Manual of the General Assembly of the state of Georgia, 1966

MANUAL
of the
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
of
The State of Georgia 1966
Compiled by
BEN W FORTSON JR
Secretary of State
STATE OFFICERS
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT State Capitol Room 203 Carl E Sanders Governor Mrs Kathryn Frierson Confidential Secretary Mrs Eleanor Owens Appointment Secretary D Douglas Barnard Jr Executive Secretary John C Harper Press Secretary Henry G Neal Asst Attorney General Larry D Lloyd Administrative Aide
LIEUTENANTGOVERNOR State Capitol Room 321 Peter Zack Geer LieutenantGovernor A1 Hatcher Jr Aide J Herman Cofer Aide Jay Jenkins Aide Edna R Boone Secretary Mary W Beazley Secretary Martha Tate Secretary
SECRETARY OF STATE State Capitol Room 214 Ben W Fortson Jr Secretary of State Joe N Burton Assistant to the Secretary of State Cecil L Clifton Joint Secretary State Examining Boards
COMPTROLLERGENERAL State Capitol Room 238 James L Bentley ComptrollerGeneral
M Hardeman Blackshear Deputy ComptrollerGeneral Jack Perdue Chief Deputy Insurance Commissioner John R Gore State Fire Marshal George Cashin Chief Industrial Loan Examiner
LAW DEPARTMENT Judicial Building Room 132
Arthur K Bolton Attorney General Assistant Attorneys General
John A Blackmon R L Chambers III
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John Edward Dean Alfred L Evans Jr Paul L Hanes William L Harper Peyton S Hawes George J Hearn III Rubye G Jackson Coy R Johnson Douglas King Louis F McDonald Henry G Neal Carter Setliff E J Summerour James Horace Wood
Deputy Assistant Attorneys General
Bruce Dubberly Jr
Marion Gordon E Freeman Leverett Donald E Payton Alfred A Quillian Marshall Sims M E Thompson Jr
Attorneys
Gerald H Cohen C Lawrence Jewett Perry Michael Robert E Sherrell
Investigator
Jack F Cooney
TREASURY DEPARTMENT State Capitol Room 245 Jack B Ray State Treasurer
James E Young Assistant State Treasurer George B Hamilton State Treasurer Emeritus Cary A Bond Chief Accountant
EDUCATION State Department of Old State Office Bldg Room 242
Jack P Nix State Superintendent of Schools Dr Allen C Smith Associate State Superintendent of Schools Administrative Services Dr H Titus Singletary Jr Associate State Superintendent of Schools Instructional Services Dr Kenneth W Tidwell Assistant State Superintendent of Schools Staff Services
Dr A P Jarrell Assistant State Superintendent of Schools Rehabilitation Services
AGRICULTURE State Department of Agriculture Bldg Room 204
Phil Campbell Commissioner
LABOR State Department of Labor Bldg Room 288
Ben T Huiet Commissioner
W A Clyde Assistant Commissioner
Gus Stark Director Inspection Division
Marion Williamson Director Employment Security Agency
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION New State Office Bldg Room 162
Crawford L Pilcher Chairman
Ben T Wiggins Vice Chairman
Walter McDonald Commissioner
William H Kimbrough Commissioner
Alpha A Fowler Jr Commissioner
Matt L McWhorter Commissioner Emeritus
Allen Chappell Commissioner Emeritus
A 0 Randall Executive Secretary
Robt B Alford Chief Utilities Engineer
David 0 Benson Transportation Rate Expert
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Frank G Heald Senior Utilities Auditor
Donald J Lawrence Chief Law Enforcement Officer
Robert N Fellows Principal Accountant
Mrs Mae A Montgomery Reporter
ARCHIVES AND HISTORY Department of 330 Capitol Ave S E
Miss Carroll Hart Director
AUDITS State Department of State Capitol Room 115
Ernest B Davis State Auditor
BANKING Department of State Capitol Room 122
W M Jackson Superintendent of Banks
Hallum W Goodloe Jr Asst Superintendent of Banks
BUDGET BUREAU State 668 State Labor Bldg
Wilson B Wilkes State Budget Officer
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS State Capitol Washington Street
Harold E Stodghill Building Engineer
CHEMIST State Agriculture Bldg Room 612
Harry S Johnson Jr State Chemist
CORRECTIONS Department of State Capitol Room 415
R H Burson Director
Robert J Carter Assistant Director for Classification and Custody
M H Doyle Assistant Director for Finance and Purchasing
L E Walters Assistant Director for Training and Development
Reverend Dan V Joiner Chief Chaplain for Religious Activities Section
T H Waldrop Administrative Assistant
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DEFENSE Department of P 0 Box 4839 Atlanta 2
MajGen George J Hearn The Adjutant General and Director Civil Defense Military Division
BrigGen Charlie F Camp Asst Adjutant General for Army
BrigGen Paul S Stone Asst Adjutant General for Air Civil Defense Division
Mr Jack L Grantham Deputy Director
ENTOMOLOGY Division of Agriculture Bldg Room 304 Carl M Scott Jr Director
FAMILY AND CHILDREN SERVICES State Department of Old State Office Bldg Room 414 Mrs Bruce Schaefer Director Phil Cawthon Deputy Director
FORESTRY COMMISSION State Central Office P 0 Box 1077 Macon
A Ray Shirley Director and Executive Secretary J C Turner Jr Assistant Director Chief of Forest Protection
W H McComb Chief of Forest Management George Bishop Chief of Forest Administration Frank Craven Chief of Forest Education Sanford P Darby Chief of Reforestation Atlanta Office 7 Hunter Street Bldg Room 545 Julian D Reeves Personnel Officer
GAME AND FISH State Department of State Capitol Room 401 Rosser Malone Director
GEORGIA MILK COMMISSION Agriculture Bldg Room 220
C A Ward ChairmanDirector
HEALTH Department of Public 47 Trinity Avenue S W Room 522H Dr John H Venable Director Dr T F Sellers Director Emeritus
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT State 2 Capitol Square James L Gillis Sr Director Lonnie A Pope Assistant to Director M L Shadburn State Highway Engineer W M Williams Secretary and Treasurer
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 3rd Floor State Capitol George T Smith Speaker Miss Patricia Williams Personal Secretary Glenn W Ellard Clerk
INDUSTRY AND TRADE Department of State Capitol Room 100 James H Nutter Jr Executive Director Vincent S Jones Assistant Executive Director Hoyle R Yandle Acting Director Industry Division Vernon R Stuebing Jr Director Planning Division Ben W Carmichael Director Research Division Bill T Hardman Director Tourist Division John H Bennett Sr Chief Aviation Division Rosser E Smith Chief Public Information Unit Clara C Killcrease Chief Fiscal Unit
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL Office of State Capitol Room 316 Frank H Edwards Legislative Counsel Frank E Blankenship Chief Deputy Legislative Counsel
LEGISLATIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE State Capitol Room 316
George T Smith Speaker House of Representatives Chairman
George D Stewart Secretary of Senate Secretary Peter Zack Geer LieutenantGovernor Glenn W Ellard Clerk House of Representatives Senate Members
Hugh M Gillis Ben F Johnson Robert H Smalley Jr
House Members
George T Bagby
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D B Blalock J Robin Harris
Legislative Counsel
Frank H Edwards
LIBRARY State Judicial Bldg Room 301 John D M Folger State Librarian M Patricia Baum Assistant State Librarian Margaret A Lewis Reference Librarian Cataloged
MERIT SYSTEM OF PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION State New State Office Bldg Room 572 Edwin L Swain Director Ralph C Moor Deputy Director
Frances C Balkcom Chief Examination and Recruitment Division
Roy E Fossett Chief Classification and Compensation Division
John G Bentley Chief Personnel Transactions Division Grady L Huddleston Chief Training Division Walter 0 Withers Jr Chief Employees Health Insurance Service
MINES MINING AND GEOLOGY Department of Agriculture Bldg Rm 402
Dr A S Furcron Director
MUSEUM of Science and Industry Georgia State State Capitol 4th Floor Grey B Culberson Director
PARDONS AND PAROLES State Board of State Capitol Room 421 Mrs Rebecca L Garrett Chairman Walter 0 Brooks Member J W Claxton Member E J Calhoun Jr Director of Parole David W Job Administrative Assistant
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PARKS Department of State 7 Hunter Street S W 3rd Floor Horace G Caldwell Director Henry D Struble Deputy Director
PERSONNEL BOARD State New State Office Bldg Room 572 Thomas H Milner Jr Chairman L E Bowen Sr Vice Chairman Dr Hugh A Goodwin Member PHARMACY State Board of Agriculture Bldg Room 212214
S L Threadgill Chief Drug Inspector
PROBATION State Board of State Capitol Room 418
Mrs Rebecca L Garrett Chairman
Walter O Brooks Member
J W Claxton Member
Zell Miller Director of Probation
George L Barron Probation Officer StateatLarge
PURCHASING DEPARTMENT State Capitol Room 142
Wistar T Jay Supervisor of Purchases
S F Skrine Deputy Supervisor of Purchases
Chas G Duncan Jr Self Insurance Program Director
T B McDorman Senior Assistant Supervisor of Purchases Wade Flynt
J F Hough
Assistant Supervisors of Purchases J L Brown Assistant Purchasing Agent
REGENTS Board ofOFFICERS New State Office Bldg Room 368 James A Dunlap Chairman John W Langdale ViceChairman Dr George L Simpson Jr Chancellor S Walter Martin ViceChancellor John E Sims Assistant to the Chancellor J Dudley McClain Assistant to the Chancellor Robert M Joiner Director of Public Affairs J H Dewberry Director Plant Bus Operations Frederick 0 Branch Assistant for Development Clay Adamson Landscape Architect
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L R Siebert Executive Secretary
Mrs Jessie G Harris Assistant Executive Secretary
James A Blissit Treasurer
B Dudley Jervey Assistant Treasurer
John R Hills Director Testing Guidance
Harry S Downs Director of Junior College Operations
Miss Carroll McMahon Administrative Assistant
Harmon W Caldwell Chancellor Emeritus
REVENUE State Department of Old State Office Bldg Room 516 Hiram K Undercofler Commissioner Martin B Roberts Deputy Commissioner John W Bearden Director Motor Fuel Tax Unit Gasoline Tax Refund Unit
Robert L Allen Director Data Processing Unit W Tom Bond Director Miscellaneous Tax Unit Murray A Chappell Director Motor Vehicle Interstate Reciprocity Unit
Henry B Niemeyer Director Motor Vehicle License and Title Unit
Fred L Cox Director Interstate Tax Affairs Hoke S Bell Director Income Tax Unit Charleye L Harden Director Fraud Intelligence Unit J W D Harvey State Oil Chemist Director Fuel Oil Inspection Unit
Clarence Lorentzson Public Information Officer
E J Olmstead Director Sales Use Tax Unit Tom I Sangster Director Property Tax Intangibles Tax Unit
John G Stith Personnel Administrator
W E Strickland Comptroller Lamar White Director of Research
H Fred Culberson Chief Enforcement Officer Alcohol Control Unit
SAFETY Department of Public 959 E Confederate Ave S E P O Box 1456
Col H L Conner Director
Lt Col E B Harbin Deputy Director
State Patrol
Major L E Floyd Commanding Officer Bureau of Investigation
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Major B G Ragsdale Director State Crime Laboratory
Dr Herman Jones Director
SENATE Georgia State 3rd Floor State Capitol Peter Zack Geer President George D Stewart Secretary of the Senate
VETERANS SERVICE State Department of 1 Hunter Street S W Atlanta Peter Wheeler Director Fred N Phillips Assistant Director John W Heist Supervisor Claims Division Elmer Barfield Supervisor Education Division
WORKMENS COMPENSATION State Board of Labor Bldg Room 499 Roscoe Lowery Chairman W E Buckner Director Frank L Gross Director James C Pullin SecretaryTreasurer Arlie D Tucker Director Emeritus
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UNITED STATES SENATORS
Richard B Russell Winder Georgia
Herman Eugene Talmadge Lovejoy Georgia
UNITED STATES CONGRESSMEN
District 1 G Elliott Hagan Sylvania
2 Maston ONeal Bainbridge
3 Howard H Bo Callaway Pine Mountain
4 James A Mackay Decatur
5 Charles L Weltner Atlanta
6 John J Flynt Jr Griffin
7 John W Davis Summerville
8 J Russell Tuten Brunswick
9 Phil M Landrum Jasper
10 Robert G Stephens Jr Athens
SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA 5th Floor Judicial Bldg
Justices
W H Duckworth Chief Justice
T S Candler Presiding Justice
Associate Justices
Bond Almand Carlton Mobley Joseph D Quillian Benning M Grice Eugene Cook
Justice Emeritus
Charles William Worrill
Henry H Cobb Clerk Eva F Townsend Deputy Clerk Florene B Cobb Deputy Clerk George H Richter Jr Reporter Guy M Massey Assistant Reporter
A Broaddus Estes Sheriff
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Law Assistants
Robert H Brinson Jr
Mrs Effie A Mahan
Edward Scott ell III Curtis R Richardson Thomas M Clyburn Jr Mrs Joline B Williams Miss Maud Saunders
COURT OF APPEALS OF GEORGIA 4th Floor Judicial Bldg
Judges
Jule W Felton Chief Judge
H E Nichols Presiding Judge
John Sammons Bell Presiding Judge
John E Frankum Robert H Jordan Robert H Hall Homer C Eberhardt Charles A Pannell Braswell Deen Jr
Judge Emeritus
Ira Carlisle
Law Assistants
Charles N Hooper
Ben Estes
Eugene Highsmith
H Grady Almand Roy M Thornton Jr Mrs Helen T Harper Benjamin Landey Louis A Peacock Miss Alfredda Scobey
Morgan Thomas Clerk Ralph E Carlisle Deputy Clerk Miss Edna Earl Bennett Deputy Clerk George H Richter Jr Reporter Guy M Massey Assistant Reporter
ALAPAHA JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
H W Lott Judge
Vickers Neugent SolicitorGeneral
Lenox
Pearson
ATLANTA JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Virlyn B Moore Chief Judge
Luther Alverson Judge
J C Jep Tanksley JudgeUl
Stonewall H Dyer Judge
Ralph Pharr Judge
George P Whitman Sr Judge
Sam P McKenzie Judge
Claude D Shaw Judge4
Durwood T Pye Judge
Lewis R Slaton Jr SolicitorGeneral
Atlanta
Atlanta
Atlanta
Atlanta
Atlanta
Atlanta
Atlanta
Atlanta
Atlanta
Atlanta
ATLANTIC JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Henry H Durrence Judge3Claxton
Paul E Caswell SolicitorGeneral Hinesville
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AUGUSTA JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
F Frederick Kennedy JudgeAugusta
John F Hardin JudgeAugusta
C Wesley Killebrew JudgeAugusta
George Hains SolicitorGeneral Augusta
BLUE RIDGE JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
H Grady Vandiviere Judge XCanton
C B Butch Holcomb SolicitorGeneralCanton
BRUNSWICK JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Winebert Dan Flexer Judgel1Brunswick
Jack W Ballenger SolicitorGeneralP 0 Box 98 Baxley
CHATTAHOOCHEE JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
J Alvan Davis JudgeColumbus
John H Land JudgerSflrrColumbus
W B Skipworth Jr SolicitorGeneral Columbus
CHEROKEE JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Jefferson L Davis JudgeIpfcSCartersville
Jere F White SolicitorGeneralCartersville
CLAYTON JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Harold R Banke JudgeRt 1 Forest Park
Albert B Wallace SolicitorGeneralJonesboro
COBB JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Albert J Henderson Jr Judge107 Hemlock Dr Marietta
Conley Ingram Judge Marietta
Luther C Hames Jr SolicitorGeneral P 0 Box 151 Marietta
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CONASAUGA JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
James Thomas Pope Jr Judge Dalton
Robert Vining Jr SolicitorGeneral Dalton
CORDELE JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
0 Wendell Horne Jr JudgeICordele
Harvey L Jay SolicitorGenerallISMjiFitzgerald
COWETA JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Lamar Knight Judge Carrollton
Wright Lipford SolicitorGeneralNewnan
DOUGHERTY JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
George L Sabados Judge 4LdAlbany
Robert W Reynolds SolicitorGeneral Albany
DUBLIN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Harold E Ward Judge1402 Roberson St Dublin
W W Larsen Jr SolicitorGeneralDublin
EASTERN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Dunbar Harrison JudgeLlfSavannah
Edwin A McWhorter Judge rSavannah
B B Heery JudgeBBHLIMSavannah
Andrew Joseph Ryan Jr SolicitorGeneralSavannah
FLINT JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Hugh D Sosebee Judge LLjForsyth
Edward E McGarity SolicitorGeneral McDonough
GRIFFIN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
John H McGehee Judge1Thomaston
Andrew J Whalen Jr SolicitorGeneralGriffin
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GWINNETT JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Charles C Pittard JudgeJJdLIDuluth
Reid Merritt SolicitorGeneralI Buford
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Samuel W Fariss Judgei3ULaFayette
Robert E Bob Coker JudgeLaFayette
Earl B Bill Self SolicitorGeneralSummerville
MACON JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Oscar L Long Judge1Macon
W D Aultman JudgeByron
Hal Bell JudgeMacon
Jack J Gautier SolicitorGeneralMacon
MIDDLE JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Darius N Brown Judge JSwainsboro
Walter C McMillan Jr SolicitorGeneralP 0 Box 429
Sandersville
MOUNTAIN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Lamar N Smith Judge Toccoa
Herbert B Kimzey SolicitorGeneralCornelia
NORTHEASTERN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
A R Kenyon Judgee5i Gainesville
Jeff Wayne SolicitorGeneralGainesville
NORTHERN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
John W Billy Williford JudgeElberton
Clete D Johnson SolicitorGeneralRoyston
OCMULGEE JUDICIAL CIRCUIT George S Carpenter JudgeMilledgeville
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George D Lawrence SolicitorGeneralEatonton
OCONEE JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
James B OConnor JudgeMcRae
Albert D Mullis SolicitorGeneral1Eastman
OGEECHEE JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Walton Usher Judge Guyton
Cohen Anderson SolicitorGeneral3 Preston Dr Statesboro
PATAULA JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Walter I Geer JudgeLI Colquitt
Joe M Ray SolicitorGeneralCuthbert
PIEDMONT JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Mark Dunahoo Judge r Winder
Floyd G Hoard SolicitorGeneralJefferson
ROME JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Robert L Scoggin JudgeRome
Chastine Parker SolicitorGeneral Rome
SOUTH GEORGIA JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Robert E L Culpepper Jr JudgeCamilla
Fred B Hand Jr SolicitorGeneral Pelham
SOUTHERN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
George R Lilly Judge Quitman
Bob Humphreys SolicitorGeneralMoultrie
SOUTHWESTERN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
T 0 Marshall Judger5 Americus
J Frank Myers SolicitorGeneralAmericus
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STONE MOUNTAIN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
H Frank Guess Judge Decatur
H O Hubert Jr Judge4Decatur
William T Dean JudgetConyers
Clarence L Peeler Jr Judge Decatur
Richard Bell SolicitorGeneralDecatur
TALLAPOOSA JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
W A Foster Jr Judge Dallas
Dan Winn SolicitorGeneraliMiLJCedartown
TIFTON JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
J Bowie Gray Judge Tifton
W J Forehand SolicitorGeneralPO Box 253 Tifton
TOOMBS JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Robert L Stevens JudgeIThomson
Kenneth E Goolsby SolicitorGeneralThomson
WAYCROSS JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Ben A Hodges JudgeWaycross
Dewey Hayes SolicitorGeneralIDouglas
WESTERN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
James Barrow Judge1Athens
Thomas W Ridgway SolicitorGeneralPO Box 166 Monroe
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SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES AND SOLICITORSGENERAL EMERITUS
Judges Emeritus
Will R Smith
C J Perryman J H Paschall John Linton Renfroe Rufus Inman Stephens Cleveland Rees William H Reynolds Samuel J Boykin E E Andrews A M Anderson Jesse M Wood Robert H Humphrey G Fred Kelley Mack G Hicks Carlisle Cobb J R Thompson Carey Skelton John K Whaley James T Manning Earle Norman Carl E Crow
SolicitorsGeneral Emeritus R L Dawson Winston Owen Hope D Stark James Cecil Davis William Glenn Thomas W H Lanier A S Skelton Paul Webb Bruce D Dubberly William M West E L Tic Forrester
D M Pollock
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BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
AGING State Commission on John T Mauldin Chairman 401 Peachtree St NE Atlanta Norman Burkett Dalton
L C Butcher
Rm 288 Labor Bldg Atlanta Frank A Constangy 1404 Candler Bldg Atlanta Hugh W Gaston 1107 4th Avenue Albany John A Lasater
1980 Porter Place Decatur C R Yates
228 Auburn Ave NE Atlanta H C Morrison
Personnel Director Union Bag Camp Savannah John D Needham
Divisional Commander Salvation Army 699 Seminole Ave NE Atlanta Miss Lucile Nix
309 S McDonough St Decatur Mrs Bruce Schaefer
Rm 414 Old State Office Bldg Atlanta Calvin Stovall Cornelia C O Templeton Valdosta John H Venable
Rm 522H 47 Trinity Ave SW Atlanta
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AUTHORITY
A J Singletary Chairman Blakely
Keaton Cox Camilla
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Joe L Dennard Pine View Charles Garrett Nashville Paul Nesmith Statesboro
ALCOHOLISM Advisory Committee on T S Boehm
Pastor Hill Baptist Church Augusta
Frank S Cheatham Jr
406 Ga State Bank Bldg Savannah Reverend Charles C Duncan McCaysville
Judge J Henry Howard Sylvania
Dr A John Mooney Statesboro
Dr Arthur Richardson
Emory University Medical School Emory University Mrs Mamie K Taylor
1137 Briarcliff Rd N E Atlanta
ART COMMISSION Georgia Lamar Dodd Chairman Dept of Fine Arts
University of Georgia Athens Mrs B D Adams SecTreasurer 4000 Randall Mill Rd NW Atlanta Mrs Ouida Canaday
2722 Rovena Court Decatur Dr Wilhelmus B Bryan Director Atlanta Art Assn
1280 Peachtree St NE Atlanta Mrs J D Carter 319 Boulevard NE Gainesville James H Finch
70 Fairlie St NW Atlanta
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Hubert B Owens
University of Georgia Athens W Roy Reece Jr
Room 41 3158 Maple Dr NE Atlanta Edward Ross Rt 1 Box 398 Roswell Ezra Sellers Dept of Art
LaGrange College LaGrange
ATLANTIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION H J Cofer Jr
SeaPak Corporation St Simons Island Exofficio member Director Dept of Game and Fish
BLIND Georgia Factory for theAdvisory Board to Board of Managers Frank Gross Toccoa
George W Henderson Jr
Galey Lord 3376 Peachtree Rd NE Atlanta J T Holt Baxley
Walter McDonald
Rm 162 New State Office Bldg Atlanta Wayne K Rivers
Pres Creomulsion Co 345 Glen Iris Dr NE Atlanta Kay Stanley
1010 Bankers Insurance Bldg Macon
Tom Vereen Moultrie
Exofficio members State Treasurer State Superintendent of Schools Director Dept of Family and Children Services State Supervisor of Purchases Director Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
CAPITOL SQUARE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE Arthur K Bolton
Rm 132 Judicial Bldg Atlanta
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Ernest B Davis Rm 115 State Capitol Atlanta
Ben T Huiet
Rm 288 Labor Bldg Atlanta
J p jjj
Rm 242 Old State Office Bldg Atlanta Mrs Bruce Schaefer
Rm 414 Old State Office Bldg Atlanta H K Undercofler
Rm 516 Old State Office Bldg Atlanta Dr John Venable
Rm 522H 47 Trinity Ave SW Atlanta
CHILDREN AND YOUTH State Board for
Judge Charles Wood1st Cong Dist
Palmer Cay Inc 622 Drayton St Savannah Elden Mathews2nd Cong Dist
Cordele Dispatch Cordele Guy K Hutcherson3rd Cong Dist
PO Box 5116 Columbus Mrs Mamie K Taylor4th Cong Dist
1137 Briarcliff Rd N E Atlanta Irving K Kaler5th Cong Dist
Fulton National Bank Bldg Atlanta Bert Struby6th Cong Dist
Macon News Telegraph Macon Mrs Lester Harbin7th Cong Dist
Rome
Jack Williams Jr8th Cong Dist
901 Cherokee Drive Waycross Robert D Fowler9th Cong Dist
Lawrenceville
Mrs Henry Parsons10th Cong Dist
1744 S Milledge Ave Athens David HolmesState at Large Tennille
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Hamilton McWhorter JrStateatLwrge Lexington
Harvey PaschalState at Large 1699 Canton Road Marietta Mrs Lamar RussellState at Large McDonough
Exofficio members Director Dept of Family Children ServicesCHAIRMAN Director Dept of Public Health State Superintendent of Schools Commissioner of Labor Director of Corrections Commissioner of Agriculture Director Georgia Forest Commission Director of Probation and the Executive Secretary to the Governor
CIVIL WAR CENTENNIAL COMMISSION Georgiy
Beverly M DuBose Jr Chairman Trust Co of Ga Bldg Atlanta
Charles Adams Woolf oik Bldg Fort Valley Mrs James D Anthony Dahlonega
Mrs W F Bond Calhoun
Mayor Charles Cowan Cartersville
Gen L 0 Grice
1063 Peachtree Battle Ave NW Atlanta
H Hansell Hillyer
Savannah Gas Co Savannah
Mrs Lowry W Hunt Madison
Ed Kelly
TimesEnterprise 119 N Madison Thomasville
Mrs Forrest E Kibler 724 Longleaf Dr NE Atlanta
Dr Carol Graham Pryor Med Arts Bldg 1467 Harper St Augusta
Tom Sellers
The Columbus LedgerEnquirer Columbus
Roy L Simmons Jr
104 Skyline Trail Smyrna
Mrs C Robert Walker Griffin
Mayor Paul E Ward Fitzgerald
CLAIMS ADVISORY BOARD
Exofficio members
Secretary of State Chairman Director Department of Public Health Chairman State Highway Board
CORRECTIONS State Board of
Richard W Watkins Jr Chairman Jackson
Stetson F Bennett Jr
Jesup
R Jack Kennedy Reidsville
Lynn J Norris Thomson
John B Stanley Louisville
CRIMINAL LAW STUDY COMMITTEE T T Molnar Chairman Cuthbert
Henry G Neal ViceChairman Thomson
Richard B Thornton Secretary 165 1st Street Bldg Macon
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Marcus B Calhoun Thomasville J Willis Conger Bainbridge Pierre Howard 209 Phelps Bldg Decatur Ben F Johnson
Emory University Law School Atlanta Ralph McClelland
1103 First National Bank Bldg Atlanta Andrew W McKenna
2358 Old Holton Road Macon Howard Overby
1239 Riverside Dr Gainesville Alfred A Quillan Winder
Richard B Russell III Winder Earl Staples Carrollton Frank S Twitty Camilla Warner Wells Ft Valley Mullis Whisnant Hamilton
DENTISTRY Governors Advisory Committee
Dr Simon Eisenberg
302 Bull Street Savannah Dr Frampton Farmer 700 Spring Street Macon Dr Joe Hawley
1355 13th Ave Biggers Bldg Columbus Dr Robert Jordan
310 Medical Arts Bldg Atlanta Dr Paul W Lee 814 Church Street Waycross Dr Glenn Reed 601 Church Street Marietta
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Dr Robert P Repass
Suite 109 Medical Center Athens Dr Robert Robinson
832 Candler Bldg Atlanta Dr William T Smith Jr
Box 307 108 E 4th Street Tifton
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Georgia
Harry L Brown Mountain City Olin Burton Vienna
J W Fanning
University of Georgia Athens Jim L Gillis Jr
Soperton Eldridge Perry Buena Vista Jack B Ray Norwood Reeder Tucker Royston
Hugh Whitworth Lavonia
Exofficio members Commissioner of Agriculture Director Department of Industry and Trade
EDUCATION State Board of
J Brantley Johnson1st Cong Dist
Statesboro
Robert B Wright Jr ViceChairman2nd Cong Dist Moultrie
Mrs Blanche Hobbs3rd Cong Dist
2609 Fremont Ave Columbus Donald E Payton4th Cong Dist
Decatur Federal Bldg Decatur David Rice5th Cong Dist
1175 W Conway Rd NW Atlanta James S Peters Chairman6th Cong Dist
Manchester
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Henry A Stewart Sr7th Cong Dist
Cedartown
Lonnie E Sweat8th Cong Dist
Ill n Alron no t
Cliff Kimsey Jr9th Cong Dist
Cornelia
William L Preston10th Cong Dist
Attorney at Law Monroe
EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL Georgia Clifford M Clarke
co AIG 181 Washington St SW Atlanta Zack Daniel Lavonia McGrath Keen Dublin
Ethridge Paulk Fitzgerald
Charles O Smith Jr
Moultrie
Joseph A Whittle
American National Bank Bldg Brunswick Exofficio members Chairman State Bd of Education
Chairman State Bd of Regents Chairman Education Committee of the House of Representatives Chairman Educational Matters Committee of the Senate State Superintendent of Schools and Chancellor University System of Georgia
EFFICIENCY AND IMPROVEMENT IN GOVERNMENT Governors Commission on William R Bowdoin Chairman
Trust Co of Ga PO Box 4418 Atlanta Robert J Marshburn ViceChairman Shalom Farm Homer W Clair Harris P 0 Box 29 Winder I ulian T Hightower Thomaston Cotton Mills Thomaston
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Alfred W Jones Sea Island John B ONeal III 33 Chestnut St Elberton William P Simmons P O Box 34 Macon
Dr Morris W H Collins Jr Executive Director Secretary University of Georgia Athens
ELECTION BOARD State Secretary of State Chairman
Holcombe Perry Jr
Albany
Mrs Melba R Williams 2461 Echo Dr NE Atlanta
EMPLOYEES ASSURANCE DEPT State Board of Directors
TilTYlPCl A TllQilt
Rm 468 New State Office Bldg Atlanta P T McCutchen Ellijay
Exofficio members Comptroller General Commissioner of Labor State Auditor Director State Merit System
EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM Board of Trustees Ben T Huiet
Rm 288 Labor Bldg Atlanta Paul E Manners
First National Bank Bldg Atlanta P T McCutchen Sr
Ellijay
William Martin Williams
Highway Bldg Atlanta
Exofficio members State Auditor Chairman State Insurance Commissioner Director State Merit System
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EMPLOYMENT SECURITY AGENCY Board of Review Frank A Constangy Chairman 1404 Candler Bldg Atlanta John Lytjen
525 E 55th St Savannah W 0 Purser Alamo
ENGINEERING ADVISORY BOARD Felix de Golian Jr Chairman
Golian Steel Iron Co 5 Ivy St Bldg Atlanta R J J Locatell
12 3rd St NE AtlantaRESIGNED 123165 Gilbert D Spindel Sr
1182 W Peachtree St NE Atlanta R E Stiemke
Georgia Institute of Technology 225 North Ave NW Atlanta
EUGENICS State Board of Dr I H MacKinnon
Milledgeville State Hospital Milledgeville Exofficio members Director State Board of Health Director Dept of Family Children Services
FAMILY AND CHILDREN SERVICES State Board of Mrs Sol Clark1st Cong Dist
109 E 44th Street Savannah Charles C Pilcher2nd Cong Dist
Meigs
L Thomas McLane3rd Cong Dist
Skinner Corp West Point
4th Cong Dist
Mrs Henry Toombs5th Cong Dist
2871 Normandy Dr NW Atlanta Mrs Homer M Parker6th Cong Dist
109 North Ave Forest Park Mrs Neil Andrews7th Cong Dist
LaFayette
C A Jones8th Cong Dist
Nashville
Mrs Jones Webb9th Cong Dist
Lawrenceville
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Mrs Weldon Smith10th Cong Dist
Greensboro
FARMERS MARKET AUTHORITY Georgia Exofficio members
Governor Chairman
Commissioner of Agriculture ViceChairman State Auditor SecretaryTreasurer LieutenantGovernor Attorney General
FOOD SERVICE ADVISORY COUNCIL Harvey Hester
Campbellton Rd Smyrna Robert E Poss Jr
Athens
Mrs Charles Treado Sylvania
Hugh Eugene Tudor
1487 Cooper St Augusta Marvin T Watkins 2608 Napier Ave Macon
FOREST RESEARCH COUNCIL Georgia Wallace Adams Chairman Glenwood Dr H I Conner Vidalia
Robert D Dixon Griffin
J F Mathis Jr
Swainsboro Downing Musgrove Homerville Kirk Sutlive
Union Bag Paper Corp Savannah H E Ruark Director P O Box 1502 Macon
Exofficio member Director State Forestry Commission XXXII
FORESTRY COMMISSION State Charlie Jordan Jr Chairman Vidalia
Andrew J Aultman 802 N Westberry St Sylvester Walter George Beasley Lavonia L H Morgan Eastman
Alexander Sessoms Cogdell
A Ray Shirley Director and Executive Secretary Rm 218 Agriculture Bldg Atlanta
GAME AND FISH COMMISSION State
James F Darby Jr1st Cong Dist Vidalia
Richard Tift2nd Cong Dist
230 Pine Avenue Albany William E Smith3rd Cong Dist Americus
Charles L Davidson Jr4th Cong Dist
3247 Wynn Drive Avondale Estates Rankin Smith5th Cong Dist
573 W Peachtree St NE Atlanta William Z Camp6th Cong Dist Newnan
James B Langford7th Cong Dist Calhoun
Harley Langdale8th Cong Dist Valdosta
Edgar B Dunlap Jr9th Cong Dist
Wheeler Hotel Bldg Gainesville L B Bassford10th Cong Dist
2125 Gardner St Augusta Jimmie WilliamsonCoastal Counties Darien
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HEALTH State Board of Physicians
Dr J K Quattlebaum Jr1st Cong Dist
722 Drayton St Savannah Dr Aldwin G Funderburk2nd Cong Dist Moultrie
Dr Roy L Gibson Jr3rd Cong Dist
1226 Third Avenue Columbus Dr Richard H Smoot4th Cong Dist
250 E Ponce de Leon Ave Decatur Dr Fred L Allman5th Cong Dist
Baptist Professional Bldg Atlanta Dr B W Forester6th Cong Dist
724 Hemlock Street Macon Dr Fred H Simonton7th Cong Dist Chickamauga
Dr William A Dickson8th Cong Dist
704 N Davis Street Nashville Dr P K Dixon9th Cong Dist
304 South Enota Dr Gainesville Dr John M Martin Chairman10th Cong Dist 1401 Harper Street Augusta
Dentists
Dr A C Tuck
129 E Jackson St Box 78 Thomasville Dr Wesley A Carr 1731 Walton Way Augusta
Pharmacists
Dr John D Marshall Box 8 Camilla S Lanier Hardman Covington
Veterinarian
Dr J T Mercer
597 Heard Street Elberton
Assn of Co Commissioners
Harrison Bray Manchester
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Ga Municipal Association
Carl E Pruett 1055 Maple Drive Griffin
State at Large
John Garner Milledgeville
HERTY FOUNDATION Charles H
Wallace Adams Glenwood John E Cay Jr
206 East 45th St Savannah Harley Langdale Jr
Naval Stores Madison Hwy Valdosta Shelby Myrick Jr
co Courthouse Savannah Frank C Underwood Jr
7 Althea Parkway Kensington Park Savannah
HIGHER EDUCATION ASSISTANCE CORPORATION Ga Board of Directors of the Milton Carlton1st Cong Dist
534 Kite Road Swainsboro Emmett Chastain2nd Cong Dist
Cairo
Dr James Ward3rd Cong Dist
Suite 110 Doctors Bldg Columbus Dr Wallace M Alston4th Cong Dist
213 S Candler Rd Decatur Mrs Connie W Stewart5th Cong Dist
1442 N Morningside Dr N E Atlanta Dr Carey T Vinzant6th Cong Dist
President Tift College Forsyth William Ingram7th Cong Dist
Cartersville
Albert Jenkins8th Cong Dist
Baxley
Eugene W Owen9th Cong Dist
Canton
Ben Tarbutton Jr10th Cong Dist
Sander sville
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J A AndrewsState at Large 108 E Doyle Street Toccoa L R TurpinState at Large Clarkesville
Exofficio members Chancellor University System of Georgia Chairman Board of Regents and State Budget Officer
HIGHWAY AUTHORITY Georgia State Exofficio members
Governor
Director State Highway Department State Budget Officer
HIGHWAY BOARD State
L C McClurkin1st Cong Dist
1408 Bacon Park Savannah Hugh D Broome2nd Cong Dist
Donalsonville
Clarke W Duncan3rd Cong Dist
Buena Vista
A Jack Embry4th Cong Dist
3636 ChambleeTucker Rd Chamblee Robert H White5th Cong Dist
Box 10798 Station A Atlanta Reginald Trice Chairman6th Cong Dist
Macon
N N Burnes Jr ViceChairman7th Cong Dist
Rome
E J Gayner III8th Cong Dist
Brunswick
Lloyd F Strickland9th Cong Dist
Chesnut Mountain Hatchery Gainesville George A Sancken Sr10th Cong Dist
763 Aumond Road Augusta
HISTORICAL COMMISSION Georgia Joseph B Cumming Chairman 909 Marion Bldg Augusta Mrs William F Bond 511 Harlin Street Calhoun James C Bonner
Dept of Social Studies The Womans College of Georgia Milledgeville
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Mrs Wm Lawton Brannen Cedar Hoad Metter Dr James T Bryson Washington
Beverly M DuBose Jr
co DuBoseEgleston 739 Trust Co of Ga Bldg Atlanta Milton L Fleetwood
President Tribune Publishing Co Cartersville A R Kelly
Academic Bldg University of Georgia Athens Alexander A Lawrence
9th Floor Liberty Bank Bldg Savannah Mrs Mary Gregory Jewett Secretary 116 Mitchell St SW Atlanta
HOSPITAL ADVISORY COUNCIL
Leroy Cowart1st Cong Dist
403 Donehoo Street Statesboro Martin Bailey2nd Cong Dist
Cairo
Paul Sinclair3rd Cong Dist
Montezuma
Willis E Lewis4th Cong Dist
2249 Spring Creek Rd Decatur Alex W Smith Jr5th Cong Dist
Standard Fed Savings Bldg Atlanta Terrell Starr6th Cong Dist
1218 Main Street Forest Park Kenneth G Williams7th Cong Dist
Ringgold
Will Jessup8th Cong Dist
Eastman 1
Reeder Tucker9th Cong Dist
Royston
Ralph Snow10th Cong Dist
590 W Cloverhurst Ave Athens Joe AycockState at Large Monroe
Dr J Curtis LaneGa Dental Assn
55 Granade Street Statesboro Norman D BurkettGa Hospital Assn
Dalton
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B Fred StathamAssn of Co Commrs
Ellaville Road Americus J B CherryGa Pharmaceutical Assn
Dawson
Mrs Janie CokerGa State Nurses Assn
1519 Stratford Circle Macon John E YarbroughGa Municipal Assn
813 S Broad Street Rome Dr A B CongerMedical Assn of Ga
Martin Building Columbus Mrs Nadine BenderGa Assn of Nursing Homes 3888 LaVista Road Tucker
