(b) School systems which are authorized on June 30, 1983, to
make the changes listed in subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph by
local law without a referendum may continue to do so.
Paragraph V. Power of boards to contract with each
other, (a) Any two or more boards of education may contract with
each other for the care, education, and transportation of pupils and
for such other activities as they may be authorized by law to perform.
(b) The General Assembly may provide by law for the sharing of
facilities or services by and between local boards of education under
such joint administrative authority as may be authorized.
Paragraph VI. Power of boards to accept bequests, dona-
tions, grants, and transfers. The board of education of each
school system may accept bequests, donations, grants, and transfers
of land, buildings, and other property for the use of such system.
Paragraph VII. Special schools, (a) The General Assembly
may provide by law for the creation of special schools in such areas as
may require them and may provide for the participation of local
boards of education in the establishment of such schools under such
terms and conditions as it may provide; but no bonded indebtedness
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may be incurred nor a school tax levied for the support of special
schools without the approval of a majority of the qualified voters
voting thereon in each of the systems affected. Any special schools
shall be operated in conformity with regulations of the State Board of
Education pursuant to provisions of law. The state is authorized to
expend funds for the support and maintenance of special schools in
such amount and manner as may be provided by law.
(b) Nothing contained herein shall be construed to affect the
authority of local boards of education or of the state to support and
maintain special schools created prior to June 30,1983.
SECTION VI.
LOCAL TAXATION FOR EDUCATION
Paragraph I. Local taxation for education, (a) The board of
education of each school system shall annually certify to its fiscal
authority or authorities a school tax not greater than 20 mills per
dollar for the support and maintenance of education. Said fiscal
authority or authorities shall annually levy said tax upon the assessed
value of all taxable property within the territory served by said school
system, provided that the levy made by an area board of education,
which levy shall not be greater than 20 mills per dollar, shall be in
such amount and within such limits as may be prescribed by local law
applicable thereto.
(b) School tax funds shall be expended only for the support and
maintenance of public schools, public vocational-technical schools,
public education, and activities necessary or incidental thereto,
including school lunch purposes.
(c) The 20 mill limitation provided for in subparagraph (a) of
this Paragraph shall not apply to those school systems which are
authorized on June 30,1983, to levy a school tax in excess thereof.
(d) The method of certification and levy of the school tax
provided for in subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph shall not apply to
those systems that are authorized on June 30, 1983, to utilize a
different method of certification and levy of such tax; but the General
Assembly may by law require that such systems be brought into
conformity with the method of certification and levy herein provided.
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Paragraph II. Increasing or removing tax rate. 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.
Paragraph III. School tax collection reimbursement. The
General Assembly may by general law require local boards of educa-
tion to reimburse the appropriate governing authority for the collec-
tion of school taxes, provided that any rate established may be
reduced by local act.
SECTION VII.
EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE
Paragraph I. Educational assistance programs autho-
rized. (a) Pursuant to laws now or hereafter enacted by the General
Assembly, public funds may be expended for any of the following
purposes:
(1) To provide grants, scholarships, loans, or other assis-
tance to students and to parents of students for educational
purposes.
(2) To provide for a program of guaranteed loans to stu-
dents and to parents of students for educational purposes and to
pay interest, interest subsidies, and fees to lenders on such loans.
The General Assembly is authorized to provide such tax exemp-
tions to lenders as shall be deemed advisable in connection with
such program.
(3) To match funds now or hereafter available for student
assistance pursuant to any federal law.
(4) To provide grants, scholarships, loans, or other assis-
tance to public employees for educational purposes.
(5) To provide for the purchase of loans made to students
for educational purposes who have completed a program of study
in a field in which critical shortages exist and for cancellation of
repayment of such loans, interest, and charges thereon.
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(b) Contributions made in support of any educational assistance
program now or hereafter established under provisions of this section
may be deductible for state income tax purposes as now or hereafter
provided by law.
Paragraph II. Guaranteed revenue debt. Guaranteed reve-
nue debt may be incurred to provide funds to make loans to students
and to parents of students for educational purposes, to purchase loans
made to students and to parents of students for educational purposes,
or to lend or make deposits of such funds with lenders which shall be
secured by loans made to students and to parents of students for
educational purposes. Any such debt shall be incurred in accordance
with the procedures and requirements of Article VII, Section IV of
this Constitution.
Paragraph III. Public authorities. Public authorities or public
corporations heretofore or hereafter created for such purposes shall
be authorized to administer educational assistance programs and, in
connection therewith, may exercise such powers as may now or
hereafter be provided by law.
Paragraph IV. Waiver of tuition. The Board of Regents of the
University System of Georgia shall be authorized to establish pro-
grams allowing attendance at units of the University System of
Georgia without payment of tuition or other fees, but the General
Assembly may provide by law for the establishment of any such
program for the benefit of elderly citizens of the state.
ARTICLE IX.
COUNTIES AND MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS
SECTION I.
COUNTIES
Paragraph I. Counties a body corporate and politic. Each
county shall be a body corporate and politic with such governing
authority and with such powers and limitations as are provided in this
Constitution and as provided by law. The governing authorities of
the several counties shall remain as prescribed by law on June 30,
1983, until otherwise provided by law.
Paragraph II. Number of counties limited; county bound-
aries and county sites; county consolidation, (a) There shall
not be more than 159 counties in this state.
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(b) The metes and bounds of the several counties and the county
sites shall remain as prescribed by law on June 30, 1983, unless
changed under the operation of a general law.
(c) The General Assembly may provide by law for the consoli-
dation of two or more counties into one or the division of a county and
the merger of portions thereof into other counties under such terms
and conditions as it may prescribe; but no such consolidation, divi-
sion, or merger shall become effective unless approved by a majority
of the qualified voters voting thereon in each of the counties proposed
to be consolidated, divided, or merged.
Paragraph III. County officers; election; term; compensa-
tion. (a) The clerk of the superior court, judge of the probate court,
sheriff, tax receiver, tax collector, and tax commissioner, where such
office has replaced the tax receiver and tax collector, shall be elected
by the qualified voters of their respective counties for terms of four
years and shall have such qualifications, powers, and duties as
provided by general law.
(b) County officers listed in subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph
may be on a fee basis, salary basis, or fee basis supplemented by
salary, in such manner as may be directed by law. Minimum
compensation for said county officers may be established by the
General Assembly by general law. Such minimum compensation may
be supplemented by local law or, if such authority is delegated by
local law, by action of the county governing authority.
(c) The General Assembly may consolidate the offices of tax
receiver and tax collector into the office of tax commissioner.
Paragraph IV. Civil service systems. The General Assembly
may by general law authorize the establishment by county governing
authorities of civil service systems covering county employees or
covering county employees and employees of the elected county
officers.
SECTION II.
HOME RULE FOR COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES
Paragraph I. Home rule for counties, (a) The governing
authority of each county shall have legislative power to adopt clearly
reasonable ordinances, resolutions, or regulations relating to its prop-
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erty, affairs, and local government for which no provision has been
made by general law and which is not inconsistent with this Constitu-
tion or any local law applicable thereto. Any such local law shall
remain in force and effect until amended or repealed as provided in
subparagraph (b). This, however, shall not restrict the authority of
the General Assembly by general law to further define this power or to
broaden, limit, or otherwise regulate the exercise thereof. The
General Assembly shall not pass any local law to repeal, modify, or
supersede any action taken by a county governing authority under
this section except as authorized under subparagraph (c) hereof.
(b) Except as provided in subparagraph (c), a county may, as an
incident of its home rule power, amend or repeal the local acts
applicable to its governing authority by following either of the
procedures hereinafter set forth:
(1) Such local acts may be amended or repealed by a resolution
or ordinance duly adopted at two regular consecutive meetings of the
county governing authority not less than seven nor more than 60 days
apart. A notice containing a synopsis of the proposed amendment or
repeal shall be published in the official county organ once a week for
three weeks within a period of 60 days immediately preceding its final
adoption. Such notice shall state that a copy of the proposed
amendment or repeal is on file in the office of the clerk of the superior
court of the county for the purpose of examination and inspection by
the public. The clerk of the superior court shall furnish anyone, upon
written request, a copy of the proposed amendment or repeal. No
amendment or repeal hereunder shall be valid to change or repeal an
amendment adopted pursuant to a referendum as provided in (2) of
this subparagraph or to change or repeal a local act of the General
Assembly ratified in a referendum by the electors of such county
unless at least 12 months have elapsed after such referendum. No
amendment hereunder shall be valid if inconsistent with any provi-
sion of this Constitution or if provision has been made therefor by
general law.
(2) Amendments to or repeals of such local acts or ordinances,
resolutions, or regulations adopted pursuant to subparagraph (a)
hereof may be initiated by a petition filed with the judge of the
probate court of the county containing, in cases of counties with a
population of 5,000 or less, the signatures of at least 25 percent of the
electors registered to vote in the last general election; in cases of
counties with a population of more than 5,000 but not more than
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50,000, at least 20 percent of the electors registered to vote in the last
general election; and, in cases of a county with a population of more
than 50,000, at least 10 percent of the electors registered to vote in the
last general election, which petition shall specifically set forth the
exact language of the proposed amendment or repeal. The judge of
the probate court shall determine the validity of such petition within
60 days of its being filed with the judge of the probate court. In the
event the judge of the probate court determines that such petition is
valid, it shall be his duty to issue the call for an election for the
purpose of submitting such amendment or repeal to the registered
electors of the county for their approval or rejection. Such call shall
be issued not less than ten nor more than 60 days after the date of the
filing of the petition. He shall set the date of such election for a day
not less than 60 nor more than 90 days after the date of such filing.
The judge of the probate court shall cause a notice of the date of said
election to be published in the official organ of the county once a week
for three weeks immediately preceding such date. Said notice shall
also contain a synopsis of the proposed amendment or repeal and
shall state that a copy thereof is on file in the office of the judge of the
probate court of the county for the purpose of examination and
inspection by the public. The judge of the probate court shall furnish
anyone, upon written request, a copy of the proposed amendment or
repeal. If more than one-half of the votes cast on such question are for
approval of the amendment or repeal, it shall become of full force and
effect; otherwise, it shall be void and of no force and effect. The
expense of such election shall be borne by the county, and it shall be
the duty of the judge of the probate court to hold and conduct such
election. Such election shall be held under the same laws and rules
and regulations as govern special elections, except as otherwise
provided herein. It shall be the duty of the judge of the probate court
to canvass the returns and declare and certify the result of the
election. It shall be his further duty to certify the result thereof to the
Secretary of State in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph
(g) of this Paragraph. A referendum on any such amendment or
repeal shall not be held more often than once each year. No
amendment hereunder shall be valid if inconsistent with any provi-
sion of this Constitution or if provision has been made therefor by
general law.
In the event that the judge of the probate court determines that
such petition was not valid, he shall cause to be published in explicit
detail the reasons why such petition is not valid; provided, however,
that, in any proceeding in which the validity of the petition is at issue,
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the tribunal considering such issue shall not be limited by the reasons
assigned. Such publication shall be in the official organ of the county
in the week immediately following the date on which such petition is
declared to be not valid.
(c) The power granted to counties in subparagraphs (a) and (b)
above shall not be construed to extend to the following matters or any
other matters which the General Assembly by general law has pre-
empted or may hereafter preempt, but such matters shall be the
subject of general law or the subject of local acts of the General
Assembly to the extent that the enactment of such local acts is
otherwise permitted under this Constitution:
(1) Action affecting any elective county office, the salaries
thereof, or the personnel thereof, except the personnel subject to the
jurisdiction of the county governing authority.
(2) Action affecting the composition, form, procedure for elec-
tion or appointment, compensation, and expenses and allowances in
the nature of compensation of the county governing authority.
(3) Action defining any criminal offense or providing for crimi-
nal punishment.
(4) Action adopting any form of taxation beyond that authorized
by law or by this Constitution.
(5) Action extending the power of regulation over any business
activity regulated by the Georgia Public Service Commission beyond
that authorized by local or general law or by this Constitution.
(6) Action affecting the exercise of the power of eminent
domain.
(7) Action affecting any court or the personnel thereof.
(8) Action affecting any public school system.
(d) The power granted in subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this
Paragraph shall not include the power to take any action affecting the
private or civil law governing private or civil relationships, except as is
incident to the exercise of an independent governmental power.
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(e) Nothing in subparagraphs (a), (b), (c), or (d) shall affect the
provisions of subparagraph (f) of this Paragraph.
(f) The governing authority of each county is authorized to fix
the salary, compensation, and expenses of those employed by such
governing authority and to establish and maintain retirement or
pension systems, insurance, workers compensation, and hospitaliza-
tion benefits for said employees.
(g) No amendment or revision of any local act made pursuant to
subparagraph (b) of this section shall become effective until a copy of
such amendment or revision, a copy of the required notice of publi-
cation, and an affidavit of a duly authorized representative of the
newspaper in which such notice was published to the effect that said
notice has been published as provided in said subparagraph has been
filed with the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State shall provide
for the publication and distribution of all such amendments and
revisions at least annually.
Paragraph II. Home rule for municipalities. The General
Assembly may provide by law for the self-government of municipali-
ties and to that end is expressly given the authority to delegate its
power so that matters pertaining to municipalities may be dealt with
without the necessity of action by the General Assembly.