Exofficio members Director State Dept of Family Children Services Director Vocational Rehabilitation Division of the State Dept of Education and Director State Dept of Public Health
HOSPITAL AUTHORITY State Exofficio members
Governor Chairman
State Auditor SecretaryTreasurer
Attorney General
INDUSTRY AND TRADE Board of Commissioners of the Dept of
Kirk Sutlive1st Cong Dist
414 Maupas Ave Savannah James Crockett1st Cong Dist
Vidalia
B T Burson2nd Cong Dist
Camilla
John Parkerson2nd Cong Dist
Tifton
Robert T Davis3rd Cong Dist
Sue Mack Drive Columbus W T Roberts3rd Cong Dist
Montezuma
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Roger Shoerner4th Cong Dist
Carrollton
John K Porter4th Cong Dist
Hurt Bldg Atlanta Clark Harrison5th Cong Dist
2696 Clairmont Rd NE Atlanta E A Yates Jr5th Cong Dist
Ga Power Co PO 4545 Atlanta Thomas G Cousins6th Cong Dist
709 Woodward Way NW Atlanta John R Hines6th Cong Dist
Hogansville
John P Pickett7th Cong Dist
Cedartown
W A Pulver7th Cong Dist
5257 Long Island Dr NE Atlanta Stanley Brooks8th Cong Dist
McRae
William S Bazemore8th Cong Dist
Waycross
Allyn J Morse9th Cong Dist
Toccoa
Ralph Cleveland9th Cong Dist
1501 Summerfield Terrace Gainesville Peter S Knox Jr10th Cong Dist
Thomson
Julius Bishop10th Cong Dist
Athens
JEKYLL ISLAND STATE PARK AUTHORITY
Exofficio members 1
Secretary of State Chairman
Chairman Public Service Commission ViceChairman State Auditor SecretaryTreasurer Director Department of State Parks Attorney General
A J Hartley Executive Secretary and Attorney Mrs Madelyn Neill Assistant SecretaryTreasurer Rm 224 Judicial Bldg Atlanta
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JUDICIAL COUNCIL OF GEORGIA
B D Murphy Chairman
C S National Bank Bldg Atlanta Justice Carlton Mobley
5th Floor Judicial Bldg Atlanta Justice Joseph D Quillian
5th Floor Judicial Bldg Atlanta Judge Durwood Pye
Fulton County Court House Atlanta Judge Samuel J Boykin Carrollton F Jack Adams Cornelia
Marshall Allison Lavonia Tom Marshall
Macon Rd Americus Roy Richards Carrollton John B Spivey Swainsboro Robert B Troutman
Trust Co of Ga Bldg Atlanta Felix C Williams Swainsboro
Robert H Smalley Jr Senate Member P 0 Box 116 Griffin George D Busbee House Member 204 N Monroe St Albany
Exofficio member Chief Justice Supreme Court of Georgia
JUDICIAL SELECTION Governors Commission on
Robert R Richardson Chairman C S Bank Bldg Atlanta Joseph A Whittle Secretary
American National Bank Bldg Brunswick Frank Cheatham1st Cong Dist
406 Ga State Bank Bldg Savannah Sam Gardner Jr2nd Cong Dist
P 0 Box 68 Moultrie
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Kenneth Henson3rd Cong Dist
Columbus Bank Trust Co Bldg Columbus Howard C Wallace4th Cong Dist
Jonesboro
Sam Hewlett Jr5th Cong Dist
Healey Building Atlanta William M Towson6th Cong Dist
Morris Office Bldg Dublin Oscar M Smith7th Cong Dist
14 East 3rd Ave Rome Fred H Walker8th Cong Dist
2117 Jerry Jones Dr Valdosta William B Gunter9th Cong Dist
Gainesville
Upshaw C Bentley10th Cong Dist
Southern Mutual Bldg Athens
LAKE LANIER ISLANDS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Harry C Adley
81 Peachtree PI N E Atlanta Eugene W OBrien 1198 Oakdale Rd N E Atlanta Sylvan Meyer
The Daily Times Gainesville L Edd Travis
N Georgia Petroleum Co Gainesville Exofficio members Secretary of State Director State Game and Fish Commission Director State Parks Dept Director Dept of Industry Trade and President Upper Chattahoochee Development Association
LITERATURE COMMISSION State
James P Wesberry Chairman
1700 Piedmont Ave NE Atlanta Hubert L Dyar Executive Secretary Rm 512 Agriculture Bldg Atlanta Marcus B Calhoun Thomasville
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LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY DISEASE CONTROL BOARD Commissioner of Agriculture Chairman President Georgia Livestock Association President Georgia Swine Breeders Association President Georgia Veterinary Medical Association President Georgia Poultry Federation President Georgia Milk Producers Association President Georgia Stockyard Operators Association Dean College of Agriculture Director State Experimental Stations Director Agriculture Extension Service State Supervisor Vocational Agriculture Dean School of Veterinary Medicine
MEDICAL EDUCATION BOARD State
Dr Ivan R Elder
405 Alabama Ave Bremen Dr Carol G Pryor
Medical Arts Bldg 1467 Harper St Augusta Dr Stell B Traylor
Main Street Barnesville
Secretary to Board of Regents SecretaryTreasurer Exofficio members President Medical Association of Georgia Immediate Past President Medical Association of Georgia Chairman
MENTAL INSTITUTIONS Advisory Committee on
Dr John Bell
509 Bellevue Dublin Walter Blasingame Moultrie
Dr Rives Chalmers
2905 Peachtree Rd NE Atlanta Peyton S Hawes Elberton John L Moore
C S National Bank Bldg Atlanta Dr Louie D Newton
1085 Ponce de Leon Ave NE Atlanta Dr Robert A Rainer Jr
McDonough
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Dr William Rottersman Baptist Professional Bldg Atlanta Mrs W C Tucker 1915 Wildwood Ave Columbus Dr Luther H Wolff Medical Arts Bldg Columbus Dr R Hugh Wood 1364 Clifton Rd NE Atlanta
MINERAL LEASING COMMISSION
W Perry Ballard Jr
360 Nelson St S W Atlanta J C Bible Jrfe 748 Greene St Augusta Joseph Isenberg 4226 9th St St Simons Island Hugh R Papy
5714 Sweetbriar St Savannah H H Sancken 420 Pine Ave Albany
Exofficio members Governor Secretary of State Attorney General and Director Dept of Mines Mining Geology
MOBILE HOME COMMISSION Garland Anderson
Shady Acres Mobile Home Court Rt 4 Box 313 Savannah Cecil Cullip
President Cullip Industries Ellaville Sherman E Fountain
Division Manager Mariette Coach Co Americus J Howard Fry Jr
2920 Stewart Ave S W Atlanta Kenneth A Hathaway 1
t 1BHI Redman Industries Redman St Americus John B Manley Jr
3134 Roxboro Rd N E Atlanta Randy Walter
GeneeWreneSta Products Inc 3127 MaPle Dr N E Atlanta Pres Mobile Homes 1878 Gordon Highway Augusta XLIII
NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS COMMISSION
Gene Addy Chairman Toccoa
John Bankson Summerville R E Cannon Clayton
Lew R Cooper Cleveland
Mrs Amilee Graves Clarkesville
Exofficio members State Auditor Chairman Ga Mountains Planning Development Commission
OFFICE BUILDING AUTHORITY State
Exofficio members
Governor
LieutenantGovernor Attorney General State Auditor
Chief Justice Supreme Court of Georgia
PENAL AND REHABILITATION AUTHORITY State
Exofficio members
Governor State Auditor Attorney General
PESTICIDE REVIEW BOARD State Bill Blasingame
Getz Exterminators Inc 2632 Piedmont Rd Atlanta Dr George H Bradley
1 Horseleg Creek Road Rome Dr Taylor Bragg
1016 E Spring Street Monroe Dr Jim Jenkins
University of Georgia Athens Dr H 0 Lund
Dept of Entomology University of Ga Athens XLIV
Dr John McCroan
Chief Entomologist Health Dept 47 Trinity Ave S W Atlanta Howard Zeller
Chief Fisheries Division Game and Fish Dept Em 401 State Capitol Atlanta
PHYSICAL FITNESS Governors Council on
Dr Fred L Allman CoChairman Baptist Professional Bldg Atlanta Thomas E McDonough CoChairman 512 Emory Circle N E Atlanta Wright Bazemore
Coach Valdosta High School Valdosta Mrs James Belger Douglas
Dr Garland Dickey Rome
Elmer George
406 Fulton Federal Bldg Atlanta Jim Goff Moultrie Billy Henderson 1792 Winston Dr Macon Oliver Hunnicutt
Coach LaGrange High School LaGrange French Johnson
Coach Marietta High School Marietta Mrs Cicero Johnston 2885 Redding Rd NE Atlanta 19 Dwight Keith Sr
1905 Piedmont Rd NE Atlanta Dick Lane
2704 Humphries St East Point Dan Magill
585 Woodlawn Ave Athens Elmer Morrow 2494 Woodridge Dr Decatur H C Pearson
510 Hampton Court Athens
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Stephen Schmidt
83 Poplar St NW Atlanta Tom Thrailkill
1304 Whispering Pines Rd Albany Zeh Vance
1571 College Street Macon A L Williams
947 Beman Street Augusta Ohlen R Wilson Alma
POLICE ACADEMY BOARD Georgia
William M West
Guerry Drive Macon
William P Trotter LaGrange
Exofficio members Director Department of Public Safety 1 President Peace Officers Association of Georgia Presi dent Georgia Municipal Association President Association 1 of County Commissioners Director Vocational Division fl State Department of Education

PORTS AUTHORITY Georgia
Robert C Norman ChairmanState at Large Southern Finance Bldg Augusta
W D Trippe ViceChairmanState at Large Cedartown
A M Harris Sr8th Cong Dist
Brunswick
Howell HollisState at Large 1238 2nd Ave Columbus
Thomas M Johnson1st Cong Dist
101 E Bay Street Savannah
J D Holt ExecutiveDirector 1
P 0 Box 1039 Savannah
Sam H Gardner Jr SecretaryTreasurer Moultrie
Anton F Solms Jr Attorney Savannah
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RADIATION CONTROL COUNCIL Dr Mark Brown
Talmadge Memorial Hospital Augusta Randall Carter
1663 Haygood Dr NE Atlanta Dr John T Godwin
St Josephs Infirmary Atlanta Dr J E Griffith 959 Fern Cliff Rd NE Atlanta Dr Parker E Mahan 2344 Burntcreek Road Decatur
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT BOARD Georgia Lawton Brannen Metter W C Clary Toccoa Cleon Moore Social Circle J C Palmer Jr
Waynesboro Rountree Youmans
2938 Habersham Way NW Atlanta
REAL PROPERTIES CONTROL COMMISSION State Robert E Lee Jr Senate Member P 0 Box 548 Elberton Thomas B Murphy House Member 114 Sharpe Street Bremen
Exofficio members Governor Chairman State Auditor Vice Chairman Secretary of State Secretary State Treasurer Chairman of the Public Service Commission President of the Senate Speaker House of Representatives Chairman of the State Institutions and Property Committee of the House and Chairman of the Public Utilities and Transportation Committee of the Senate
RECREATION COMMISSION Georgia Mrs W A Bowen1st Cong Dist
Statesboro
J W Stone2nd Cong Dist
Cordele
Archie L Campbell Jr3rd Cong Dist
Paulk Auto Parts Warner Robins XL VII
Mrs Cicero A Johnston4th Cong Dist
2885 Redding RdNE Atlanta Earl Mann5th Cong Dist
1616 West Wesley Rd NW Atlanta Robert Baggott6th Cong Dist
Pastor First Baptist Church Newnan James E Brown7th Cong Dist
Dalton
Verne Pickren8th Cong Dist
Folkston
Luke L Rushton Sr9th Cong Dist
Head Coach Athletic Director Young Harris College Young Harris
William R Tiller10th Cong Dist
Lake Jean Dr Evans
REFUNDING BOND COMMISSION Exofficio members
Secretary of State ComptrollerGeneral Attorney General
RURAL ROADS AUTHORITY Georgia Exofficio members
Governor
Director State Highway Department State Budget Officer
SAFETY Department of Public Col H L Conner Director
959 E Confederate Ave SE Atlanta Sheriff Virgil Bledsoe Franklin
Sheriff L L Wyatt
Greensboro
Exofficio members Governor Chairman ComptrollerGeneral Attorney General AdjutantGeneral Chairman State Highway Board
SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY State
Exofficio members Governor Attorney General Chancellor University System of Georgia State School Superintendent State Auditor Chairman Board of Regents University System of Georgia Chairman State Board of Education
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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMISSION Georgia Dr 0 C Aderhold
President University of Georgia Athens Dr James A Bain 2275 Tanglewood Road Decatur Dr Paul R Beall
Oglethorpe University Atlanta Dr Walter L Bloom
Dir Medical Education Research Piedmont Hospital Atlanta
Dr James E Boyd
President West Georgia College Carrollton Harllee Branch Jr
President The Southern Co Lenox Towers Atlanta Dr Harmon W Caldwell
595 McAfee St NW Atlanta Phil Campbell
Rm 204Agriculture Bldg Atlanta Milton Carlton 534 Kite Road Swainsboro James V Carmichael
Fulton National Bank Bldg Atlanta Dr Rufus Clement
691 Beckworth St SW Atlanta H McKinley Conway Jr
2592 Apple Valley Rd NE Atlanta James A Dunlap
Home Federal Bldg Gainesville A L Feldman
President Puritan Chemical Co 916 Ashby St NW Atlanta
Dr John T Godwin
Director of Laboratories St Josephs Infirmary Atlanta Dr Edwin D Harrison
President Ga Institute of Technology Atlanta Dr William B Harrison
Director School of Nuclear Eng Ga Institute of Technology Atlanta
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Dr George H King
Director of Agricultural Exp Stations University of Ga Athens
Dr Charles Lester
Dean Graduate School Emory University Atlanta Dr John W Letson
Supt of Atlanta Public Schools 224 Central Ave SW Atlanta
Dr A H Letton
Baptist Professional Bldg 340 Boulevard SE Atlanta
Frank Malone
Hurt Building Atlanta
Chappelle Matthews 116 Shackelford Bldg Athens
Thomas R May
VicePresident LockheedGeorgia Co Marietta Ottley McCarty
President The Audichron Co 721 Miami Circle NE Atlanta
John J McDonough co Georgia Power Company Atlanta
Dr Robert A McRorie
Associate Dean of Graduate School University of Ga Athens
Quimby Melton Jr
Route Three Box 411 Griffin
Dr C C Murray
Dean College of Agriculture University of Ga Athens
Frank H Neely co Richs Inc Atlanta
Dr Harry B ORear
President Medical College of Ga Augusta Jack P Nix
Room 242Old State Office Bldg Atlanta
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Glen P Robinson Jr
P 0 Box 13654 Atlanta
Dr W Bruce Schaefer Toccoa
Dr Robert E Stiemke
Associate Dean of Faculties Ga Institute of Technology Atlanta
Dr William M Suttles
VicePresident and Personnel Director Richs Inc Atlanta Dr Frank Sutton
Director of Research LockheedGeorgia Company Marietta W A Sutton
Citizens Southern National Bank Atlanta
Dr William G Trawick
2479 Burnt Leaf Lane Decatur
Dr John H Venable
Room 522H 47 Trinity Ave SW Atlanta
SOIL CONSERVATION COMMITTEE State
Jim L Gillis Jr Chairman Soperton Lamar Franklin Marietta
C M Higginbotham Royston David Kistner Rt 2 Loganville
Fred Statham Americus
Exofficio members Commissioner of Agriculture Director State Agricultural Extension Service Director Georgia Agricultural Experiment Station Experiment Georgia Director Georgia Coastal Plains Experiment Station Tifton Georgia State Conservationist of the Soil Conservation Service Dean State College of Agriculture Athens Director Vocational Agriculture in Georgia
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SOUTHERN REGIONAL EDUCATION Board of Control for Dr 0 C Aderhold University of Georgia Athens George B Brooks Crawford George L Simpson
Rm 468 New State Office Bldg Atlanta Chappelle Matthews Shackelford Bldg Athens Exofficio member Governor
STONE MOUNTAIN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION Harmon M Born 34 W Rex Road Rex Mrs James E Betty Boyd Carrollton Julius A McCurdy 250 Ponce de Leon Ave Decatur Exofficio members Chairman Public Service Commission Secretary of State Attorney General Commissioner of Agriculture Chairman
TOLL BRIDGE AUTHORITY State
Exofficio members
Governor
Director State Highway Department State Budget Officer
TY COBB BASEBALL MEMORIAL COMMISSION
Romeo M Adams Royston
G W Atkins Royston
Bruce Barnes Royston
P Burt Barnes Mayor Royston
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Reed Blackwell
163 Blackland Dr NW Atlanta
Charles A Bourdelais
5158 Northside Dr NW Atlanta
Ed L Bridges
1105 St Charles Place NE Atlanta
Stewart D Brown Royston
Hubert L Dyar
Rm 512 Agriculture Bldg Atlanta Howard Ector
36 Edgewood Ave NE Atlanta John C Etheridge Elberton
L Roberts Greer Royston
Clarence M Higginbotham Royston
Clete D Johnson Royston Earl Mann
1616 W Wesley Rd NW Atlanta Parker Purcell Carnesville Harvey J Sanders Royston
Hughes Spalding Jr
499 Johnson Ferry Rd NW Atlanta
J A Williams Royston
James W Woodruff Jr
Columbus
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA Board of Regents
Anton F Solms Jr1st Cong Dist Commercial Bldg Savannah
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John I Spooner2nd Cong Dist
Donalsonville
T Hiram Stanley3rd Cong Dist
2501 Lookout Drive Columbus
H G Patillo4th Cong Dist
3255 Wynn Dr Decatur Jesse Draper5th Cong Dist
Grant Bldg Atlanta James C Owen Jr6th Cong Dist
Commercial Bank Bldg Griffin James V Carmichael7th Cong Dist
Chmn Scripto Inc
Fulton National Bank Bldg Atlanta John Langdale8th Cong Dist
Attorney at Law Valdosta James A DunlapChairman9th Cong Dist
Home Fed Bldg Gainesville G L Dickens Jr10th Cong Dist
Attorney at Law Milledgeville Charles A SmithgallState at Large PressRadio CenterGainesville Roy V HarrisState at Large Southern Finance Bldg Augusta John BellState at Large Dublin
Carey WilliamsState at Large Greensboro
Jack AdairState at Large 56 Peachtree St NW Atlanta
Building Authority
Exofficio members Governor Attorney General Chancellor University System of Georgia State School Superintendent State Auditor Chairman Board of Regents University System of Georgia Chairman State Board of Education
VETERANS SERVICE State Board of John Alex Dunaway Lincolnton
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E E Griffin Gibson
B L Hawkins
Railroad Ave Gainesville Hugh H Howell Jr
Mark Bldg Atlanta Randolph Medlock
Mayor Stone Mountain Henry A Moses Uvalda
James T Green
527 E 52nd Street Savannah
WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD State
John H Venable Chairman
Rm 522H 47 Trinity Ave SW Atlanta
Austin R Bailey
Commercial Well Driller Jesup Millard Beckum
Director Augusta Chamber of Commerce Augusta Ted M Forbes
C S National Bank Bldg Atlanta William B Greene
113 Luckie St Cartersville Hugh Logan
Clarke Co Bd of Co Commissioners Athens B F Merritt
Mayor City of Macon Macon V D Parrott
Dalton City Engineer Dalton G Stuart Watson
Attorney at Law PO Box 41 Albany 1
WATERWAYS COMMISSION Georgia J W Woodruff Jr Chairman Pres WRBLTV Columbus Valene BennettAltamaha River Basin Mbr
Alma
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Henry G McKemieChattahoochee River Basin Mbr Ft Gaines
Malcolm R MacleanSavannah River Basin Mbr Mayor Savannah
Paul A Keenan JrFlint River Basin Mbr
C S Bank Bldg Albany Dean CovingtonEtowah River Basin Mbr
Attorney at Law Rome Clinton L SandersState at Large Perkins Freight Lines General Offices 140 Milton Ave S E Atlanta
WORKMENS COMPENSATION MEDICAL BOARD Dr W C ColesRoentgenologist Mbr
710 Peachtree St NE Atlanta Dr David L HearinDermatologist Mbr
3158 Maple Drive N E Atlanta Dr A P JonesInternal Medicine Mbr
610 S 8th Street Griffin Dr J C NorrisPathologist Mbr
478 Peachtree St NE Atlanta Dr Duncan ShepardToxicologist Mbr
1211 W Peachtree St NE Atlanta
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PROFESSIONAL EXAMINING BOARDS Cecil L Clifton Joint Secretary 166 Pryor St SW Atlanta Georgia
ACCOUNTANCY State Board of
Otis B LeMay Jr Chairman P 0 Box 1612 Columbus
Louis A Thompson ViceChairman 322 Morel Bldg Savannah
M H Barnes Jr
co Haskins Sells C S National Bank Bldg Atlanta Roger Denning
80111 Southern Finance Bldg Augusta
Jack Short Doerun
ARCHITECTS State Board for Examination Qualification and Registration of
Walter F Kiley PresidentZone 2 Member 410 E Bay Street Savannah William D EveZone 3 Member Masonic Bldg Augusta Doyle L HarveyZone 1 Member Imperial Bldg Dalton Paul HeffernanZone 4 Member 225 North Ave Atlanta
Zeb Vance LackeyZone 5 StateatLarge Member P 0 Box 1231 Valdosta
BARBERS Georgia State Board of
Wiley B Fordham Chairman 4 S Main Street Statesboro
H Ray Phillips 201 Old Evans Rd Martinez
F B Rainwater
808 Ga Savings Bank Bldg Atlanta
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CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS Georgia Board of
Dr George C Paulk Jr President 1139 W Peachtree St NE Atlanta
Dr Hoyt B Duke
1248 Greene St Augusta
Dr R T Leiter 721 Walnut St Macon
Dr D M Livingston
117 West Ave Cedartown
Dr Elizabeth M McNalley P 0 Box 305 Rossville
COSMETOLOGY Georgia State Board of
Mrs E W Fleming
Winslitt Drive Hogansville
Mrs Marian Richardson 530 Church St Decatur
Mrs Virginia Tollison
Forrest Hills Beauty Salon 3001 Walton Way Augusta
DENTAL EXAMINERS OF GEORGIA Board of
Dr J H Shumate Jr President 2 Doctors Bldg Brunswick
Dr Paul W Lee VicePresident 814 Church St Waycross
Dr Toof A Boone Sr
414 Southern United Bldg Macon
Harold Choate Cartersville
Dr R A Rainer Jr
McDonough
Dr E Wayne Satterfield 740 Prince Ave Athens
Dr T Earl Taylor
416 12th St Suite 300 Columbus
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ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS State Board of Registration for Professional
Laurence W Dabney Chairman 571 Armour Circle NE Atlanta Robert B Alford 967 Northcliff Dr NW Atlanta Oliver K Lewis Jr
312 Fifth Ave Albany Morris L Shadburn 1283 Oakdale Rd NE Atlanta 7 Dr Paul Weber
Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta
FORESTERS State Board of Registration for
A Ray Shirley Chairman P O Box 1077 Macon E A Davenport
Union BagCamp Paper Corp Box 570 Savannah Dr Allyn M Herrick
University of Georgia Dean School of Forestry Athens J Walter Myers Jr
Forest Farmers Assn P 0 Box 7278 Sta C Atlanta Erie T Newsom Jr
Rome Craft Co Woodlands Division PO Box 1551 Rome
FUNERAL SERVICE Georgia State Board of
Russell Phillips President Buford
Julian W Edwards VicePresident Butler
S Herbert Elliott 1134 Telfair Street Augusta Robert L Harrison Jesup
Norman M Lovein Jr
Nashville
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Jasper E Smith Statesboro
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS Georgia State Board of
Edward L Daugherty Chairman 5 N Rhodes Center NW Atlanta
Miss Clermont H Lee 518 E 45th St Savannah
Hubert B Owens
University of Georgia Athens
LIBRARIANS State Board for the Certification of
Miss Sarah E Maret Chairman
Director Athens Regional Library Athens
Miss Sarah Hightower Lindale
Miss Virginia Satterfield
The Womans College of Georgia Milledgeville
Mrs A B Smith
co High School Jonesboro
Miss Lucille Nix Executive Secretary Georgia Library Commission Exofficio Member 92 Mitchell St SW Atlanta
MEDICAL EXAMINERS State Board of
Dr Martin Bailey Cairo
Dr Louis 0 J Manganiello 1467 Harper St Augusta
Dr Y F Carter Jr
703 N Davis Street Nashville
Dr Albert M Deal Statesboro
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Dr Ben H Jenkins 8 Lee Street Newnan Dr Earl A Mayo Richland
Dr W H Nichols 200 Marietta St Canton Dr J W Palmer Ailey
Dr Alex Russell Winder
Dr Weldon Williams P 0 Box 88 Lavonia
NURSES FOR GEORGIA Board of Examiners of Registered
Mrs Margaret Ford President 3025 Laguna Dr Decatur Miss Nancy E Sale VicePresident 466 N Highland Ave NE Atlanta Sister Mary Bonaventure
Director School of Nursing St Josephs Hospital Savannah
Miss E Louise Grant
Dean School of Nursing Medical College of Georgia Augusta
Miss Dana Hudson Chapel Hill Road Douglasville
NURSES Board of Examiners of Practical
Mrs Hattie Barnard Chairman 320 Thomas St Way cross
Mrs W P Burke ViceChairman Box 502 Canton
Mrs Gladys Blackwell 207A Redmond Rd Rome
Mrs Edith Gill 3038 Colonial Dr Columbus
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Mrs J M Stewart
2185 Fairburn Rd SW Atlanta
Advisory Board
Dr Grady Coker
Canton 1 q
Miss Dana Hudson
Chapel Hill Road Douglasville Mrs Lucille C Murphy 601 N Slappey Dr Albany A A Rosser
Kennestone Hospital Marietta Mrs Nita Luke Stephens Box 271 Soperton Arthur T Stewart Jr
Greensboro
OPTICIANS State Board of Dispensing 1 P
William L Crawley Chairman P O Box 1173 Atlanta H J Corley Jr
439 Cotton Avenue Macon Samuel T Crane Box 657 Gainesville Galen B Kilburn 467 Peachtree St NE Atlanta W Jennings Murphy
1451 Harper Street Augusta
OPTOMETRY Georgia State Board of Examiners in ip
Dr W R Gilbert President P O Box 188 Griffin Dr George W Bohne Sr
3 Peachtree St NE Atlanta Dr James F Clifford 2803 Wrightsboro Rd Augusta
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Dr Edward H Shannon 212 S Main Street Gainesville Dr T Benjamin Youmans Jr
P 0 Box 34 Calhoun
OSTEOPATHIC EXAMINERS OF GEORGIA State Board of
Dr Hoyt B Trimble President 133 Carnegie Way 321 Carnegie Bldg Atlanta
Dr Evan P Davis PO Box 486 Harlem
Dr Hassie H Trimble Jr
17 West Central Ave Moultrie Dr Henry D Webb Jr
210 16th Street Columbus
PHARMACY Georgia State Board of
Lucius H Atherton Sr President P 0 Box 848 Marietta
Hubert D Moseley VicePresident Main St Dawson
Henry A King
Kings Drug Store 2929 Peachtree Rd NE Atlanta
I Ernest W Oatts
Oatts Drug Co Jackson St Dublin
J C Register
co Lanier Register Pharmacy Waycross
PHYSICAL THERAPY Board of
Donald Hancock President
48 E Broad Street Savannah
Miss Viva Erickson VicePresident The Foundation Warm Springs
George McCluskey Medical Arts Bldg Columbus
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Miss Betty 0 Nichols 1846 Ardmore Rd NW Atlanta
Miss Lois Statham 417 Fourth Avenue Albany
PODIATRY EXAMINERS State Board of
Dr Morton Wittenberg Chairmari 1477 Harper Street Augusta
Dr William J Meadors 217 Doctors Bldg Columbus
Dr A R Pitts
2200 N Patterson St Valdosta
PSYCHOLOGISTS State Board of Examiners of
Dr Herbert K Stone President
Atlanta Psychiatric Clinic 2905 Peachtree Rd NE Atlanta 5
Dr Peter G Cranford 2108 Walton Way Augusta
Dr Florene Young
Dept of Psychology University of Georgia Athens
REAL ESTATE COMMISSION Georgia
H P Persons Jr Chairman P O Box 136 Macon
William J Hamilton Jr
2964 Peachtree Rd NW Atlanta
Richard K Miller
812 13th St Augusta
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SANITARIANS State Board of Examiners for Registered Professional
John J Sheuring Chairman
Dairy Dept University of Georgia Athens
Garnett H Dehart
Rm 314 State Health Bldg Atlanta Albert Twiggs
2091 Howell Mill Rd Atlanta
Charles L Williams 722 Kingston Ave Rome
STRUCTURAL PEST CONTROL COMMISSION Claude Cochran 1191 Lee St S W Atlanta Herman L Fellton 2632 Piedmont Rd NE Atlanta A1 Greever
1101 Spring St N W Atlanta
Exofficio members
Roy J Boston Chairman
Department of Public Health 47 Trinity Ave SW Atlanta
Dr Horace 0 Lund
Dept of Entomology University of Georgia Athens Carl M Scott Jr
Director Division of Entomology Agriculture Bldg Atlanta
USED CAR DEALERS State Board of Registration of Paul E Bunch Chairman 433 Staley Avenue Savannah O Gene Ownby Assistant ViceChairman P 0 Box 4148 Atlanta 2
C H Andrews Jr
1442 Broad Street Augusta
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Leon Jordan
1617 Second Avenue Columbus James F Smith
Macon Auto Auction P O Box 861 Macon
VETERINARY MEDICINE State Board of
Dr M E Nunnery President
2436 Peach Orchard Rd Augusta Dr Joe B Crane VicePresident Box 2155 Bemis Road Valdosta Dr John T Riddle 1001 Roswell St Marietta Dr Charles L Williams 722 Kingston Avenue Rome
Dr Grady Young 222 Fletcher Street Thomasville
WARM AIR HEATING CONTRACTORS State Board of Examiners of
John G Mauldin Chairman
371 E Kennilworth Circle Stone Mountain
Will Hoyt Raymond
P 0 Box 1197 Columbus
R L Reiley
114 Barnard St Savannah M A Smith Jr
Inspection Dept DeKalb Co Decatur
A H Thomas
Maintenance and Operation Atlanta Public Schools 224 Central Ave SW Atlanta 3
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LEGISLATIVE MANUAL
1
State Senate Numerically by Seat Numbers
1 Downing 1st
2 Searcey 2nd
3 Tribble 3rd
4 Jackson 16th
5 Edenfield 4th
6 Gayner 5th
7 Dean 6th
8 Eldridge 7th
9 Ballew 50th
10 Fincher 51st
11 Hall 52nd
12 Loggins 53rd
13 Webb 11th
14 Owens 49th
15 Minish 48th
16 Lee 47th
17 Broun 46th
18 Pennington 45th
19 Kilpatrick 44th
20 Young 13 th
21 Holloway 12th
22 Fincher 54th
23 Flowers 10th
24 Spinks 9th
25 Rowan 8th
26 Carter 14th
27 Gregory 15th
28 McKenzie 17th
29 Smith 18th
30 Noble 19th
31 Gillis 20th
32 Johnson 38th
33 Ward 39th
34 MacIntyre 40th
35 Sanders 41st
36 Johnson 42nd
37 Miller 43rd
38 Wesberry 37th
39 Salome 36th
40 Coggin 35th
41 Thompson 34th
42 Yancey 33rd
43 Kendrick 32nd
44 Adams 26th
45 Kidd 25th
46 McGill 24th
47 Padgett 23rd
48 Holley 22nd
49 Foster 21st
50 Bateman 27th
51 Smalley 28th
52 Hill 29th
53 Plunkett 30th
54 Moore 31st
LtGov Peter Zck Geer President of Senate George D Stewart
Sec of Senate
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PRESIDENT OF SENATE
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State Senate Alphabetically by Names
Adams 26th44
Ballew 50th 9
Bateman 27th 50
Broun 46th17
Carter 14th26
Coggin 35th40
Dean 6th 7
Downing 1st 1
Edenfield 4th 5
Eldridge 7th 8
Fincher 51st 10
Fincher 54th 22
Flowers 10th 23
Foster 21st49
Gayner 5th 6
Gillis 20th 31
Gregory 15th 27
Hall 52ndH
Hill 29th52
Holley 22nd 48
Holloway 12th 21
Jackson 16th 4
Johnson 42nd 36
Johnson 38th 32
Kendrick 32nd 43
Kidd 25th 45
Kilpatrick 44th 19
Lee 47th 16
Loggins 53rd12
MacIntyre 40th34
McGill 24th46
McKenzie 17th 28
Miller 43rd37
Minish 48th15
Moore 31st54
Noble 19th30
Owens 49th14
Padgett 23rd47
Pennington 45th18
Plunkett 30th53
Rowan 8th25
Salome 36th39
Sanders 41st35
Searcey 2nd2
Smalley 28th 51
Smith 18th 29
Spinks 9th 24
Thompson 34th41
Tribble 3rd3
Ward 39th 33
Webb 11th13
Wesberry 37th38
Yancey 33rd42
Young 13th20
LtGov Peter Zack Geer President of Senate George D Stewart
Sec of Senate
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OFFICERS OF THE
STATE SENATE 1966
PETER ZACK GEER Lieutenant Governor
Miller County
HARRY C JACKSONKgPresident Pro Tem
Muscogee County
JULIAN WEBB Administration Floor Leader
Seminole County
GEORGE D STEWARTSecretary
Fulton County
KELLEY QUILLIANtSergeantatArms
Barrow County
ROBERT G DWELLE LMessenger
Jenkins County
HENRY CASTLEMAN 1Doorkeeper
Fulton County
STAFF
OF
PRESIDENTS OFFICE
AL HATCHER JR Aide
Glynn County
LT HERMAN COFER3Aide
Dodge County
JAY JENKINS Aide
Fulton County
A WALLACE CATOAide
Decatur County
MRS EDNA R BOONEiSecretary
Wilkinson County
MRS MARY BEAZLEYSecretary
DeKalb County
MRS MICKEY TODD Secretary
Henry County
MISS MARTHA TATE Secretary
Fulton County
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ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED ACCORDING TO NAMES WITH DISTRICTS AND POST OFFICES
FOR THE TERM 1966
Senators District Post Office
Adams J W Bill 26th 5046 Wesleyan Woods Dr PO Box 462 Macon
Ballew Robert K 50 th PO Box 636 Blue Ridge
Bateman Oliver C 27th 247 Candler Dr Macon
Broun Paul C 46th 520 W Cloverhurst Athens
Carter Jimmy 14th 1 Woodland Dr Plains
Coggin Frank E 35th 301C International Office Park 1001 Virginia Ave Hapeville
Dean Roscoe Emory Jr 6th 612 Cherry St Jesup
Downing Frank 0 1st 24 East Oglethorpe Ave Savannah
Edenfield B Avant 4th 231 S Main St Statesboro
Eldridge Frank Jr 7 th Box 1141 Waycross
Fincher Jack C Sr 51st 60 Muriel St Canton
Fincher W W Bill Jr 54th Green Rd Chatsworth
Flowers William H 10th PO Box 1219 Thomasville
Foster Roy G Jr 21st Box 327 Wadley
Gayner John M Ill 5th Sunset Blvd Country Club Park Brunswick
Gillis Hugh M 1 20th 1 Soperton
Gregory I Wm Bill Jr 15th 1259 Owsley Ave Columbus 31906
Hall J Battle 52nd Box 1267 Rome
Hill Render 29th PO Box 246 Greenville
Holley R Eugene 22nd 1 716 Southern Finance
Bldg Augusta
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Senators
District Post Office
Holloway A W Al12th
Jackson Harry C16th
Johnson Ben FI42nd
Johnson Leroy R138th
Kendrick Edward S32nd
Kidd Culver 26th
Kilpatrick Kenneth 44th
Lee Robert E JrBL47th
Loggins Joseph EJL53rd
Maclntyre Dan I Ill Lil40th
McGill Sam P24th
McKenzie John Ti17th
Miller Frank Gilbert43rd
Minish Dr J Albert48th
Moore Albert F 31st
Noble Roy19th
Owens Erwin 49th
Padgett Michael J23rd
Pennington Brooks Jr45th
Plunkett Lamar R 30th
Rowan Robert A Bobby8th
Salome J M Joe I36th
Sanders H E Gene41st
Searcey William A2nd
Smalley Robert H Jr28th
Smith Stanley E Jr18th
PO Box 588 Albany 17183rd Ave Columbus
Emory University Law School Atlanta 960 Hunter St SW Suite 207 Atlanta Rt 1 Bells Ferry Rd Marietta Milledgeville 134 West Mill St Jonesboro
PO Box 548 Elberton West Washington St Summerville
1112 Peachtree St NE
Atlanta 30309
Tignali Rd Washington
PO Box 271
Montezuma
3361 Rainbow Dr
Decatur
Commerce
306 S College St
Cedartown
R FD 3 Vienna Dahlonega
Rt 2 McBean Crawford St Madison 50 Morris St Bowdon Enigma
946 Underwood Ave
S E Atlanta
1409 Bank of Ga Bldg Atlanta
1919 New Mexico St Savannah
PO Box 116 Griffin Drawer F 810 Forest Hill Dr Perry
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Spinks Ford B 9th Rt 1 Tifton 2631 Hogan Rd East Point
Thompson S Fletcher 34th
Tribble Joseph J 3rd 402 Arlington Rd Savannah
Ward Horace T 39th 859 Hunter St NW Atlanta
Webb Julian 11th Box 277 Donalsonville
Wesberry James P Jr 37th Box 8087 Atlanta
Yancey Kyle 33rd Rt 2 Austell
Young Martin Sa 13th Rt 2 Rebecca
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MEMBERS OF THE
SENATE OF GEORGIA IN NUMERICAL ORDER AND POST OFFICES
District Name Address
1Frank 0 Downing24 East Oglethorpe Ave Savannah
I 2William A Searcey1919 New Mexico St Savannah
I 3Joseph J Tribble402 Arlington Rd Savannah
I 4B Avant Edenfield231 S Main St Statesboro
I 5John M Gayner IIISunset Blvd Country Club Park
Brunswick
6 Roscoe Emory Dean Jr612 Cherry St Jesup
7 Frank Eldridge JrBox 1141 Waycross
8 Robert A Bobby RowanEnigma
9Ford B SpinksRt 1 Tifton
10 William H FlowersP 0 Box 1219 Thomasville
11 Julian WebbBox 277 Donalsonville
12 A W Al HollowayP 0 Box 588 Albany
13 Martin YoungRt 2 Rebecca
14 Jimmy Carter1 Woodland Dr Plains
15 I Wm Bill Gregory Jr1259 Owsley Ave Columbus
31906
16 Harry C Jackson1718 3rd Ave Columbus
17 John T McKenziePO Box 271 Montezuma
18 Stanley E Smith JrDrawer F 810 Forest Hill Dr
Perry
19 Roy NobleRFD 3 Vienna
20 Hugh M GillisSoperton
21 Roy G Foster Jr Box 327 Wadley
22 R Eugene Holley716 Southern Finance Bldg Augusta
23 Michael J PadgettRt 2 McBean
24 Sam P McGillTignall Rd Washington
25Culver KiddMilledgeville
26J W Bill Adams5046 Wesleyan Woods Dr
P 0 Box 462 Macon
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District Name Address
27 Oliver C Bateman247 Candler Dr Macon
28 Robert H Smalley JrLP 0 Box 116 Griffin
29 Render HilljjpwP 0 Box 246 Greenville
30 Lamar R Plunkett50 Morris St Bowdon
31 Albert F MooreA306 S College St Cedartown
32 Edward S KendrickRt 1 Bells Ferry Rd Marietta
33 Kyle Yanceyjjjf1 i7JJRt 2 Austell
34 S Fletcher Thompson2361 Hogan Rd East Point
35 Frank E Coggin301C International Office Park
1001 Virginia Ave Hapeville
36 J M Joe Salome946 Underwood Ave SE Atlanta
37 James P Wesberry JrBox 8087 Atlanta
38 Leroy R Johnson960 Hunter St SW Suite 207 Atlanta
39 Horace T Ward859 Hunter St NW Atlanta
40 Dan I MacIntyre III1112 Peachtree St N E Atlanta
30309
41 H E Gene SandersS1409 Bank of Ga Bldg Atlanta
42 Ben F JohnsonEmory University Law School Atlanta
43 Frank Gilbert Miller3361 Rainbow Dr Decatur
44 Kenneth Kilpatrick134 West Mill St Jonesboro
45 Brooks Pennington JrCrawford St Madison
46 Paul C Brouni520 W Cloverhurst Athens
47 Robert E Lee JrP O Box 548 Elberton
48 Dr J Albert MinishCommerce
49 Erwin OwensrDahlonega
50 Robert K BallewP O Box 636 Blue Ridge
51 Jack C Fincher Sr60 Muriel St Canton
52 J Battle HallBox 1267 Rome
53 Joseph E LogginsWest Washington St Summerville
54 W W Bill Fincher JrGreen Rd Chatsworth
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STANDING COMMITTEES
OF THE
STATE SENATE
Term 1966
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AGRICULTURE NATURAL RESOURCES
Pennington of 45th Chairman Spinks of 9th ViceChairman Carter of 14th Secretary Ballew of 50th Dean of 6th Downing of 1st Eldridge of 7th Foster of 21st
Gillis of 20th McGill of 24th McKenzie of 17th Miller of 43rd Noble of 19th Owens of 47th Rowan of 8th Young of 13th
APPROPRIATIONS
Gillis of 20th Chairman Webb of 11th ViceChairman Coggin of 35th Secretary k Broun of 46th Carter of 14th k Eldridge of 7th Flowers of 10th Gayner of 5th Hall of 52nd Holley of 22nd Holloway of 12th Jackson of 16th Johnson of 38th Johnson of 42nd
Loggins of 53rd MacIntyre of 40th Minish of 48th Moore of 31st Noble of 19th Owens of 49th Pennington of 45th Plunkett of 30th Rowan of 8th Searcey of 2nd r Smalley of 28th Smith of 18th Spinks of 9th Tribble of 3rd
BANKING FINANCE
Julian Webb ExOfficio Member Senate Floor Leader
Johnson of 42nd Chairman Smith of 18th ViceChairmanSearcey of 2nd Secretary Bateman of 27th Gillis of 20th Holley of 22nd Kilpatrick of 44th
McGill of 24th McKenzie of 17th Miller of the 43rd Plunkett of 30th Tribble of 3rd Wesberry of 37th
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Jackson of 16th Chairman Dean of 6th ViceChairman Eldridge of 7th Secretary Kilpatrick of 44th
Thompson of 34th Ward of 39th Webb of 11th
COUNTY MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
Downing of 1st Chairman Coggin of 35th ViceChairman Padgett of 23rd Secretary Johnson of 42nd
MacIntyre of 40th Sanders of 41st Ward of 39th Wesberry of 37th
DEFENSE VETERANS AFFAIRS
Kidd of 25th Chairman Sanders of 41st
Carter of 14th ViceChairman Thompson of 34th
Fincher of 51st Secretary Yancey of 33rd
ECONOMY REORGANIZATION EFFICIENCY IN GOVERNMENT
Harry Jackson ExOfficio Member President ProTem
Gayner of 5th Chairman Spinks of 9th ViceChairman Pennington of 45th Secretary Bateman of 27th
Dean of 6th Fincher of 54th Minish of 48th Tribble of 3rd
EDUCATIONAL MATTERS
Kendrick of 32nd Chairman y Hall of 52nd ViceChairman Carter of 14th Secretary Bateman of 27th U Broun of 46th
Edenfield of 4th Fincher of 51st Flowers of 10th Foster of 21st Holley of 22nd
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Educational Matters Continued
Johnson of 38th Kilpatrick of 44th MacIntyre of 40th r Miller of 43rd Noble of 19th Padgett of 23rd
Plunkett of 30th Rowan of 8th Sanders of 41st Webb of 11th Wesberry of 37th
Carter of 14th Chairman SubCommittee on Higher Education
HEALTH WELFARE
Fincher of 51st Chairman Moore of 31st ViceChairman Owens of 49th Secretary Adams of 26th Bateman of 27th Edenfield of 4th Fincher of 54th
Johnson of 38th Kidd of 25th Minish of 48th Tribble of 3rd Ward of 39th Wesberry of 37th Yancey of 33rd
HIGHWAYS
Holloway of 12th Chairman Lee of 47th ViceChairman McGill of 24th Secretary Adams of 26th
Ballew of 50th Broun of 46th Dean of 6th Downing of 1st Edenfield of 4th
Fincher of 54th Foster of 21st Minish of 48th Owens of 49th Padgett of 23rd Searcey of 2nd Smalley of 28th Smith of 18th
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INDUSTRY LABOR
Plunkett of 30th Chairman Smith of 18th ViceChairman Padgett of 23rd Secretary Downing of 1st Flowers of 10th Gayner of 5th Gregory of 15th Hill of 29th Holloway of 12th
Jackson of 16th Kendrick of 32nd Kidd of 25th Lee of 47th McGill of 24th MacIntyre of 40th McKenzie of 17th Salome of 36th Thompson of 34th
INSTITUTIONS MENTAL HEALTH
Owens of 49th Chairman Edenfield of 4th ViceChairman
Adams of 26th Secretary
INTERSTATE COOPERATION
Broun of 46th Chairman Loggins of 53rd
Hill of 29th ViceChairman Miller of 43rd
JUDICIARY
Smalley of 28th Chairman Webb of 11th ViceChairman Yancey of 33rd Secretary Ballew of 50th Edenfield of 4th Holley of 22nd
Johnson of 38th Johnson of 42nd Kilpatrick of 44thSalome of 36th Sanders of 41st r
PENAL CORRECTIONAL AFFAIRS
Hall of 52nd Chairman Noble of 19th ViceChairman Lee of 47th Secretary
Adams of 26th Ward of 39th Young of 13th
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Loggins of 53rd Chairman Fincher of 54th
Kidd of 25th ViceChairman Gregory of 15th
Lee of 47th Secretary McKenzie of 17th
Fincher of 51st Moore of 31st
RETIREMENT
Plunkett of 30th Chairman Kendrick of 32nd
Gillis of 20th ViceChairman MacIntyre of 40th
Johnson of 42nd Secretary Webb of 11th
Eldridge of 7th
RULES
Mr President Chairman Webb of 11th ViceChairman Rowan of 8th Secretary Coggin of 35th Eldridge of 7th Flowers of 10th Foster of 21st Gayner of 5th Gillis of 20th Hall of 52nd
Hill of 29th Holloway of 12th Jackson of 16th Kendrick of 32nd Loggins of 53rd Moore of 31st Pennington of 45th Salome of 36th Spinks of 9th Young of 13th
SENATE ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS
Hill of 29th Chairman Ballew of 50th
Young of 13th Secretary Gregory of 15th
TEMPERANCE
Yancey of 33rd
Salome of 36th Chairman Searcey of 2nd ViceChairman Coggin of 35th Secretary
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ORGANIZATION
Rule 1 The legislative power of the State shall be vested in a General Assembly which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives
Ga Const art Ill sec I par I
Rule 2 The Senate and House of Representatives shall be organized by the secretary or clerk thereof who shall be exofficio presiding officer until such officer is elected No question except one relating to the organization shall be entertained by such officer and in deciding such question he shall be governed as far as practicable by the standing rules of the House over which he presides In the absence of such officer his assistant may officiate In the absence of both the body may appoint a chairman whose powers and duties shall be the same as those of the secretary or clerk
Ga Code Anno sec 47104
Rule 3 The Lieutenant Governor shall be President of the Senate
Ga Const art V sec I par VII
Rule 4 The presiding officer of the Senate shaH be styled the President of the Senate A President Pro Tempore shall be elected viva voce from the Senators and shall act in case of the death resignation or disability of the President or in the event of his succession to the executive power
Ga Const art Ill sec V par II
Legislative power and bodies
Organization by Secretary or assistant or chairman
Lt Governor as President
President pro tem election and powers
20 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL respective bodies viva voce and a majority of votes shall be necessary to a choice In like manner the Senate shall elect a president pro tern and the House a speaker pro tem whose powers and duties while presiding or in the absence of i the permanent officers shall be the same Ga Code Anno sec 47106
Officers and assistants Rule 6 The officers of the two Houses other than the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House shall be a President Pro Tempore and Secretary of the Senate and Speaker Pro Tempore and Clerk of the House of Representatives and such assistants as each House may provide for Ga Const art Ill sec VIII par I
Doorkeepers limited Rule 7 Not more than one 1 Doorkeeper and four 4 assistant doorkeepers shall be employed during each day in which the Senate is in session
Seats Rule 8 Seats for Senators shall be assigned by the President
Oath of members Rule 9 Each Senator and Representative before taking his seat shall take the following oath or affirmation towit 4I will support the Constitution of this State and of the United States and on all questions and measures which may come before me I will so conduct myself as will in my judgment be most conducive to the interest and prosperity of this State Ga Const art Ill sec IV par V
Commission Rule 10 It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to prepare and furnish to each member of the General Assembly after such member has
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taken his oath of office a commission under the signature of the Secretary of State containing the great seal of the State showing that such member was a duly elected member of the General Assembly of Georgia and showing any prior serving in either House of the General Assembly The provisions of this section shall apply to the members of the General Assembly who were elected for the 1951 session thereof and who have taken the oath of office as well as to all such members of the General Assembly who are elected and take the oath of office for future sessions of the General Assembly
Ga Code Anno sec 47118
Rule 11 The oaths of office prescribed by Const Art Ill Sec IV Par V 21605 may be administered to the members of the General Assembly by any Justice of the Supreme Court Judge of the Court of Appeals or judge of the superior courts to be procured by the person organizing each branch
Ga Code Anno sec 47105
Rule 12 There shall be a secretary of the Senate and clerk of the House of Representatives elected by the members of each House respectively viva voce and a majority of votes cast is necessary to elect Their terms of office shall be the time for which the members of the General Assembly are elected
Ga Code Anno sec 47201
Rule 13 Said officers their assistants and engrossing and enrolling clerks before entering on the discharge of their duties shall take an oath before the respective presiding officers of the two Houses to discharge their duties faithfully and to
Prior service
Judges to administer oaths
Secretary election and term
Oaths of Secretary and assistants
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Journal entry
Oaths of
subordinate
officers
Bond of Secretary
Oath of assistants
Journal entry
Approval by committee on administrative affairs
Secretarys
pay
the best of their skill and knowledge of which a minute shall be made and entered on the journals
Ga Code Anno sec 47202
Rule 14 The President of the Senate and Speaker of the House shall administer the oaths required to the subordinate officers of their respective Houses
Ga Code Anno sec 47203
Rule 15 Immediately after their election said secretary and clerk shall each give bond and security in the sum of 5000 payable to the Governor and his successors in office and conditioned I for the faithful discharge of their respective du I ties said bonds to be approved by the President I of the Senate and Speaker of the House respec I tively I
Ga Code Anno sec 47204
Rule 16 All engrossing and enrolling clerks I before entering upon the discharge of their respective duties shall take an oath before the Pres I ident of the Senate to discharge their duties faith I fully and to the best of their skill and knowledge of which a minute shall be made and entered on I g the Journal No journalizing recording enrolling j or engrossing clerk shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Senate until such clerk has been examined by the Committee on Senate Administrative Affairs and certified to be competent and well qualified for the discharge of the duties re I 0 quired of him Such clerk shall be removed at any time upon recommendation of the Committee on I f Senate Administrative Affairs
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The clerk of the House of Representatives shall be paid per day for each session 7000
The fees of said officers shall be
For every extract of a private nature per
copy sheet 15
For certifying an extract of a private nature5q
For certifying an Act for the benefit of an individual corporation or society 300
Ga Code Anno sec 47210
Rule 18 Said secretary and clerk shall each select and appoint such assistants as may be necessary for the performance of the clerical work of their respective Houses including clerks for such standing or special committees as may be allowed a clerk by order of their respective Houses the compensation of their said assistants shall be fixed by said secretary and clerk respectively and be paid out of the amounts allowed said secretary and clerk respectively in section 47210 Provided however that if either House shall for any purpose employ a stenographic reporter the cost of such reporter shall not be considered a part of the clerical expenses of such House but shall be provided for by a special appropriation
Ga Code Anno sec 47208
Rule 19 No journalizing recording enrolling or engrossing clerk shall be appointed by the secretary of the Senate or clerk of the House of Representatives until such clerk has been examined by the enrolling committee and certified to his respective House to be competent and well qualified to the discharge of the duties required of him and such clerk shall be removed at any time
Secretarys assistants appointment and pay
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reporter
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Doorkeeper and Messenger election and pay Rule 20 Each House is entitled to a doorkeeper and messenger to perform such duties as may be required of them who shall be elected as provided for the election of clerk of the House of Representatives and secretary of the Senate and who shall receive the same pay as the members of the General Assembly Ga Code Anno sec 47301
No employee substitutes Rule 21 No doorkeeper or other employee of the House of Representatives or Senate shall sublet his employment or contract in any way nor shall the person having the appointment of any of said employees consent to any substitution of any other person for any of said employees Ga Code Anno sec 47302
Filling vacancies Rule 22 Whenever for any reason the person appointed to any of said positions cannot personally discharge the duties of the same said office shall become vacant and it shall be the duty of the person in whom is vested the appointing power to appoint another person for such time as the original employee cannot discharge his duties and the compensation shall from the date of such new appointment be paid to the new employee for the time he shall serve Ga Code Anno sec 47303
No pay when employee substitution Rule 23 Whenever the provisions of this Chapter shall be violated any person shall be substituted for another in violation of the same neither
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the person so substituted nor the person for whom he is substituted shall receive any compensation out of the State treasury and it shall be the duty of the State Treasurer whenever any change shall be made in any of the persons filling any of said positions to ascertain that the change was made according to the provisions of this Chapter before paying any money to the new officer or employee
Ga Code Anno sec 47305
Rule 24 It shall be the duty of the Messenger to attend to the wants of the Senate while in session to aid in the enforcement of order under the direction of the President and to execute the demands of the Senate from time to time together with all such processes issued under its authority as may be directed to him by the President
The Messenger under the direction of the Secretary shall superintend the distribution by the Pages of all documents and papers to be distributed to the members he shall distribute to the members the usual and necessary stationery required by them
Rule 25 No person shall be employed as a page who is under the age of twelve years No Senator shall be allowed to name more than ten 10 pages during the Session Each Senator can assign his pages or page days to another Senator The Lieutenant Governor shall be allowed to name not more than two 2 pages per day during each day of the Session There shall be no pages except as provided therein
Rule 26 No person shall be allowed to enter upon the floor of the Senate except 1 the Senators and officers thereof 2 the officers and members of the House 3 the Governor of the
Duties of Messenger
Distribution of papers
Pages
Privilege of floor
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No lobbyists State 4 staff members of the Office of Legislative Counsel and 5 such others as the Senate may allow upon recommendation of the Committee on Rules No person shall be admitted on the floor of the Senate who is engaged in lobbying or who is attempting to influence legislation
Press exception Provided that the operation of this rule shall be suspended as to representatives of the working press radio and television until an appropriate gallery can be arranged for them
Vote PRESIDENTS POWERS AND DUTIES Rule 27 In all cases the President shall not vote unless the Senate shall be equally divided In all cases where a fixed constitutional vote is required to pass the bill or measure under consideration and said bill or measure shall lack only one vote to pass the same the President may vote
Priority of business Rule 28 All questions as to priority of business to be acted on shall be decided by the President without debate
Recognition Rule 29 When two or more Senators shall rise at the same time the President shall name the Senator entitled to proceed
Silence and irrelevant debate Rule 30 The President shall in his discretion suspend irrelevant debate and command silence whenever he may deem it necessary
Yeas and nays Rule 31 The President may at any time order the roll called on any question and take the vote by yeas and nays where a division of the Senate discloses the fact that a quorum has not voted
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Rule 32 The President may during a days sitting name any Senator to perform the duties of the Chair during any part of that sitting but no longer
Rule 33 Whenever from any cause the President shall be absent the President pro tempore shall preside If both shall be absent the Secretary of the Senate shall call the Senate to order and shall preside until the election of a President pro tempore which said election shall be the first business of the Senate The President pro tempore thus elected shall preside until the return of one of the first named officers when his functions shall cease
Rule 34 All committees shall be appointed by the President unless otherwise ordered by the Senate
Rule 35 The President shall have power to cause the galleries and lobbies of the Senate cleared by the Messenger and Doorkeepers in case of disturbance or disorderly conduct therein and to cause any person or persons so offending to be arrested and brought before the bar of the Senate to be dealt with for contempt of the Senate
Rule 36 The President shall have power to suspend the Messenger and Doorkeepers for misconduct or neglect of duty He shall report any such suspension to the Senate within twentyfour hours thereafter for such action as the Senate may see fit to take
Substitute
Succession
Appointment of committees
Clearing galleries and lobbies when disorder
Suspension of Messenger and Doorkeepers
28 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL GENERAL BUSINESS AND ORDER OF BUSINESS Rule 37 The following shall be the order of business 1 Prayer by the Chaplain 2 Call of the Roll 3 Report of Committee on the Journal 4 Reading the Journal 5 Motions to reconsider 6 Confirmation of the Journal 7 Unanimous consents 8 Establishment of the order of business for the day
Administrative Affairs Committee to report Journal Rule 38 It shall be the duty of the Committee on Senate Administrative Affairs to read the Journal of each days proceedings and report to the Senate that the same is correct before the Journal is read by the Secretary
Calendar of Rules Committee last 15 days Rule 39 The Committee on Rules during the last fifteen legislative days of each session shall arrange and fix the calendar for each days business Such calendar shall be a standing and continuing special order during said period No matter shall be taken up or acted on otherwise than
Change by Senate in the order and manner fixed by such calendar except by a threefourths vote of those voting provided such threefourths constitutes a majority of the members elected to the Senate Rule 39A No bill or resolution shall be put on final passage unless the same has been put on a calendar and placed on the Senators desks before 400 pm the day before The Secretary of 1
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the Senate shall put all bills which appear on the prepared calendar and which may be considered the following day in order on the Senators desks and in a separate file from other House and Senate bills and resolutions Matters in possession of the Senate but not eligible for consideration on a particular date shall also be kept in order and also on the Senators desks The calendar can be changed by a vote of twothirds of the Senators voting or by twentyeight 28 votes Nothing in this Rule shall apply to local bills or local resolutions
Rule 40 Every motion or request to take up general bills or resolutions out of their regular order and every motion or request for special orders shall be submitted in writing to the Committee on Rules and reported upon by the Committee before being submitted to the Senate
Rule 41 Any motion to suspend the rules or change the order of business shall be decided without debate
Rule 42 The rules of the Senate shall in no case be suspended or changed or the order of business changed except by twothirds of the members voting if such twothirds constitutes a majority of the members elected to the Senate
Rule 43 The rollcall at the opening of each session of the Senate shall not be dispensed with except by a majority vote of the Senators voting or by unanimous consent
Rule 44 The reading of the Journal shall not be dispensed with except by a vote of a majority of the members voting or by unanimous consent
Special orders to Rules Committee
Rules suspension and change of business order debate and vote
Dispensing with rollcall
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Committee reports and messages
Messages
Questions of privilege
Motions on new matters
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Rule 45 The report of the Committee on I Rules shall be in order at any time and messages I from the Governor or from the House may be I received under any order of business Messages may be received at any time while the door is j open except while a question is being put or a I ballot or a viva voce vote is being taken
Rule 46 When a message shall be sent to the Senate it shall be announced at the door of the Senate by the Doorkeeper and be respectfully I communicated to the Chair by the person through whom it may be sent
A message shall be presented to the Senate by I the President when received or afterwards ac I cording to its nature and the business on which the Senate is engaged or its consideration may on motion be ordered by the Senate
Rule 47 Questions of privilege shall be first those affecting the rights of the Senate collectively its safety dignity and the integrity of its proceedings second the right reputation and conduct of Senators individually in their representative capacity only Questions of privilege shall have precedence over all other questions Provided that when any matter is pending before the Senate no question of personal privilege shall be acted on until the pending question is disposed of
Rule 48 Any motion not privileged containing new matters shall lie at least one day on the table
Rule 49 The meetings of the General Assembly shall be held as prescribed in Art Ill Sec IV Par Ill of the State Constitution 21503 The hour of meeting shall be 10 oclock AM and the place at the State capitol
Ga Code Anno sec 47103
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Rule 60 The session of the Senate each day except Sunday shall commence at 1000 A M unless otherwise ordered by the Senate and shall continue until the Senate shall be adjourned upon motion
Rule 51 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
Ga Const art Ill sec VII par II
Rule 52 Any member presenting a petition memorial or remonstrance shall as concisely as practicable intimate the name and object of the petitioner memorialist or remonstrant which j shall be noted on the Journal and the paper may then be referred without reading
Rule 53
Rule 64 When the reading of any paper is called for and the reading is objected to by any Senator whether the paper shall be read shall be determined by a vote of the Senate without debate
QUORUM AND ABSENTEES
Rule 55 A majority of each House shall constitute a quorum to transact business but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day and compel the presence of its absent members as each house may provide
Ga Const art Ill sec IV par IV
Stricken in its entirety
Time of meetings
Contempt by nonmember
Reference to petition in Journal
Reading of paper
To transact business
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Compelling
attendance
Messenger to arrest
Motion to determine attendance
Arrest and discharge
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Rule 56 The power to compel the attendance of Senators in order to keep or secure a quorum shall be vested in the President and to this end he may have the doors of the Senate closed When the doors are so closed no Senator shall be allowed to retire from the Senate without first obtaining leave from the Senate
The Messenger of the Senate shall be exofficio SergeantatArms of the Senate and on order of the President may arrest any absentees and bring them before the Senate when necessary to secure a quorum as aforesaid
Rule 57 Whenever the result of a vote taken shall disclose the fact that no quorum of the Senate is present or when the President shall officially state the fact to the Senate it shall be m order for any Senator to make a motion for a call of the Senate When such motion is made the President shall state the question as follows Shall the motion for the call of the Senate prevail and if five of the Senators present shall vote in the affirmative the President shall order the Secretary to call the roll of Senators and the absentees shall be noted The doors shall then be closed after which the names of the absentees shall again be called Those who do not appear and who are absent without leave may by order of the majority of the Senators present be sent for and arrested wherever they may be found by officers to be appointed by the Messenger for that purpose and their attendance secured and the Senate shall determine upon what conditions they shall be discharged
Secretary to Rule 58 Upon the call of the Senators ordi
B journal6S nary and extraordinary the names of the absen
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DEBATE AND DECORUM
Rule 59 When any Senator is about to speak in debate or deliver any matter to the Senate he shall rise from his seat and respectfully address himself to Mr President The President shall not recognize any Senator unless he shall address himself to the Chair from his seat provided that the President shall not put a question or take any other action which would foreclose debate if any Senator not at his seat shall signify to the Chair that he wishes to be recognized and shall immediately proceed to his seat for that purpose The provisions relative to a Senators only being recognized when he shall address himself to the Chair from his seat and any other provisions in any other rule requiring Senators to be in their seats shall not apply to the Senator who is designated as Floor Leader
Any Senator shall be confined to matter in debate and shall not speak more than twice on any subject or more than once until every member choosing to speak shall have spoken
All individual speeches on bills and resolutions shall be limited to thirty minutes unless extended by a majority of those voting provided the total vote constitutes a quorum and on all points of personal privilege individual speeches shall be limited to ten minutes
If any Senator in speaking or otherwise transgresses the rules of the Senate the President shall call him to order in which case said Senator shall immediately sit down unless permitted to explain The Senate shall if appealed to decide whether to confirm the Presidents action If the trans
Request for recognition from seat
Exception
Floor leader
Limits on debate
Thirty
minutes
Extension
Personal privilege ten minutes
Order against transgression of rules
Appeal
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Penalty
gressor refuses to submit to the decision of the Senate for the first offense he shall be reproved for the second he shall be fined in a sum not exceeding ten dollars and if he continues refractory he may be expelled from the Senate by a twothirds vote of the Senators which vote shall be taken by yeas and nays
Power of Senate over membership
Rule 60 Each House shall be the judge of the election returns and qualifications 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 twothirds of the House to which he belongs
Ga Const art Ill sec VII par I
Censure for debate
Duties of Secretary and member
Time limits
Address
through
President
Rule 61 If any Senator shall be called to order for words spoken the words excepted to shall be taken down in writing by the Secretary and read
The words excepted to shall then be admitted denied or explained by the Senator who spoke them Thereupon the questions of order shall be decided and such other proceedings had as the Senate may deem proper in regard thereto Provided that if at the time the Senate is acting under the previous question such question of order and other proceedings referred to shall not be taken up for decision until after the previous question and the main question have been disposed of or until such future time as may then be ordered by the Senate
But no Senator shall be held to answer or be subject to the censure of the Senate for words spoken in debate if any other Senator has spoken or other business has intervened before the exception to the words was taken
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through the President Should the Senator speaking decline to be interrupted the President shall cause the Senator desiring to interrogate to be silent
Rule 63 No Senator shall refer in debate to any private conversation had with another Senator or to any matters which took place in any committee of the House or Senate while the same was in executive session
Rule 64 The Senators in speaking shall avoid calling other Senators by name when they may have occasion to take notice of their observations but may designate them by their position on the floor or by the district they represent
Rule 65 The members of both Houses shall be free from arrest during their attendance on the General Assembly and in going thereto or returning therefrom except for treason felony larceny or breach of the peace and no member shall be liable to answer in any other place for anything spoken m debate in either House
Ga Const art Ill sec VII par III
Rule 66 The members of the Senate shall re frain from private conversation and preserve silence until a speaking Senator has taken his seat
Rule 67 No Senator shall pass between the Cnair and a Senator while he is speaking At the time of adjournment no Senator shall leave his seat until the President retires
Rule 68 Applause or hisses in the Senate Chamber or m the galleries or lobby during any speech or legislative proceedings shall be promptlv suppressed
Right to continue
Reference to
conversations
etc
Reference to members
Freedom from arrest
Freedom of debate
Silence
during
debate
Limits on movement
No applause or hisses
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Time limits Rule 69 All appeals from the decisions of the Chair shall be made immediately and no appeal shall be in order after other business has intervened from the time of the alleged error of the Chair and before said appeal is sought
Debate limits Rule 70 On all appeals on questions of order of a personal character there shall be no debate
Written protest for J ournal Rule 71 Any Senator may have entered on the Journal a protest in writing against the action of the Senate Said protest shall clearly and succinctly set forth the grounds of such protest It shall not be argumentative it shall not arraign or impugn the motive of the Senate or of any members thereof
Motions allowed during debate MOTIONS Rule 72 When any subject is before the Senate for consideration or under debate no motion shall be received except the following towit 1st A motion to adjourn 2nd A motion to lay on table 3rd A motion for the previous question 4th A motion to indefinitely postpone 5th A motion to postpone to a day certain 6th A motion to commit 7th A motion to amend 8th A motion to print
Precedence Said motions shall have precedence in the order named
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Rule 73 After a motion is stated by the President or read by the Secretary it shall be deemed to be in the possession of the Senate but may be withdrawn by the Senate at any time before decision
Rule 74 A motion made by any Senator need not be seconded
Rule 75 No Senator may make more than one motion at a time While the motion is being put to the Senate he must resume his seat and he is not entitled to the floor again unless recognized again by the President
Rule 76 No Senator shall after debating any question and before yielding the floor be allowed to submit any motion the effect of which shall be to prevent further debate
Rule 77 No Senator shall be allowed to address himself to any question and then move to table the bill resolution or motion or move the previous question thereon without relinquishing the floor
ADJOURNMENT
Rule 78 A motion to adjourn may be made at any time when the movant can legitimately obtain the floor
Rule 79 A motion to adjourn may be made after the motion for the previous question has been sustained But when the Senate has voted that the main question shall be now put no motion to adjourn is in order nor shall any motion to adjourn be in order after the Secretary
Possession and withdrawal
No second
One at a time
No cut off of debate without relinquishing floor
When motion in order
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has called the first name of the yeas and nays and a vote of one Senator has been given or after a division of the Senate has been had on a vote and the vote is in process of being counted and announced
Rule 80 A motion to adjourn is in no instance debatable nor shall said motion be made a second time until further progress has been made in the Renewal business before the Senate A motion to adjourn
Amendment n its simPie form shall not be amended
Rule 81 A motion to adjourn to a particular day or for a particular time if made when the F ttimetlC1 Senate is not actually engaged in other business is debatable and is amendable as to the day or time proposed
Effect Rule 82 When a motion to adjourn in its
simple form prevails it adjourns the Senate to the next sitting day or time in course
Rule 83 Whenever the hour of adjournment Complete yeas as fixed by a prior resolution shall arrive while and nays the yote of te genate s being taken by yeas and
nays the session shall continue until the final vote is taken and announced If said fixed hour of adjournment shall arrive while the Senate is acting on the main question after a motion for the previous question has been sustained and before the vote on the main question is being taken either by a division or by the yeas and nays as aforesaid the Senate shall stand adjourned by virtue of said prior resolution
Three day and Rule 84 Neither House shall adjourn for more place limit than three days or to any other place without the consent of the other and in case of disagreement between the two Houses on a question of adjourn
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ment the Governor may adjourn either or both Disagreement of them
Ga Const art Ill sec VII par XXII
Rule 85 The General Assembly shall meet in info ar session on the second Monday in January si and every oddnumbered year thereafter for no longer than twelve 12 days to organize to receive the proposed General Appropriations isill and to attend to other matters and reconvene on the second Monday in February of each oddnumbered year for no longer than thirtythree 33 days The General Assembly shall meet m regular session on the second Monday in January 1964 and in every evennumbered year thereafter By concurrent resolution adopted by a majority of members elected to both Houses of the General Assembly the General Assembly may adjourn any regular session to such later date as it may fix for reconvening in regular session put shall remain in regular session no longer fortyfive 45 days in the aggregate in nUibered years and no longer than forty 40 days m the aggregate in evennumbered years during the terms for which members were elected All business pending in the Senate or House at the adjournment of any regular session may be considered at any regular session of the same General Assembly as if there had been no adjournment Nothing herein shall be construed i power of the Governor to convoke
the General Assembly in extraordinary session or the duty of the Governor to convene the Generaiissmby in extraordinary session upon the certificate of three fifths of the members elected to the Senate and the House of Representatives as provided in Article V Section I Paragraph XII Section 23012 of this Constitution If an impeachment trial is pending at the end of any
Convening
Adjournment of regular session
Term of session
Pending
business
Extraordinary
session
Delay for impeachment
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Not after order for main question
Limits on subject matter
Not debatable or amendable
Renewal
Effect