Paragraph III. Supplementary powers, (a) In addition to
and supplementary of all powers possessed by or conferred upon any
county, municipality, or any combination thereof, any county, muni-
cipality, or any combination thereof may exercise the following
powers and provide the following services:
(1) Police and fire protection.
(2) Garbage and solid waste collection and disposal.
(3) Public health facilities and services, including hospitals,
ambulance and emergency rescue services, and animal control.
(4) Street and road construction and maintenance, includ-
ing curbs, sidewalks, street lights, and devices to control the flow
of traffic on streets and roads constructed by counties and munici-
palities or any combination thereof.
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(5) Parks, recreational areas, programs, and facilities.
(6) Storm water and sewage collection and disposal systems.
(7) Development, storage, treatment, purification, and dis-
tribution of water.
(8) Public housing.
(9) Public transportation.
(10) Libraries, archives, and arts and sciences programs and
facilities.
(11) Terminal and dock facilities and parking facilities.
(12) Codes, including building, housing, plumbing, and elec-
trical codes.
(13) Air quality control.
(14) The power to maintain and modify heretofore existing
retirement or pension systems, including such systems heretofore
created by general laws of local application by population classifi-
cation, and to continue in effect or modify other benefits hereto-
fore provided as a part of or in addition to such retirement or
pension systems and the power to create and maintain retirement
or pension systems for any elected or appointed public officers and
employees whose compensation is paid in whole or in part from
county or municipal funds and for the beneficiaries of such
officers and employees.
(b) Unless otherwise provided by law,
(1) No county may exercise any of the powers listed in
subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph or provide any service listed
therein inside the boundaries of any municipality or any other
county except by contract with the municipality or county
affected; and
(2) No municipality may exercise any of the powers listed in
subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph or provide any service listed
therein outside its own boundaries except by contract with the
county or municipality affected.
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(c) Nothing contained within this Paragraph shall operate to
prohibit the General Assembly from enacting general laws relative to
the subject matters listed in subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph or to
prohibit the General Assembly by general law from regulating,
restricting, or limiting the exercise of the powers listed therein; but it
may not withdraw any such powers.
(d) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (b) of this
Paragraph, the General Assembly shall act upon the subject matters
listed in subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph only by general law.
Paragraph IV. Planning and zoning. The governing authority
of each county and of each municipality may adopt plans and may
exercise the power of zoning. This authorization shall not prohibit
the General Assembly from enacting general laws establishing proce-
dures for the exercise of such power.
Paragraph V. Eminent domain. The governing authority of
each county and of each municipality may exercise the power of
eminent domain for any public purpose.
Paragraph VI. Special districts. As hereinafter provided in
this Paragraph, special districts may be created for the provision of
local government services within such districts; and fees, assessments,
and taxes may be levied and collected within such districts to pay,
wholly or partially, the cost of providing such services therein and to
construct and maintain facilities therefor. Such special districts may
be created and fees, assessments, or taxes may be levied and collected
therein by any one or more of the following methods:
(a) By general law which directly creates the districts.
(b) By general law which requires the creation of districts under
conditions specified by such general law.
(c) By municipal or county ordinance or resolution, except that
no such ordinance or resolution may supersede a law enacted by the
General Assembly pursuant to subparagraphs (a) or (b) of this
Paragraph.
Paragraph VII. Community redevelopment, (a) The General
Assembly may authorize any county, municipality, or housing author-
ity to undertake and carry out community redevelopment, which may
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include the sale or other disposition of property acquired by eminent
domain to private enterprise for private uses.
(b) In addition to the authority granted by subparagraph (a) of
this Paragraph, the General Assembly is authorized to grant to
counties or municipalities for redevelopment purposes and in connec-
tion with redevelopment programs, as such purposes and programs
are defined by general law, the power to issue tax allocation bonds, as
defined by such law, and the power to incur other obligations, without
either such bonds or obligations constituting debt within the meaning
of Section V of this article, and the power to enter into contracts for
any period not exceeding 30 years with private persons, firms, corpo-
rations, and business entities. Notwithstanding the grant of these
powers pursuant to general law, no county or municipality may
exercise these powers unless so authorized by local law and unless
such powers are exercised in conformity with those terms and condi-
tions for such exercise as established by that local law. The provisions
of any such local law shall conform to those requirements established
by general law regarding such powers. No such local law, or any
amendment thereto, shall become effective unless approved in a
referendum by a majority of the qualified voters of the county or
municipality directly affected by that local law.
Paragraph VIII. Limitation on the taxing power and con-
tributions of counties, municipalities, and political subdivi-
sions. The General Assembly shall not authorize any county,
municipality, or other political subdivision of this state, through
taxation, contribution, or otherwise, to appropriate money for or to
lend its credit to any person or to any nonpublic corporation or
association except for purely charitable purposes.
Paragraph IX. Immunity of counties, municipalities, and
school districts. The General Assembly may waive the immunity of
counties, municipalities, and school districts by law.
SECTION III.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
Paragraph I. Intergovernmental contracts, (a) The state, or
any institution, department, or other agency thereof, and any county,
municipality, school district, or other political subdivision of the state
may contract for any period not exceeding 50 years with each other or
with any other public agency, public corporation, or public authority
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for joint services, for the provision of services, or for the joint or
separate use of facilities or equipment; but such contracts must deal
with activities, services, or facilities which the contracting parties are
authorized by law to undertake or provide.
(b) Subject to such limitations as may be provided by general
law, any county, municipality, or political subdivision thereof may, in
connection with any contracts authorized in this Paragraph, convey
any existing facilities or equipment to the state or to any public
agency, public corporation, or public authority.
(c) Any county, municipality, or any combination thereof, may
contract with any public agency, public corporation, or public author-
ity for the care, maintenance, and hospitalization of its indigent sick
and may as a part of such contract agree to pay for the cost of
acquisition, construction, modernization, or repairs of necessary land,
buildings, and facilities by such public agency, public corporation, or
public authority and provide for the payment of such services and the
cost to such public agency, public corporation, or public authority of
acquisition, construction, modernization, or repair of land, buildings,
and facilities from revenues realized by such county, municipality, or
any combination thereof from any taxes authorized by this Constitu-
tion or revenues derived from any other source.
Paragraph II. Local government reorganization, (a) The
General Assembly may provide by law for any matters necessary or
convenient to authorize the consolidation of the governmental and
corporate powers and functions vested in municipalities with the
governmental and corporate powers and functions vested in a county
or counties in which such municipalities are located; provided, how-
ever, that no such consolidation shall become effective unless sepa-
rately approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the county or
each of the counties and of the municipality or each of the municipali-
ties located within such county or counties containing at least 10
percent of the population of the county in which located voting
thereon in such manner as may be prescribed in such law. Such law
may provide procedures and requirements for the establishment of
charter commissions to draft proposed charters for the consolidated
government, and the General Assembly is expressly authorized to
delegate its powers to such charter commissions for such purposes so
that the governmental consolidation proposed by a charter commis-
sion may become effective without the necessity of further action by
the General Assembly; or such law may require that the recommenda-
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tion of any such charter commission be implemented by a subsequent
local law.
(b) The General Assembly may provide by general law for
alternatives other than governmental consolidation as authorized in
subparagraph (a) above for the reorganization of county and munici-
pal governments, including, but not limited to, procedures to estab-
lish a single governing body as the governing authority of a county
and a municipality or municipalities located within such county or for
the redistribution of powers between a county and a municipality or
municipalities located within the county. Such law may require the
form of governmental reorganization authorized by such law to be
approved by the qualified voters directly affected thereby voting in
such manner as may be required in such law.
(c) Nothing in this Paragraph shall be construed to limit the
authority of the General Assembly to repeal municipal charters
without a referendum.
SECTION IV.
TAXATION POWER OF COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL
GOVERNMENTS
Paragraph I. Power of taxation, (a) Except as otherwise
provided in this Paragraph, the governing authority of any county,
municipality, or combination thereof may exercise the power of
taxation as authorized by this Constitution or by general law.
(b) In the absence of a general law:
(1) County governing authorities may be authorized by local
law to levy and collect business and occupational license taxes and
license fees only in the unincorporated areas of the counties. The
General Assembly may provide that the revenues raised by such
tax or fee be spent for the provision of services only in the
unincorporated areas of the county.
(2) Municipal governing authorities may be authorized by
local law to levy and collect taxes and fees in the corporate limits
of the municipalities.
(c) The General Assembly may provide by law for the taxation of
insurance companies on the basis of gross direct premiums received
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from insurance policies within the unincorporated areas of counties.
The tax authorized herein may be imposed by the state or by counties
or by the state for county purposes as may be provided by law. The
General Assembly may further provide by law for the reduction, only
upon taxable property within the unincorporated areas of counties, of
the ad valorem tax millage rate for county or county school district
purposes or for the reduction of such ad valorem tax millage rate for
both such purposes in connection with imposing or authorizing the
imposition of the tax authorized herein or in connection with provid-
ing for the distribution of the proceeds derived from the tax autho-
rized herein.
Paragraph II. Power of expenditure. The governing authority
of any county, municipality, or combination thereof may expend
public funds to perform any public service or public function as
authorized by this Constitution or by law or to perform any other
service or function as authorized by this Constitution or by general
law.
Paragraph III. Purposes of taxation; allocation of taxes.
No levy need state the particular purposes for which the same was
made nor shall any taxes collected be allocated for any particular
purpose, unless otherwise provided by this Constitution or by law.
SECTION V.
LIMITATION ON LOCAL DEBT
Paragraph I. Debt limitations of counties, municipalities,
and other political subdivisions, (a) The debt incurred by any
county, municipality, or other political subdivision of this state,
including debt incurred on behalf of any special district, shall never
exceed 10 percent of the assessed value of all taxable property within
such county, municipality, or political subdivision; and no such
county, municipality, or other political subdivision shall incur any
new debt without the assent of a majority of the qualified voters of
such county, municipality, or political subdivision voting in an elec-
tion held for that purpose as provided by law.
(b) Notwithstanding subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph, all
local school systems which are authorized by law on June 30,1983, to
incur debt in excess of 10 percent of the assessed value of all taxable
property therein shall continue to be authorized to incur such debt.
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Paragraph II. Special district debt. Any county, municipality,
or political subdivision of this state may incur debt on behalf of any
special district created pursuant to Paragraph V of Section II of this
article. Such debt may be incurred on behalf of such special district
where the county, municipality, or other political subdivision shall
have, at or before the time of incurring such debt, provided for the
assessment and collection of an annual tax within the special district
sufficient in amount to pay the principal of and interest on such debt
within 30 years from the incurrence thereof; and no such county,
municipality, or other political subdivision shall incur any debt on
behalf of such special district without the assent of a majority of the
qualified voters of such special district voting in an election held for
that purpose as provided by law. No such county, municipality, or
other political subdivision shall incur any debt on behalf of such
special district in an amount which, when taken together with all
other debt outstanding incurred by such county, municipality, or
political subdivision and on behalf of any such special district,
exceeds 10 percent of the assessed value of all taxable property within
such county, municipality, or political subdivision. The proceeds of
the tax collected as provided herein shall be placed in a sinking fund
to be held on behalf of such special district and used exclusively to
pay off the principal of and interest on such debt thereafter maturing.
Such moneys shall be held and kept separate and apart from all other
revenues collected and may be invested and reinvested as provided by
law.
Paragraph III. Refunding of outstanding indebtedness.
The governing authority of any county, municipality, or other politi-
cal subdivision of this state may provide for the refunding of out-
standing bonded indebtedness without the necessity of a referendum
being held therefor, provided that neither the term of the original
debt is extended nor the interest rate of the original debt is increased.
The principal amount of any debt issued in connection with such
refunding may exceed the principal amount being refunded in order
to reduce the total principal and interest payment requirements over
the remaining term of the original issue. The proceeds of the
refunding issue shall be used solely to retire the original debt. The
original debt refunded shall not constitute debt within the meaning of
Paragraph I of this section; but the refunding issue shall constitute a
debt such as will count against the limitation on debt measured by 10
percent of assessed value of taxable property as expressed in Para-
graph I of this section.
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217
Paragraph IV. Exceptions to debt limitations. Notwith-
standing the debt limitations provided in Paragraph I of this section
and without the necessity for a referendum being held therefor, the
governing authority of any county, municipality, or other political
subdivision of this state may, subject to the conditions and limita-
tions as may be provided by general law:
(1) Accept and use funds granted by and obtain loans from
the federal government or any agency thereof pursuant to condi-
tions imposed by federal law.
(2) Incur debt, by way of borrowing from any person, corpo-
ration, or association as well as from the state, to pay in whole or in
part the cost of property valuation and equalization programs for
ad valorem tax purposes.
Paragraph V. Temporary loans authorized. The governing
authority of any county, municipality, or other political subdivision of
this state may incur debt by obtaining temporary loans in each year to
pay expenses. The aggregate amount of all such loans shall not exceed
75 percent of the total gross income from taxes collected in the last
proceeding year. Such loans shall be payable on or before December
31 of the calendar year in which such loan is made. No such loan may
be obtained when there is a loan then unpaid obtained in any prior
year. No such county, municipality, or other political subdivision of
this state shall incur in any one calendar year an aggregate of such
temporary loans or other contracts, notes, warrants, or obligations for
current expenses in excess of the total anticipated revenue for such
calendar year.