regular or extraordinary session the Senate may continue in session until such trial is completed
Ga Const art Ill sec IV par III
TABLING
Rule 86 A motion to lay on the table may be made after the motion for the previous question has been sustained but when the Senate has voted that the main question shall be now put no motion to lay on the table is in order
Rule 87 Nothing may be legitimately laid on the table excepting what may be taken up again I
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Rule 88 No motion to lay an amendment on the table shall be in order

Rule 89 Neither the motion to lay on the table i nor the motion to take from the table is debatable or amendable
Rule 90 A motion to lay on the table or to i take from the table may be renewed from time to time when new business has intervened

Rule 91 If the motion to lay on the table prevails it removes from the consideration of the I Senate the measure together with all the amendments attached to it at the time it is so removed
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Rule 92 A majority of a quorum voting may take from the table at any time when the Senate is not engaged on any other measure any bill resolution or paper which has been ordered to lie on the table and when so taken from the table it is thereby restored to its appropriate place on the calendar
INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT
Rule 93 While the motion to indefinitely postpone takes precedence over a motion to postpone to a day certain or to commit or to amend yet this motion cannot be applied to said motions nor can it be applied to incidental questions such as questions of order reading of papers withdrawal of a motion and suspension of a rule
Rule 94 The motion to indefinitely postpone lays open the whole question for debate but the motion cannot be amended
Rule 95 No motion to indefinitely postpone shall be renewed on any bill resolution or other measure after the same has once been voted down
Rule 96 When a bill resolution or other measure is under consideration on the final reading thereof a motion to indefinitely postpone if decided in the affirmative by a majority of those voting provided the total vote constitutes a quorum thereby disposes of said bill resolution or other measure for the session
POSTPONEMENT
Rule 97 A motion to postpone to a day certain cannot be applied to subordinate or incidental
Taking up
Calendar
Limits on subject matter
Debate and amendment
No renewal
Disposal on final reading
Limits on subject matter
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Amendment
Possible
indefinite
postponement
Debate
Renewal
limits
To types of committees
Precedence of committees
Debate if instructions
Amendment
questions but only to the whole measure It is amendable by substituting one day or time for another If a day proposed is known to be beyond the limits of the session the motion shall be treated as one to indefinitely postpone
Rule 98 On a motion to postpone a question to a day certain it is not in order to debate the merits of the question Debate may be allowed but it shall be confined strictly to the proposition to postpone and to show why one day is preferred to another This motion cannot be renewed or made a second time to the same measure on the same day
COMMITMENT j
Rule 99 Motions to commit may be made to refer a bill resolution or other measure to a j standing or special committee or Committee of g
the Whole Senate 1
Rule 100 A motion to commit to a standing committee takes precedence over a motion to com t
mit to a special committee and shall be first voted on If a motion is made that a bill resolution or other measure be committed to the Committee of the Whole Senate this motion shall be put before t either of the above named motions
Rule 101 On a motion simply to commit no debate shall be allowed but where instructions s are added the merits of the question may be de f bated t
Rule 102 A motion to commit may be amended by adding instructions or by substituting another n
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committee for the one named by the Senator making the motion
Rule 103 Any proposition that has been referred to any committee either standing or special may on motion be recommitted to the same or any other committee by a majority of those voting provided the total vote constitutes a quorum
RECONSIDERATION
Rule 104 When the Journal of the preceding day shall be read it shall be in the power of any Senator to move for reconsideration of any matter therein contained except such matter that has been previously reconsidered provided that such Senator shall notify the Senate of his intention to move such reconsideration at any time before tlm end of the preceding legislative day during which the action sought to be reconsidered took place
Any matter which could not be reconsidered on the succeeding day shall be in order for reconsideration on the day of said action
The notice of a motion to reconsider shall not be withdrawn after the time has elapsed within which it might originally have been made
Rule 105 The action of the Senate upon an amendment may be reconsidered at any time before final action upon the section bill or resolution to which it relates
Rule 106 No matter shall be reconsidered more than once
Recommit
ment
Time for motion
Notice
required time
Withdrawal of notice
Of action on amendment time limit
One reconsideration
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Unanimous
consents
limits
One at a time
Withdrawal of a bill or resolution
Transmittal to House
Enrolling committee to preserve laws
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Rule 107 All bills reconsidered shall take their place at the foot of the calendar of bills then in i order for a third reading t
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Rule 108 The President shall not recognize j any Senator at any time for the purpose of asking 1
unanimous consent to place any general bill on its I
passage out of its regular order Neither shall he recognize any request for unanimous consent for the introduction of new matter to read any bill or resolution the second time or to place any local bill or resolution on its passage except during the first thirty minutes after the confirmation of the Journal The President shall entertain but one unanimous consent at any one time i
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Rule 109 Any bill or resolution may be with drawn at any stage thereof by consent of the Senate
Rule 110 No bill or resolution shall be transmitted to the House on the day of passage thereof unless twothirds of the Senators voting provided the total vote constitutes a quorum shall so order 1 Provided that any bill or resolution which requires action by the House during the last legis I lative day shall be immediately transmitted to the I House by the Secretary
Rule 111 The engrossed copies of all laws and I joint resolutions passed by the General Assembly I shall be preserved by the chairman of the enroll I ing committee and deposited in the office of the I Secretary of State
Ga Code Anno sec 47901
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Rule 112 All writs warrants and subpoenas issued by order of the Senate shall be signed by the President and attested by the Secretary
Rule 113 All acts shall be signed by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives and no bill or resolution intended to have the effect of a law which shall have been rejected by either house shall be again proposed during the same session under the same or any other title without the consent of twothirds of the House by which the same was rejected
Ga Const art Ill sec VII par XIII
Rule 114 Each House shall keep a journal of its proceedings and publish it immediately after its adjournment The General Assembly shall provide for the publication of the laws passed by each session
Ga Const art Ill sec VII par IV
Rule 115 The original journal shall be preserved after publication in the office of the Secretary of State but there shall be no other record thereof
Ga Const art Ill sec VII par V
INTRODUCTION AND READING
Rule 116 No bill or resolution requiring the concurring vote of the House for passage shall be introduced unless the same shall have been filed in the office of the Secretary before adjournment or before 12 oclock noon whichever is later on the previous day
Signatures
Reproposal of laws
Journal and law
publication
Journal
preservation
Filing
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Form of bills and resolutions
Extra copy for Secretary
Subject matter limits
Reference to laws
Notice on local bill
Affidavit of publication
Rule 117 All bills and resolutions shall be in writing and shall have the name of the Senator introducing the same as well as the district he represents indorsed on the back of the same and in the case of bills the caption of the bill shall also be indorsed on the same All bills and resolutions having the force and effect of law shall when introduced have attached an exact copy and said copy shall be retained by the Secretary subject to use as information but the original bill or resolution shall be for the exclusive use of the Senate and the committee to which it is assigned and shall be the official bill or resolution of the Senate and shall not be subject to any other use
Rule 118 No law shall pass which refers to more than one subject matter or contains matter different from what is expressed in the title thereof
Ga Const art Ill sec VII par VIII
Rule 119 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 to be amended or repealed as well as the alteration to be made
Ga Const art Ill sec VII par XVI
Rule 120 No local or special bill shall be passed unless notice of the intention to apply therefor shall have been published in the newspaper in which the sheriffs advertisements for the locality affected are published once a week for three weeks during a period of sixty days immediately preceding its introduction into the General Assembly No local or special bill shall become law unless there is attached to and made a
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part of said bill a copy of said notice certified by the publisher or accompanied by an affidavit of the author to the effect that said notice has been published as provided by law No office to which a person has been elected shall be abolished nor the term of the office shortened or lengthened by local or special bill during the term for which such person was elected unless the same be approved by the people of the jurisdiction affected in a referendum on the question When any local law shall add any member or members to any municipal or county governing authority the members of which are elected by the people such local law must provide that the member or members so added must be elected by the qualified voters of the political subdivision affected under such rules as the General Assembly may in said law provide
GaConst art Ill sec VII par XV
Rule 121 No local or special bill shall be passed unless notice of the intention to apply therefor shall have been published in the newspaper in which the sheriffs advertisements for the locality affected are published once a week for three weeks during a period of 60 days immediately preceding its introduction into the General Assembly No local or special bill shall become law unless there is attached to and made a part of said bill a copy of said notice certified by the publisher or accompanied by an affidavit of the author to the effect that said notice has been published as provided by law No office to which a person has been elected shall be abolished nor the term of the office shortened or lengthened by local or special bill during the term for which such person was elected unless the same be approved by the people of the jurisdiction affected in a referendum on the question Where any local law shall add any member or members to any
Referendum if applies to office
Addition to local governing body
Notice on local bills
Affidavit
Referendum on office
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Secretarys duty to print and distribute
No passage until
distributed
Suspension of bills and resolutions for floor amendments distribution
Calendar
Reading by Secretary
Precedence of General Appropriation Bill
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municipal or county governing authority the members of which are elected by the people such local law must provide that the member or members so added must be elected by a majority vote of the qualified voters of the political subdivision affected
Ga Code Anno sec 47801
Rule 122 The Secretary shall as soon as possible after any bill or resolution of general application is filed in his office cause the same to be printed and a copy thereof distributed to each member forthwith Whenever any such bill or resolution of general application shall be reported back by the committee to which it was referred with the recommendation that it do pass as amended the Secretary shall cause the recommended amendments to be printed and copies thereof distributed to each member No bill or resolution of general application shall be placed on its passage unless copies of the same and any committee amendments shall have been printed and distributed to the Senators prior to consideration for passage The Senate may at any time by the vote of a majority of those voting provided the total vote constitutes a quorum suspend action upon any pending bill or resolution of general application until all amendments offered thereto on the floor of the Senate shall have been printed and distributed to the Senators
Rule 123 All bills and resolutions shall be called in the numerical order in which they stand on the calendar Before reading any bill or resolution the second or third time the Secretary shall distinctly state its number and the name of the Senator by whom introduced Provided that the General Appropriation Bill shall have precedence on third reading over all other matters even
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Special Orders until final disposition of the said Bill
Rule 124 A motion to engross a bill may be made upon reading the bill the first time and at no other time When a motion to engross is made no debate shall be permitted except that the movant may speak to his motion not longer than 5 minutes and any one other Senator may speak in opposition thereto for 5 minutes No bill or resolution shall be engrossed except upon the affirmative vote of of the Senators voting provided the total vote constitutes a quorum No Senator shall be recognized at any time for the purpose of asking unanimous consent to engross a bill or resolution In case of engrossment of any bill or other matter the entry thereof shall be made by the Secretary and the bill or other matter shall not be amendable thereafter unless subsequently committed
Rule 125 Every bill before it shall pass shall be read three times and on three separate days in each House unless in cases of actual invasion or insurrection but the first and second reading of each local bill shall consist of the reading of the title only unless said bill is ordered to be engrossed
Ga Const art Ill sec VII par VII
Rule 126 Any bill or resolution shall be automatically passed to a second reading on the legislative day following the day of the first reading No debate shall be admitted upon any bill at the first or second reading
USE OF COMMITTEES
Rule 127 Upon the introduction of any bill or resolution or other matter requiring reference to
Engrossment at first reading
Debate
No unanimous consent
Restricts
amendment
Readings
required
Automatic
second
reading
No debate at first or second reading
Reference by Speaker
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Unless
otherwise
ordered
No defacement
Reporting
amendments
Form of reports
Action on report
Notice of motion to disagree
Time limit on motion to disagree
Effect of agreement or disagreement
a committee the President shall as a matter of course and without debate commit the same to the proper committee unless otherwise ordered by the Senate
Rule 128 No Committee of the Whole or other committee shall deface or interline a bill resolution or other paper referred to said committee but shall report any amendment recommended on a separate paper noting the section page or line to which said amendment relates
Rule 129 All reports of a committee shall be in writing and the minority of a committee may make a report in writing setting forth succinctly the reasons for their dissent
Rule 130 If the report of a committee is favorable to the passage of a bill or resolution the same shall be passed to a third reading without question unless recommitted If the report of a committee is adverse to the passage of a bill or resolution in order to have a third reading thereof a Senator must at the time such report is made give notice of intention to move to disagree with such adverse committee report by not later than adjournment of the next legislative day following the unfavorable committee report In such case the bill or resolution shall be placed on the calendar The question shall be upon agreeing to the report of the committee If the report of the committee is agreed to the bill or resolution shall be lost If the report of the committee is disagreed to the bill or resolution shall be passed to a third reading unless recommitted
Rule 131 When a bill or resolution favorably reported by a committee is on its third or last reading if the report of the committee is dis
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agreed to by the Senate the bill or resolution shall be lost unless the action of the Senate in disagreeing to the committee report is reconsidered within the proper time
Rule 132 When a bill or a resolution has been referred to and reported by more than one committee or has been reported by and then recommitted to the same committee the last committee report shall be acted on by the Senate and in all cases the report of the Committee of the Whole Senate shall be first acted on by the Senate
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
Rule 133 The President may resolve the Senate into a Committee of the Whole without a motion being made therefor whenever a bill or resolution required by the rules of the Senate to be considered in the Committee of the Whole shall be in order for consideration on its third reading
Rule 134 The Senate may resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole by a majority of those voting provided that the total vote constitutes a quorum on motion of a member made for that purpose provided further that notice of intention to make such motion shall be given during the session of the preceding day Individual speeches on such motion shall be limited to three minutes If such notice shall not have been given the motion shall prevail if it shall receive the affirmative votes of twothirds of those voting provided that the twothirds shall constitute a majority of all the members elected to the Senate Provided further that whenever the Senate either by its own vote or by unanimous consent shall commit any bill or resolution to the Committee of the Whole and subsequently a motion shall be made to resolve the Senate into a Committee of the Whole to consider such bill or resolution and such
Reconsider
ation
Precedence of reports
Presidents
resolving
Senates
resolving
Notice
Debate limits
Renewal
limited
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President
appoints
Chairman
Quorum
required
Consideration of bills
Rules
motion shall be lost the said motion shall not be again renewed but it shall be the duty of the President to require the Secretary to read the bill or resolution again at the following days session under the order of introduction of new matter or reading of bills the first time and to refer such bill or resolution to the appropriate committee unless otherwise ordered by the Senate However for the consideration of the General Appropriation Bill the Senate may resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole by a majority of those voting provided the total vote constitutes a quorum on motion of a member made for that purpose and no previous notice shall be necessary
Rule 135 In forming a Committee of the Whole the President shall leave the Chair and a Chairman to preside in committee shall be appointed by the President
Rule 136 The Committee of the Whole shall not proceed with the business before it whenever a vote on any question shall disclose the fact that no quorum of the Senate is present Whenever it is suggested that a quorum is not present the Chairman of the Committee shall satisfy himself of the fact by actual count of the Committee and shall report the same to the Committee and the Chairman shall on his own motion order that the Committee immediately rise and he shall report the fact of the absence of a quorum to the Senate
Rule 137 In the Committee of the Whole bills shall be first read throughout by the Secretary and then again be read or debated by clauses or sections leaving the preamble to be last considered unless otherwise ordered
Rule 138 The Rules of the Senate shall be observed by the Committee of the Whole so far as
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they may be applicable except that the Committee of the Whole can not refer a matter to any other committee it can not adjourn the previous question can not be enforced a motion to lay on the table or indefinitely postpone shall not be in order a member may speak as often as he may obtain the floor no call of the Senate shall be in order and votes shall not be taken by yeas and nays
Rule 139 A motion to reconsider shall be in order in the Committee of the Whole
Rule 140 The President may in the Committee of the Whole take part in the proceedings and he as well as all other members shall vote on all questions before the Committee unless excused therefrom No pairing of members shall be recognized or allowed in the Committee of the Whole
Rule 141 While in the Committee of the Whole any papers in the possession of the Senate may be called for by any member and read by the Secretary for the information of the Committee unless the Committee shall otherwise order
Rule 142 The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole shall have power to have the galleries or lobbies cleared in case of any disorderly conduct therein
Rule 143 A Committee of the Whole can not punish disorderly conduct of its members but must report the same to the Senate for action thereon
Rule 144 If at any time in the Committee of the Whole it shall be desired to close the debate
Action
limited
Reconsider
ation
Presidents
authority
Voting
Papers from Senate
Control of order
Report on misconduct
Limiting
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Adjournment
Completion of work
Report to President
or to limit the time to be allowed members for speaking the Committee may rise and report its desire to the Senate and the Senate shall take such action thereon as it may see fit by a resolution Said resolution shall apply only to the subjectmatter before said committee When said resolution has been agreed to or refused by the Senate the action of the Senate shall be deemed the sense of the Committee and the Senate may then on motion again resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole and continue the consideration of the subject
Rule 145 In the event that a Committee of the Whole at any sitting for want of time shall fail to complete any matter under consideration it may on motion at any time rise report progress and have leave to sit again generally or at a day certain
Rule 146 A motion that the Committee rise report progress and ask leave to sit again may be made at any time when the movant thereof can legitimately obtain the floor and shall take precedence over all other motions and shall be decided without debate When the motion prevails the Committee shall immediately rise When the regular hour for adjournment of the Senate arrives the Committee shall automatically rise and the President shall assume the Chair
Rule 147 When the Committee of the Whole has disposed of bills resolutions or other measures before it by motion and question it shall rise and the Chairman shall be instructed to report the action of the Committee to the Senate At this point the President shall resume his seat and the Chairman shall return to the floor and shall state in substance as follows Mr President the Committee of the Whole Senate has had
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under consideration naming what and has instructed me as its Chairman to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass or do pass as amended or do not pass as the case may be
The President shall receive this report and repeat the same and the matter shall then be before the Senate for action just as though reported by any other committee
Rule 148 Amendments offered to an amendment in the Committee of the Whole shall not be reported to the Senate but the report shall contain only the result of the Committees action on the bill resolution or measure under its consideration
Rule 149 Amendments proposed by the Committee of the Whole may be amended or rejected by the Senate and matters stricken out by the Committee may be restored by the Senate
Rule 150 The proceedings of the Committee of the Whole shall not be recorded in the Journal of the Senate except so far as reported to the Senate by the Chairman of said Committee
AMENDMENT
Rule 151 There are three ways in which a proposition may be amended towit
1st By inserting or adding words
2nd By striking out words
3rd By striking out and inserting words
An amendment is itself subject to be amended in all three of the ways above mentioned but it is not permissible to amend an amendment to an amendment
Presidents
report
Contents of report
Action on report
Journal entr
Methods
Limits
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Form
President to strike irrelevant or delaying amendments
Blanks to be filled
Order of perfection
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Rule 152 A substitute shall be treated as an j amendment in these rules unless it is clearly indi cated otherwise i
Rule 153 All motions to amend any matter before the Senate must be in writing They must r plainly and distinctly set forth the amendment desired and the part of the bill or resolution where said amendment shall be inserted or added
Rule 154 Any irrelevant amendment or amendment obviously offered for the purpose of delay x shall be ruled out of order by the President
Rule 155 Where blanks occur in any proposition they must be filled first before any motion is made to amend
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Rule 156 When a bill or resolution is before the Senate for consideration and amendments are pending thereto and a substitute shall be offered for said bill or resolution and an amendment shall be offered to said substitute it shall be in order j for the Senate to perfect first the original bill or resolution and then perfect the substitute The question shall then be on agreeing to the substi c tute as amended if it be amended and if de c cided in the affirmative the question shall be Shall this bill pass or resolution be adopted as the case may be by substitute
Rule 157 When a motion is made to amend by s striking out a paragraph any amendment offered i to perfect the paragraph shall be put first before the question is put for striking it out If a motion be made to strike out a part of a bill or resolu tion a motion to amend the part proposed to be j stricken out shall have precedence
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Rule 158 No motion on a subject different from that under consideration shall be admitted under color of amendment
Rule 159 On all questions whether in committee or in the Senate the last amendment the most distant day and the largest sum shall be first put
Rule 160 The caption or preamble of a bill or resolution shall not be considered or amended until the measure has been perfected
Rule 161 After commitment of a bill and report thereof to the Senate it may be amended before the report of the committee is agreed to by the Senate but the amendments if any reported by the committee shall be disposed of before any other amendment be considered unless it be an amendment to a committee amendment
Rule 162 An amendment cannot be offered after the report of the committee to which the bill or resolution under consideration was referred has been agreed to by the Senate unless said action of the Senate in so agreeing to said report of said committee shall first be reconsidered
Rule 163 When a motion is made to amend by striking out and inserting the Secretary shall read the paragraph as it is then the words to be stricken out and finally the whole paragraph as it would be if amended
Rule 164 When a proposition consisting of several sections or resolutions is on a final reading and the Senate shall agree to a motion to consider the same by sections or paragraphs the
Limited to subject matter
Priority of amendment
Caption or preamble last
Committee
report
amendments
Not while agreement on committee report
Secretary
reading
Consideration by parts
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Committee amendments automatic Secretary in reading the same shall pause at the end of each section or resolution and the amendments thereto shall be offered as the several sections or resolutions are read But the amendments offered by the committee to which said bill or resolution was referred shall be read by the Secretary without any motion being made When
No recurring a section or resolution shall have been considered it is not in order to recur and amend it
Precedence of action on House amendments Rule 165 The questions which arise before the Senate respecting amendments by the House to a Senate bill or resolution are in order of precedence 1st A motion to agree to the House amendment 2nd A motion to disagree with the House amendment 3rd A motion to recede from the Senates disagreement or amendment 4th A motion to insist on the Senates disagreement or amendment 5th A motion to adhere to the Senates disagreement or amendment
Presidents power to rule out if not germane The President is authorized on his own motion or upon point of order being made when in his opinion a House amendment to a Senate bill is not germane to rule out such amendment The effect of such ruling of the President if not appealed from or if appealed from and the appeal not sustained shall be the same as a vote of the
Secretarys report Senate to disagree and as such the Secretary shall so report it to the House Such point of order shall take precedence over a motion to agree
Precedence of amendment Rule 166 A motion to amend an amendment made by the House to a Senate bill or resolution
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takes precedence over a motion to agree or disagree to said amendment
Rule 167 When any bill or resolution which originated in the Senate has been amended in the House and is before the Senate for action on the House amendment an amendment may be offered in the Senate to the House amendment but the Senate amendment to the House amendment cannot be further amended It must be agreed to or voted down
Rule 168 A House amendment to a Senate bill or resolution must be adopted by the vote required to pass the bill or resolution
Rule 169 Whenever any member moves that a Committee of Conference be appointed on disagreeing votes or other matters of the two houses and said motion prevails the President shall appoint three 3 members for the Committee who voted in the majority on the position assumed by the Senate if such vote has been had
The Committee of Conference may consider the whole subject matter embraced in a bill resolution or other matter before it and may recommend recision by either house new amendments new bills and resolutions or other germane changes unless instructed otherwise by the Senate on motion before the members of the Conference Committee are appointed
A report of a Committee of Conference must be approved by a majority vote of the entire membership of the Committee before the report may be transmitted to either the Senate or the House
After a Committee of Conference has been in existence for five 5 days and has failed to make
Limits or amendment
Adoption of House amendment
Conference
Committee
Appointment on motion
Consideration
Recommen
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Report
Discharge
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Last 5 days of session a report to the Senate on the question under consideration the Senate on motion and by a majority vote of all members elected to the Senate may discharge the Senate conferees and appoint new conferees instruct said Senate conferees or make any other motion not contrary to the rules of the Senate Provided that during the last five 5 days of the session the above motions may be made and passed at any time but not more often than every three 3 hours
Distribution of report All Conference Committee reports shall be printed and distributed to the Senators prior to consideration of the same unless the printing of the same be dispensed with by a majority vote of all members elected to the Senate
Adoption of report Any Conference Committee report must be adopted by the vote required to pass the bill resolution or matter under consideration
Subject matter PREVIOUS QUESTION Rule 170 The previous question may be called and ordered upon a single motion or an amendment or it may be made to embrace all authorized motions or amendments and include the entire bill
Call for division Rule 171 Any Senator may call for a division of the question on a subject in which the sense thereof will admit of it
Distinct parts Rule 172 The Senator calling for a division must state what definite parts and how many he would have the question divided into Each part of the divided proposition must be so distinct that if taken away the remainder can stand by itself as a consistent and entire unit
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Rule 173 The motion for the previous question shall be decided without debate and shall take precedence over all other motions except motions to adjourn or to lay on the table When it is moved the first question shall be Shall the motion for the previous question be sustained If this be decided by a majority of those voting provided the total vote constitutes a quorum the motions to adjourn or to lay on the table may still be made but they must be made before the next question towit Shall the main question be now put is decided in the affirmative After said last question is affirmatively decided by a majority of those voting provided that the total vote constitutes a quorum said motions will be out of order and the Senate cannot adjourn until the previous question is exhausted the regular hour of adjournment arrives or the Senate reconsiders its action
But no motion to reconsider the action of the Senate in ordering the main question shall be in order after the Secretary has called the first name on call of the yeas and nays and the vote of any member has been given or after a division of the Senate has been had on the vote and the vote is in process of being counted and announced in such cases the roll call shall be completed the vote counted and the result finally announced
Rule 174 When the previous question has been ordered the Senate shall then proceed to act on the main question without debate except that before the main question is put twenty minutes shall be allowed to close the debate to the committee whose report of the bill or other measure is under consideration If the report of the committee is adverse to the passage of the bill or other measure the introducer of the bill shall be allowed twenty minutes before the time allowed
No debate on motion
Precedence
Form of question
Vote
Main
question
Adjournment
Reconsider
ation
Debate
Committee
Introducer
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Others
If minority
committee
report
No call unless no quorum
No debate on
incidental
questions
Effect of main question
Effect of reconsideration
Limits on reconsideration
to the committee The Chairman of the committee or the introducer of the bill or other measure may yield the floor to such Senators as he may indicate for the time or any part of it allowed under this rule
In all cases where a minority report has been submitted on any matter if the previous question is ordered there shall be twenty minutes allowed to the member whose name is first signed to said minority report or to such member or members as he may indicate for the time so allowed or any part of it before the twenty minutes allowed to the Chairman submitting the majority report
Rule 175 A call of the Senate shall not be in order after the previous question is ordered unless it shall appear upon an actual count by the President that a quorum is not present
Rule 176 All incidental questions of order arising after a motion is made for the previous question and pending such motion shall be decided whether on appeal or otherwise without debate
Rule 177 The effect of the order that the main question be now put is to bring the Senate to a vote on pending questions in the order in which they stood before it was moved
Rule 178 After the main question has been ordered a motion to reconsider this action will if adopted have the effect to repeal the ordering of both the main question and the previous question and will leave the pending measure again open to debate and amendment The motion to reconsider the ordering of the main question can be made only once and if lost or if the main ques
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tion is again subsequently ordered on the pending measure no second motion to reconsider the ordering of the main question shall be entertained
VOTING
Rule 179 No bill shall become a law unless it shall receive a majority of the votes of all the members elected to each House of the General Assembly and it shall in every instance so appear on the Journal
Ga Const art Ill sec VII par XIV
Rule 180 In the event no specific vote is provided in these Rules for the passage of any resolution motion or measure
A As to all motions or procedural matters and on all other matters except pending bills and resolutions and amendments thereto the vote for passage thereof shall be by majority of a quorum
B As to all bills and resolutions and amendments thereto the vote for adoption thereof shall be by constitutional majority of the entire Senate
Rule 181 The Presidents method of stating the question on any motion shall be as follows All in favor of the motion will say Aye Those opposed will say No When a decision seems doubtful to the President or when a division of the Senate is called for by any one member of the Senate the President shall call upon the Senators in favor of the motion to rise After a count is had by the Secretary he shall call upon the Senators to reverse their positions and the President shall announce the result
Rule 182 When less than a quorum vote on any subject under consideration by the Senate the President may order the doors of the Senate to be closed and the roll of Senators called by the
Requirement for law
General
requirement
Presidents
question
Requiring
division
Rollcall to
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Vote
required
Call for division on yeas and nays
Journal entry
No debate on motion for yeas and nays
Secretarys
call
Change of vote
Excuse time and debate
Not if interest
Contested
seats
Secretary If it is ascertained that a quorum is present either by answering to their names or by their presence in the Senate the refusal of any Senator present to vote unless excused shall be deemed a contempt of the Senate
Rule 183 After the main question is ordered any Senator may call for a division of the Senate in taking the vote or may call for the yeas and nays if the call for the yeas and nays is sustained by onefifth of the members voting the vote shall be taken by the yeas and nays and so entered on the Journal
Rule 184 A motion for the call of the yeas and nays shall be decided without debate
Rule 185 On the call of the yeas and nays the Secretary shall read the names of the Senators after they have been called and no Senator shall be permitted to change his vote unless he at that time declares that he voted under a mistake of the question
Rule 186 A motion to excuse a Senator from voting must be made before the Senate divides or before the call of the yeas and nays is commenced and it shall be decided without debate except that the Senator making the motion may briefly state the reason why in his opinion it should prevail
Rule 187 No Senator shall vote upon any question in the result of which he is personally interested In every case where the seat of a Senator is being contested the sitting Senator and the contestant shall both retire from the Senate before the vote is taken
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Rule 188 No pairing of members shall be recognized or allowed as an excuse for not voting
Rule 189 On all questions except such as are not debatable any Senator on the call of the yeas and nays shall be allowed five minutes as a matter of right in which to explain his vote Where the vote on any question is not taken by yeas and nays no Senator shall be allowed to explain except by unanimous consent However any Senator may explain his vote not taken by yeas and nays by filing such explanation in writing with the Secretary before the confirmation of the Journal on the day next succeeding such vote No motion or request shall be entertained to vary this rule or to extend a Senators time for explaining
Rule 190 During the calling or reading of yeas and nays on any question no debate shall be had
Rule 191 Whenever the Constitution requires a vote of twothirds of either or both houses for the passage of an act or resolution the yeas and nays on the passage thereof shall be entered on the Journal
Ga Const art Ill sec VII par XIX
Rule 192 When any amendment to the Constitution shall be agreed to by a twothirds vote of members elected such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on the Journal in full with the yeas and nays taken thereon
Rule 193 The yeas and nays on any question shall at the desire of onefifth of the members present be entered on the Journal
Ga Const art Ill sec VII par VI
No pairing
Explanation
No debate during yeas and nays
Journal record of yeas and nays vote
Entry on Journal of Constitutional Amendments
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Consideration and veto Rule 194 Whenever on any question the yeas and nays shall have been ordered the Secretary shall also enter on the Journal the names of those members not voting GOVERNORS ACTION Rule 195 The Governor shall have the revision of all bills passed by the General Assembly before the same shall become laws but twothirds of each House may pass a law notwithstanding his
Overriding veto and if any bills should not be returned by the Governor within five days Sundays excepted after it has been presented to him the same shall be a law unless the General Assembly by their adjournment shall prevent its return in which event the Governor shall have thirty days Sundays excepted from the date of adjournment in which to approve the same and if not approved within that time the same
Dividing appropriations shall become a law He may approve any appropriation and veto any other appropriation in the same bill and the latter shall not be effectual unless passed by twothirds of each House Whenever such Bill has been vetoed by the Governor it shall be the duty of the Governor to transmit such Bill to the presiding officer of the Branch of the General Assembly in which it originated together with a list of reasons if any for such veto Such transmission shall be made within thirtyfive 35 days Sundays excepted from the date of the adjournment of the Session of the General Assembly at which such Bill was passed Such Bill may be considered by the Branch of the General Assembly in which it originated at any time within the first ten 10 days of the next regular Session of the General Assembly for the purpose of overriding the action of the Governor In the event the action of the Governor is overridden by twothirds of the votes of such Branch of the General Assembly
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the same shall be immediately transmitted by the Secretary of or the Clerk of such Branch of the General Assembly to the other Branch of the General Assembly It shall be the duty of the presiding officer of such other Branch of the General Assembly upon receiving such Bill to dispense with all business that is then being considered and to then and there consider and act upon such Bill for the purpose of overriding the action of the Governor In the event the action of the Governor is overriding by twothirds of the votes of such Branch of the General Assembly such Bill shall become law In the event either Branch of the General Assembly should fail to override the Governors action on a Bill such Bill shall not again be presented to the General Assembly of Georgia for the purpose of overriding the action of the Governor In the event any bill is enacted into law pursuant to the terms of this paragraph the effective date of such bill shall be on the date that such bill was acted upon by the Branch of the General Assembly last acting upon such bill
Provided however that any bills that are vetoed by the Governor after the adjournment of the regular session of the General Assembly immediately preceding the general election in which the Governor is elected shall not be subject to be overridden by the next regular session of the General Assembly
Ga Const art V sec I par XV
Rule 196 Every vote resolution or order to which the concurrence of both houses may be necessary except on a question of election or adjournment shall be presented to the Governor and before it shall take effect be approved by him Subject matter or being disapproved shall be repassed by twothirds of each house provided however that nothing contained in this Article shall be construed to confer on the Governor the right to veto
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Not Constitutional Amendments
Signature
required
Exceptions
Appointment
Subcommittee on Institutions
or enter his disapproval of any proposal made by the General Assembly to amend the Constitution
Ga Const art V sec I par XVI
Rule 197 No provision in this Constitution for a twothirds 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 twothirds vote required to override the veto to submit constitutional amendments and in case of prolongation of a session of the General Assembly
Ga Const art Ill sec VII par XXI
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTION
Rule 198 The President shall appoint the following standing committees which shall have the following number of Senators each
Agriculture and Natural Resources15
Appropriations18
Banking and Finance15
Business Trade and Commerce8
County and Municipal Governments12
Defense and Veterans Affairs7
Economy Reorganization and Efficiency in
Government7
Educational Matters23
Health and Welfare11
Highways17
Industry and Labor16
Interstate Cooperation5
Judiciary12
Penal and Correctional Affairs7
Public Utilities and Transportation11
Retirement7
Rules19
Scientific Research6
Senate Administrative Affairs5
Temperance9
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members which subcommittee shall be responsible for matters relative to post high school education
The President shall also appoint a Subcommittee on Institutions and Mental Health within the Committee on Health and Welfare
Each Senator shall be appointed to serve on at least three committees and no Senator shall be appointed to serve on more than four committees except that the Retirement Committee shall not be counted as one of said committees
The President of the Senate shall be an exofficio member of all standing committees of the Senate but shall have no vote as an exofficio member except on the Committee on Rules of which he shall be Chairman The President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall be an exofficio member of the Committee on Economy Reorganization and Efficiency in Government
The Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations shall be appointed a member of the Committee on Banking and Finance and the Chairman of the Committee on Banking and Finance shall be appointed a member of the Committee on Appropriations
Except as hereinafter provided the President shall appoint a Chairman a Vice Chairman and a Secretary for all standing committees and for all subcommittees created by Senate Resolution No Senator shall be appointed Chairman or Vice Chairman of more than one committee except that the Administration Floor Leader appointed by the Governor shall automatically be Vice Chairman of the Rules Committee and shall also be an exofficio member of the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Banking and Finance He shall have a vote on each of said committees the same as any other member of said committees Such Floor Leader shall serve on the above three committees and if the President so desires he may appoint the Floor Leader
Membership
limits
Exofficio
members
Dual members
Appointment of officers
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Vacancies
Organization
Calling
meetings
to such other number of committees as provided hereinbefore for other Senators Prior to serving on the three committees listed above the Administration Floor Leader must be certified as such by the Governor to the President of the Senate and the Secretary of the Senate
The Governor shall also certify the name of any Assistant Administration Floor Leader to the President of the Senate and to the Secretary of the Senate
The Assistant Administration Floor Leader appointed by the Governor shall be an ex officio member of the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Educational Matters and shall have a vote and the same privileges on each of said Committees the same as any other member of said Committees
Rule 199 After the announcement of the standing committees no other Senators shall be placed thereon unless it be at the request of a majority of the committee to be added thereto except when Senators have been elected to fill vacancies caused by death or otherwise the President may assign said Senators to such committees as he may see fit and he may fill any vacancy in the offices of Chairman Vice Chairman or Secretary
Rule 199A There shall be a Forestry Subcommittee of the standing committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources Said Subcommittee shall consist of 5 Senators who shall be appointed by the chairman of the committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
Rule 200 Each committee or subcommittee shall first meet upon the call of the Chairman and perfect its organization After the organizational meeting each committee or subcommittee shall meet upon the call of its Chairman provided that the Vice President may call a meeting of the committee or subcommittee if he obtains a certificate from the President certifying that the Chair
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man is incapacitated or if he is directed in writing by the Chairman to so call the meeting to consider such measures as specified by the Chairman All subcommittees shall be subject to the will of their parent standing committees and the officers thereof No bill shall be reported to the Senate until it has been acted upon by the full standing committee and all actions of any subcommittee shall be approved or disapproved by the standing committee
The Secretary of each standing committee or subcommittee shall keep minutes of the meetings of the committee or subcommittee as directed by the Chairman These records shall be available to any member of the Senate but shall not be matters of public record
Rule 201 The Chief Justice Emeritus and the Associate Judge Emeritus shall constitute the Advisory Appellate Council
Ga Code Anno sec 244608
Rule 202 It shall also be the duty of the said Advisory Appellate Council to consult with the AttorneyGeneral and the assistants to the AttorneyGeneral upon legal matters when their advice and consultation is requested It shall further be the duty of the said Advisory Appellate Council to consult with committees of the General Assembly and to furnish advice and information to said committees of the General Assembly upon questions of law when their advice and assistance is requested
Ga Code Anno sec 244610
Rule 203 All officers and employees provided for in this and the preceding Chapter shall be paid for their services by the State Treasurer only upon the approval of their accounts by the auditing committee of the Senate and House of Representatives
Ga Code Anno sec 47304
Vicechairmans power
Succession
Minutes
Advisory
Appellate
Council
Auditing committee approval of accounts
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Committee on Administrative Affairs to audit and report expense accounts of members
President to certify accounts
Limits on extra per diem
Rule 204 The Committee on Senate Administrative Affairs shall within 20 days after the beginning of each annual session audit the accounts of every Senator for expenses incurred as a Committeeman or in discharge of any duty as a member of the Senate since the last preceding annual session The committee shall within the said 20day period report its findings to the Senate listing the names of each such Senator and the general nature of the duty in which said expenses were incurred together with the amount thereof and the per diem received by such Senator in connection therewith Said committee shall report to the Senate for appropriate action any violations of law or of these rules
Rule 205 The compensation due to the officers and members of the General Assembly shall be certified by the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives respectively upon the report of the auditing committee to the State Treasurer who afterwards shall pay each member who shall present his account duly audited
Ga Code Anno sec 47110
Rule 206 No Senator shall except by special resolution draw any per diem in excess of 20 days per annum in addition to regular or special sessions of the Senate
Rule 206A No member of any interim committee shall engage in any travel outside the State of Georgia unless such travel is first approved in writing by the Chairman of the committee and the President of the Senate The member requesting such travel shall state the places to be visited the dates thereof and the purposes therefor which purposes shall be relevant to legitimate legislative matters Every voucher for reimbursement of expenses by members of interim committees must contain an itemized listing of such expenses and be approved by the chairman of the committee and
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the President of the Senate before the State Treasurer shall be authorized to disburse any funds on such voucher and this provision shall apply whether such expenses are incurred within or without the State of Georgia All interim committees shall be subject to the provisions of this rule
Provided however the provisions of this rule shall not apply to the President Pro Tern or the Administration Floor Leader
Rule 207 A person shall not be paid for services rendered to the Senate in any capacity while such person is drawing any salary wages or other compensation from any other Department of the State
Rule 208 The ways and means committee of the House of Representatives and the finance committee of the Senate shall hold joint meetings for the consideration of all revenue taxing measures when in regular or special session and the State Revenue Commissioner shall be an exofficio member of each committee
Ga Code Anno sec 928449
Rule 209 It is part of the duty of the joint standing committee on finance to examine the accounts and vouchers of the Comptroller General and State Treasurer as to all moneys received into and paid out of the treasury during the last fiscal year to compare the warrants drawn during that period with the several laws by authority of which they purport to be drawn to examine into the other accounts and books of such officers to count the money on hand at the time of the examination and to examine the annual reports made by said officers to see if they are sustained by the true condition of their offices and report the result to each branch of the General Assembly
Ga Code Anno sec 47601
No compensation from other State offices
Joint meeting of Finance Committee with House Ways and Means Committee
Joint
committee on financing to examine State accounts
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Election of State officers
No disparagement in nomination
Viva voce vote
Journal entry
Meet in House
President
presides
Vote required
Action on returns for Governors election
ELECTIONS AND INAUGURATION OF GOVERNOR
Rule 210 Every State officer whose election is not otherwise provided for shall be elected by the General Assembly in the same manner and at the same time as other officers are elected by them
Ga Code Anno sec 47401
Rule 211 In nominating candidates for any office no other candidate shall be disparaged
Rule 212 All elections by the General Assembly shall be viva voce and the vote shall appear on the Journal of the House of Representatives When the Senate and House of Representatives unite for the purpose of election they shall meet in the Representative Hall and the President of the Senate shall in such cases preside and declare the results
Ga Const art Ill sec X par I
Rule 213 In all elections a majority of the Senators voting provided the total vote constitutes a quorum must make the choice
Rule 214 The returns for every election of Governor shall be sealed up by the managers separately from other returns and directed to the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives and transmitted to the Secretary of State who shall without opening said returns cause the same to be laid before the Senate on the day after the two houses shall have been organized and they shall be transmitted by the Senate to the House of Representatives
Ga Const art V sec I par III
Rule 215 The members of each branch of the General Assembly shall convene in the Representative Hall and the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives shall
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open and publish the returns in the presence and under the direction of the General Assembly and the person having the majority of the whole number of votes shall be declared duly elected Governor of this State but if no person shall have such majority then from the two persons having the highest number of votes who shall be in life and shall not decline an election at the time appointed for the General Assembly to elect the General Assembly shall immediately elect a Governor viva voce and in all cases of election of a Governor by the General Assembly a majority of the members present shall be necessary to a choice
Ga Const art V sec I par IV
Rule 216 The General Assembly in joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives shall open and publish the returns of the election for Governor as provided by Article V of the Constitution of the State and shall determine all questions relating thereto including any contested election and any question as to the eligibility or qualifications of the person elected Governor and shall at the time provided by section 40103 inaugurate as Governor the person determined by the General Assembly to have been elected or the person elected by the General Assembly as provided by the Constitution
Ga Code Anno sec 401041
Rule 217 The Governor shall begin the discharge of his duties from the time of his inauguration The ceremony of inauguration shall take place during the first week of the session of the General Assembly next after the election and on such day of that week as the General Assembly by joint resolution shall appoint On failure of appointment it shall take place at 12 oclock meridian on Saturday of that week unless prevented by providential cause
Ga Code Anno sec 40103
Inauguration
First week
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Oath
Journal entry
Contested
elections
Rule 218 The oath prescribed by the ninth Paragraph of the first section of the fifth Article of the Constitution of this State shall be taken by the Governorelect in the presence of the General Assembly in joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives Upon so taking the oath the Governorelect shall become Governor
Ga Code Anno sec 40104
Rule 219 The Governor shall before he enters on the duties of his office take the following oath or affirmation I do solemnly swear or affirm as the case may be that I will faithfully execute the office of Governor of the State of Georgia and will to the best of my ability preserve protect and defend the Constitution thereof and the Constitution of the United States of America Ga Const art V sec I par IX
Rule 220 The fact of such inauguration of the Governor shall be entered upon the journal of the House of Representatives and shall be conclusive evidence of his right and title to the office and of his eligibility and qualification
Ga Code Anno sec 401042
Rule 221 Contested elections shall be determined by both houses of the General Assembly in such manner as shall be prescribed by law
Ga Const art V sec I par V
Resolution
Vote
Journal entry
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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
Rule 222 An amendment to this Constitution may be proposed by a resolution in the Senate or the House of Representatives and if the same shall be agreed to by twothirds of the members elected to each branch of the General Assembly such proposed amendment shall be entered on the journals of each branch with the Ayes and Nays taken thereon Any proposed amendment may be repealed or amended by the same General Assembly if done so at least two months prior
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to the date of the election at which such proposed amendment is to be submitted
The Governor the Attorney General and the Secretary of State shall meet and determine whether a proposed amendment is general and if not general shall determine what political subdivision or subdivisions are directly affected by such proposed amendment If a proposed amendment is general the Governor shall cause such proposed amendment to be published in full once each week for three consecutive weeks immediately preceding the date of the election at which such proposed amendment is submitted in one newspaper of general circulation in each Congressional District of the State If such proposed amendment is not general the Governor shall cause such proposed amendment to be published in full in one newspaper of general circulation in each county in which the directly affected political subdivision or subdivisions are located In the event no such newspaper is located in such county a newspaper in an adjoining county shall be used
Any proposed amendment which is general shall be submitted to the people of the entire State at the next general election at which members of the General Assembly are elected and if ratified by a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly voting thereon such amendment shall become a part of this Constitution A proposed amendment which is not general shall only be submitted to the people of the political subdivision or subdivisions directly affected The votes of the electors in each political subdivision affected shall be counted separately in determining whether such proposed amendment is ratified and it must be ratified by a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly voting thereon in each such political subdivision before it shall become a part of this Constitution The General As
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sembly in the resolution shall state the language to be used in submitting the proposed amendment
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
Ga Const art XIII sec I par I
Rule 223 No convention of the people shall be called by the General Assembly to revise amend or change this Constitution unless by the concurrence of twothirds of all members of each house of the General Assembly The representation in said convention shall be based on population as near as practicable This Constitution shall not be revised amended or changed by the Convention until the proposed revision amendment or change has been submitted and ratified by the people in the manner provided for submission and ratification of amendments proposed by the General Assembly
Ga Const art XIII sec I par II
Rule 224 The Governor shall not have the right to veto any proposal by the General Assembly to amend the Constitution
Ga Const art XIII sec I par III
APPROPRIATION CLAIMS AND FINANCE
Rule 225 No money shall be drawn from the Treasury except by appropriation made by law
Ga Const art Ill sec VII par XI
Rule 226 All bills for raising revenue or appropriating money shall originate in the House of Representatives but the Senate may propose or concur in amendments as in other bills
Ga Const art Ill sec VII par X
Rule 227 No bill or resolution appropriating money shall become a law unless upon its passage the yeas and nays are called and recorded
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Rule 228 All resolutions which may appropriate money out of any fund shall be treated in all respects in the manner of introduction and procedure as bills they shall originate in the House of Representatives and shall receive three readings previous to their passage but the Senate may propose or concur in amendments as in case of bills
Resolutions treated same
Ga Code Anno sec 47503
Rule 229 A The Governor through the Budget Bureau shall prepare and submit to the General Assembly within five days after its organization a budget report for consideration either with or without amendments and modifications by the General Assembly
B The budget report shall contain and include the following information
1 Summary statements of the financial condition of the State accompanied by such detailed schedules of assets and liabilities as the Governor deems desirable which shall include but not be limited to the following
a A comparative consolidated balance sheet showing all the assets and liabilities of the State and the surplus or deficit as the case may be at the close of each of the two fiscal years last concluded
b Summary statements of fund balances showing in detail for each fund the surplus or deficit at the beginning of each of the two fiscal years last concluded the actual income of that year the total appropriation of that year and the total expenditures of that year
c Similar summary statements of the estimated fund balances for the current fiscal year and each of the next two fiscal years
2 Statements of income and receipts for each of the two fiscal years last concluded and the
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estimated income and receipts of the current fiscal year and of each of the next two fiscal years and a statement of unappropriated surplus expected to have accrued in the State treasury at the beginning of the next fiscal year The statements of income and estimated income shall be itemized by sources and by budget unit collecting the same The statements of receipts and estimated receipts shall be itemized by sources and by budget unit receiving the same Existing sources of income and receipts shall be analyzed as to their equity productivity and need for revision and any proposed new sources of income or receipts shall be explained
3 Summary statements of expenditures and disbursements for each of the two fiscal years last concluded itemized by budget units under functional heads and showing the amounts expended for each major function of the Government
4 A statement of the surplus account showing the excess of all current assets over all current liabilities as of the end of each of the two fiscal years last concluded and all changes in surplus account during each of such two fiscal years
5 Detailed comparative statements of expenditures and requests for appropriations by funds budget units and budget classes showing the expenditures for each of the two fiscal years last concluded the budget of the current year and the Governors recommendations for appropriations for each budget unit for each of the next two fiscal years all distributed according to budget classes of ordinary recurring expenses of operation and maintenance including but not limited to personal services and authority lease rentals and of extraordinary expenses and capital outlay Following the lists of actual and proposed expenditures of each budget unit there shall be a brief explanation of the functions of the unit
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and comments on its policies and plans and on any considerable differences among the amounts expended and the amounts recommended with such descriptive quantitative comparative and other data as to work done unit costs and like information as is considered necessary or desirable In connection with each budget class of capital outlays involving construction projects to be completed in two or more fiscal years there shall be shown the total estimated cost of each such project and the amount thereof recommended to be appropriated and expended in each ensuing fiscal year until completion of the project Capital outlay needs shall be projected for at least three years beyond the period covered by the budget
6 A summary statement of the cash resources estimated to be available at the beginning of each of the next two fiscal years and the estimated cash receipts of the fiscal year as compared with the total recommended amounts of appropriation for all budget classes for the year and if the total of the recommended expenditures exceeds the total of the estimated resources recommendations as to how the deficiency is to be met and estimates of receipts from any proposed additional revenues
7 A draft of a proposed General Appropriations Act or Acts embodying the Governors budget report and recommendations for appropriations for each of the next two ensuing fiscal years and drafts of such revenue and other Acts as may be recommended for putting into effect the proposed financial plan The recommended appropriation for each budget unit shall be specified in a separate section of the Appropriations Act The total amount of appropriations recommended shall not exceed the cash resources available to meet expenditures under such appropriations
8 Such other information as the Governor deems desirable or as is required by law
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C The General Assembly shall not appropriate funds for any given fiscal year which in aggregate exceeds 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 Article VII Section IX Paragraph III Sec 26203 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
D To the end that emergency needs of the State agencies not ascertainable at the time of the submission of the budget report to the General Assembly or at the time of the enactment of the General Appropriations Act be provided for the General Appropriations Act shall contain a specific sum as an emergency appropriation The manner of allocation of such emergency appropriation shall be as follows