Paragraph VI. Levy of taxes to pay bonds; sinking fund
required. Any county, municipality, or other political subdivision of
this state shall at or before the time of incurring bonded indebtedness
provide for the assessment and collection of an annual tax sufficient
in amount to pay the principal and interest of said debt within 30
years from the incurring of such bonded indebtedness. The proceeds
of this tax, together with any other moneys collected for this purpose,
shall be placed in a sinking fund to be used exclusively for paying the
principal of and interest on such bonded debt. Such moneys shall be
held and kept separate and apart from all other revenues collected
and may be invested and reinvested as provided by law.
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GENERAL ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS, VOL. I
Paragraph VII. Validity of prior bond issues. Any and all
bond issues validated and issued prior to June 30,1983, shall continue
to be valid.
SECTION VI.
REVENUE BONDS
Paragraph I. Revenue bonds; general limitations. Any
county, municipality, or other political subdivision of this state may
issue revenue bonds as provided by general law. The obligation
represented by revenue bonds shall be repayable only out of the
revenue derived from the project and shall not be deemed to be a debt
of the issuing political subdivision. No such issuing political subdivi-
sion shall exercise the power of taxation for the purpose of paying any
part of the principal or interest of any such revenue bonds.
Paragraph II. Revenue bonds; special limitations. Where
revenue bonds are issued by any county, municipality, or other
political subdivision of this state in order to buy, construct, extend,
operate, or maintain gas or electric generating or distribution systems
and necessary appurtenances thereof and the gas or electric generat-
ing or distribution system extends beyond the limits of the county in
which the municipality or other political subdivision is located, then
its services rendered and property located outside said county shall be
subject to taxation and regulation in the same manner as are privately
owned and operated utilities.
Paragraph III. Development authorities. The development
of trade, commerce, industry, and employment opportunities being a
public purpose vital to the welfare of the people of this state, the
General Assembly may create development authorities to promote
and further such purposes or may authorize the creation of such an
authority by any county or municipality or combination thereof
under such uniform terms and conditions as it may deem necessary.
The General Assembly may exempt from taxation development
authority obligations, properties, activities, or income and may
authorize the issuance of revenue bonds by such authorities which
shall not constitute an indebtedness of the state within the meaning
of Section V of this article.
Paragraph IV. Validation. The General Assembly shall provide
for the validation of any revenue bonds authorized and shall provide
that such validation shall thereafter be incontestable and conclusive.
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219
Paragraph V. Validity of prior revenue bond issues. All
revenue bonds issued and validated prior to June 30, 1983, shall
continue to be valid.
ARTICLE X.
AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION
SECTION I.
CONSTITUTION, HOW AMENDED
Paragraph I. Proposals to amend the Constitution; new
Constitution. Amendments to this Constitution or a new Constitu-
tion may be proposed by the General Assembly or by a constitutional
convention, as provided in this article. Only amendments which are
of general and uniform applicability throughout the state shall be
proposed, passed, or submitted to the people.
Paragraph II. Proposals by the General Assembly; sub-
mission to the people. A proposal by the General Assembly to
amend this Constitution or to provide for a new Constitution shall
originate as a resolution in either the Senate or the House of Repre-
sentatives and, if approved by two-thirds of the members to which
each house is entitled in a roll-call vote entered on their respective
journals, shall be submitted to the electors of the entire state at the
next general election which is held in the even-numbered years. A
summary of such proposal shall be prepared by the Attorney General,
the Legislative Counsel, and the Secretary of State and shall be
published in the official organ of each county and, if deemed advis-
able by the Constitutional Amendments Publication Board, in not
more than 20 other newspapers in the state designated by such board
which meet the qualifications for being selected as the official organ
of a county. Said board shall be composed of the Governor, the
Lieutenant Governor, and the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives. Such summary shall be published once each week for three
consecutive weeks immediately preceding the day of the general
election at which such proposal is to be submitted. The language to be
used in submitting a proposed amendment or a new Constitution
shall be in such words as the General Assembly may provide in the
resolution or, in the absence thereof, in such language as the Governor
may prescribe. A copy of the entire proposed amendment or of a new
Constitution shall be filed in the office of the judge of the probate
court of each county and shall be available for public inspection; and
the summary of the proposal shall so indicate. The General Assembly
is hereby authorized to provide by law for additional matters relative
220
GENERAL ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS, VOL. I
to the publication and distribution of proposed amendments and
summaries not in conflict with the provisions of this Paragraph.
If such proposal is ratified by a majority of the electors qualified to
vote for members of the General Assembly voting thereon in such
general election, such proposal shall become a part of this Constitu-
tion or shall become a new Constitution, as the case may be. Any
proposal so approved shall take effect as provided in Paragraph VI of
this article. When more than one amendment is submitted at the
same time, they shall be so submitted as to enable the electors to vote
on each amendment separately, provided that one or more new
articles or related changes in one or more articles may be submitted as
a single amendment.
Paragraph III. Repeal or amendment of proposal. Any
proposal by the General Assembly to amend this Constitution or for a
new Constitution may be amended or repealed by the same General
Assembly which adopted such proposal by the affirmative vote of
two-thirds of the members to which each house is entitled in a roll-
call vote entered on their respective journals, if such action is taken at
least two months prior to the date of the election at which such
proposal is to be submitted to the people.
Paragraph IV. Constitutional convention; how called. No
convention of the people shall be called by the General Assembly to
amend this Constitution or to propose a new Constitution, unless by
the concurrence of two-thirds of the members to which each house of
the General Assembly is entitled. The representation in said conven-
tion shall be based on population as near as practicable. A proposal
by the convention to amend this Constitution or for a new Constitu-
tion shall be advertised, submitted to, and ratified by the people in
the same manner provided for advertisement, submission, and ratifi-
cation of proposals to amend the Constitution by the General Assem-
bly. The General Assembly is hereby authorized to provide the
procedure by which a convention is to be called and under which such
convention shall operate and for other matters relative to such
constitutional convention.
Paragraph V. Veto not permitted. The Governor shall not
have the right to veto any proposal by the General Assembly or by a
convention to amend this Constitution or to provide a new Constitu-
tion.
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221
Paragraph VI. Effective date of amendments or of a new
Constitution. Unless the amendment or the new Constitution itself
or the resolution proposing the amendment or the new Constitution
shall provide otherwise, an amendment to this Constitution or a new
Constitution shall become effective on the first day of January
following its ratification.
ARTICLE XI.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION I.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Paragraph I. Continuation of officers, boards, commis-
sions, and authorities, (a) Except as otherwise provided in this
Constitution, the officers of the state and all political subdivisions
thereof in office on June 30, 1983, shall continue in the exercise of
their functions and duties, subject to the provisions of laws applicable
thereto and subject to the provisions of this Constitution.
(b) All boards, commissions, and authorities specifically named
in the Constitution of 1976 which are not specifically named in this
Constitution shall remain as statutory boards, commissions, and
authorities; and all constitutional and statutory provisions relating
thereto in force and effect on June 30,1983, shall remain in force and
effect as statutory law unless and until changed by the General
Assembly.
Paragraph II. Preservation of existing laws; judicial
review. All laws in force and effect on June 30, 1983, not inconsis-
tent with this Constitution shall remain in force and effect; but such
laws may be amended or repealed and shall be subject to judicial
decision as to their validity when passed and to any limitations
imposed by their own terms.
Paragraph III. Proceedings of courts and administrative
tribunals confirmed. All judgments, decrees, orders, and other
proceedings of the several courts and administrative tribunals of this
state, heretofore made within the limits of their several jurisdictions,
are hereby ratified and affirmed, subject only to reversal or modifica-
tion in the manner provided by law.
Paragraph IV. Continuation of certain constitutional
amendments for a period of four years, (a) The following
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GENERAL ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS, VOL. I
amendments to the Constitutions of 1877, 1945, and 1976 shall
continue in force and effect as part of this Constitution until July 1,
1987, at which time said amendments shall be repealed and shall be
deleted as a part of this Constitution unless any such amendment
shall be specifically continued in force and effect without amendment
either by a local law enacted prior to July 1, 1987, with or without a
referendum as provided by law, or by an ordinance or resolution duly
adopted prior to July 1,1987, by the local governing authority in the
manner provided for the adoption of home rule amendments to its
charter or local act: (1) amendments to the Constitution of 1877 and
the Constitution of 1945 which were continued in force and effect as a
part of the Constitution of 1976 pursuant to the provisions of Article
XIII, Section I, Paragraph II of the Constitution of 1976 which are in
force and effect on the effective date of this Constitution; (2) amend-
ments to the Constitution of 1976 which were ratified as general
amendments but which by their terms applied principally to a
particular political subdivision or subdivisions which are in force and
effect on the effective date of this Constitution; (3) amendments to
the Constitution of 1976 which were ratified not as general amend-
ments which are in force and effect on the effective date of this
Constitution; and (4) amendments to the Constitution of 1976 of the
type provided for in the immediately preceding two subparagraphs
(2) and (3) of this Paragraph which were ratified at the same time this
Constitution was ratified.
(b) Any amendment which is continued in force and effect after
July 1, 1987, pursuant to the provisions of subparagraph (a) of this
Paragraph shall be continued in force and effect as a part of this
Constitution, except that such amendment may thereafter be
repealed but may not be amended.
(c) All laws enacted pursuant to those amendments to the
Constitution which are not continued in force and effect pursuant to
subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph shall be repealed on July 1,1987.
All laws validly enacted on, before, or after July 1,1987, and pursuant
to the specific authorization of an amendment continued in force and
effect pursuant to the provisions of subparagraph (a) of this Para-
graph shall be legal, valid, and constitutional under this Constitution.
Nothing in this subparagraph (c) shall be construed to revive any law
not in force and effect on June 30,1987.
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraphs (a) and
(b), the following amendments to the Constitutions of 1877 and 1945
Georgia Laws August-September, 1981 Extraordinary Session
223
shall be continued in force as a part of this Constitution: amend-
ments to the Constitution of 1877 and the Constitution of 1945 which
created metropolitan rapid transit authorities, port authorities and
industrial areas and which were continued in force as a part of the
Constitution of 1976 pursuant to the provisions of Article XIII,
Section I, Paragraph II of the Constitution of 1976 and which are in
force on the effective date of this Constitution.
Paragraph V. Special commission created. Amendments to
the Constitution of 1976 which were determined to be general and
which were submitted to and ratified by the people of the entire state
at the same time this Constitution was ratified shall be incorporated
and made a part of this Constitution as provided in this Paragraph.
There is hereby created a commission to be composed of the Gover-
nor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, the Attorney General, and the Legislative Counsel,
which is hereby authorized and directed to incorporate such amend-
ments into this Constitution at the places deemed most appropriate
to the commission. The commission shall make only such changes in
the language of this Constitution and of such amendments as are
necessary to incorporate properly such amendments into this Consti-
tution and shall complete its duties prior to July 1, 1983. The
commission shall deliver to the Secretary of State this Constitution
with those amendments incorporated therein, and such document
shall be the Constitution of the State of Georgia. In order that the
commission may perform its duties, this Paragraph shall become
effective as soon as it has been officially determined that this Consti-
tution has been ratified. The commission shall stand abolished upon
the completion of its duties.
Paragraph VI. Effective date. Except as provided in Paragraph
V of this section, this Constitution shall become effective on July 1,
1983; and, except as otherwise provided in this Constitution, all
previous Constitutions and all amendments thereto shall thereupon
stand repealed.
Section 2. The above proposed new Constitution of Georgia
shall be published and submitted as provided in Article XII, Section
I, Paragraph I of the Constitution.
The ballot submitting the above proposed amendment shall have
written or printed thereon the following:
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GENERAL ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS, VOL. I
( ) YES Shall the proposed new be
ratified as the Constitution of the State
( ) NO of Georgia?
All persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the new
Constitution shall vote Yes. All persons desiring to vote against
ratifying the new Constitution shall vote No.
If such proposed new Constitution shall be ratified as
provided in said Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall become the
Constitution of the State of Georgia.
GOVERNORS MAY NOT SUCCEED THEMSELVES.
Proposed Amendment to the Constitution.
No. 2 (House Resolution No. 6).
A RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that
persons holding the office of Governor may not succeed themselves;
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 V, Section I, Paragraph I of the Constitution is
hereby amended by striking said Paragraph in its entirety and
inserting in lieu thereof a new Paragraph I to read as follows:
Paragraph I. Governor; Term of Office; Compensation
and Allowances. There shall be a Governor who shall hold office
for a term of four years and until a successor shall be elected and
qualified. Persons elected to the office of Governor for a full four-year
term shall not be eligible to succeed themselves and shall not be
Georgia Laws August-September, 1981 Extraordinary Session
225
eligible to hold the office until after the expiration of four years from
the conclusion of the term. The compensation and allowances of the
Governor shall be as provided by law.
Section 2. The above proposed amendment to the Constitution
shall be published and submitted as provided in Article XII, Section
I, Paragraph I of the Constitution.
The ballot submitting the above proposed amendment shall have
written or printed thereon the following:
( ) YES Shall the Constitution be amended so as
to provide that persons holding the of-
( ) NO fice of Governor may not succeed
themselves?
All persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the pro-
posed 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 Constitu-
tion of this state.
226
INDEX
INDEX
A
APPORTIONMENT
Congressional districts.......................................... 131
House of Representatives.......................................... 12
State Senate..................................................... 103
APPROPRIATIONS
Supplementary Appropriations Act.................................. 10
C
CODE
Official Code of Georgia Annotated adopted......................... 8
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS
Apportionment.................................................... 131
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
Governors may not succeed themselves, proposed amendment to the
Constitution.................................................. 224
CONSTITUTION
Proposed Constitution of 1983 ................................... 143
G
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
House of Representatives apportionment............................ 12
Senate apportionment............................................. 103
GEORGIA ANNOTATED CODE
Adopted ........................................................... 8
GOVERNOR
Limitation on succession, proposed amendment to the Constitution. 224
Proclamations.............................................. 3, 5
P
PROCLAMATIONS
Governors Proclamations concerning Extraordinary Session of
General Assembly........................................ 3, 5
PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1983-
Resolution proposing new Constitution............................ 143
S
SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATIONS
Enacted
10
POPULATION INDEX
227
POPULATION OF GEORGIA COUNTIES
County
Appling
Atkinson
Bacon
Baker
Baldwin
Banks
Barrow
Bartow
Ben Hill
Berrien
Bibb
Bleckley
Brantley
Brooks
Bryan
Bulloch
Burke
Butts
Calhoun
Camden
Campbell
Candler
Carroll
Catoosa
Charlton
Chatham
Chattahoochee
Chattooga
Cherokee
Clarke
Clay
Clayton
Clinch
Cobb
Coffee
Colquitt
Columbia
Cook
Coweta
Crawford
Crisp
Dade
Dawson
Decatur
DeKalb
Dodge
Dooly
Dougherty
Douglas
Early
1980
15,565
6,141
9,379
3,808
34,686
8,702
21,293 I
40,760 I
16,000
13,525
151,085
10,767
8,701
15,255
10,175
35,785
19,349
13,665
5,717
13,371
7,518
56,346
36,991
7,343
202,226
21,732
21,856
51,699
74,498
3,553
150,357
6,660
297,694
26,894
I
35,376 |
40,118 I
13,490
39,268 I
7,684 |
19,489
12,318
4,774
25,495
483,024
16,955
10,826
100,978
54,573
13,158
1970
12,726
5,879
8,233
3,875 |
34,240
6,833
16,859
32,911 |
13,171 I
11,556
143,366
10,291
5,940
13,743
6,639
31,585
18,255
10,560
6,606
11,334
6,412
45.404
28,271
5,680
187,816
25,813
20,541
31,059
65,177
3,636
98,126
6,405
196,793
22,828
32,298
22,327
12,129
32.310
5,748
18,087
9,910
3,639
22.310
415,387
15.658
10.404
89,639
28.659
1960
13,246
6,188
8,369
4,643
34,064
6,497
14,485
28,267
13,633
12,038
141,249
9,642
6,891
15,292
6,226
24,263
20,596
8,976
7,341
9,975
6,672
36,461
21,101
6,313
188,299
13,011
19,954
23,001
45,363
4,551
46,365
6,545
114,174
21,953
1950
14,003
7,362
8,940
5,952
29,706
6,935
13,116
27,370
14,879
13,966
114,079
9,218
6,387
18,169
5,965
24,740
23,458
9,079
8,578
7,322
13,423
11,822
| 28,893
5,816
17,768
8,666
3,590
25,203
256,782
16,483
11,474
75,680
16,741
8,063
34,112
15,146
4,821
151,481
12,149
21,197
20,750
36,560
5,844
22,872
6,007
61,830
23,961
| 34,048 1 33,999
9,525
12,201
27,786
6,080
17,663
7,364
3,712
23,620
136,395
17,865
14,169
43,617
12,173
12,682 | 13,151 | 17,413
I
19i0
14.497 i
7,093
8,096
7,344
24,190
8,733
13,064
25,283 |
14,523
15,370
83,783
9,655
6,871
20.497
6,288
26,010
26,520
9,182
10,438
5,910
9,103
34,156
12,199
5,256
117,970
16,138
18,532
20,126
28,398
7,064
11,655
6,437
38,272
21,541
33,012
9,433
11,919
26,972
7,128
17,540
5,894
4,479
22,234
86,942
21,022
16,886
28,565
10,053
18,679
1930
13,314
6.894
7,066
7,818
22,878
9,703
12,401
25,364
13,047
14,646
77,042
9,133
6.895
21,330
5,952
26,509
29,224
9,345
10,676
6,338
9,903
8,991
34.272
9,421
4,381
105,431
8,894
15.407
20,003
25,613
6,943
10,260
7,016
35.408
19,739
30.622
8,793
11,311
26,127
7,020
17,343
4,146
3,502
23.622
70,278
21,699
18,025
22,306
9,461
18.273
228
County
Echols
Effingham
Elbert
Emanuel
Evans
Fannin
Fayette
Floyd
Forsyth
Franklin
Fulton
Gilmer
Glascock
Glynn
Gordon
Grady
Greene
Gwinnett
Habersham
Hall
Hancock
Haralson
Harris
Hart
Heard
Henry
Houston
Irwin
Jackson
J asper
Jeff Davis
Jefferson
Jenkins
Johnson
Jones
Lamar
Lanier
Laurens
Lee
Liberty
Lincoln
Long
Lowndes
Lumpkin
McDuffie
McIntosh
Macon
Madison
Marion
Meriwether
POPULATION INDEX
I
I
I
1980 |
2,297 |
18,327 |
18,758 i
20,795 i
8,428 |
14,748 |
29,043 |
79,800 |
27,958 |
15,185 |
589,904 I
11,110 !
2,382 I
54,981 I
30,070 I
19,845 I
11,391 I
166,903 I
25,020 I
75,649 I
9,466 |
18,422 |
15,464 |
18,585 I
6,520 I
36,309 I
77,605 I
8,988 I
25,343 I
7,553 I
11,473 I
18,403 I
8,841 1
8,660 I
16,579 I
12,215 I
5,654 I
36,990 I
11,684 I
37,583 I
6,949 |
4,524 |
67,972 |
10,762 |
18,546 I
8,046 |
14,003 |
17,747
5,297 |
21,229 |
1970
1,924
13,632
17,262
18.357
7,290
13.357
11,364
73,742
16,928
12,784
605,210
8,956
2,280
50,528
23,570
17,826
10,212
72,349
20,691
59,405
9,019
15,927
11,520
15,814
5,354
23,724
62,924
8,036
21,093
5,760
9,425
17,174
8,332
7.727
12,270
10,688
5,031
32,738
7,044
17,569
5,895
3,746
55,112
8.728
15,276
7,371
12,933
13,517
5,099
19,461
1960
1,876
10,144
17,835
17,815
6,952
13,620
8,199
69,130
12.170
13,274
556,326
8,922
2,672
41,954
19.228
18,015
11,193
43,541
18,116
49,739
9,979
14,643
11,167
15.229
5,333
17,619
39,154
9,211
18,499
6,136
8,914
17,468
9,148
8,048
8,468
10,240
5,097
32,313
6,204
14,487
5,906
3,874
49,270
7,241
12,627
6,364
13.170
11,246
5,477
19,766
1950
2,494
9,133
18,585
19,789
6,653
15,192
7,978
62,899
11,005
14,446
473,572
9,963
3,579
29,046
18,922
18,928
12,843
32,320
16,653
40,113
11,052
14,663
11,265
14,495
6,976
16,857
20,964
11,973
18,997
7,473
9,299
18,855
10,264
9,893
7,538
10,242
5,151
33,123
6,674
8,444
6,462
3,598
35,211
6,574
11,443
6,008
14,213
12,238
6,521
21,056
I 191,0
| 2,964
| 9,646
| 19,618
i 23,517
I 7,401
1 14,752
1 8,170
| 56,141
| 11,322
| 15,612
| 392,886
| 9,001
| 4,547
| 21,920
| 18,445
| 19,654
| 13,709
| 29,087
| 14,771
| 34,822
| 12,764
| 14,377
| 11,428
| 15,512
| 8,610
| 15,119
| 11,303
| 12,936
| 20,089
| 8,772
I 8,841
| 20,040
I 11,843
I 12,963
| 8,331
| 10,091
| 5,632
| 33,606
| 7,837
| 8,595
j 7,042
| 4,086
| 31,860
\ 6,223
| 10,878
| 5,292
| 15,947
| 13,431
| 6,954
| 22,065
19 SO
2.744
10,164
18,485
24,101
7.102
12,969
8,665
48,677
10,624
15,902
318,587
7,344
4,388
19,400
16,846
19,200
12,616
27,853
12,748
30,313
13,070
13,263
11,140
15,174
9.102
15,924
11,280
12,199
21,609
8,594
8,118
20,727
12,908
12,681
8,992
9.745
5,190
32,693
8,328
8,153
7,847
4,180
29,994
4,927
9,014
5,763
16,643
14,921
6,968
22,437
POPULATION INDEX
County
Miller
Milton
Mitchell
Monroe
Montgomery
Morgan
Murray
Muscogee
Newton
Oconee
Oglethorpe
Paulding
Peach
Pickens
Pierce
PiKe
Polk
Pulaski
Putnam
Quitman
Rabun
Randolph
Richmond
Rockdale
Schley
| 1970 | 1960
| 6,424 | 6,908
I I
| 18,956 | 19,652
| 10,991 | 10,495
| 6,099 i 6,284
| 1980
7,038
I
| 21,114
I 14,610
j 7,011
I
I 11,572
i 19,685
I 170,108
i 34,439
12,427
8,929
26,042
19,151
11,652
11,897
|
| 8,937
I 32,386
| 8,950
I 10,295
I 2,357
10,466
9,599
181,629
36,747
3,433
| 9,904 |
| 12,986 |
| 167,377 |
I 26,282 |
7,915 |
7,316
29,656
8,066
8,394
2,180
8,327
8,734
162,437
18,152
3,097
10,280
10,447
158,623
20,999
6,304
7,926
13,101
13,846
8,903
9,678
7,138
28,015
8,204
7,798
2,432
7,456
11,078
135,601
10,572
3,256
1950
I 9,023
j 22,528
j 10,523
i 7,901
| 11,899
| 10,676
i 118,028
i 20,185
l 7,009
9,958
| 11,752
| 11,705
I 8,855
| 11,112
i 8,459
| 30,976
| 8,808
| 7,731
I 3,015
I 7,424
| 13,804
| 108,876
| 8,464
| 4,036
7,598 |
17,520 |
15,990 |
9,620
9,281
19 U0
9,998
23,261
10,749
9,668
12,713
1_,137
75,494
18,576
7,576
12,430
12,832
10,378
9,136
11,800
10,375
28,467
9,829
8,514
3,435
7,821
16,609
81,863
7,724
5,033
Screven
Seminole
Spalding
Stephens
Stewart
Sumter
Talbot
Taliaferro
Tattnall
Taylor
Telfair
Terrell
Thomas
Tift
Toombs
Towns
Treutlen
Troup
Turner
Twiggs
14,043
I 9,057
I 47,899
I 21,763
! 5,896
29,360
6,534
2,032
I 18,134
7,902
11,445
I 12,017
38,098
I 32,862
22,592
5,638
6,087
50,003
9,510
9,354
12,591
7,059
39,514
20,331
6.511
26,931
6,625
2,423
16.557
7.865
11.394
11,416
34,562
27,288
19,151
4,565
5,647
44,466
8,790
8,222
14,919 |
6,802 I
35,404
18,391 |
7,371 |
I
24,652 i
7,127 |
3,370 [
15.837 |
8,311 j
I
11,715 |
12,742 |
34,319 |
23,487 |
16.837 |
4,538 |
5,874 |
47,189 |
8,439 |
7,935 |
18,000
7,904
31,045
16,647
9,194
24,208
7,687
4,515
15,939
9,113
13,221
14,314
33,932
22,645
17,382
4,803
6,522
49,841
10,479
8,308
20,353
8,492
28,427
12,972
10,603
24,502
8,141
6,278
16,243
10,768
15,145
16,675
31,289
18,599
16,952
4,925
7,632
43,879
10,846
9,117
Union
Upson
Walker
W alton
Ware
9,390
25,998
56,470
31,211
37,180
6,811
23,505 j
50,691 I
23,404 \
33,525 |
6,510 i
23,800 j
45.264 |
20,481 |
34,219 |
7,318
25,078
38,198
20,230
30,289
7,680
25,064
31.024
20,777
27,929
229
1930
9,076
6,730
23,620
11,606
10,020
12.488
9,215
57.558
17.290
8,082
12,927
12,327
10,268
9,687
12,522
10,853
25,141
9,005
8,367
3,820
6,331
17,174
72,990
7,247
5,347
20,503
7,389
23,495
11,740
11,114
26,800
8,458
6,172
15,411
10,617
14,997
18.290
32,612
16,068
17,165
4,346
7.488
36,752
11,196
8,372
6,340
19,509
26,206
21,118
26.558
230
POPULATION INDEX
County
Warren
Washington
Wayne
Webster
Wheeler
White
Whitfield
Wilcox
Wilkes
Wilkinson
Worth
Total
1980
6,583
18,842
20,750
2,341
5,155
10,120
65,780
7,682
10,951
10,368
18,064
1970 i
6,669 |
17,480 |
17,858 !