The head of the budget unit desiring an allotment of funds from the appropriation shall present such request to the Governor in such form and with such explanation as he may require and the Governor may allow or disallow the request at his discretion No allotment shall be made from this appropriation to a purpose which creates a continuing obligation for the State
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1 The head of each budget unit other than the General Assembly and judiciary not later than September 1 of each evennumbered year
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shall submit to the Budget Bureau estimates of the financial requirements of his budget unit for the next two fiscal years on the forms and in the manner prescribed by the Budget Bureau with such explanatory data as is required by the Budjl Bureau and such additional data as the head of the budget unit wishes to submit The estimates so submitted shall bear the approval of the board or commission of each budget unit for which a board or commission is constituted
2 The budget estimates for the General Assembly including all the legislative agencies shall D6 prepared by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate and such other legislative officers as appropriate and shall be submitted to the Director of the Budget at the same time as other budget estimates are submitted The Department of Audits and Accounts for the purpose of this Chapter is a legislative agency and shall be construed in all respects as such and the budget estimate for said Department shall be prepared by the State Auditor and shall be included in the budget report without revision and shall not be subject to review or control by the Budget Bureau The State Treasurer shall assist in the preparation of these budget estimates if requested
3 Budget estimates for the judiciary shall be prepared by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals and such other judicial officers as appropriate and shall be submitted at the same time to the Director of the Budget as other budget estimates are submitted The State Treasurer shall assist in the preparation of these budget estimates if requested
4 All of the data relative to the legislative and judicial branches of the Government shall be for the Budget Bureaus information and guidance m estimating the total financial needs of the
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State for the ensuing biennium period but none of these estimates shall be subject to revision or review by the Budget Bureau and must be included in the budget report as prepared by it
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1 The Governor before its submission to the General Assembly shall examine the statements and estimates and shall make or cause to be made such further investigations by the Budget Bureau with such hearings before him as he deems advisable and shall direct such changes or revisions in policy and program and in specific details as he finds warranted
2 The Governor shall have the budget report printed and copies thereof shall be transmitted to each member of the General Assembly within five days of the organization of the General Assembly
3 The GovernorElect and his designated budget representatives shall be entitled to examine the budget report in process and the Budget Bureau shall provide him with every practicable facility for familiarizing himself with is contents
G In addition to the assistance of the Budget Bureau to be rendered as provided in section 40404 to the General Assembly the Legislative Services Committee of the General Assembly shall employ a trained professionally qualified budget analyst and fiscal advisor to assist the General Assembly and its committees in budget matters
H
1 The financial plan for each fiscal year as presented in the budget report shall be adopted with such modifications as are made by the General Assembly by the passage of a General Appropriations Act and such revenue and other Acts as are necessary for the purpose
2 Each General Appropriations Act now of force or hereafter adopted with such amend
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ments as are adopted from time to time shall continue in force and effect for the next two ensuing fiscal years after adoption and it shall then expire except for the mandatory appropriations required by the Constitution or those required to meet contractual obligations authorized by the Constitution or the continued appropriation of Federal grants
3 In addition to the appropriations made by the General Appropriations Act and amendments thereto the Assembly may make additional appropriations by Acts which shall be known as supplementary Appropriations Acts provided no such supplementary appropriation shall be available unless there is an unappropriated surplus in the State treasury or the revenue necessary to pay such appropriation 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 Appropriations Bill until the General Appropriations Act shall have been finally adopted by both Houses and approved by the Governor
I All expenditures of the State and of its budget units of moneys drawn from the State treasury shall be made under the authority of Appropriations Acts which shall be based upon a budget provided in this Chapter and no money shall be drawn from the treasury except by appropriation made by law pursuant to Article III Section VII Paragraph XI Sec 21911 of the Constitution of Georgia
J The Governor through the Budget Bureau shall require each budget unit other than those of the legislative branch and the judicial branch to file quarterly work programs with the Budget Bureau not later than 20 days before the beginning of each quarter of the calendar year or at such time as the Budget Bureau shall direct No allotment of funds as provided in Section 40415
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shall be approved for any budget unit until such budget unit shall have filed a quarterly work program with the Budget Bureau and the quarterly work program shall have been approved by the Governor The work program shall be presented on forms prescribed by the Budget Bureau and shall contain such information as the Governor through the Budget Bureau may require The work program shall include the amount of the portion of the appropriation required for the quarters expenditures based on the budget prepared as provided in this Chapter Quarterly work programs may be amended from time to time in such manner as the Budget Bureau may require A duplicate copy of all of the quarterly work programs and any amendments thereto shall be filed simultaneously with the Budget Bureau the State Treasurer and the State Auditor and Comptroller General
K No funds may be made available for expenditure by any budget unit other than those of the legislative branch and the judicial branch until such budget unit shall have filed a request for allotment of appropriations with the Budget Bureau and the request for allotment shall have been approved by the Governor Requests for allotment of appropriations for ordinary recurring expenses shall be filed not later than five days before the beginning of each month Request for allotment of appropriations for extraordinary expenses or capital outlay may be filed at such times as the Budget Bureau may prescribe The request for allotment shall be presented on forms prescribed by the Budget Bureau and shall be supplemented by such information as the Budget Bureau may require
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mitted by the budget units for conformity to the budget as approved by the General Assembly
2 The Governor through the Budget Bureau shall review the requests for the allotment of funds for conformity to the approved quarterly work program
M
1 The Governor shall examine the quarterly work programs and shall make or cause to have made such further investigations by the Budget Bureau with such hearings before him as he deems advisable and shall direct changes in such provisions of the quarterly work program as he finds do not conform to the budget approved by the General Assembly
2 The Governor shall examine the requests for allotment of funds and shall make or cause to have made such further investigations by the Budget Bureau with such hearings before him as he deems advisable and provided the respective amounts are in conformance with the approved quarterly work program shall execute his warrant on the treasury for the funds requested by the budget unit
N The Governor through the Budget Bureau shall monthly prorate the income of the State to the credit of each appropriation account in the same proportion that each appropriation bears to the total appropriations and if the amount of funds prorated to each account is in excess of the approved budget allotments the amount of said surplus shall be credited to an income equalization account by the State Treasurer In the event that the income is insufficient to make a 100 per cent prorating to meet the allotments authorized by appropriations the Budget Bureau is authorized to utilize any balance in the income equalization account to cover the deficiency and the same shall be charged to the account by the
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State Treasurer The prorating of funds by the Governor shall not increase the amount of appropriations
O No payment shall be made and no obligation shall be incurred against any appropriation unless such payment or obligation has been authorized as provided in this Chapter Every official authorizing payments in violation of this Chapter or taking part therein and every person receiving such payment or any part thereof shall be jointly and severally liable to the State for the full amount so paid or received
P At the end of the first fiscal year of each biennium covered by the General Appropriations Act unless allotted by the Budget Bureau the amount of each appropriation provided for in this Chapter except for the mandatory appropriations required by the Constitution remaining unexpended and which have not been contractually obligated in writing shall lapse and cease to be available and the State Treasurer shall not pay any unallotted appropriation and shall make the necessary adjustments in his appropriation accounts to charge off the amount of the lapsed appropriations All appropriated funds except for the mandatory appropriations required by the Constitution remaining unexpended and not contractually obligated at the expiration of such General Appropriations Act shall lapse
Q In the event that any duties purposes and objects for which appropriations are made shall be transferred to a budget unit other than that to which appropriated the appropriations for such duties purposes and objects shall be made available subject to the provisions of this Chapter to such budget unit or budget units to which the duties purposes and objects are transferred Should the appropriation to be transferred not be shown in the Appropriations Act as a separate
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and identifiable item the amount to be transferred shall be decided by the Budget Bureau in accordance with the detailed estimates or other information embodied in the budget report
Rule 230 The General appropriation 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
Ga Const art Ill sec VII par IX
Rule 231 All general appropriation bills in addition to the customary itemized statements of the amounts appropriated for the usual expenses of the executive legislative and judicial departments of the Government and for the support of the public institutions and educational interests of the State shall contain also a like itemized statement of all amounts appropriated by any previous law to be paid annually out of the treasury and such amounts so appropriated by previous laws shall not be paid from the treasury unless they are embraced in the general appropriation Act
Ga Code Anno sec 47502
Rule 232 Except as hereinafter provided the appropriation for each department 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
An amount equal to all money derived from motor fuel taxes received by the State Treasurer in each of the immediately preceding fiscal years
Contents of General Appropriation Bill
Required itemization of past
appropriations
Specific sum not fund
Motor fuel taxes to highways
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Emergency less the amount of refunds rebates and collection costs authorized by law is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year beginning 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 for aid in county road construction and maintenance as provided by law authorizing the State Treasurer to make such grants Said sum is hereby appropriated for and shall be available for the aforesaid purposes regardless of whether the General Assembly enacts a General Appropriations Act and said sum need not be specifically stated in any General Appropriations Acts passed by the General Assembly in order to be available for such purposes However this shall not preclude the General Assembly from appropriating 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 The provisions of this amendment shall become effective July 1 1961 Ga Const art VII sec IX par IV Rule 233
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Rule 235 The clerk of the House of Representatives shall provide out of the contingent fund of the House of Representatives a wellbound book which he shall deliver to the chairman of the appropriations committee of the House as soon as such chairman shall be appointed and said chairmen shall enter or cause to be entered in such book in the order of their introduction all bills seeking directly or indirectly to obtain appropriations from the State treasury with a brief statement of the contents of such bill together with the number thereof the name of the introducer and any other facts developed before the committee that will throw any light on the nature of the legislation proposed by the bill After the adjournment of the General Assembly said chairman shall deposit said book with the Secretary of State who shall deliver the same to each successive chairman of said committee as soon as he shall have been appointed
Ga Code Anno sec 47501
Rule 236 In addition to the appropriations made by the General Appropriation Act and amendments thereto the General Assembly may make additional appropriations by Acts which shall be known as supplementary appropriation Acts provided no such supplementary appropriation shall be available unless there is an unappropriated surplus in the State Treasury or the revenue necessary to pay such appropriation 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 Appropriation Act shall have been finally adopted by both Houses and approved by the Governor
Ga Const art VII sec IX par III
Appropriation book for Chairman of Appropriations Committee
Safekeeping by Secretary of State
Supplementary Appropriation s
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Recording of yeas and nays
Rule 237 All proceedings touching the appropriating of money shall be considered in the Committee of the Whole
Rule 238
Rule 239
Rule 240 No bill or resolution appropriating money shall become a law unless upon its passage the yeas and nays in each house are recorded
Ga Const art Ill sec VII par XII
Rule 241 A Any Resolution relative to a claim against the State or any of its departments or agencies must be introduced in the House of Representatives No such Resolution may be introduced unless a notice of claim has been filed with the board on or before the 15th day of November immediately preceding the introduction of such Resolution if the event giving rise to a claim against the State occurred on or before the fifth day of November If said event occurred subsequent to the fifth day of November immediately preceding the introduction of such Resolution a notice of claim shall be filed as herein provided within 10 days after the occurrence of said event No such Resolution may be introduced later than 15 days prior to adjournment of the General Assembly The board shall provide forms to be used in filing a notice of claim and shall make them available for such purposes When such notice is filed the board shall inform the person filing such notice in writing the information it will require in order to take action on such claim Such information may include accident
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reports affidavits statements bills receipts letters documents and any other supporting material or data deemed necessary by the board All such information must be filed with the board prior to the introduction of the Resolution
B Any such Resolution shall be referred by the Speaker of the House to the appropriations committee of the House and the Clerk of the House shall transmit a certified copy of such Resolution to the chairman of the board not later than the day after its referral to the appropriations committee Upon receipt of such copy the chairman after consultation with the other members of the board shall set a time for acting on such claim and shall set a date for a hearing if a hearing is deemed necessary In the event a hearing is to be held the Representative introducing the bill shall be notified of the date time and place thereof Such other persons as the board deems necessary shall likewise be notified The Representative introducing the Resolution shall be notified as to the action taken by the board on such claim and the recommendation made by the board to the appropriations committee In the event the Representative is dissatisfied with the recommendation of the board and no hearing has been held he shall be entitled to have the board set a hearing by so requesting the chairman in writing
C Upon receipt of a notice of claim the board may begin its investigation thereof or it may wait until the supporting information provided for hereinbefore has been furnished After the board has investigated the claim after introduction of the Resolution and after a hearing thereon if any the board shall prepare a statement including its findings its determination of the
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Hearing
Findings
merits of the claim its recommendation as to the payment thereof and such other information as the board deems advisable Such statement shall be immediately transmitted to the chairman of the House appropriations committee who shall present the same to the full committee The recommendations of the board shall be advisory in nature only and shall not be binding on the House of Representatives the Senate nor any committee of either The Resolution shall be acted upon in the same manner as provided by law and the rules of the House and Senate for action upon bills
D No such Resolution shall be passed without being presented to the board and the board is hereby prohibited from considering any Resolution unless notice of claim is filed within the time provided for hereinbefore and unless the Resolution is introduced within the time limitations specified hereinbefore and unless the information required by the board is filed within the time limitations specified hereinbefore The board shall make no recommendations during the last 10 days of any regular session of the General Assembly
Rule 242 The chairman of the State Highway Board director of the Department of Public Health and Secretary of State shall hear the sworn evidence concerning the matter at issue and shall prepare a statement of the findings of the relevant and material facts presented to said board together with their determination of the merits of the matter and their recommendation as to the payment of the compensation or reimbursement being sought This statement of the findings of the facts determination and recommendation shall be immediately transmitted to the chairman of the committee of the House of
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Representatives or Senate as the case may be to which the resolution or bill was referred for consideration
Ga Code Anno sec 47505
Rule 243 The chairman of the committee to which such resolution or bill was referred upon introduction when receiving the findings determination and recommendation of the chairman of the State Highway Board director of the Department of Public Health and Secretary of State shcill immediately call a meeting of such committee which committee shall read and study the findings determination and recommendation of said board and shall then decide whether or not to recommend to the House of Representatives or as he case may be that said resolution or bill shall or shall not pass Thereafter such resolution or bill shall take the usual course of procedure as any other resolution or bill as provided by law and the rules of the House of Representatives or Senate as the case may be
Ga Code Anno sec 47506
Rule 244
Rule 245 All laws authorizing the borrowing of money by or on behalf of the State shall specify the purpose for which the money is to be used and the money so obtained shall be used for the purpose specified and for no other
Ga Const art VII sec Ill par III RULES
Rule 246 When any question arises which is not provided for in the foregoing rules the same
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Report to committee
Consideration
required
Report to Senate
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Control if rules do not cover
Rules variations to Rules Committee
Suspension by
unanimous
consent
Required
report
shall be controlled by the rules usually governing parliamentary bodies
Rule 247 No suspension of change in or addition to these rules shall be made unless such proposed change addition or suspension be first referred in writing to the Committee on Rules and reported back to the Senate Provided that the rules may be suspended by unanimous consent ox the Senate without referral to the Committee on Rules
The Committee on Rules must report rules changes additions or suspensions submitted to it immediately after the confirmation of the Journal on the day following the introduction jj the Senate of the proposed change addition or suspension A failure to so report such proposed suspension change or addition to these rules within two days shall automatically bring said proposed suspension change or addition before the Senate for consideration
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RULES FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SENATE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION
1 When nominations shall be made by the Governor to the Senate a future day shall be assigned for their consideration unless the Senate directs otherwise
2 When acting on executive business the Senate shall be cleared of all persons except the Senators the President the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary
3 The legislative and executive proceedings of the Senate shall be kept in separate and distinct books except that a copy of the message transmitting information of definite action on appointments of the Governor shall be placed in the regular Journal of the Senate
4 In executive session any Senator shall be limited to ten 10 minutes in speaking for or against the confirmation of any nominee under consideration by the Senate
5 A majority vote of those voting provided the total vote constitutes a quorum shall be necessary to confirm the nomination to any office made by the Governor and sent to the Senate for approval When nominations are made by the Governor for any office which require the assent and approval of the Senate in executive session after the Secretary shall read the name of the party nominated and the position to which he is to be appointed the President shall put to the Senate the following Shall the nomination of the Governor be confirmed by the Senate Those who favor the confirmation will as your names are called vote Aye those opposed vote No After the roll is called the President shall announce the result of the ballot and declare the
Time to consider nominations
Limited
attendance
Journal entry
Debate limit
Vote for confirmation
Secretary
reads
nomination
Presidents question and announcement
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Record to Secretary of State
Secrecy
result as follows It appears from the vote that a majority of the Senators have voted to confirm the appointment made by the Governor the same is hereby confirmed by the Senate or A majority of the Senators have voted against the confirmation of the nomination made by the Governor it is therefore rejected by the Senate
6 All nominations approved by the Senate or otherwise definitely acted on shall be transmitted by the Secretary to the Governor with the determination of the Senate thereon from day to day as such proceedings may occur but no further extract from the Executive Journal shall be furnished published or otherwise communicated except as provided in Rule 3 during any session except by special order of the Senate In transmitting the determination of the Senate thereon the Secretary shall not furnish a list of the names of Senators voting in the affirmative or negative but only the fact of confirmation or rejection and the numerical vote The record of votes shall be sealed and transmitted to the Secretary of States office and there placed on file
7 All information or remarks touching or concerning the character or qualifications of any person nominated by the Governor for office shall be kept secret
8 No Senator shall at any time or under any circumstancesexpose or publish anything taking place in executive session except only such matters as are required under the rules to be disclosed It is the intent and meaning of this rule that the business transacted in executive session shall be sacred and free from exposure to the outside world and that every Senator shall be on his honor concerning the same
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RULES FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WHEN IN JOINT SESSION
1 The Senate and House of Representatives shall meet in joint session in the Hall of the House of Representatives as soon as possible after the start of the session at such time as may be fixed by joint resolution of both houses for the purpose of electing such officers of the State as are now or may hereafter be required to be elected by the General Assembly Said joint session shall continue in morning and afternoon sessions from day to day until all of said officers are elected
2 Tle of the meeting of the two houses in joint session shall be determined otherwise by concurrent resolution of the Senate and House of Representatives except where provided by law
When the Senate and the House of Representatives unite for the purpose of elections they shall meet in the Representative Hall and the President of the Senate shall preside and declare the result
Immediate election meeting in House
Time of meetings
Elections in House
President
presides
At the hour determined by the concurrent resolution the Senate shall repair to the Hall of the House of Representatives
4 The President of the Senate shall preside and announce that the General Assembly is in joint session and cause to be read the resolution convening the same He shall put all questions to the body and decide all questions of order An appeal may be taken from any of his decisions to the whole General Assembly
In1te absence of the President of the Senate the Speaker of the House shall preside in the absence of both the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House the President pro
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tempore of the Senate shall preside in the absence of the three last named the Speaker pro tempore of the House shall preside
5 The Speaker of the House shall sit on the left of the President of the Senate
6 A majority of each house shall be necessary to constitute a quorum of the joint session
7 When there is a meeting of both branches of the General Assembly in one chamber said secretary and clerk shall be present and join in the discharge of the duties required and shall enter the proceedings on the journals of each House
Ga Code Anno sec 47205
8 The secretary of the Senate and the clerk of the House of Representatives shall within 10 days after the adjournment of each session file in proper order all the papers and documents of their respective Houses
Ga Code Anno sec 47206
9 The records papers and documents thus filed shall be delivered to the Secretary of State who upon receipt of the same shall certify that such secretary and clerk have respectively complied with said requisition and the State Treasurer shall not pay their respective salaries until such certificate shall be produced
Ga Code Anno sec 47207
10 After a person is nominated for any office in joint session of the General Assembly it shall not be in order to second such nomination When the nomination is declared closed the President shall forthwith order the rollcall and each member when called shall rise in his seat and respond promptly announcing distinctly his choice for such office
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13 In the elections by the General Assembly no member after having voted shall be allowed to change his vote unless he rises and states in his place that he voted by mistake or that his vote had been recorded by mistake
14 No motion to adjourn shall be in order In lieu thereof there shall be the motion to dissolve the joint session which shall be in the form That the joint session of the General Assembly be now dissolved or That the joint session of the General Assembly be now dissolved to be reconvened at a time named The latter motion shall have precedence over the former
15 The motion to dissolve the joint session either indefinitely or until a fixed time shall always be in order except that after the rollcall has commenced it shall not be in order until after the result of said vote shall have been declared by the President of the Senate
16 When a motion to dissolve the joint session shall be decided in the negative the same shall not again be in order until other business shall have intervened
17 When a motion to dissolve the joint session either indefinitely or to a fixed time shall be decided in the affirmative the President of the Senate shall so declare and the Senate shall without further motion immediately repair to the Senate Chamber
18 These rules may be amended by the current resolution of the two houses a or any of them shall cease to be in f either house shall notify the other ho withdrawal of its consent to the same
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SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS Al Apportionment
Ga Const art Ill sec II par I The Senate shall consist of not more than fiftyfour members and there shall be not more than fiftyfour Senatorial Districts with one Senator from each District as now constituted or as hereafter created The various Senatorial Districts shall be comprised of the Counties as now provided and the General Assembly shall have authority to create rearrange and change these Districts within the limitations herein stated
Ga Const art Ill sec Ill par I The House of Representatives shall consist of representatives apportioned among the several counties of the State as follows To the eight counties having the largest population three representatives each to the thirty counties having the next largest population two representatives each and to the remaining counties one representative each
Ga Const art Ill sec Ill par II The above apportionment shall be changed by the General Assembly at its first session after each census taken by the United States Government in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph I of Section III of this Article
A2 Appointments to Keep Order and for Other Special Purposes
Ga Code Anno sec 47112 When it shall he necessary to carry into effect Section VII of Article III of the Constitution 21901 punishment for misconduct 21902 punishment for contempt or for any like purpose either the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives may appoint any person to execute the orders of the House over which he presides and the warrant of the presiding officer which appointee may receive for the service such compensation as the General Assembly may appropriate Parenthetical material above added
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A3 Confirmation of Appointments
The Georgia Constitution provides for the confirmation by the Senate of the Governors appointment of several State boards See Ga Const art V sec I par XI State Board of Pardons and Paroles art V sec IV par I State Game and Fish Commission art V sec V par I Board of Corrections art V sec VI par I State Department of Veterans Service and Veterans Service Board art VIII sec II par I State Board of Education art VIII sec IV par I Board of Regents of the University System and art XIV sec I par I State Personnel Board The Georgia statutes provide for some additional confirmations
Ga Const art V sec I par XIV A person once rejected by the Senate shall not be reappointed by the Governor to the same office during the same session or the recess thereafter
A4 County Consolidation
Ga Const art XI sec I par IV The General Assembly shall have power with the concurrence of twothirds of the qualified voters of each of the counties to be affected who participate in elections held for that purpose to provide for the consolidation of two or more counties into one or the merger of one or more counties into another or the division of a county and the merger of portions thereof into other counties
A5 County Site Change
Ga Const art XI sec I par IX No county site shall be changed or removed except by a twothirds vote of the qualified voters of the county voting at an election held for that purpose and by a majority vote of the General Assembly
A6 Election of Presidential ElectorsSee Ga Code Anno sec 342503
A7 Election of State Auditor
Ga Code Anno sec 401801 The Department of Audits and Accounts is hereby created and established the head of said
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Department shall be an experienced auditor and accountant with not less than five years experience as an accountant in the State Department of Audits and Accounts or in a governmental agency of a similar nature or shall be a duly certified public accountant with at least five years practical experience in the duties for which he is certified and who when named or elected as hereafter prescribed and qualified shall be known and designated as State Auditor
The State Auditor shall be elected by the General Assembly in the following manner A joint resolution which shall fix a definite time for the nomination and election of the State Auditor may be introduced in either branch of the General Assembly Upon passage of said resolution by a majority vote of the membership of the Senate and House of Representatives it shall be the duty of the Speaker of the House of Representatives to call for the nomination and election of the State Auditor at the time specified in the resolution at which time the name of the qualified person receiving a majority vote of the membership of the House of Representatives shall be transmitted to the State Senate for confirmation Upon the qualified person receiving a majority vote of the membership of the Senate he shall be declared the duly elected State Auditor and the Governor of the State of Georgia shall be notified of his election by the Secretary of the Senate The Governor is directed to administer the oath of office to the State Auditor and to furnish the State Auditor with a properly executed commission of office certifying his election