2,362 I
4,596 i
I
7,742 |
55,108 |
6,998 I
10,184
9,393 I
14,770 I
I960 I
7,360 |
18,903 |
17,921 |
3,247 |
5,342 |
6,935 |
42,109 |
7,905 |
10,961 |
9,250 I
16,682 |
1950 |
8,779 |
21,012 |
14,248 |
4,081 |
6,712 |
I
5,951 |
34,432 |
10,167 |
12,388 |
9,781 !
19,357 |
I
191,0 |
10,236 I
24,230
13,122 |
4,726 |
8,536 |
I
6,417 |
26,105 |
12,755 |
15,084 j
11,025 |
21,374 |
I
19 SO
11,181
25,030
12,647
5,032
9,149
6,056
20,808
13,439
15,944
10,844
21,094
15,464,265 4,589,575 I 3,943,116 | 3,444,578 | 3,123,723 | 2,908,506
POPULATION NUMERICALLY LISTED
ACCORDING TO 1980 CENSUS
County
Taliaferro
Echols......
Webster
Quitman
Glascock
Schley......
Clay........
Baker
Long
Dawson
Wheeler
Marion
Towns.......
Lanier......
Calhoun
Stewart.....
Treutlen
Atkinson
Heard
Talbot......
Warren......
Clinch......
Lincoln.....
Montgomery
Miller......
Charlton
Candler.....
Jasper .....
Wilcox......
Crawford . . .
Taylor......
McIntosh . . .
Evans ......
Johnson
Brantley
Banks.......
Jenkins
Oglethorpe
Pike
Pulaski
Irwin.......
Seminole. . .
Population
2,032
.. .. 2,297
2,341
2,357
2,382
.... 3,433
.... 3,553
.... 3,808
.. .. 4,524
.... 4,774
. . . . 5,155
. . . . 5,297
. . .. 5,638
.. . . 5,654
.... 5,717
.... 5,896
. . . . 6,087
6,141
.... 6,520
.... 6,534
.. . . 6,583
. . . . 6,660
. . . . 6,949
.. .. 7,011
. . .. 7,038
7,343
7,518
7,553
. . . . 7,682
. . . . 7,684
7,902
8,046
8,428
8,660
8.701
8.702
. . . . 8,841
8,929
8,937
8,950
. . . . 8,988
9,057
County
Twiggs
Bacon . . .
Union . .
Hancock .
Turner ..
Randolph
White . ..
Bryan
Putnam
Wilkinson
Rabun...
Lumpkin
Bleckley .
Dooly .. .
Wilkes . .
Gilmer. . .
Greene
Telfair
Jeff Davis
Morgan . .
Pickens . .
Lee .....
Pierce ..
Terrell. .
Lamar .
Dade
Oconee .
Early
Camden .
Cook
Berrien
Butts ....
Macon . .
Screven
Monroe
Fannin .
Franklin
Brooks
Harris . . .
Appling
Ben Hill
Jones
Population
.... 9,364
.. 9,379
9,390
... 9,466
. 9,510
. . 9,599
. . ., 10,120
. . .. 10,175
. 10,295
. 10,368
10,466
.... 10,762
.... 10,767
10,826
. 10,951
. 11,110
. 11,391
. 11,445
.. 11,473
11,572
11,652
11,684
11,897
12,017
12,215
12,318
12,427
13,158
13,371
13,490
13,526
13,665
14,003
14,043
14,610
.... 14,748
15,186
15,265
15,464
15,566
16,000
16,579
POPULATION INDEX
231
County
Dodge
Madison
Worth
Tattnall
Effingham.
Jefferson...
Haralson
McDuffie
Hart .......
Elbert......
Washington
Peach
Burke
Crisp.......
Murray......
Grady
Wayne.......
Emanuel.....
Mitchell....
Meriwether
Barrow
Chattahoochee
Stephens....
Chattooga
Toombs
Habersham
Jackson .....
Decatur.....
Upson.......
Paulding....
Coffee......
Forsyth.....
Fayette
Sumter
Gordon......
Walton
Polk
Tift.........
Population
16,955
. . . 17,747
. . 18,064
. . . 18,134
. . . 18,327
.... 18,403
. . . 18,422
. . 18,546
. . . 18,585
. . 18,758
. . . 18,842
19,151
19,349
19,489
19,685
. . 19,845
20,750
. . 20,795
. .. 21,114
. . 21,229
21,293
. 21,732
. .. 21,763
... 21,856
22,592
... 25,020
. 25,343
. 25,495
. 25,998
... 26,042
... 26,894
... 27,958
29,043
29,360
... 30,070
... 31,211
. 32,386
. 32,862
County
Newton .
Baldwin .
Colquitt .
Bulloch .
Henry
Rockdale
Laurens .
Catoosa .
Ware......
Liberty . . .
Thomas. . .
Coweta . . .
Columbia
Bartow . .
Spalding . .
Troup
Cherokee .
Douglas. .
Glynn
Carroll ...
Walker . . .
Whitfield .
Lowndes . .
Clarke
Hall......
Houston . .
Floyd.....
Dougherty
Clayton . . .
Bibb......
Gwinnett .
Muscogee .
Richmond.
Chatham. .
Cobb......
Dekalb . .
Fulton
Total...
Population
34,439
34,686
.... 35,376
35,785
36,309
36,747
36.990
36.991
37,180
37,583
38,098
39,268
40,118
.... 40,760
. ... 47,899
. . . . 50,003
. 51,699
. . . . 54,573
. . 54,981
. ... 56,346
... . 56,470
. . 65,780
. ... 67,972
. . 74,498
. ... 75,649
. 77,605
. ... 79,800
. . . . 100,978
. . 150,357
. . .. 151,085
166.903
. 170,108
181,629
. . 202,226
. 297,694
.483,024
589.904
. 5,464,265
232
GA. CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS OF GEORGIA
REAPPORTIONED 1981
SENATE DISTRICTS
233
SENATE DISTRICTS OF GEORGIA
REAPPORTIONED 1981
234
REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS
REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS OF GEORGIA
REAPPORTIONED 1981

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235
GEORGIA STATE SENATE
COUNTY
Senatorial
District
County
Senatorial
District
Appling
Atkinson
Bacon
Baker
Baldwin
Banks
Barrow
Bartow
Ben Hill
Berrien
Bibb
Bleckley
Brantley
Brooks
Bryan
Bulloch
Burke
Butts
Calhoun
Camden
Candler
Carroll
Catoosa
Charlton
Chatham
Chattahoochee
Chattooga
Cherokee
Clarke
Clay
Clayton
Clinch
Cobb
Coffee
Colquitt
Columbia
Cook
Coweta
Crawford
Crisp
Dade
Dawson
Decatur
DeKalb
Dodge
Dooly
Dougherty
Douglas
Early
Echols
Effingham
Elbert
Emanuel
Evans
Fannin
Fayette
Floyd________
4,7
7
7
10
25
47
45,48
31,52
13
8
26, 27
19
6
9, 10
3
4
21
17
11
6
4
30
54
7
1,2,3
11
53
51
46
11
28, 44
7
32, 33, 56
8,19
9
24
8
28.30
17
13
53
50
10
5, 41-43, 55
19
13
12,14
30.31
11
7
3
47
21
4
50
28,34
52
Forsyth
Franklin
Fulton
Gilmer
Glascock
Glynn
Gordon
Grady
Greene
Gwinnett
Habersham
Hall
Hancock
Haralson
Harris
Hart
Heard
Henry
Houston
Irwin
Jackson
Jasper
Jeff Davis
Jefferson
Jenkins
Johnson
Jones
Lamar
Lanier
Laurens
Lee
Liberty
Lincoln
Long
Lowndes
Lumpkin
Macon
Madison
Marion
McDuffie
McIntosh
Meriwether
Miller
Mitchell
Monroe
Montgomery
Morgan
Murray
Muscogee
Newton
Oconee
Oglethorpe
Paulding
Peach
Pickens
Pierce
Pike
49, 51
47
34-40, 56
50
21
3, 6
51
10
24
48
50
49
25
31
29
47
29
17, 28
18
13
46, 49
25
19
21
21
20
25
17
7
20
14
3
24
3, 6
8
50
14, 18
24, 47
14
24
3
29
11
9
27
20
25, 45
54
15, 16
45
46
24
31, 56
18
51
7
17
236
MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
GEORGIA STATE SENATE
Senatorial
County__________________District
Polk
Pulaski
Putnam
Quitman
Rabun
Randolph
Richmond
Rockdale
Schley
Screven
Seminole
Spalding
Stephens
Stewart
Sumter
Talbot
Taliaferro
Tattnall
Taylor
Telfair
Terrell
Thomas
Tift
31
19
25
11
50
11
22, 23
45
14
4
11
28
47
11
14
17
24
4
14
19
14
10
I 9, 13
County
Senatorial
District
Toombs
Towns
Treutlen
Troup
Turner
Twiggs
Union
Upson
Walker
Walton
Ware
Warren
Washington
W ayne
Webster
Wheeler
White
Whitfield
Wilcox
Wilkes
Wilkinson
Worth
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SENATORS OF GEORGIA
ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED ACCORDING TO
NAMES, WITH DISTRICTS AND ADDRESSES
FOR THE TERM 1980-1981
District Name Address
22 Thomas F. Allgood..................712 Montrose Ct., Augusta 30904
45 w. D. (Don) Ballard.........1122 Monticello St., Covington 30209
18Ed Barker P.O. Box KK, Warner Robins 31099
33 Roy E. Barnes...................... 639 Mar an Lane, Mableton 30059
5 Robert H. (Bob) Bell. 2535 Henderson Mill Rd. N.E., Atlanta 30345
39 Julian Bond....................361 Westview Dr. S.W., Atlanta 30310
13 Rooney L. Bowen.....................P.O. Box 417, Vienna 31092
51 Max Brannon............................P.O. Box 1027, Calhoun 30701
56Haskew H. Brantley, Jr..............P.O. Box 605, Alpharetta, 30201
46 Paul Collins Broun.................. 165 Pulaski St., Athens 30601
47 M. Parks Brown......................P.O. Box 37, Hartwell 30643
3 Glenn E. Bryant..................... P.O. Box 585, Hinesville 31313
28 Kyle Trueman Cobb .................. P.O. Box 1010, Griffin 30224
1J. Tom Coleman, Jr...................P.O. Box 22398, Savannah 31403
40 Paul Douglas Coverdell......2015 Peachtree Rd. N.E., Atlanta 30309
49 J. Nathan Deal..................P.O. Box 2522, Gainesville 30503
31Nathan Dean.............................P.O. Box 606, Rockmart 30153
7Frank Eldridge, Jr...................P.O. Box 1968, Waycross 31501
21Bill English .......................P.O. Box 521, Swainsboro 30401
34 Bev Engram............. 749 Pinehurst Dr., P.O. Box 431, Fairburn 30213
37Todd Evans......................P.O. Box 8276; Station F, Atlanta 30306
52 Dan H. Fincher.............. 1392 Horseleg Creek Rd., Rome 30161
54W. W. (Bill) Fincher, Jr........P.O. Drawer 400, Chatsworth 30705
50 John C. Foster.........................P.O. Box 100, Cornelia 30531
30Wayne Garner................Route 9, Chapel Heights, Carrollton 30117
20Hugh Marion Gillis......................P.O. Box 148, Soperton 30457
26 Richard L. Greene........... Suite 517, First National Bank Bldg.,
Macon 31202
29 Render Hill ....................P.O. Box 246, Greenville 30222
12A1 Holloway.............................P.O. Box 588, Albany 31702
17Janice S. Horton................ 430 Burke Circle, McDonough 30253
42 Pierre Howard.................. 1105-H Clairmont Ave., Decatur 30030
15 Floyd Hudgins...................... P.O. Box 12127, Columbus 31907
35 Perry J. Hudson......... 3380 Old Jonesboro Rd., Hapeville 30354
4 Joseph E. Kennedy ................... P.O. Box 246, Claxton 30417
25Culver Kidd.........................P.O. Box 370, Milledgeville 31061
16 Ted J. Land................. 3736 Woodruff Rd., Columbus 31904
23 Jimmy Lester............... First Federal Savings Bldg., 985 Broad St.,
Augusta 30902
6 Bill Littlefield....................P.O. Box 833, Brunswick 31520
24 Sam P. McGill......................P.O. Box 520, Washington 30673
14 Lewis H. (Bud) McKenzie............P.O. Box 565, Montezuma 31063
48 Steve Reynolds................. 297 Craig Drive, Lawrenceville 30245
27 Lee Robinson................... 864 Winchester Circle, Macon 31210
43 Thomas R. (Tom) Scott....... 2887 Alameda Trail, Decatur 30034
44 Terrell Starr..............4766 Tangle wood Lane, Forest Park 30050
36 Jack L. Stephens ..............2484 Macon Dr. S.E., Atlanta 30315
238
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55Lawrence (Bud) Stumbaugh
53E. G. Summers.........
9Franklin Sutton .......
38Horace E. Tate........
32Joe Thompson..........
11Jimmy Hodge Timmons
10Paul Trulock..........
8Loyce W. Turner .......
41James W. (Jim) Tysinger . .
19Ronnie Walker ........
2Charles Henry Weasels ...
............... 1071 Yemassee Trail,
Stone Mountain 30083
........P.O. Box 499, LaFayette 30728
........Route 1, Norman Park 31771
........621 Lilia Dr. S.W., Atlanta 30310
........ P.O. Box 1045, Smyrna 30080
. 132 S. Woodlawn St., Blakely 31723
..........P.O. Box 68, Climax 31734
........ P.O. Box 157, Valdosta 31601
3781 Watkins Place N.E., Atlanta 30319
..........P.O. Box 461, McRae 31055
........P.O. Box 187, Savannah 31402
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MEMBERS OF THE SENATE OF GEORGIA
BY DISTRICTS IN NUMERICAL ORDER
AND ADDRESSES
FOR THE TERM 1980-81
District
Name
Address
1 J. Tom Coleman, Jr................P.O. Box 22398, Savannah 31403
2 Charles Henry Wessels.............P.O. Box 187, Savannah 31402
3 Glenn E. Bryant................... P.O. Box 585, Hinesville 31313
4 Joseph E. Kennedy ................P.O. Box 246, Claxton 30417
5 Robert H. (Bob) Bell. 2535 Henderson Mill Rd. N.E., Atlanta 30345
6 Bill Littlefield..................P.O. Box 833, Brunswick 31520
7 Frank Eldridge, Jr................P.O. Box 1968, Waycross 31501
8 Loyce W. Turner ..................... P.O. Box 157, Valdosta 31601
9 Franklin Sutton .....................Route 1, Norman Park 31771
10 Paul Trulock.........................P.O. Box 68, Climax 31734
11 Jimmy Hodge Timmons..........132 S. Woodlawn St., Blakely 31723
12 A1 Holloway.............................P.O. Box 588, Albany 31702
13 Rooney L. Bowen.........................P.O. Box 417, Vienna 31092
14 Lewis H. (Bud) McKenzie.............P.O. Box 565, Montezuma 31063
15 Floyd Hudgins....................... P.O. Box 12127, Columbus 31907
16 Ted J. Land..................... 3736 Woodruff Rd., Columbus 31904
17 Janice S. Horton................ 430 Burke Circle, McDonough 30253
18 Ed Barker....................... P.O. Box KK, Warner Robins 31099
19 Ronnie Walker ..........................P.O. Box 461, McRae 31055
20 Hugh Marion Gillis..................P.O. Box 148, Soperton 30457
21 Bill English .......................P.O. Box 521, Swainsboro 30401
22 Thomas F. Allgood................712 Montrose Ct., Augusta 30904
23 Jimmy Lester................First Federal Savings Bldg. 985 Broad St.,
Augusta 30902
24 Sam P. McGill.......................P.O. Box 520, Washington 30673
25 Culver Kidd.........................P.O. Box 370, Milledgeville 31061
26 Richard L. Greene Suite 517, First National Bank Bldg.,
Macon 31201
27 Lee Robinson.................... 864 Winchester Circle, Macon 31210
28 Kyle Trueman Cobb....................... P.O. Box 1010, Griffin 30224
29 Render Hill......................P.O. Box 246, Greenville 30222
30 Wayne Garner................Route 9, Chapel Heights, Carrollton 30117
31 Nathan Dean.........................P.O. Box 606, Rockmart 30153
32 Joe Thompson........................ P.O. Box 1045, Smyrna 30080
33 Roy E. Barnes....................639 Maran Lane, Mableton 30059
34 Bev Engram.......... 749 Pinehurst Dr., P.O. Box 431, Fairburn 30213
35 Perry J. Hudson.......... 3380 Old Jonesboro Rd., Hapeville 30354
36 Jack L. Stephens ............2484 Macon Dr. S.E., Atlanta 30315
37 Todd Evans...............P.O. Box 8276; Station F, Atlanta 30306
38 Horace E. Tate...................621 Lilia Dr. S.W., Atlanta 30310
39 Julian Bond.................361 Westview Dr. S.W., Atlanta 30310
40 Paul Douglas Coverdell.....2015 Peachtree Rd. N.E., Atlanta 30309
41 James W. (Jim) Tysinger.. 3781 Watkins Place N.E., Atlanta 30319
42 Pierre Howard................... 1105-H Clairmont Ave., Decatur 30030
43 Thomas R. (Tom) Scott........ 2887 Alameda Trail, Decatur 30034
44 Terrell Starr...............4766 Tanglewood Lane, Forest Park 30050
45 W. D. (Don) Ballard..........1122 Monticello St., Covington 30209
240
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46 Paul Collins Broun.....
47 M. Parks Brown.........
48 Steve Reynolds.........
49 J. Nathan Deal.........
50 John C. Foster.........
51 Max Brannon............
52 Dan H. Fincher.........
53 E. G. Summers..........
54 W. W. (Bill) Fincher, Jr.
55 Lawrence (Bud) Stumbaugh
56 Haskew H. Brantley, Jr.
...... 165 Pulaski St., Athens 30601
......P.O. Box 37, Hartwell 30643
. 297 Craig Drive, Lawrenceville 30245
....P.O. Box 2522, Gainesville 30503
......P.O. Box 100, Cornelia 30531
......P.O. Box 1027, Calhoun 30701
1392 Horseleg Creek Rd., Rome 30161
....P.O. Box 499, LaFayette 30728
. . P.O. Drawer 400, Chatsworth 30705
............... 1071 Yemassee Trail,
Stone Mountain 30083
....P.O. Box 605, Alpharetta, 30201
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GEORGIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
County
House
District
County
House
District
Appling
Atkinson
Bacon
Baker
Baldwin
Banks
Barrow
Bartow
Ben Hill
Berrien
Bibb
Bleckley
Brantley
Brooks
Bryan
Bulloch
Burke
Butts
Calhoun
Camden
Candler
Carroll
Catoosa
Charlton
Chatham
Chattahoochee
Chattooga
Cherokee
Clarke
Clay
Clayton
Clinch
Cobb
Coffee
Colquitt
Columbia
Cook
Coweta
Crawford
Crisp
Dade
Dawson
Decatur
DeKalb
Dodge
Dooly
Dougherty
Douglas
Early
Echols
Effingham
Elbert
Emanuel
Evans
Fannin
Fayette
Floyd________
138
150
152
131
108,109
10,12
12,61,64
7,8
137
146
99-104
117
138.152
147
107
81, 82
82,83
78
130,131,140
162
107
66
2,3
161
122-129
110,111
5
8
62, 63,64
130
72
150
19,20,21
137.152
144,145
77
146
67,68,71
98
135,136
1,6
8
141
44-58
118
135
131-134
65, 66
140
147
129
13
106,107
107
4
71,72
14,15,16
Forsyth
Franklin
Fulton
Gilmer
Glascock
Glynn
Gordon
Grady
Greene
Gwinnett
Habersham
Hall
Hancock
Haralson
Harris
Hart
Heard
Henry
Houston
Irwin
Jackson
Jasper
Jeff Davis
Jefferson
Jenkins
Johnson
Jones
Lamar
Lanier
Laurens
Lee
Liberty
Lincoln
Long
Lowndes
Lumpkin
Macon
Madison
Marion
McDuffie
McIntosh
Meriwether
Miller
Mitchell
Monroe
Montgomery
Morgan
Murray
Muscogee
Newton
Oconee
Oglethorpe
Paulding
Peach
Pickens
Pierce
Pike
13
22-43
4
105
153,154
7
141,142
13.112
59,60,61
11
9
112
18
91
13
66,68
73
113,114,116
137
12
80.112
138
83.84
106
105,106
80
78
149
118,119
133
139
76
121,139
147,148,149
4
98,115
13
110
77.84
139
70
140
144
80
120
76.112
3
91-97
74
13,64
13
18,19,21
98.113
8
188,162
78, 79
242
MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
County
PcdlT"
Pulaski
Putnam
Quitman
Rabun
Randolph
Richmond
Rockdale
Schley
Screven
Seminole
Spalding
Sthepens
Stewart
Sumter
Talbot
Taliaferro
Tattnall
Taylor
Telfair
Terrell
Thomas
Tift
GEORGIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
House
District
County
House
District
16, 17
117
109
111
4
130
84-90
57
115
81,82
140, 141
71
10
111
111, 116
70
76
107,121
110
118, 138
130
142,143
146
Toombs
Towns
Treutlen
Troup
Turner
Twiggs
Union
Upson
Walker
Walton
Ware
Warren
Washington
Wayne
Webster
Wheeler
White
Whitfield
Wilcox
Wilkes
Wilkinson
Worth
120,121
4
120
68,69
136,137
103
4
79
1,5,6
75
150, 151
76
105
138
111
120
4,11
3,6
117
76
108
136
MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
243
MEMBERS OF
GEORGIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED ACCORDING TO NAMES,
WITH DISTRICTS AND ADDRESSES
FOR THE TERM 1980-81
District Representative
Address
56-Post 2....Betty Aaron.............
36...........G. D. Adams.............
14...........John Adams..............
79...........Marvin Adams ...........
21-Post 1....Fred Aiken..............
8-Post 2..W. G. (Bill) Hasty, Sr.
63...........Bob Argo................
154..........Dean A. Auten...........
140..........Ralph J. Balkcom........
83...........Emory E. Bargeron.......
108..........Wilbur E. Baugh ........
28...........Alveda King Beal........
148..........James M. Beck...........
72-Post 2..Jimmy Benefield
38...........Lorenzo Benn............
103..........Kenneth Wilson Birdsong
94 ........Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.
30...........Paul Bolster............
137..........Paul S. Branch, Jr......
70...........Claude A. Bray, Jr......
34...........Tyrone Brooks ..........
95 ........Thomas B. Buck, III . . . .
3920 Johns Hopkins Ct.
Decatur 30034
532 St. Johns Ave.
Atlanta 30315
7 East Creekview Dr.
Rome 30161
709 Greenwood Rd.
Thomaston 30286
4020 Pineview Dr., S.E.
Smyrna 30080
Route 8, Hilton Dr.
Canton 30114
P.O. Box 509
Athens 30603
.628 King Cotton Row
Brunswick 31520
Route 1
Blakely 31723
P.O. Box 447
Louisville 30434
P.O. Box 926
Milledgeville 31061
. 75 Piedmont Ave.,
Suite 236
Atlanta 30303
.2427 Westwood Dr.
Valdosta 31601
6656 Morning Dove Place
Jonesboro 30236
579 Fielding Lane, S.W.
Atlanta 30311
Route 1
Gordon 31031
P.O. Box 709
Columbus 31902
1043 Ormewood Ave. S.E.
Atlanta 30316
Route 4, Box 499-A
Fitzgerald 31750
.617 Mayes Way
Manchester 31816
Station A
P.O. Box 11025
Atlanta 30310
P.O. Box 196
Columbus 31902
244
MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
21-Post 2....A. L. (Al) Burruss...............P.O. Box 6338-A
Marietta 30065
47...........Joe Burton.......................2598 Woodwardia Rd.
N.E., Atlanta 30345
138-Post 2.....Roger C. Byrd....................302 N. Rogers St.
Hazlehurst 31539
96...........Gary C. Cason....................3128 College Dr.
Columbus 31907
111............Don Castleberry..................P.O. Box 377
Richland 31825
73...........G. Richard Chamberlin............P.O. Box 378
Stockbridge 30281
131............Tommy Chambliss..................P.O. Box 2008
Albany 31702
129............George A. Chance, Jr.............P.O. Box 373
Springfield 31329
89...........Donald E. (Don) Cheeks...........714 Westminster Court
Augusta 30909
15...........E. M. (Buddy) Childers...........15 Kirkwood St.
Rome 30161
51...........Mrs. Mobley (Peggy) Childs.......520 Westchester Dr.
Decatur 30030
55...........Betty J. Clark...................P.O. Box 17852
Atlanta 30316
13-Post 1....Louie Max Clark..................RFD 2
Danielsville 30633
23...........Luther S. Colbert................495 Houze Way
Roswell 30076
118............Terry L. Coleman.................P.O. Box 157
Eastman 31023
144............Marcus E. Collins, Sr............Route 1
Pelham 31779
4-Post 1....Carlton H. Colwell...............P.O. Box 850
Blairsville 30512
87...........Jack Connell.....................P.O. Box 308
Augusta 30903
43-Post 1....Barbara H. Couch.................2864 W. Roxboro Rd.,
N.E., Atlanta 30324
141............Walter E. Cox....................202 West St.
Bainbridge 31717
5...........John G. Crawford.................Route 1, Box 518
Lyerly 30730
150............Tom Crosby, Jr...................705 Wacona Dr.
Waycross 31501
98...........Bryant Culpepper.................P.O. Box 490
Fort Valley 31030
17...........Bill Cummings ...................Route 1, 508 Morgan
Valley Rd.
Rockmart 30153
P.O. Box 997
Marietta 30061
202 Daugherty Building
15 Chestnut St., S.W.
Atlanta 30314
19-Post 3.....George W. (Buddy) Darden
33 J. C. (Julius C.) Daugherty, Sr.
MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
245
99 Burl Davis................
45...........J. Max Davis..............