The term of office of the State Auditor shall continue until a successor is elected as provided herein In the event of a vacancy in the position of State Auditor at a time when the General Assembly is not in session it shall be the duty of the Governor of the State of Georgia and he is hereby empowered and directed to appoint a State Auditor possessing the qualifications as provided herein who shall serve as such State Auditor until the next regular session of the General Assembly at which time the nomination and election of a State Auditor shall be held by the General Assembly as provided herein
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writs of election to fill all vacancies that may happen in the Senate and the House of Representatives and shall give the General Assembly from time to time information of the State of the Commonwealth and recommend to their consideration such measures as he may deem necessary or expedient The Governor shall have power to convoke the General Assembly on extraordinary occasions but no law shall be enacted at called sessions of the General Assembly except such as shall relate to the object stated in his proclamation convening them Providing that such called sessions of the General Assembly shall not exceed 70 days in length unless at the expiration of said period there shall be pending an impeachment trial of some officer of the State Government in which event the General Assembly will be authorized to remain in session until such trial shall have been completed
Provided however that when threefifths of the members elected to the House of Representatives and threefifths of the members elected to the Senate shall have certified to the Governor of the State of Georgia that in their opinion an emergency exists in the affairs of the State of Georgia it shall thereupon be the duty of said Governor and mandatory upon him within five days from the receipt of such certificate or certificates to convene said General Assembly in extraordinary session for all purposes and in the event said Governor shall within said time Sundays excluded fail or refuse to convene said General Assembly as aforesaid then and in that event said General Assembly may convene itself in extraordinary session as if convened in regular session for all purposes provided that such extraordinary self convened session shall be limited to a period of 30 days unless at the expiration of said period there shall be pending an impeachment trial of some officer of the State Government in which event the General Assembly shall be authorized to remain in session until such trial shall have been completed
The members of the General Assembly shall receive the same per diem and mileage during such extraordinary session as is now or may be hereinafter provided
Ga Code Anno sec 47116 If any officer or officers of either branch of the Assembly shall fail or refuse to perform any of his duties in completing the organization of such emergency session his office may upon the majority vote of the membership of
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either branch be declared vacant as often as may be necessary and his successor elected as provided by the rules of the General Assembly
See also Ga Code Anno secs 47113 47114 47115 and 47117
A9 ImpeachmentSee Ga Const art Ill sec V pars Ill IV and V art Ill sec VI par III
A10 Investigation of State Offices
Ga Code Anno sec 401620 In addition to the power conferred upon the Attorney General in this law 401612 to 401620 the Governor or the General Assembly is authorized likewise to make investigations including investigation of the State Department of Law or the offices of the Attorney General or any agency under his control and all authority and rights granted to the Governor and the General Assembly shall be as complete and absolute as those granted hereunder to the Attorney General In any civil or criminal action against the Attorney General the Governor shall designate a solicitor general who shall be empowered in such case to act for the State
All Public Service Commission Agreements Confirmation of See Ga Code Anno secs 681003 through 681007
A12 State Officers Suspension and Discharge of
Ga Const art V sec I par XVII The General Assembly shall have authority to provide by law for the suspension of any Constitutional officer or department head from the discharge of the duties of his office and also for the appointment of a suitable person to discharge the duties of the same
Ga Code Anno sec 47701 The General Assembly may suspend from the functions and duties of office either the State Treasurer or the Comptroller General by joint resolution duly adopted after being read one time in each House on different days and by a twothirds vote of members voting on the same
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whenever the interests of the State or the proper administration of the law demand such suspension
A13 Street Passenger Railways
Ga Const art Ill sec VII par XXV The General Assembly shall not authorize the construction of any street passenger railway within the limits of any incorporate town or city without the consent of the Corporate Authorities
A14 Supreme Court Rules Approval ofSee Ga Code Anno secs 811502 and 811503
A15 Treason PardonSee Ga Const art V sec I par XI and Ga Code Anno sec 272701
A16 Special and Local Legislation
Ga Const art I sec IV par I Laws of a general nature shall have uniform operation throughout the State and no special law shall be enacted in any case for which provision has been made by an existing general law No general law affecting private rights shall be varied in any particular case by special legislation except with the free consent in writing of aH persons to be affected thereby and no person under legal disability to contract is capable of such consent
A17 Legislators as State Officers
Ga Const art I sec I par XXIII 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
Ga Const art Ill sec IV par VI No person holding a military commission or other appointment or office having any emolument or compensation annexed thereto under this State or the United States or either of them except Justices of the Peace and officers of the militia nor any defaulter for public
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money or for any legal taxes required of him shall have a seat in either house nor shall any Senator or Representative after his qualification as such be elected by the General Assembly or appointed by the Governor either with or without the advice and consent of the Senate to any office or appointment having any emolument annexed thereto during the time for which he shall have been elected unless he shall first resign his seat provided however that during the term for which he was elected no Senator or Representative shall be appointed to any civil office which has been created during such term
Ga Code Anno sec 265009 To the end that the mandate of the Constitution contained in Article I Section I Paragraph XXIII 2123 to the effect that the legislative judiciary 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 be more adequately enforced it shall be unlawful for a members of the General Assembly to accept or hold office or employment in the executive branch of the government of the State of Georgia or any agency thereof or in the judicial branch of government b judges of courts of record or their clerks and assistants to accept or hold office or employment in the executive branch of the government of the State of Georgia or any agency thereof or in the legislative branch of government c officers or employees1 of the executive branch of government to accept or hold office or employment in the legislative or judicial branches of government Any person who knowingly disburses or receives any compensation or money in violation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor Provided however that nothing within this section shall be construed to apply to any officer or employee of the executive branch who has taken a leave of absence without pay from his post for temporary service as an employee of the legislative branch while it is in session and during the authorized stay over period
Ga Code Anno sec 581075 No member of the General Assembly shall be eligible for employment under any office or job created by this Chapter Liquor Act during the term of office for which he is elected and this provision shall apply to
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legislators elected in the future as well as those now elected Parenthetical phrase added
Ga Code Anno sec 928404 No member of the General Assembly shall be eligible to be appointed Jto the position of Revenue Commissioner nor to any other position in the Department of Revenue until the term of office as1 such member of the General Assembly has expired and no person other than a bona fide resident of the State for more than 10 years shall ever be eligible to appointment as State Revenue Commissioner nor shall any person be appointed to the office of Commissioner of Revenue who has held any elective office during a period of 12 months prior to his appointment Provided however the phrase any elective office as herein used shall not include members of the General Assembly
Ga Const art V sec I par VII In case of the death resignation or disability of both the Governor and the Lieutenant Governor the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall exercise the executive power until the removal of the disability or the election and qualification of a Governor at a special election which shall be held within sixty days from the date on which the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall assume the executive power
A18 Membership of Legislators on State Boards and Commis sions
Legislator
Members
Lieutenant G o v e r n o r and Speaker and Chairman of the Judicial Council
Board or Commission
The Governors Commission on Constitutional Government
President Speaker President Finance Pro Tern Speaker Pro Tem Commission Chairmen of Appropriations Committees of Senate and House Chairman of Senate Banking and Finance Committee Chairman of House Ways and Means Committee member of Senate and member of House appointed by President and Speaker respectively
Relevant Statutory Provisions
Ga Laws 1959 p 5
Ga Code Ann sec 40411 as amended by Ga Laws 1960
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Legislator Members Board or Commission Relevant Statutory Provisions
Legislator member of Commission on Interstate Cooperation designated by this Commission Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Ga Code Anno sec 45124
Senator and Representative designated by the Georgia Commission on Interstate Cooperation Advisory Committee for Southeastern Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact Ga Code Anno sec 43912
President Speaker Secretary Clerk Chairmen of Senate and House Appropriations Committees Chairmen of Senate and House Judiciary Committees Chairman of Senate Committeee on Banking and Finance and Chairman of House Ways and Means Committee Legislative Services Committee Ga Code Anno sec 471201
President Speaker and members of Senate and House Committees on Interstate Cooperation Georgia Commission on Interstate Cooperation Ga Code Anno sec 471104
Members of Senate and House Committees on Interstate Cooperation Senate Council and House Council of the American Legislators Association Ga Code Anno sec 471105
Chairmen of Judiciary Committees of the Senate and House Judicial Council Ga Code Anno sec 811601
Lieutenant Governor and Speaker Western and Atlantic Railroad Commission Ga Code Anno sec 92205
Chairmen of Agriculture Committees of Senate and House or some person designated by them Advisory Board to the Georgia Seed Development Commission Ga Code Anno sec 52704
Chairman of House Ways and Means Committee and Chairman of Senate Banking and Finance Committee Board of Compromises and Settlements of Tax Assessments Ga Code Anno sec 9284111
Two Senators and three Representatives involved in tobacco production appointed by President and Speaker respectively Tobacco Advisory Board Ga Laws 1960 p 218
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INDEX TO RULES OF Senate of Georgia
References to A are to the Appendix References to are 0 uies for the Government of the Senate in Executive Session References to J are to the Rules for the Government of the General Assembly When m Joint Session
ABSENTEES
Arrest subject to when
Attendance compelled by less than quorum
Authorized by Senate
Journal entry
Quorum requiredMHBBT
Rule No 56
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ADJOURN MOTION TO
Amendment if to particular time
Committee of the Whole not in order in
Debate if to particular time
Effect
Joint session not in order in
Precedence of motion
Previous question after
Renewal after further business
Time for
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ADJOURNMENT
Business carried over how
Committee of the Whole at regular hour in
Effect when hour of arrives during vote by yeas and
nays
Governors power in regard to
Main question effect on
Place limit
Power generalj J
Previous question effect on17 1
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Seats retained until President leaves 67
Time of fixed by Senate 50
Veto procedure as effected by 195
Vote total required 55
ADVERSE REPORT
Debate on final passage 174
Effect of on bills and resolutions 130
AMENDMENT
Amendments to cannot be further amended151167
Blanks must be filled before 155
Caption or preamble bill perfected before 160
Committee of the Whole by action on148149
Committee of the Whole by what reported to House 148
Committee amendments first considered 161
Committee offered by read without motion 164
Committee report amendment not in order after
agreed to unless reconsidered 162
Committee report form 128
ConstitutionalSee CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
Engrossment prevents 125
Form of119
Form of motion 153
Germane must be154158165
Indefinite postponement prohibited 93
Irrelevant out of order 154
Methods of 151
Motion to adjourn amendable if to particular time 8081
Motion to commit amendable 102
Motion to postpone indefinitely not amendable 94
Motion to postpone to time definite amendable 97
Motion to table or take from table not amendable 89
Perfecting bill before substitute 156
Precedence of motion to amend72157
Previous question on 170
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Rule No
Printed and distributed when 122
Priority of amendments159161
Priority of on passage of bill 161
Priority of over motion to agree or disagree to House
action 166
Priority of questions on House amendments to Senate
bill 165
Reading Secretarys in amending by striking out and
inserting 163
Reconsidered when 105
Sections bill read by 164
House amendments Senate amendments to not further
amendable 167
House amendments to Senate bill Senate action in
order 165166167168
House vote required to adopt 168
Presidents power to rule out154165
Striking by perfecting part proposed to be stricken 157
Substitute and bill vote on 156
Substitute as 152
Tabling not in order 88
Time for161162
Vote required 168
AMENDMENTS TO CONSTITUTIONSee CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
APPEALS
Debate on prohibited when of personal character 70
Time for 69
Transgression of rules from 59
APPLAUSE
Suppression 68
APPORTIONMENT
ChangeA 1
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Number of members A 1
Representation A 1
APPROPRIATIONS
Budget 229
Committee Chairmans duties 236
Committee of the Whole consideration required134237
General Bill amendment 239
General Bill contents229230231232233
General Bill precedence on third reading 123
General Bill procedure 229
Governors power over 195
Hearing 238
Highways 232
Origination in House226228
Record 236
Recorded yea and nay vote required 240
Required 225
Resolutions treated as bills 228
Supplemental bills230234235
Yeas and nays required 240
ARREST
Disorder for 35
Freedom from 65
Members to secure quorum 5657
ASSISTANTS
Appointment by Secretary161819
Approval of special clerks by enrolling committee 1619
Compensation182223203205
Doorkeepers limited 7
Oath1314
Officers position as 6
Removal of special clerks by enrolling committee 1619
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Substitution prohibited 2123
Vacancies 22
ATTENDANCE
Compelling 65 5657
Messengers duty 56
Presidents duty 56
AUDITINGSee COMMITTEE ON SENATE ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS
BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
Called how 123
Caption 117
Committee of the Whole failure to resolve to consider 134
Form 117
Indorsement of 117
Introducer allowed twenty minutes for debate after ordering of previous question if adverse committee report 174
Order procedure for taking out of 40
Passage delayed until printed and distributed 122
Publication of laws required 114
Rejected when again considered 113
Subjectmatter only one and expressed in title 118
Suspend action on when 122
Title subjectmatter of must be expressed in 118
Withdrawal of when 109
Writing must be in 117
BLANKS
Filling required before motion to amend is in order 155
BOND
Secretarys 16
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CALENDAR Rule No
Arranged by Rules Committee during last fifteen days
of session 39
Calling order fixed by 123
Change of Rules Committees Calendar 39
Committee report disagreement with 130
Reconsideration effect on bills 107
Tabling taking from restores tof 92
CALL OF SENATESee ROLL CALL
CAPTION
Considered after bill perfected 160
Indorsement on bill 114
CLAIMS
Procedure 241242243 244
CODE SECTIONS
Amendments or repeal of requirements 119
COMMISSION
Members to 10
COMMITMENT
Amended how 102
Committee of the Whole not in order in 138
Committee of the Whole to99100134
Debate if instructions added101127
Indefinite postponement not applicable to 93
Instructions may be added 102
Precedence of as among motions to commit to different committees 100
Precedence of as among other motions 72
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Presidents duty to 127
RecommitmentSee RECOMMITMENT
Special committees to99100103
Use 99
What Applicable to 99
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE SENATE
Adjourn cannot 138
Adjournment arrival of regular hour of 146
Amendments by action by Senate 149
Amendments report128148
Appropriation bills considered in 237
Bills and resolutions disposal or recommendation 147
Bills and resolutions interlineation prohibited 128
Business finished procedure 147
Call of Senate not in order 138
Chairman appointed by President 135
Chairman duty of when no quorum present 136
Chairman duty when business finished147150
Chairman power to clear galleries or lobby 142
Commitment toSee COMMITMENT
Commitment to precedence 100
Committee reference prohibited 138
Debate in137138144
Disorderly conduct reported 143
Formation of 135
Journal proceedings entry 150
Motion to rise report progress and ask leave to sit
again145146
Papers called for 141
Postpone indefinitely motion to not in order 138
Presidents actions 135140146147
Previous question not enforceable 138
Reading of bills by sections137
Quorum requirement136
Reconsideration in order 139
Report of procedure and form147148149
Reports of precedence 132
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Resolving Senate into133134144
Rules applicable to and exceptions 138
Secretarys duties in 137
Senate may resolve itself into vote necessary 134
Senate may resolve itself into when 134
Table motion to not in order 138
Time in extendedr145 146
Vote pairing prohibited in 140
Vote required unless excused 140
Yeas and nays cannot be taken 138
COMMITTEE ON SENATE ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS
Auditing duties 203204205206
Clerk approval and removal of special 1619
Journal entrySee JOURNAL
Journal reading and report 38
COMMITTEES
Adverse report by effect130174
Advice to201202
Amendments by read without motion 164
Amendments by take precedence 161
Amendments report form 128
Appointed by President 34198
Bills and resolutions not to interline or deface 128
Bills and resolutions original keeps 117
Call of 200
Clerks 18
Commitment toSee COMMITMENT Committee of the Whole reference to committees
prohibited 138
Debate by 174
Expenses of members how figured204206
Finance Committee examination of State accounts 209
House Ways and Means Finance Committee joint meeting with Committee on revenue taxing measures 208 Membership limited 198
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Members on State BoardsA 18
Minority report time allowed for after ordering of
previous question 174
Names 198
Notice of intent to disagree with report 130
Officers198199200
Officers succession 200
Organization 199
Presidents membership 198
Previous question committee time for debate 174
Records 200
Reference to127134
Reference to happenings in prohibited 63
Report disagreement with130131
Reports favorable effect 130
Reports favorable effect of disagreement with 131
Reports form 129
Reports minority form 129
Reports of amendment limit on 162
Reports of precedence 132
Vacancies 199
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
Appointment 169
Approval of report 169
Consideration 169
Discharge 169
Instruction 169
Membership 169
Reports 169
CONFIRMATION OF GOVERNORS APPOINTMENTS
Boards State affected A 3
Rejected no reappointment A 3
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
Amendment of 222
Approval of people222223
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Convention 223
Journal entry 222
Local 222
Method 222
Publication 222
Repeal of 222
Signature of Governor not required 197
Veto prohibited 196224
Vote required 222
CONTEMPT
Disorder for 35 51
Vote refusal for 182
CONTRACT APPROVAL
Public Service Commission Agreements A 11
CONVENING
Time 4985
CONVENTION OF PEOPLE
Calling for Constitutional amendment 223
CONVERSATION
Debate prohibited during 66
Reference to during debate prohibited 63
COUNTY
Consolidation A 4
Site change A 5
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Addressing Senate 62
Appeals debate limitations 70
Censure for words 61
Committee happenings in executive session reference
to out of order 63
Committee of the Whole how bills debated 137
Committee of the Whole regulated138144146
Conduct of members in 59
Conversations reference to out of order 63
Cut off prohibited when30 76 77
Exception to words 61
Executive Session limited inE 4
Freedom of 65
Individual speeches limited 59
Irrelevant President shall suspend 30
Members names reference to out of order 64
Motion for yeas and nays decided without debate 184
Motion for previous question not debatable 173
Motion to adjourn not debatable 80
Motion to adjourn to particular day or time debatable 81
Motion to change order of business not debatable 41
Motion to commit when debatable101127
Motion to engross debate limited 124
Motion to excuse member from voting debate limited 186
Motion to indefinitely postpone debatable 94
Motion to postpone to time definite what debatable 98
Motion to read papers not debatable 54
Motion to refer to committee debate if instructions
added 101
Motion to resolve into Committee of the Whole debate
limited5 134
Motion to suspend rules not debatable 41
Motion to table or take from table not debatable89
Motions allowed during 72
Movement during prohibited 67
Previous question cannot cut off without relinquishing floor 77
Previous question debate regulated174176
Priority of business not debatable 28
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Readings first two no debate 126
Silence duringi30 62 66
Subject matter limits 59
Tabling cannot cut off without relinquishing floor 77
Through President 62
Time limits on individual 59
Yeas and nays no debate during 190
DECORUM
Applause suppressed 68
Hisses suppressed 68
Silence during debate30 62 66
DISTRIBUTION OF BILLSSee PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF BILLS
DIVISION
Adjournment limited by1 7983
Call for 171172183
Excuse from voting motion to restricts 186
Presidents duty in case of 181
Reconsideration of main question limits 173
Results of President shall announce 181
What divisible 172
DOORKEEPER
Assistants limited 7
Clears lobbies and galleries when 35
Duties general 20
Election 720
Floor limitations enforcement of 26
Message announcement 46
Pay 20
Substitution prohibited 21
Suspension by President 36
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ELECTIONAlso See JOINT SESSION Rule No
Auditor of A 7
Contest 221
Governor of action on214215216
Journal entry 212
Members of Senate judge of 60
Nomination limits 211
Officers of State 210
Presidential electors of A 6
Procedure 210 212
Second not needed in nominations J 10
Vote necessary212213
EMPLOYEESSee ASSISTANTS
ENGROSSMENT
Debate on 124
Effect of 124
Local bills reading requiring 125
Time for 124
Unanimous consent for prohibited 124
Vote required 124
ENROLLING AND ENGROSSINGSee COMMITTEE ON SENATE ADMINISTRATIVE AFFFAIRS
EXCEPTION TO WORDS SPOKEN
Previous question delayed by 61
Procedure 61
Time for 61
EXECUTIVE SESSION
ConfirmationE 1 E 4 E 5 E 6 E 7
Debate limitation on confirmation E 4
Floor privileges E 2
JournalE 3 E 6
Presidents duties E 5
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RecordgE 3 E 6
Secrecy E 6 E 7 E 8
Secretarys duties E 5 E 6
Time for E 1
Vote for confirmationE 5 E 6
EXPENSES
Members procedure for payment JLJu204205206
EXPULSION OF MEMBERS
Vote required 59 60
When c 59 60
EXTRAORDINARY SESSION
Calling 85 A 8
Compensation during A 8
Consideration limitsr A 8
Governors calling 85 A 8
Impeachment continued by A 8
Time limits A 8
FILING OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
Required 116
Time for 116
FINES
Members when transgress rules59
FLOORSee PRIVILEGE OF FLOOR FLOOR LEADER
Seat need not stay at
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GALLERIES Rule
Applause and hisses to be suppressed
Clearance by President
Committee of the Whole Chairman may clear
GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS BILLSee APPROPRIATIONS
GOVERNOR
Adjournment power in regard to
Appointments confirmation
Appropriations selective approval of
Budget bill presentation of
Constitutional amendment action on
Election 214215
Extraordinary session calling
Inauguration 216 217 218 219
Messages under any order of business
Nominations approvalSee EXECUTIVE SESSION
Overriding veto 195196
Signature when required195
Veto power 195196197
HISSES
Suppression
IMPEACHMENT
Procedure
Session continued
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
Copies two required
Time for
Unanimous consent time limitsJ
No
68
35
142
84
A3
195
229
222
216
85
220
45
197
197
224
68
A 8
85
117
116
108
126
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INVESTIGATION Rule No
State Officers ofi A10
JOINT SESSION
Adjournment
Debate
Elections for
Governors election for
Journal
Nominations in
Papers
Place House
Presider
Procedure general
Quorum
Rules change
Secretarys duties
Time of
Votel
J14
J11
J1
214215 216
J 7 J 12
J10
J 8 J 9
J 1 J 2
J 2 J 4 J 5
J 3 J 4
J 6
J 8
J 7 J 8
J 1 J 2
J 10 J 12 J 13
JOURNAL
Absentees shown on 58
Amendments to Constitution entry with yeas and nays 222
Appropriation yeas and nays shown 240
Committee duty to read and report 38
Committee of the Whole proceedings not shown 150
Election vote entry 212
Executive Session entryE 3 E 6 E 8
Governors inauguration entry 220
Joint session proceedingsJ 7 J 13
Oaths of officers and assistants entry 1316
Petition name and object of petitioner memorialist or
remonstrant noted on 52
Preservation 11
Protests entry A JX
Publication required114115
Reading by committee
Reading of how dispensed with 44
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127
Buie No
Vote entry of ZJl797l9i7l937i947212222
Vote names of those not voting shown on 194
Yeas and nays entry1831911931947222240
LOBBIES
Applause or hisses in suppressed gg
Clearance by President777 35
Committee of the Whole Chairmans power to clear 142
LOBBYISTS
Floor prohibited from 26
LOCAL BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
Limitations upon 420 121 A16
Local governing authority restriction jtt 120 121
Notice of affidavit must be attached 120 121
Notice requiredI77 120 121
Office affected requires referendum120 121
Reading first two by title unless engrossment 125
Unanimous consent putting on passageT 108
MAIN QUESTION
Adjournment effect on Division after order for
Effect of
Form of
Previous question effect
Reconsideration of
Tabling limits
Vote required to order
79 83173
183
177
173
173174
173178
86
173
MEETING OF SENATE Time of meeting for daily sessions
50
128
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MEMORIALSSee PETITIONS Rule No
MESSAGES
How sent anounced received and considered46
MESSENGER
Arrest of members to secure quorum
Clear lobbies and galleries when
Direction by President
Duties general
Election
Order enforcement of
Papers distribution
Pay
SrgeantatArms exofficio
Stationery distribution
Suspension by President
MINORITY REPORTS FROM COMMITTEE
Debate allowed after order for previous question 174
How made 129
5657
35 24 56 2024
20
24
24
20
56
24
36
MOTIONS
Committee of the Whole in
Debate when cannot use motion to cut off Disagreement with House motions in order
Making must resume seat while put
Number limited to one at a time
Possession of Senate
Precedence of
Presidents actions on
Previous question on
Second unnecessary
Stating by President
Tabling if not privileged and new matter
Tabling effected by
Withdrawal
138139145146
7677
n 165
75
75
73
7293
181
170
74
181
48
48
7393
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129
NEW MATTERS Rule No
Motions not privileged and containing new matter to
lay on table 4g
Unanimous consents for time for 108
NOMINATIONS
Remarks disparaging prohibited 211
Second not needed j io
OATHS
Administered by judges to members 11
Assistants 13 14
Members 911
Officers l i3 14
Secretarys 1314
OFFICERS
Oath 1314
Pay 203
Suspension of by Presidentj 36
Who are 6
ORDER OF BUSINESS
Appropriation Bill General 123
Changed how 39 40 4142108
Change motion not debatable 41
Change motion vote necessary 39
Fixing by Rules Committee during last fifteen days 39
Messages 45
Motions not privileged 48
Presidents power over 28
Priority of3739104108134173
Privilege questions of 47
Reconsideration 104
Rules Committee report 45
Unanimous consent 108
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ORGANIZATION
Assistant Secretary by
Bodies
Chairman appointment and powers
Commission issued during
Elections during
First meeting time and place
Oaths
Officers
Procedure
Rules
Seating
Secretary by
PAGES
Age 25
Appointment by members jj
Appointment by President 25
Papers distribution 24
PAIRING FOR VOTING
Committee of the Whole prohibited in 140
Prohibited 1
Rule No
2
1
2
10
4512
49
9111314 2 3 4 612 2 2 8 2
PAPERS
Committee care T
Committee of the Whole may call for
Distribution
Reading not subject to indefinite postponement Reading of
PARLIAMENTARY LAW
Applicable when
PETITIONS
Presentation and form
128
141
24
93
54
246
52
LEGISLATIVE MANUAL
131
POSTPONEMENT
Rule No
Amendment motion to indefinitely postpone not
amendable
Amendment motion to postpone to day certain
amendable
Committee of the Whole motion to indefinitely postpone not in order jf
Debate on
Effect of motion to indefinitely postpone
Effect of motion to postpone to time definite
Effect of negative action
Effect indefinite postponement
Precedence of motion
Renewal limits
Vote necessary on motion to indefinitely postpone What subject to
94 97
138
94 98
96
97
95 97
72 93
95 98
96 9397
PREAMBLE
Committee of the Whole last considered 137
Considered after bill perfected jgQ
PRESIDENT
Absence of President Pro Tern to preside 33
Accounts certifyingL L 205
Acts signs
Adjournment members to remain until President retires
113
67
Amendments power to rule out if not germane 154 165
Appeals from decision of
Applause in galleries or chamber suppression of
Appointment special
Arrest power to
Attendance power to compel to secure a quorum
Bond approval of Secretarys
Budget bill introduction of
Budget submission to Director
Business priority of decides without debate Call the Senate duty to
69 70 68 A 9 35 56
56 15
229
53
28
57
132
LEGISLATIVE MANUAL
Rule No
Clearing galleries and lobbies 35
Commitment of bills and resolutions 127
Committee of the Whole Chairman appoints 133
Committee of the Whole duty regarding bills 2134
Committee of the Whole duty when business finished in 147
Committee of the Whole may resolve Senate into
when
133
140
Committee of the Whole may take part in
Committee of the Whole resumes chair when146147
Committee of the Whole right to take part in 140
Committee of the Whole to leave chair during 143
Committees appoints officers of 198
Committees appointment ofi34198199
Committees assignment of members to
Committees membership on
Conference Committee appoints
Debate irrelevant power to suspend
Division call for
Doorkeeper may suspend
Election of
Executive Session duties in
Governors election action on
Joint session seat
Joint session presider
Lieutenant Governor as
Messages duty as to
199 198 169 30 181 36 5 J 5 214215 J 5 J2 J4 3
46
Messenger direction and suspension 24 36
Motion stating by 73181
Oath to officers and assistants131416
Officer as 6
Preside may name members tol 32
Presider 33
Question stating 181
Quorum to secure56 57175182
Recognition of member29 59 62 75108
Rollcall duties during 79
Rollcall orders by when3157182
Rules Committee member of 198
LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 133
Rule No
Rules transgression penalizing 68
Seat assignmentsfj 8
Signature when required112113
Silence commanding 30 62
State boards membership on A 18
Subcommittees appointment of 198
Unanimous consent shall entertain but one at time 108
Unanimous consent when to recognize member for
purpose of asking 108
Vote authority to 27140
PRESIDENT PRO TEM
Election4 5 33
Joint session succession as presider J 4
Officer as 6
Powers 5
Presides in absence of President 45 33
State Boards membership on A 18
PRESIDER
Joint session in J 2 J 4
President 4
President absent who shall when 33
President may appoint member to 32
President Pro Tern absent who shall when 33
Secretary shall when 33
PRESS
Floor entitled to 26
PREVIOUS QUESTION
Adjournment effect on7983173
Call of Senate limits 175
Committee of the Whole not in order in 138
Debate cannot cut off without relinquishing floor 77
134
LEGISLATIVE MANUAL
Rule No
Debate allowed after ordering of
Debate motion not debatable
Exception to debate delays
Form of
Main question effect on
Minority committee report time allowed for after
ordering of
Precedence of motion
Reconsideration of
Tabling after
Vote required
What applicable to
PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF BILLS
Motion to print precedence of 72
Required when 122
Suspension of bills and resolutions until 122
PRIVILEGE
Motion not privileged with new matters to lay on
table 48
Precedence of questions of 47
Questions of what constitutes 47
PRIVILEGES OF FLOOR
Executive Session E 2
Who entitled to 26
PROTESTS
Procedure and form 1
PUNISHMENT
Members of 60
174176 173 61
173 173174
174 72173 172178
86
173174 170
LEGISLATIVE MANUAL
135
QUALIFICATION OF MEMBERS Judgment of Senate
QUORUM
Committee of the Whole requirement of
Compelling
Number
Presidents power in regard to
Rollcall for
Voting when not
Rule No 60187
136
5657
65
56182
57175182 182
READING OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
Committee of the Whole in
Committee report after1
Debate none on first or second reading
Number and name of introducer stated on second and
third reading
Second automatic when
Secretarys
Sections by
Times three
Title by
Unanimous consent time limit
133137 130 126
123
126
123
164
125
125
108
READING OF PAPERSSee PAPERS
RECOGNITION
President decides 29
RECOMMITMENT
Bill or resolution with favorable committee report to
prevent third reading ISO
Vote necessary for 103
What may be recommitted 103
136
LEGISLATIVE MANUAL
RECONSIDERATION
Amendments when in order
Committee of the Whole motion in order
Effect of on bills
Main question effect on
Main question time for reconsideration of
Notice not to be withdrawn when
Notice when required
Previous question effect on
Renewal once
Time for motion