124 Lamar W. Davis, Jr........
29...........Douglas C. Dean...........
85 R. A. Dent................
151 Harry Dixon ..............
74 Denny M. Dobbs............
11...........Bill Dover................
110 Ward Edwards .............
49 Ewell H. (Hank) Elliott . . .
84...........Warren D. Evans..........
22...........Mrs. Dorothy Felton.......
71-Post 1....James R. (Jim) Fortune, Jr.
6-Post 2....R. L. (Shorty) Foster.....
27...........Cynthia Fuller...........
16...........Ken Fuller................
97 Mary Jane Galer
122 Ronald E. (Ron) Ginsberg
32 Mildred Glover...........
82...........John F. God bee ..........
43-Post 3....John W. Greer ............
80...........Benson Ham...............
31 Mrs. Grace T. Hamilton
130 Bob Hanner................
8-Post 1 Joe Frank Harris.........
.740 Mulberry St.
Macon 31201
. 1177 W. Nancy Creek
Dr., N.E.
Atlanta 30319
P.O. Box 1567
Savannah 31402
356 Arthur St. S.W.
Atlanta 30310
. 1120 Pine St.
Augusta 30901
. 1303 Coral Rd.
Waycross 31501
125 Hardwick Dr.-Almon
Covington 30209
. Timbrook
Hollywood 30523
P.O. Box 146
Butler 31006
.411 Decatur Federal
Bldg.
Decatur 30030
P.O. Box 539
Thomson 30824
.465 Tanacrest Dr. N.W.
Sandy Springs 30328
.683 Brook Circle
Griffin 30223
.4899 Tibbs Bridge Rd.,
S.E., Dalton 30720
742 Myrtle St., N.E., #9
Atlanta 30308
5 Lenox Circle
Rome 30161
7236 Lullwater Rd.
Columbus 31904
P.O. Box 10105
14 E. State St.
Savannah 31412
735 Lawton St. S.W.
Atlanta 30310
401 Lane St.
Brooklet 30415
802 Healey Building
Atlanta 30303
20 E. Main St.
Forsyth 31029
582 University Place
N.W., Atlanta 30314
Route 1
Parrott 31777
712 West Ave.
Cartersville 30120
246
MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
20-Post 2 Carl Harrison
8- Post 2.W. G. (Bill) Hasty, Sr....
50............John Hawkins..............
1-Post 2....Forest Hays, Jr...........
127...........Bobby L. Hill.............
39 .........Bob Holmes................
116 ........George Hooks..............
104...........Frank Horne...............
133...........R. S. (Dick) Hutchinson
10............Jack Irvin, Sr............
20-Post 1.....Johnny Isakson............
9- Post 3.Jerry D. Jackson..........
75............Neal Jackson..............
77 .........Wm. S. (Bill) Jackson.....
117 Ben Jessup
66-Post 1.....Gerald Johnson............
72-Post 4.....Rudolph Johnson...........
78 .........William Bailey Jones....
126...........Herbert Jones, Jr......
106 Randolph C. (Randy) Karrh
139 Rene D. Kemp
65............Thomas (Mac) Kilgore...
112...........E. Roy Lambert............
40 .........Dick Lane ................
81............Bob Lane..................
9-Post 2....Bobby Lawson..............
P.O. Box 1374
Marietta 30061
Route 8, Hilton Dr.
Canton 30114
1360 Harvard Rd. N.E.
Atlanta 30306
Route 3, St. Elmo
Chattanooga, TN 37409
923 West 37th St.
Savannah 31401
2073 Cascade Rd. S.W.
Atlanta 30311
P.O. Box 928
Americus 31709
612 Georgia Power Bldg.
Macon 31201
915 Sixth Ave.
Albany 31701
Route 1, Box 217
Baldwin 30511
5074 Hampton Farms Dr.
Marietta 30067
P.O. Box 7275
Chestnut Mountain
30502
316 N. Broad St.
Monroe 30655
3907 Washington Rd.
Martinez 30907
P.O. Box 468
Cochran 31014
P.O. Box 815
Carrollton 30117
.5888 Jonesboro Rd.
Morrow 30260
P.O. Box 3933
Jackson 30233
413 Arlington Rd.
Savannah 31406
P.O. Drawer K
Swainsboro 30401
P.O. Box 497
Hinesville 31313
. 1992 Tara Circle
Douglasville 30135
.543 North Main St.
Madison 30650
.2704 Humphries St.
East Point 30344
105 Wilton Dr.
Statesboro 30458
P.O. Box 53
Gainesville 30503
MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
247
72-Post 1
62
142
105
43-Post 2
102
56-Post 1
13-Post 3
26
60
145.......
134
12
35
107
13-Post 2
138-Post 1
152-Post 1
71-Post 2
69
18.......
88.......
20-Post 3
121
86
109
149
Wm. J. (Bill) Lee..............5325 Hillside Dr.
Forest Park 30050
Hugh Logan.....................1328 Prince Ave.
Athens 30601
Bobby Long 6th St., N.W.
Cairo 31728
Jimmy Lord.....................P.O. Box 254
Sanders ville 31082
Bettye Lowe 591 W. Paces Ferry Rd.
N.W., Atlanta 30305
David E. Lucas 448 Woolfolk St.
Macon 31201
Wm. C. (Bill) Man gum, Jr. 4320 Pleasant Forest Dr.
Decatur 30034
....Charles C. Mann ................238 Elbert St.
Elberton 30635
Sidney J. Marcus...............845 Canterbury Rd., N.E.
Atlanta 30324
....Charles Martin..................470 Hill St.
Buford 30518
Hugh D. Matthews ..............Route 1, Box 913
Moultrie 31768
T. Hayward (Mac) McCollum 5608 Spring Flats Rd.
Albany 31705
Lauren (Bubba) McDonald, Jr....Route 2, Box 408-A
Commerce 30529
J. E. (Billy) McKinney 765 Shorter Terrace
N.W., Atlanta 30318
....John David Miles................P.O. Box 345
Metter 30439
Billy Milford..................Route 3
Hartwell 30643
....Lundsford Moody.................P.O. Box 32
Baxley 31513
James C. Moore.................Route 2
West Green 31567
John L. Mostiler...............150 Meadovista Dr.
Griffin 30223
Edwin G. (Eld) Mullinax P.O. Drawer 1649
LaGrange 30241
Thomas B. Murphy P.O. Box 163
Bremen 30110
Sam Nicholson..................1762 Davidson Dr.
Augusta 30904
Ken Nix........................3878 Manson Ave.
Smyrna 30080
....Clinton Oliver..................P.O. Box 237
Glennville 30427
Mike Padgett Route 1, Box 5
Augusta 30906
Bobby E. Parham P.O. Box 606
Milledgeville 31061
Robert L. (Bob) Patten Route 1, Box 180
Lakeland 31635
2
125
120
59
91
41
100
135
7
3
101
147
52
58
93
76
119
64
25
123
37
67
143
136
MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Edmond Lewis Perry.............Route 2
Adel Rd.
Nashville 31639
Robert G. (Bob) Peters.........P.O. Box 550
Ringgold 30736
Bobby Phillips ..................9219 Melody Dr.
Savannah 31406
L. L. (Pete) Phillips ...........Box 166
Soperton 30457
R. T. (Tom) Phillips.............1703 Pounds Rd.
(Mountain Park,
Gwinnett Co.)
Stone Mountain 30087
W. Randolph (Randy) Phillips Route 1
Greg Pilewicz...............
Frank C. Pinkston...........
Howard H. Rainey............
. Ernest Ralston............
Thomas P. (Tom) Ramsey III
William C. (Billy) Randall
Henry L. Reaves.............
Eleanor L. Richardson ......
Cas M. Robinson.............
Charles P. Rose ............
Ben Barron Ross ............
J. Roy Rowland
John Russell ...............
John Savage.................
Albert (Al) Scott ..........
David Scott.................
J. Neal Shepard, Jr.........
R. Allen Sherrod ...........
Shiloh 31826
.2307 Plantation Dr.
East Point 30344
.773 Mulberry St.
Macon 31201
.913 Third Ave. E.
Cordele 31015
P.O. Box 623
Calhoun 30701
P.O. Box 1130
Chatsworth 30705
P.O. Box 121
Macon 31202
Route 2
Quitman 31643
.755 Park Lane
Decatur 30033
.4720 Fellswood Dr.
Stone Mountain 30083
.3821 Commander Dr.
Columbus 31903
P.O. Box 245
Lincolnton 30817
. 103 Woodridge Rd.
Dublin 31021
P.O. Box 588
Winder 30680
69 Inman Circle N.E.
Atlanta 30309
738 E. Victory Dr.
P.O. Box 1704
Savannah 31402
190 Wendell Dr. S.E.
Atlanta 30315
21 Fifth St.
Newnan 30263
Route 1
Coolidge 31738
Earleen Sizemore..................Route 3
Sylvester 31791
MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
249
152-Post 2
42
92
1-P08t 1 .
46
90
66-Post 2
19-Post 2
24
128........
153
4-Post 2
53
57........
146-Post 2
113
115
61
68
114
132
44.......
48.......
54 .....
6-Post 1
19-Post 1
72-Post 3
Tommy Smith.....................Route 1
Alma 31510
Virlyn B. Smith.................330 Rivertown Rd.
Fairburn 30213
Calvin Smyre....................P.O. Box 181
Columbus 31902
Wayne Snow, Jr..................P.O. Box 26
Roseville 30741
Cathey W. Steinberg.............1732 Dun woody Place
N.E., Atlanta 30324
David Swann.....................804 Camellia Rd.
Augusta 30909
Charles Thomas..................P.O. Box 686
Temple 30179
. Steve Thompson................4265 Bradley Dr.
Austell 30001
Kiliaen V. R. (Kil) Townsend....1701 Northside Dr. N.W.
Atlanta 30318
. Tom Triplett..................P.O. Box 9586
Savannah 31402
James R. (Jim) Tuten, Jr........528 Newcastle St.
Brunswick 31520
Ralph Twiggs ...................P.O. Box 432
Hiawassee 30546
Doug Vandiford .................3201 Kensington Rd.
Avondale Estates 30002
Clarence R. Vaughn, Jr..........P.O. Box 410
Conyers 30207
. Monty Veazey..................P.O. Box 1572
Tifton 31794
Ted W. Waddle ..................113 Tanglewood Dr.
Warner Robins 31093
Larry Walker....................P.O. Box 1234
Perry 31069
. Vinson Wall...................164 E. Oak St.
Lawrenceville 30256
J. Crawford Ware................P.O. Box 305
Hogansville 30230
Roy H. (Sonny) Watson, Jr.......P.O. Box 1905
Warner Robins 31099
John White......................P.O. Box 3506
Albany 31706
Bruce Widener...................P.O. Box 88866
Dunwoody 30338
. Betty Jo Williams ............2024 Castle way Dr.
N.E., Atlanta 30345
. Rev. Hosea L. Williams........8 East Lake Dr. N.E.
Atlanta 30317
Roger Williams..................132 Huntington Rd.
Dalton 30720
Joe Mack Wilson.................77 Church St.
Marietta 30060
.Jim Wood.......................5676 Sequoia Dr.
Forest Park 30050
250
MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
9-Post 1 Joe T. Wood........................P.O. Box 1417
Gainesville 30503
56-Post 3 Ken Workman 3383 Hyland Dr.
Decatur 30032
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251
MEMBERS OF
GEORGIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FOR THE TERM 1980-81
BY DISTRICTS AND ADDRESSES
District Representative
Address
1-Post 1....Wayne Snow, Jr. .............
1-Post 2....Forest Hays, Jr..............
2 ........Robert G. (Bob) Peters.......
3 Thomas P. (Tom) Ramsey III
4-Post 1....Carlton H. Colwell.....
4-Post 2 Ralph Twiggs ...................
5...........John G. Crawford.............
6-Post 1....Roger Williams...............
6-Post 2 R. L. (Shorty) Foster...........
7...........Ernest Ralston ..............
8-Post 1....Joe Frank Harris.......
8-Post 2 W. G. (Bill) Hasty, Sr..........
8- Post 3 Wendell T. Anderson, Sr......
9- Post 1..Joe T. Wood............
9-Post 2 Bobby Lawson...........
9-Post 3....Jerry D. Jackson.......
10 Jack Irvin, Sr.........
11 .........Bill Dover.............
12 Lauren (Bubba) McDonald, Jr.
13-Post 1.....Louie Max Clark........
13-Post 2 Billy Milford..........
13-Post 3.....Charles C. Mann .............
14............John Adams.............
P.O. Box 26
Rossville 30741
Route 3, St.*Elmo
Chattanooga, TN 37409
. P.O. Box 550
Ringgold 30736
P.O. Box 1130
Chatsworth 30705
P.O. Box 850
Blairsville 30512
P.O. Box 432
Hiawassee 30546
Route 1, Box 518
Lyerly 30730
132 Huntington Rd.
Dalton 30720
4899 Tibbs Bridge Rd.,
S.E., Dalton 30720
P.O. Box 623
Calhoun 30701
712 West Ave.
Carters ville 30120
Route 8, Hilton Dr.
Canton 30114
RFD 4
Canton 30104
P.O. Box 1417
Gainesville 30503
P.O. Box 53
Gainesville 30503
P.O. Box 7275
Chestnut Mountain
30502
Route 1, Box 217
Baldwin 30511
Timbrook
Hollywood 30523
Route 2, Box 408-A
Commerce 30529
RFD 2
Danielsville 30633
Route 3
Hartwell 30643
238 Elbert St.
Elberton 30635
7 East Creekview Dr.
Rome 30161
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E. M. (Buddy) Childers
Ken Fuller...........
Bill Cummings .......
Thomas B. Murphy
Joe Mack Wilson......
Steve Thompson.......
15 Kirkwood St.
Rome 30161
5 Lenox Circle
Rome 30161
Route 1, 508 Morgan
Valley Rd.
Rockmart 30153
P.O. Box 163
Bremen 30110
77 Church St.
Marietta 30060
4265 Bradley Dr.
Austell 30001
George W. (Buddy) Darden P.O. Box 997
Marietta 30061
Johnny Isakson...................5074 Hampton Farms Dr.
Marietta 30067
Carl Harrison ...................P.O. Box 1374
Marietta 30061
Ken Nix.........................3878 Manson Ave.
Smyrna 30080
Fred Aiken......................4020 Pineview Dr., S.E.
Smyrna 30080
A. L. (Al) Burruss..............P.O. Box 6338-A
Marietta 30065
Mrs. Dorothy Felton.............465 Tanacrest Dr. N.W.
Sandy Springs 30328
Luther S. Colbert...............495 Houze Way
Roswell 30076
Kiliaen V. R. (Kil) Townsend 1701 Northside Dr. N.W.
Atlanta 30318
John Savage.....................69 Inman Circle N.E.
Atlanta 30309
Sidney J. Marcus................845 Canterbury Rd., N.E.
Atlanta 30324
Cynthia Fuller..................742 Myrtle St., N.E., #9
Atlanta 30308
Alveda King Beal................75 Piedmont Ave.,
Suite 236
Atlanta 30303
Douglas C. Dean.................356 Arthur St. S.W.
Atlanta 30310
Paul Bolster....................1043 Ormewood Ave. S.E.
Atlanta 30316
Mrs. Grace T. Hamilton............582 University Place
N.W., Atlanta 30314
Mildred Glover....................735 Lawton St. S.W.
Atlanta 30310
J. C. (Julius C.) Daugherty, Sr. 202 Daugherty Building
15 Chestnut St., S.W.
Atlanta 30314
Tyrone Brooks ...................Station A
P.O. Box 11025
Atlanta 30310
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36 G. D. Adams
37 David Scott
38 Lorenzo Benn...............
39 Bob Holmes
40 Dick Lane .................
41 .........Greg Pilewicz..............
42 Virlyn B. Smith
43-Post 1 Barbara H. Couch
43-Post 2 Bettye Lowe
43-Post 3 John W. Greer .............
44 .........Bruce Widener..............
45 .........J. Max Davis...............
46 Cathey W. Steinberg........
47 .........Joe Burton.................
48 Betty Jo Williams .........
49 Ewell H. (Hank) Elliott
50 John Hawkins...............
51 Mrs. Mobley (Peggy) Childs
52 Eleanor L. Richardson
53 Doug Vandiford.............
54 Rev. Hosea L. Williams
55 Betty J. Clark.............
56-Post 1....Wm. C. (Bill) Mangum, Jr.
56-Post 2....Betty Aaron................
56-Post 3....Ken Workman
765 Shorter Terrace
N.W., Atlanta 30318
532 St. Johns Ave.
Atlanta 30315
190 Wendell Dr. S.E.
Atlanta 30315
579 Fielding Lane, S.W.
Atlanta 30311
.2073 Cascade Rd. S.W.
Atlanta 30311
.2704 Humphries St.
East Point 30344
.2307 Plantation Dr.
East Point 30344
.330 Rivertown Rd.
Fairburn 30213
2864 W. Roxboro Rd.,
N.E., Atlanta 30324
591 W. Paces Ferry Rd.
N.W., Atlanta 30305
.802 Healey Building
Atlanta 30303
. P.O. Box 88866
Dunwoody 30338
. 1177 W. Nancy Creek
Dr., N.E.
Atlanta 30319
1732 Dunwoody Place
N.E., Atlanta 30324
. 2598 Woodwardia Rd.
N.E., Atlanta 30345
2024 Castleway Dr.
N.E., Atlanta 30345
411 Decatur Federal
Bldg.
Decatur 30030
1360 Harvard Rd. N.E.
Atlanta 30306
520 Westchester Dr.
Decatur 30030
.755 Park Lane
Decatur 30033
3201 Kensington Rd.
Avondale Estates 30002
8 East Lake Dr. N.E.
Atlanta 30317
P.O. Box 17852
Atlanta 30316
4320 Pleasant Forest Dr.
Decatur 30034
. 3920 Johns Hopkins Ct.
Decatur 30034
3383 Hyland Dr.
Decatur 30032
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58 .........Cas M. Robinson...........
59 .........R. T. (Tom) Phillips......
60 .........Charles Martin............
61 .........Vinson Wall...............
62 .........Hugh Logan................
63 .........Bob Argo..................
64 .........John Russell..............
65 .........Thomas (Mac) Kilgore......
66-Post 1.....Gerald Johnson............
66-Post 2.....Charles Thomas............
67 .........J. Neal Shepard, Jr.......
68 .........J. Crawford Ware..........
69 .........Edwin G. (Ed) Mullinax
70 .........Claude A. Bray, Jr........
71-Post 1.....James R. (Jim) Fortune, Jr.
71- Post 2..John L. Mostiler..........
72- Post 1..Wm. J. (Bill) Lee.........
72-Post 2.....Jimmy Benefield...........
72-Post 3.....Jim Wood..................
72-Post 4.....Rudolph Johnson...........
73 .........G. Richard Chamberlin....
74 .........Denny M. Dobbs............
75 .........Neal Jackson..............
76 .........Ben Barron Ross...........
77 .........Wm. S. (Bill) Jackson.....
P.O. Box 410
Conyers 30207
4720 Fellswood Dr.
Stone Mountain 30083
1703 Pounds Rd.
(Mountain Park,
Gwinnett Co.)
Stone Mountain 30087
470 Hill St.
Buford 30518
164 E. Oak St.
Lawrenceville 30256
1328 Prince Ave.
Athens 30601
P.O. Box 509
Athens 30603
P.O. Box 588
Winder 30680
1992 Tara Circle
Douglasville 30135
P.O. Box 815
Carrollton 30117
P.O. Box 686
Temple 30179
21 Fifth St.
Newnan 30263
P.O. Box 305
Hogansville 30230
P.O. Drawer 1649
LaGrange 30241
617 Mayes Way
Manchester 31816
683 Brook Circle
Griffin 30223
150 Meadovista Dr.
Griffin 30223
5325 Hillside Dr.
Forest Park 30050
6656 Morning Dove Place
Jonesboro 30236
5676 Sequoia Dr.
Forest Park 30050
5888 Jonesboro Rd.
Morrow 30260
P.O. Box 378
Stockbridge 30281
125 Hardwick Dr.-Almon
Covington 30209
316 N. Broad St
Monroe 30655
P.O. Box 245
Lincolnton 30817
3907 Washington Rd.
Martinez 30907
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William Bailey Jones...........P.O. Box 3933
Jackson 30233
Marvin Adams ..................709 Greenwood Rd.
Thomaston 30286
Benson Ham.....................20 E. Main St.
Forsyth 31029
Bob Lane.......................105 Wilton Dr.
Statesboro 30458
John F. Godbee 401 Lane St.
Brooklet 30415
Emory E. Bargeron..............P.O. Box 447
Louisville 30434
Warren D. Evans................P.O. Box 539
Thomson 30824
R. A. Dent.....................1120 Pine St.
Augusta 30901
Mike Padgett...................Route 1, Box 5
Augusta 30906
Jack Connell...................P.O. Box 308
Augusta 30903
....Sam Nicholson...................1762 Davidson Dr.
Augusta 30904
Donald E. (Don) Cheeks.........714 Westminster Court
Augusta 30909
....David Swann.....................804 Camellia Rd.
Augusta 30909
....W. Randolph (Randy) Phillips . . Route 1
Shiloh 31826
Calvin Smyre..................P.O. Box 181
Columbus 31902
Charles P. Rose ..............3821 Commander Dr.
Columbus 31903
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.........P.O. Box 709
Columbus 31902
Thomas B. Buck, III...........P.O. Box 196
Columbus 31902
Gary C. Cason.................3128 College Dr.
Columbus 31907
Mary Jane Galer...............7236 Lullwater Rd.
Columbus 31904
Bryant Culpepper..............P.O. Box 490
Fort Valley 31030
Burl Davis....................740 Mulberry St.
Macon 31201
Frank C. Pinkston.............773 Mulberry St.
Macon 31201
William C. (Billy) Randall P.O. Box 121
Macon 31202
David E. Lucas................448 Woolf oik St.
Macon 31201
Kenneth Wilson Birdsong ......Route 1
Gordon 31031
Frank Horne...................612 Georgia Power Bldg.
Macon 31201
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Jimmy Lord......................P.O. Box 254
Sandersville 31082
Randolph C. (Randy) Karrh.......P.O. Drawer K
Swainsboro 30401
John David Miles................P.O. Box 345
Metter 30439
Wilbur E. Baugh ................P.O. Box 926
Milledgeville 31061
Bobby E. Parham.................P.O. Box 606
Milledgeville 31061
Ward Edwards....................P.O. Box 146
Butler 31006
Don Castleberry.................P.O. Box 377
Richland 31825
E. Roy Lambert..................543 North Main St.
Madison 30650
Ted W. Waddle...................113 Tanglewood Dr.
Warner Robins 31093
Roy H. (Sonny) Watson, Jr.......P.O. Box 1905
Warner Robins 31099
Larry Walker....................P.O. Box 1234
Perry 31069
George Hooks....................P.O. Box 928
Americus 31709
Ben Jessup......................P.O. Box 468
Cochran 31014
Terry L. Coleman................P.O. Box 157
Eastman 31023
J. Roy Rowland .................103 Woodridge Rd.
Dublin 31021
L. L. (Pete) Phillips ..........Box 166
Soperton 30457
Clinton Oliver..................P.O. Box 237
Glennville 30427
Ronald E. (Ron) Ginsberg........P.O. Box 10105
14 E. State St.
Savannah 31412
Albert (Al) Scott ..............738 E. Victory Dr.
P.O. Box 1704
Savannah 31402
Lamar W. Davis, Jr..............P.O. Box 1567
Savannah 31402
Bobby Phillips .................9219 Melody Dr.
Savannah 31406
Herbert Jones, Jr...............413 Arlington Rd.
Savannah 31406
Bobby L. Hill...................923 West 37th St.
Savannah 31401
Tom Triplett....................P.O. Box 9586
Savannah 31402
George A. Chance, Jr............P.O. Box 373
Springfield 31329
Bob Hanner......................Route 1
Parrott 31777
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132 John White.................
133 R. S. (Dick) Hutchinson....
134 ........T. Hayward (Mac) McCollum
135 Howard H. Rainey
136 ........Earleen Sizemore...........
137 ........Paul S. Branch, Jr.........
138-Post 1....Lundsford Moody............
138-Post 2 Roger C. Byrd..............
139 Ren6 D. Kemp...............
140 Ralph J. Balkcom...........
141 ........Walter E. Cox..............
142 Bobby Long ................
143 ........R. Allen Sherrod ..........
144 Marcus E. Collins, Sr......
145 ........Hugh D. MatthewB ..........
146-Post 1....Edmond Lewis Perry.........
146-Post 2....Monty Veazey...............
147 ........Henry L. Reaves............
148 ........James M. Beck..............
149 ........Robert L. (Bob) Patten . . ..
150 ........Tom Crosby, Jr.............
151 ........Harry Dixon ...............
152-Post 1....James C. Moore.............
152-Post 2....Tommy Smith................
153...........James R. (Jim) Tuten, Jr. .
P.O. Box 2008
Albany 31702
P.O. Box 3506
Albany 31706
915 Sixth Ave.
Albany 31701
5608 Spring Flats Rd.
Albany 31705
913 Third Ave. E.
Cordele 31015
Route 3
Sylvester 31791
. Route 4, Box 499-A
Fitzgerald 31750
P.O. Box 32
Baxley 31513
.302 N. Rogers St
Hazlehurst 31539
P.O. Box 497
Hinesville 31313
Route 1
Blakely 31723
. 202 West St.
Bainbridge 31717
6th St., N.W.
Cairo 31728
Route 1
Coolidge 31738
Route 1
Pelham 31779
. Route 1, Box 913
Moultrie 31768
Route 2
Adel Rd.
Nashville 31639
P.O. Box 1572
Tifton 31794
Route 2
Quitman 31643
2427 Westwood Dr.
Valdosta 31601
Route 1, Box 180
Lakeland 31635
. 705 Wacona Dr.
Waycross 31501
1303 Coral Rd.
Waycross 31501
Route 2
West Green 31567
Route 1
Alma 31510
. 528 Newcastle St
Brunswick 31520
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Brunswick 31520
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