REMONSTRANCESSee PETITIONS
REPEALS
How effectuated 118
RETURNEES
Commission s 1
ROLLCALL
Adjournment limits
Committee of the Whole not in order in
Debate none during
Dispensing with
Explanation of votes on
President may order when
Previous question limits
Procedure
Quorum to determine if
Reconsideration of main question limits
Required by Senate
Secretarys duty as to
Vote refusal after contempt
RULES
Changed how42247 J 18
Debate motion to suspend decided without debate 41
79
138
190
43
189
31175182
175
58
182
173
57
5758182
182
Rule No
105 139 107131 178 I 173 105 105 178
106 105
LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 137
Rule No
Question not covered by procedure 246
Suspended how 41 42247 J 18
Suspension not subject to indefinite postponement 93
Transgression penalized 54
RULES COMMITTEE
Calendar fixed by during last fifteen days 39
Membership 198
Proposed change addition or suspension of rules
must be referred to 247
Report failure to effect 247
Report of in order when 45
Reports required 247
President Chairman of 198
Special orders submission to and report on 40
SEATS
Assigned by President 8
Contested procedure when 187
Floor Leader need not stay at 59
Recognition from 59
SECRETARY
Absentees list keeps for Journal 57 58
Amendments printing 122
Amendments reading163164
Amendments Report to House on Presidents action
declaring House amendment not germane 165
Assistants appointment and fixing pay
of 161819 21 22 23
Auditors election notifies Governor of A 7
Bills and resolutions engrossment 124
Bills and resolutions filing with when
Bills and resolutions keeps copy 117
Bills and resolutions numbersRjI 123
Bills and resolutions printing and distribution 122
138
LEGISLATIVE MANUAL
110
15
241
Rule No
Bills and resolutions reading by sections 164
Bills and resolutions reading number and introducer 123
Bills and resolutions transmittal
Bond
Claims certification of
Committee of the Whole bills and resolutions reading
in 137
Committee of the Whole duties in137141
Division counts
Election I
Executive Session duties mo
Journal entry 58 71194
Journal reading 38
Motion reading
Oath of prescribed 13 14
Officer is 3 12
Papers superintends distribution by Messenger1 4
PayR
Presides in absence of President and President Pro
Tern 33
Protests entry on Journal 1
Rollcall calling 5 1
Signature when required 11
State Boards membership onA 18
Term of office 1
Vote explanation of filing with 1
Words excepted to written and read by 61
Yeas and nays call 79196
Yeas and nays reading namesfrI I rj
SERGEANTATARMSSee MESSENGER
SESSIONS
Business carried over how
ExtraordinarySee EXTRAORDINARY SESSIONS Prolongation of signature of Governor not required Term
85
197
85
LEGISLATIVE MANUAL
139
SILENCE Rule No
Debate during 66
President duty of to command when 30 62
SPECIAL LAWSSee LOCAL LAWS
STATE BOARDS
Membership of Legislators on A 18
STATE OFFICERS
Discharge of A 12
Investigation of A 10
Legislators as restrictions A 17
Suspension of A 12
STATIONERY
Distribution 24
STENOGRAPHIC REPORTER Appointment and pay 18
STREET RAILWAYS CONSTRUCTION Approval by city governing authorities A 13
SUBCOMMITTEES
Appointed by President 198
SUBSTITUTEAlso See AMENDMENT
Amendment as 152
Bill perfected before substitute 156
Voted on before billl 156
140
LEGISLATIVE MANUAL
SUCCESSION
Joint session J 4
Presidents absence 33
SUPREME COURT RULES
Approval of A 14
TABLING
Amendment motion not subject to
Amendment not applicable to
Committee of the Whole motion not in order
Debate cannot cut off without relinquishing floor
Debate motion not debatable
Effect when motion to table prevails
Effect when motion to take from table prevails
Main question limits
Motion to take from when in order
New matter motion not privileged
Precedence of
Previous question limits motion to table
Renewal of motions to table and take from when
Rollcall limits
Time for taking from table
Vote required to take from table
What can be tabledi
89
88
138
77
89
91
9192 86
48
48
72 86173 86173
90 86
92 92
8788
TITLE
Bills and resolutions subjectmatter must be expressed in
TRANSMISSION TO HOUSE
Day of passage vote required
Last day immediate on
118
110
110
A15
TREASON Pardon of
LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 141
UNANIMOUS CONSENTS Rule No
Commitment to Committee of the Whole 134
General provision forI 180
Introduction for 108
Journal reading dispensing with 44
Limitation and regulation of use of 108
Motion withdrawal required for 73
Passage for 108
Reading for 108
Roll call dispensing with 43
Time for 108
Vote explanation not by yeas and nays 189
VETO
Governors power of195196197224
Overridden how 195196197
VOTE
Adjournment limitsJJ 7983
Bill required for 179
Changing of 185 J 13
Committee of the Whole no pairing 140
Committee of the Whole not taken by yeas and nays
in 138
Committee of the Whole vote requiredj 140
Debate no during calling or reading of yeas and nays 190 DivisionSee DIVISION ElectionSee ELECTION
Excuse from182186187188
Explanation 189
Interest none where have 187
General requirement 3 180
Journal entry required179191193194
Method of 181183
Pairing of members not allowed140188
President may order yeas and nays when 31
Presidents 27140
QuorumSee QUORUM
142
LEGISLATIVE MANUAL
Rule No
Reconsideration of main question limits 173
Refusal may be contempt 182
Required when 140186
RollcallSee ROLLCALL
Seat from own 27
Tabling limits 86
Tie 27
Unanimous consentsSee UNANIMOUS CONSENTS Yeas and naysSee YEAS AND NAYS
WITHDRAWAL
Bill when and how 109
Motion when and how 158
WRITS
Signature Presidents and Secretarys112
YEAS AND NAYS
Adjournment limits 79 83
Change restricted 185
Committee of the Whole prohibited in 138
Debate on motion prohibited 184
Debate prohibited during 190
Explanation of vote 189
Expulsion for 59
Journal entry183191193194
Method of calling 185
Reconsideration of main question limits 173
Tabling limits 86
Vote required for call of 183

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Seating of Members of the Georgia House of Representatives
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House of Representatives Numerically by Seat Number
1 Hamilton 45 Levitas 84 Reid 127 Snellings 169 Harris of
2 Cook 46 Walling 85 Merritt 128 Simkins 85th
3 Lewis 47 Farrar 86 Blair 129 Tucker 170 Smith of
4 Newton of 48 Harris of 87 Funk 130 Sullivan 85 th
50th 118th 88 Sweat 131 Barfield 171 Underwood
5 Parker 49 Pickard 89 Dixon 132 Bennett 172 Smith of
6 Gaissert 50 Jones of 90 Floyd 133 Harris of 44 th
7 Melton 112 th 91 Bedgood 14th 173 Conger
8 Busbee 51 Brinkley 92 Matthews of 134 Vaughan of 174 Dollar
9 Dorminy 52 Berry 29th 14 th 175 Lambros
10 Grahl 53 Thompson of 93 Spillers 135 Dickinson 176 Lea of
11 Rainey 110th 94 Houston 136 Collins of 126 th
12 Duncan 54 Shields 95 Wells 62nd 177 Grier
13 Brown of 55 Thompson of 96 Johnson of 137 Cates 178 Watkins
19th 111th 40th 138 Sims 179 Maddox
14 Bagby 56 Brantley 97 Moore of 139 Minge 180 Ross
15 Pafford 57 Nessmithi of 20th 140 Starnes 181 Hood
16 Thomas 64th 98 Dean 141 Lowrey 182 Brown of
17 Byrd 58 Lane 99 Moore of 142 Steis 135th
18 Ware 59 Story 12th 143 Colwell of 183 Adams
19 Spikes 60 Watson 100 Otwell 5th 184 Dillon
20 Palmer 61 Lambert 101 Hill 144 Brackin 185 Carnes
21 Malone 62 Marshall 102 Longino 145 Higginbotham 186 Cox
22 Lovell 63 Wilson of 103 Harrison 146 Westlake 187 Parrish
23 Davis 109th 104 Rush 147 Evensen 188 Roach
24 Blalock 64 Stewart 105 Allen 148 Bean 189 Taylor
25 Gary 65 Knapp 106 Bowen 149 Hutchinson 190 Stovall
26 Lee of 66 Elliott 107 Clarke of 150 Lee of 191 Webb
35th 67 Bryant 45th 79th 192 Land
27 Harrell 68 Jones of 108 Matthews of 151 Odom 193 Carr
28 Howell 109th 94th 152 Mixon 194 Rowland
29 Carley 69 Caldwell of 109 Newton of 153 Hale 195 Jones of
30 Vaughn of 51st 94th 154 Snow 76th
117th 70 Collins of 110 Gignilliat 155 Abney 196 Fulford
31 Jordan of 88th 111 Powers 156 McDaniell 197 Black
78th 71 Brown of 112 Gaynor 157 Henderson 198 Dailey
32 Smith of 120th 113 Kiley 158 Wilson of 199 Doster
54 th 72 114 Tye 102nd 200 Peterson
33 Barber 73 Etheridge 115 Drew 159 Jordan of 201 Stalnaker
34 Harrington 74 Alexander 116 Smith of 103rd 202 Egan
35 Chandler 75 Daugherty 1 l4th 160 Howard 203 Townsend
36 Mauldin 76 McClatchey 117 Richardson 161 NeSmith of 204 Hawkins
37 Irvin 77 Conner 118 Crowe 43rd Rostrum
38 Wood 78 Holder 119 Phillips 162 Reaves Geo T Smith
39 Overby 79 Lovett 120 McCracken 163 Herndon SDeaker
40 Williams of 80 Knight 121 Russell 164 Smith of Rostrum
16th 81 Johnson of 122 Oglesby 3rd Glenn W
41 Murphy 42 Paris 43 Savage 44 Williams of 82nd 25th 82 Clark of 2nd 83 Wiggins 123 Hull 124 Fleming 125 DeLong 126 Sherman 165 Leonard 166 Mitchell 167 Anderson 168 Hadaway Ellard Cler
146
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House of Representatives Alphabetically by Names
166 Smith of
152 114th 116
Snellings 127
12th 99 Snow 154
81 Moore of Spikes 19
20th 97 Spillers 93
96 Murphy 41 Stalnaker 201
Abney 155 Dailey 198 Hull 123 Mitchell
Adams 183 Daugherty 75 Hutchinson 149 Mixon
Alexander M 74 Davis 23 Irvin 37 Moore of
Allen 105 Dean 98 Johnson of
Anderson 167 DeLong 125 25th
Bagby 14 Dickinson 135 Johnson of
Barber 33 Dillon 184 40th
Barfield 131 Dixon 89 Jones of
Bean 148 Dollar 174 76th
Bedgood 91 Dorminy 9 Jones of
Bennett 132 Doster 199 109th I
Berry 52 Drew 115 Jones of
Black 197 Duncan 12 112th
Blair 86 Egan 202 Jordan of
Blalock 24 Elliott I 66 103rd 159
72 Etheridge 73 Jordan of
Bowen 106 Evensen 147 78th
MW EH Hi Mi n Hi HBI H H BHHBHI ph 1 Hi
182 Funk 87 Lambros 175 Paris Tucker
Brown1 of 182 Gaissert T 6 Land 192 Parker M H
120th 71 Gary 25 Lane
Brown of Gaynor 112 Lea of
NeSmith of Starnes
43rd 161 Steis
Nessmith of Stewart
64th 57 Story
Newton of Stovall
50th 4 Sullivan
Newton of Sweat 88
94th 109 Taylor 189
Odom 151 Thomas 16
1 Oglesby 122 Thompson of
144 Farrar ZZ47 Kiley 113 Otwell 100 110th 53
195
I 68
50
140
142
64
59
190
130
Tye 114
58 Parrish 187 Underwood 171
Peterson 200 Vaughan of
176 Phillips 119 14th
Pickard 49 Vaughn of
26 Powers Ill 117th
i9th 1 13 Gignilliat 110 I 126th
Bryant 67 Grahl 10 ecof
lee Hadawav 168 Lee of 3 Rainey U Walling
ivTj 11 irtlt y 153 79th 150 Reaves 162 Ware
H f 69 Hamilton i Leonard 165 Reid 84 Watkins
Carley RES 29 Harrell 27 Levitas 45 Richardson 117 Watson
Af ine TTorrirurtnn 34 Lewis 8 Rocli loo AWcbb
Carnes 185 Harrington M 102 Ross 180 Wells
134
Carr 93 Hams of Longmo 2 194 Westlake
Cates H 33 of K Lovett 79 Rush 104 Wiggins
Chandler 35 Harris of 141 Russell 121 Williams
Clark of 113th 1 J 76 Savage 43 82nd
Clarke of H85th 169 McCracken 120 Sherman 126 Williams
45th 107 Harrison 103 McDaniell 156 Shields 54 16th
Collins of Hawkins 204 Maddox 1 179 kms
62nd 136 Henderson 157 Malone i 21 oitns
Collins of Herndon 163 Marshall 62 Smith
88th 70 Higgmboth Mahews of 85th
C5h 143 101 Matthews of 54th
ooSer zzi hW Hi s
11 WB WB wB It64 Glenn W
Crowe 118 Howell 28 Minge 139
of
of
40
158
128 Wilson of 138 102nd
Wilson of
109th 63
Wood 38
Rostrum
Geo T Smith Speaker
Rostrum
Ellard Clerk
170 I 32
172
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147
OFFICERS OF THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
TERM
1966
January 1966
GEORGE T SMITH Speaker
90th District Grady County P
MADDOX J HALE Speaker pr0 Tem
1st District Dade County
GEORGE D BUSBEE Administration Floor Leader
79th District Dougherty County
J ROBIN HARRIS IIAssistant Floor Leader
118th District DeKalb County
GLENN W ELLARD Clerk
11th District Habersham County
ELMORE C THRASH Messenger
95th District Lowndes County g
DAVID PEEPLES n
34th District Spalding County 661611
JACK TYSON Sheriff
90th District Grady County
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STAFF OF SPEAKERS OFFICE
James B PilcherFulton CountyLegal Aide
Jesse WattsTalbot CountyAide
Miss Patricia WilliamsMitchell CountySecretary
Miss Ann Butler Fulton CountyfcSecretary
Mrs Betty PeelerDeKalb CountyDirector of Pages
STAFF OF ADMINISTRATION FLOOR LEADERS OFFICE
G Ernest TidwellFulton CountyLegal Aide
J C Moody DanielBurke CountyAide
Mrs Doris AlfordDeKalb CountySecretary
STAFF OF SPEAKER PRO TEMS OFFICE Mrs Jackie YoungDeKalb CountySecretary
STAFF OF CLERKS OFFICE
Janette HirschFulton CountyAssistant Clerk
Jack GreenRabun CountyAssistant Clerk
Amelia Smith3Fulton CountyAssistant Clerk
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MEMBERS OF THE
GEORGIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED ACCORDING TO NAMES WITH DISTRICTS AND POST OFFICES FOR THE TERM 1966
Representative District Post Office
Abney Billy Shaw 1Post 2 PO Box 607 LaFayette 30728
Adams G D Jr 125 1928 Stewart Ave SW Atlanta 30315
Alexander William H 133 859 Hunter St NW Atlanta 30314
Allen H B 93 414 West 14th St Tifton 31794
Anderson John H Jr 71 Anderson Rd Hawkinsville 31036
Bagby George T 21 PO Box 85 Dallas 30132
Barber Mac 24 Commerce 30529
Barfield H M 95Post 2 PO Box 522 Hahira 31632
Bean Jack Ted 119Post 1 2368 Spring Run Ct Decatur 30032
Bedgood W Randall Jr 29 375 W View Dr Athens 30601
Bennett Jim T Jr 95Post 3 PO Box 292 Valdosta 31602
Berry C Ed 110 PO Box 1422 Columbus 31902
Black J Lucius 56 Preston 31824
150 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL
Representative Blair William E
Blalock D B
VacantjL
District Post Office
6822 Laudig La
Americus 31709
33Post 140 Nimmons St
Newnan 30263
136
Bowen Rooney L
Brackin J O
Brantley Hines L Brinkley Jack
Brown Benjamin D
Brown Charlie
Brown M Parks1
Bryant Wallace L Busbee George D
Byrd J T
Caldwell Johnnie L Carley George H
69Post 2 87 63 PO Box 323 Vienna 31092 Iron City 31759 Metter 30439
112Post 3 PO Box 2024 Columbus 31902
135 196 Napoleon Dr SW Atlanta 30314
120 PO Box 30
Atlanta 30301
19 Box 37 Hartwell 30643
108 PO Box 4563
Macon 31208
79Post 1 204 North Monroe St PO Box 855 Albany 31702
28 Rt 3 Loganville 30249
51 Thomaston 30286
117Post 4 3558 Creekview
Cir Stone Mountain 30083
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Representative District Post Office
Carnes Charlie L1291131 Custer
Ave SE
Atlanta 30316
Carr Tom C48110 Smith St
Sandersville
31082
3234 Roswell Rd NW
Atlanta 30305 500 N Tattnall St PO Box 806 Milledgeville 31061 Ringgold 30736 Forsyth 31029 100 Marcliff Rd Vidalia 30474 Rt 1 Pelham 31779
Colwell Carlton 5 Box 133 Blairsville 30512
Conger J Willis 89 940 Pine St Bainbridge 31717
Conner James L Jimmy 91 Hazlehurst 31539
Cook Rodney M 123Post 1 34 Tenth St NE Atlanta 30309
Cox Dr William J 127 324 E Paces Ferry Rd Atlanta 30305
Crowe W J 80 Sylvester 31791
Dailey J T Jake 66 R PO Box 78 Cuthbert 31740
Daugherty J C 134 941 Jett St NW Atlanta 30314
Davis Truitt 33Post 2 Box 153 Franklin 30217
Dean Nathan D 20Post 2 4009 3rd Ave Rockmart 30153
Cates Goodwyn Shag123Post 3
Chandler Philip M47Post 2
Clark Joe Tv2
Clarke Harold G45
Collins John F624JC3
Collins Marcus E88
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Representative District Post Office
DeLong R Luke105Post 1
Dickinson Kent 27Douglasville 30134
Dillon Thomas Jerome128528 LmdaLm
Dixon Harry 1 83 waycSj31501
Dollar Hubert89iSntefdgt81717
Dorminy A B C Brad72
31750
Doster Norman B73Rochelle 31079
Drew Lionel E Jr116Post 2
Duncan A CijjUBox 35
Egan Michael J Jr14L1500 First Natl
Bank Bldg
Atlanta 30303
Elliott James Sewell107506 Persons Bldg
Macon 31201
Etheridge Jack P123Post 2i9 8BS0W
Fed Bldg Atlanta 30303
Evensen Robert Bob119Post 23424 Spring Cir
Decatur 30032
Farrar Robert H118Post 22996 Majestic Cir
Avondale Estates 30002
Fleming William M Jr106Post 13 Johnson Bldg
Augusta 30902
Floyd James H7Trionf80768
Fulford Ed T67
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Representative District Post Office
Punk Arthur J
Gaissert George C
Gary Arch
Gaynor Alan S
Gignilliat Arthur M Jr Grahl Daniel K
Grier Rev J D Jr
Hadaway John Henry
Hale Maddox J
Hamilton Grace T
Mrs H C
Harrell A Hewlette
Harrington J Floyd
Harris J Robin1
Harris Joe Frank
Harris Reid W
Harrison Robert Ward Jr
116Post 37 Grimball Rd
Savannah 31406
34PO Box 218
Griffin 30223
35Post 2626 Valley Hill Rd
Riverdale 30274
114Post 1902 Liberty
Bank Bldg Savannah31401
113Post 1PO Box 949
Savannah 31402
52PO Box 591
1011 First St
Fort Valley 31030
132562 Boulevard
NE Atlanta 30308
46Hillsboro 31038
1Post 1Trenton 30752
137582 University
PL NW
Atlanta 30314
35Post 3440 Kelley Dr
Fayetteville 30214
47Glenhaven
Milledgeville 31061
118Post 1250 E Ponce
de Leon
Decatur 30030
14PO Box 550
Cartersville 30120
85Post 1Frederica Rd
St Simons Island 31522
98804 Alexander
St PO Box 207 St Marys 81558
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Representative Hawkins Herb C Jr Henderson J H Jack Jr Herndon Curtis C Higginbotham Joe S Hill Guy District 139 102Post 2 74 119Post 4 121 Post Office Box 68 Roswell 30075 1575 Powder Springs Rd Marietta 30060 Box 61 Surrency 31563 3147 Robindale Rd Decatur 30032 1074 Boatrock
Rd SW Atlanta 30331
Holder Dr Frank P Jr 70 Drawer 569 Eastman 31023
Hnnd John 124 1034 Washington
St Apt 5 Atlanta 30315
84 Box 252
Blackshear 31516
Howard G Robert Bob 101Post 1 220 Lawyers Bldg Marietta 30060
Howell W Mobley 86 Box 348 Blakely 31723
Hull James M Jr 104Post 2 Southern Finance Bldg Augusta 30902
Hutchinson R S Dick 79Post 3 915 Sixth Ave Albany 31705
Irvin Thomas T Johnson Dr Albert Il Route 1 Mt Airy 30563
Sidnpy Sr 25 302 Heard St
Elberton 30635
Johnson Bobby W 40 PO Box 122 Warrenton 30828
Jones Charles M 76 206 E Court St Hinesville 31313
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Representative District Post Office
Jones G Paul Jr109Post 1P0 Box 96
Macon 31202
Jones Milton 112Post 2908 2nd Ave
Columbus 31901
Jordan Ben C103143 Andrew Dr
Mableton 30059
Jordan W HarveyjR178Leary 31762
Kiley Albert W115Post 2119 E Back St
Coffee Bluff Savannah 31406
Knapp G Edly109Post 24435 Pio Nono
Ave Macon 31206
Knight D W Bill Jri60Dexter 31019
Lambert E Roy38104 Washington
St Madison 30650
Lambros Nick G130VZljBLl032 Wildwood
Rd NE
Atlanta 30306
Land A T Srli53Bfel Allentown 31003
Lane W Jones64PO Box 484
Statesboro 30458
Lea Frank R126 Jackson Bldg
Hapeville 30054
Lee Wm J Bill35Post 1RFD 1
Forest Park 30050
Lee William S Billy79Post 4120 Court Ave
Albany31701
Leonard Gerald H3Post 3 Box 291
Chatsworth 30705
Levitas Elliott H118Post 41352 Jody La
NE Atlanta 30329
Lewis Preston B Jr50E Sixth St
Waynesboro 30830
Longino Young H122Box 37
Fairbum 30213
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Lovell Fulton6
Lovett W Herschel60
Lowrey Sidney13Post 1
Maddox J C8
Malone W B117Post 3
Marshall Asa M Jr39
Matthews Chappelle29
Matthews Dorsey R 94
Mauldin A T181
McClatchey Devereaux F138
McCracken J Roy49
McDaniell Hugh Lee101Post 2
Melton Quimby Jr34
Merritt Janet S Mrs68
Minge Jerry Lee13Post 2
Mitchell Thomas M3Post 1
Mixon Harry81
Moore Don C12
Post Office
Clayton 30525 409 E Jackson St Dublin 31021 Rt 7 Rome 30163 Rt
Calhoun 30701 5397 New Peachtree Rd Chamblee 30005 415 N Jefferson St Eatonton
31024
116 Shackelford Bldg Athens
30601
Moultrie 31768 PO Box 87 Carnesville 30521 1045 Hurt Bldg Atlanta 30303
Avera 30803
1231 Pebble Creek Rd S E Marietta 30060
Griffin Daily
News Griffin 30223
234 W Dodson St
Americus 31709 PO Box 746 Rome 30162 PO Box 272 Dalton 30720
1st State Bank
Bldg Ocilia 31774 Rt 4
Toccoa 30577
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Representative District Post Office
Moore John Harvey 20Post 1 503 N Cave Spring St Cedartown 30125
Murphy Thomas B 26 114 Sharpe St Bremen 30110
NeSmith Jimmy D 43 PO Box 269 Manchester 31816
Nessmith Paul E Sr 64 Rt 4 Statesboro 30458
Newton A Sid so RFD 4 Millen 30442
Newton David L 94 Rt 2 Norman Park 31771
Odom Colquitt H 79Post 2 Suite 612613 CS Bank Bldg Albany 31701 1218 3rd Ave Albany 31705
Oglesby Jamie W 92 119 Parkway Dr Thomasville 31792
Otwell James A 10 Cumming 30130
Overby Howard T 16Post 2 1173 Riverside Dr Gainesville 30501
Pafford Robert C 97 Box 413 Lakeland 31635
Palmer Tom C Jr 117Post 2 3800 Montford Dr Chamblee 30005
Paris James W 23 306 W Wright St Winder 30680
Parker H Walstein 55 Sylvania 30467
Parrish A L LaRue 96 PO Box 109 Adel 31620
Peterson David C 59Post 2 Kathleen 31047
Phillips Glenn S 41 Harlem 30814
Pickard Mac 112Post 1 PO Box 1657
Columbus 31902
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Representative District
Powers Eugene P113Post 2
Rainey Howard69Post 1
Reaves Henry L99
Reid Herschel L32Post 2
Richardson
Willis J Dick Jr116Post 1
Roach Thomas A15
Ross Ben B 31
Rowland Emory L48Post 2
Rush Dewey75
Russell Henry P Jr92
Savage Dr Carl P Sr58
Sherman John H Jr105Post 2
Shields I Lawrence111Post 1
Simkins L H Jr106Post 2
Sims William A Bill Jr131
Smith Alan B85Post 2
Smith Geo L II54
Smith George T90
Smith J R44
Post Office
343 Oxford Dr Savannah 31405 201 8th St S Cordele 31015 Rt 2
Quitman 31643 Route 2
Villa Rica 30180
PO Box 2194 Savannah 31402 PO Box 370 Canton 30114 Box 245 Lincolnton 30817 150 Bradford St Wrightsville 31096 Rt 4 Box 272 Glennville 30427 Rt 1
Boston 31626 Montezuma 31063 PO Box 1063 Augusta 30903 2506 Techwood Dr Columbus 31906 2815 Lombardy Ct Augusta 30904 PO Box 1356 Atlanta 30301 1524 Richmond St Brunswick 31520 Swainsboro 30401 PO Box 156 Cairo 31728 498 Rose Ave Barnesville 30204
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Representative District Post Office
Smith Virgil T 3Post 2 Murry Hill Dr
Smith W Lance 114Post 2 Dalton 30720 208 E Bay St
Snellings W Ross 104Post 1 Savannah 31401 2803 Oakland Dr
Snow Wayne Jr 1Post 3 Augusta 30904 Rt 2 Chicka
Spikes Harry Russell 42Post 2 mauga 30707 110 College Ave
Spillers Otis 37 LaGrange 30240 1425 Washington
Stalnaker Paul 59Post 1 St Rt 1 Covington 30209 112 Pattie Dr
Starnes Richard L Dick Jr 13Post 3 Warner Robins 31093 PO Box 409
Steis William Burton 100 Rome 30162 PO Box 8
Stewart John F 109Post 3 Hamilton 31811 PO Box 2067
Story Earl P 22 Macon 31203 Lawrenceville
Stovall Tom Nelson 17 30245 Rt 2 Danielsville
Sullivan B Jack 95Post 1 30633 2411 Westwood Dr
Sweat Ottis Jr 83Post 1 Valdosta 31603 710 Baltimore Ave
Taylor Richard 57 Waycross 31501 PO Box 523
Thomas Glenn Jr 77 Butler 31006 166 Groveland St
Thompson Albert W 110Post 2 Jesup 31545 246 E Tenth St
Columbus 31901
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Thompson Roscoe111Post 2
Townsend Kiliaen V R140
Tucker Ray M36
Tye J Robert 115Post 1
Underwood Joe C61
Vaughan David N Jr14
Vaughn Clarence R117Post 1
Walling Robert H118Post 3
Ware J Crawford42Post 1
Watkins Dr Charles B9
Watson Tom 022
Webb J Terrell65
Wells Hubert H30
Westlake James R119Post 3
Wiggins William J32Post 1
Williams George J82
Post Office
300 Columbus Bank Trust Co Bldg PO Box 706 Columbus 31902
120 No Ave NW Atlanta 30313
PO Box 469 McDonough 30253
15 Redwood Cir Savannah31406
Mount Vernon 30445
JPO Box 1234 Cartersville 30120
Conyers 30207
1001 Oxford Rd NE Atlanta
30306
2 S Highway Hogansville 30230
Ellijay 30540
475 Clayton SL SE Lawrenceville 30245
Springfield 31329
PO Box 11 Watkinsville 30677
3903 West Side PL Ellenwood 30049
202 Tanner St Carrollton 30117
Rt I Box 134 Axson 31624
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Representative District Post Office
Williams W M Bill16Post 1630 Brenau La
Gainesville 30501
Wilson Joe Mack102Post 1306 Northcutt St
Marietta 30060
Wilson Roger W109Post 4PO Box 4103
Macon 31208
Wood Joe T116Post 3Box 303
Gainesville 30501
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GEORGIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BY DISTRICTS AND POST OFFICES FOR THE TERM 1966
District Representative
1Post 1Hale Maddox J
1Post 2Abney Billy Shaw
1Post 3Snow Wayne Jr
2Clark Joe T
3Post 1Mitchell Tom M
3Post 2Smith Virgil T
3Post 3Leonard Gerald H
4 Duncan A C
g Colwell Carlton
gLovell Fulton
rj Floyd James H
gMaddox J C
9Watkins Dr Charles B
40Otwell James A Jr
44Irvin Thomas T
42Moore Don C
13Post 1Lowrey Sidney
Post Office
Trenton 30752 PO Box 607 LaFayette 30728 Rt 2 Chickamauga 30707 Ringgold 30736 P0 Box 272 Dalton 30720 609 Murry Hill Dr Dalton 30720
Box 291 Chats
worth 30705
Box 356 McCays
ville 30555 Box 133
Blairsville 30512
Clayton 30525
Box 521 Trion 30753
Rt 1 Calhoun 30701
Ellijay 30540
Cumming 30130
Route 1 Mt Airy
30563
Rt 4 Toccoa 30577
Rt 7 Rome 30163
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District Representative
13Post 2Minge Jerry Lee
13Post 3s Starnes Richard L
Dick Jr
14Harris Joe Frank
14LiZLVaughan David N Jr
Roach Thomas A
16Post 1Williams W M Bill
16Post Overby Howard T
16Post 3Wood Joe T
17 Stovall Tom Nelson
18 Mauldin A T
19 Brown M Parks
20Post 1Moore John HarveyT
20Post 2Dean Nathan D
21 Bagby George T
22 Story Earl P
22 Watson Tom O
23 Paris James W
Post Office
PO Box 746 Rome 30162
PO Box 409 Rome 30162 PO Box 550 Cartersville 30120 PO Box 1234 Cartersville 30120 PO Box 370 Canton 30114 630 Brenau La Gainesville 30501 1173 Riverside Dr Gainesville 30501 Box 303
Gainesville 30501 Rt 2 Danielsville 30633
PO Box 87 Carnesville 30521 Box 37 Hartwell 30643
503 N Cave Spring St Cedartown 30125
4009 Third Ave Rockmart 30153 PO Box 85 Dallas 30132 Lawrenceville 30245
475 Clayton St SE Lawrenceville 30245
306 W Wright St Winder 30680
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24
25
26
27X
28
29
29
30
31
32 Post 1
32 Post 2
33 Post 1 33Post 2
34j
34
35Post 1 35Post 2 35Post 3
Representative
Barber Mac
Johnson Dr Albert Sidney Sr
Murphy Thomas B
Dickinson Kent
Byrd J T
Bedgood W Randall Jr
Matthews Chappelle
Wells Hubert H
Ross Ben B
Wiggins William J
Reid Herschel L
Blalock D B
Davis Truitt
Melton Quimby Jr
Gaissert George C
Lee Wm J Bill
Gary Arch
Harrell A Hewlette
Post Office Commerce 30529
302 Heard St Elberton 30635 114 Sharpe St Bremen 30110 Rt 2 Douglasville 30134
Rt 3 Loganville 30249
375 W View Dr Athens 30601 116 Shackelford Bldg Athens
30601
PO Box 11 Watkinsville 30677
Box 245
Lincolnton 30817 202 Tanner St Carrollton 30117 Rt 2 Villa Rica 30180
40 Nimmons St
Newnan 30263 Box 153 Franklin 30217
Griffin Daily News Griffin 30223
PO Box 218
Griffin 30223
RFD 1 Forest
Park 30050 626 Valley Hill Rd Riverdale 30274 440 Kelley Dr Fayetteville 30214
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District Representative Post Office
36Tucker Ray M
37 Spillers Otis
38 Xambert E Roy
39 Marshall Asa M Jr
40 Johnson Bobby W
41 frn Phillips Glenn S
42 Post 1Ware J Crawford
42Post 2Spikes Harry Russell
43NeSmith Jimmy D
44 Smith J R
45 Clarke Harold G
46Hadaway John Henry
47Post 1Harrington J Floyd
47 Post 2Chandler Philip M
48 Post 1Carr Tom C
48Post 2Rowland Emory L
49McCracken J Roy
50Post 1Lewis Preston B Jr
50Post 2Newton A Sid
PO Box 469 McDonough 30253 1425 Washington St Rt 1 Covington 30209 104 Washington St Madison 30650 415 N Jefferson St Eatonton
31024
PO Box 122 Warrenton 30828 Harlem 30814 2 S Highway Hogansville 30230 110 College Ave LaGrange 30240 PO Box 269 Manchester 31816 498 Rose Ave Barnesville 30204 Forsyth 31029 Hillsboro 31038 Glenhaven Milledgeville 31061 500 N Tattnall St PO Box 806 Milledgeville 31061 110 Smith St Sandersville 31082 150 Bradford St Wrightsville 31096 Avera 30803 E Sixth St Waynesboro 30830 RFD 4 Millen 30442
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District 51 Representative Caldwell Johnnie L Post Office Thomaston 30286
52 Grahl Daniel K PO Box 591 1011
53 Land A T Sr First St Fort Valley 31030 Allentown 31003
54 Smith Geo L II Swainsboro 30401
55 Parker H Walstein Sylvania 30467
56 Black J Lucius Preston 31824
57 Taylor Richard PO Box 523
58 Savage Dr Carl P Sr Butler 31006 Montezuma 31063
59Post 1 Stalnaker Paul 112 Pattie Dr
59Post 2 Peterson David C Warner Robins 31093 Kathleen 31047
60 Knight D W Bill Jr Dexter 31019
60 Lovett W Herschel 409 E Jackson St
61 Underwood Joe C Dublin 31021 Mount Vernon
62 Collins John F 30445 100 Marcliff Rd
63 Brantley Hines L Vidalia 30474 Metter 30439
64 Lane W Jones PO Box 484
64 Nessmith Paul E Sr Statesboro 30458 Rt 4
65 Webb J Terrell Statesboro 30458 Springfield 31329
66 Dailey J T Jake PO Box 78
67 Fulford Ed T Cuthbert 31740 Cinderella La
Dawson 31742
68 Blair William E 22 Laudig La
68 Merritt Janet S Mrs Americus 31709 234 W Dodson St
Americus 31709
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District Representative
69Post 1Rainey Howard H
69Post 2Bowen Rooney L
70 Holder Dr Frank P Jr
71 Anderson John H Jr
72 Dorminy A B C Brad
73 Doster Norman B
74Herndon Curtis C
75 Rush DeweyL
76 Jones Charles M
77Thomas Glenn Jr
78Jordan W Harvey
79Post 1Busbee George D
79Post 2Odom Colquitt H
79Post 3Hutchinson R S Dick
79Post 4Lee William S Billy
80 Crowe W J
81 Mixon Harry
82 Williams George J
Post Office
201 8th St South Cordele 31015 PO Box 323 Vienna 31092 Drawer 569 Eastman 31023 Anderson Rd Hawkinsville
31036
701 W Central Ave Fitzgerald 31750
Rochelle 31079 Box 61 Surrency 31563
Rt 4 Box 272 Glennville 30427 206 E Court St Hinesville 31313 166 Groveland St Jesup 31545 Leary 31762 204 North Monroe St PO Box 855 Albany 31702 1218 3rd Ave Albany 31705 915 Sixth Ave Albany 31705 120 Court Ave Albany 31701 Sylvester 31791 1st State Bank Bldg Ocilla 31774 Rt 1 Box 134 Axson 31624
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District Representative
Post Office
83Post lSweat Ottis Jr
83Post 2Dixon Harry D
84Houston Francis
85Post 1Harris Reid W
85Post 2Smith Alan B
86Howell W Mobley
710 Baltimore Ave Waycross 31501 1303 Coral Rd Waycross 31501 Box 252 Blackshear 31516 Frederica Rd
St Simons Island 31522
1524 Richmond St Brunswick 31520 Box 348 Blakely 31723
87 Brackin J OIron City 31759
88 Collins Marcus ERt 1 Pelham
31779
89 Dollar Hubert1005 Douglas Dr
Bainbridge 31717
89 Conger J Willis940 Pine St
Bainbridge 31717
90 Smith George TPO Box 156
Cairo 31728
91JConner James L JimmyHazlehurst 31539
92Russell Henry P JrgRt 1 Boston 31626
92 Oglesby Jamie W119 Parkway Dr
Thomasville 31792
93 Allen H B414 West 14th St
Tifton 31794
94 Newton David LRt 2 Norman
Park 31771
94Matthews Dorsey RMoultrie 31768
95Post 1Sullivan B Jack2411 Westwood Dr
Valdosta 31603
95Post 2Barfield H MPO Box 522
Hahira 31632
95Post 3Bennett Jim T JraPO Box 292
Valdosta 31602
District
96
97
98
99
100 101Post 1
101 Post 2
102 Post 1 102Post 2
103
104Post 1
104 Post 2
105 Post 1
105 Post 2
106 Post 1
106Post 2 07
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Representative Post Office
Parrish A L LaRueP0 Box 109
Adel 31620
Pafford Robert CBox 413 Lakeland
31635
Harrison Robert Ward Jr804 Alexander St
PO Box 207
St Marys 31558
Reaves Henry LRt 2 Quitman
31643
Steis William BurtonP O Box 8
Hamilton 31811
Howard G Robert Bob220 Lawyers Bldg
Marietta 30060
McDaniell Hugh Lee1231 Pebble Creek
Rd S E Marietta 30060
Wilson Joe Mack306 Northcutt St
tt i T tt x Marietta 30060
Henderson J H Jack Jr1575 Powder
Springs Rd
T Marietta 30060
Jordan Ben C143 Andrew Dr
c Mableton 30059
Snelhngs W Ross2803 Oakland Dr
tt ii t hit t Augusta 30904
Hull James M JrSouthern Finance
Bldg Augusta 30902
DeLong R Luke2137 Balfour St
9 Augusta 30906
Sherman John H JrPO Box 1063
Augusta 30903
Fleming William M Jr3 Johnson Bldg
Augusta 30902
Simkms L H Jr2815 Lombardy Ct
H T w Augusta 30904
Elliott James SewelL506 Persons Bldg
Macon 31201
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108
109Post L 109Post 2 109Post 3
109 Post 4
110 PostI
110 Post 2
111 Post 1
111 Post 2
P
m
112 Post 1 112Post 2
112 Post 3
113 Post 1
SPfr
113 Post 2
114 Post 1
114 Post 2
115 Post 1
Bryant Wallace LJPO Box 4563
Macon 31208
Jones G Paul JrPO Box 96
Macon 31202
Knapp G Ed4435 Pio Nono
Ave Macon 31206
Stewart John F PO Box 2067
Macon 31203
Wilson Roger W PO Box 4103
Macon 31208
Berry C EdPO Box 1422
Columbus 31902
Thompson Albert W24 E Tenth St
Columbus 31901
Shields I Lawrence2506 Techwood Dr
Columbus 31906
Thompson Roscoe300 Columbus Bank
Trust Co Bldg PO Box 706
1 Columbus 31902
Pickard MacPO Box 1657
Columbus 31902
Jones Milton908 2nd Ave
Columbus 31901
Brinkley JackPO Box 2024
Columbus 31902
Gignilliat Arthur M JrPO Box 949
Savannah 31402
Powers Eugene P343 Oxford Dr
Savannah 31405
Gaynor Alan S902 Liberty Bank
Bldg Savannah 31401
Smith W Lance208 E Bay St
Savannah 31401
Tye J Robert15 Redwood Cir
Mm SSfo i f I Savannah 31406
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District Representative Post Office
115 Post 2
116 Post 1
116Post 2
116 Post 3
117 Post 1 117Post 2
117Post 3
117 Post 4
118 Post 1 118Post 2 118Post 3
118 Post 4
119 Post 1
119Post 2
119Post 3
Kiley Albert W119 East Back St
Coffee Bluff Savannah 31406
Richardson Willis
J Dick JrPO Box 2194
Savannah 31402
Drew Lionel E Jr15 Drayton St
Savannah 31401
Funk Arthur J7 Grimball Rd
Savannah 31406
Vaughn Clarence RConyers 30207
Palmer Tom C Jr3800 Montford Dr
Chamblee 30005
Malone W B5397 New
Peachtree Rd Chamblee 30005
Carley George H3558 Creekview
Cir Stone Mountain 30083
Harris J Robin250 E Ponce de
Leon Ave
Decatur 30030
Farrar Robert H Bob2996 Majestic Cir
Avondale Estates 30002
Walling Robert H1001 Oxford Rd
NE Atlanta
30306
Levitas Elliott H1352 Jody La
NE Atlanta
30329
Bean Jack Ted2368 Spring Run
Ct Decatur 30032
Evensen Robert Bob3424 Spring Cir
Decatur 30032
Westlake James R3903 West Side PI
Ellenwood 30049
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District Representative
119Post 4Higginbotham Joe S
20Brown Charlie
121Hill Guy
122JLongino Young H
123Post 1Cook Rodney M
123Post 2Etheridge Jack P
123Post 3Cates Goodwyn Shag
124 Hood John
125 Adams G D Jr
126 Lea Frank R
127 Cox Dr William J
128 Dillon Thomas Jerome
129 Carnes Charlie L
130 Lambros Nick G
Post Office
3147 Robindale Rd Decatur 30032 P 0 Box 30 Atlanta 30301 1074 Boatrock Rd SW Atlanta
30331
Box 37 Fairburn 30213
34 Tenth St NE Atlanta 30309 1026 Fulton Fed Bldg Atlanta 30303
3234 Roswell Rd NW Atlanta 30305
1034 Washington St Apt 5
Atlanta 30315 1928 Stewart Ave SW Atlanta 30315
Jackson Bldg Hapeville 30054 324 E Paces Ferry Rd NE Atlanta
30305
2528 Linda La SE Atlanta
30315
1131 Custer Ave SE Atlanta
30316
1032 Wildwood Rd N E Atlanta
30306
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District Representative Post Office
131 Sims William A Bill Jr PO Box 1356 Atlanta 30301
132 Grier Rev J D Jr 562 Boulevard N E Atlanta 30308
133 Alexander William H 859 Yz Hunter St NW Atlanta 30314
134 Daugherty J C 941 Jett St NW Atlanta 30314
l35 Brown Benjamin D 196 Napoleon Dr S W Atlanta 30314
136 Vacant
137 Hamilton Grace T
138 Mrs H C 582 University PL NW Atlanta 30314
McClatchey Devereaux F 1045 Hurt Bldg Atlanta 30303
139 Hawkins Herb C Jr Box 68 Roswell 30075
140 Townsend Kiliaen V R 120 No Ave NW Atlanta 30313
141 Egan Michael J Jr 1500 First Natl
Bank Bldg Atlanta 30303
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STANDING COMMITTEES
OF THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1966
176
LEGISLATIVE MANUAL
AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE
Newton D L of 94th
Chairman
Lowrey ViceChairman Marshall Secretary Anderson Black Brackin Brantley Byrd
Collins M E of 88th Davis Dollar Dorminy Duncan Gaissert Hadaway Hawkins Herndon
Agriculture SubCommittees
General Agricultural Matters
Lovett Chairman Peterson
Brantley ViceChairman Gaissert Secretary
Milk Milk Control
Jordan W H of 78th
Land
Lovett
Matthews D R of 94th
Mauldin
Mixon
Nessmith P E of 64th Newton A S of 50th Parker Peterson
Reaves
Rush
Russell
Stovall
Vaughan D N of 14th Wells
Williams G J of 82nd
Black Chairman Brackin ViceChairman Wells Secretary
Parker
Stovall
Markets Marketing
Newton A S of 50th Chairman
Collins M E of 88th ViceChairman
Matthews D R of 94th Secretary
Dorminy
Jordan W H of 78th
Continued on next page
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Agriculture SubCommitteesContinued
Chemistry Entomology
Vaughan D N of 14th Mixon
Chairman
Land ViceChairman Mauldin Secretary
Livestock Matters
Russell Chairman Rush
Herndon ViceChairman Reaves Secretary
Poultry Matters
Nessmith P E of 64th
Anderson Chairman Byrd ViceChairman Davis Secretary
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APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
Blalock Chairman Vaughn C R of 117th ViceChairman Wiggins Secretary Barber Bedgood Blair Bowen Brantley
Brown C of 120th Brown M P of 19th Carr Chandler
Clark J T of 2nd Clarke H G of 45th Collins M E of 88th Colwell C of 5th Daugherty
Davis
Dean
Dixon
Doster
Duncan
Egan
Farrar m
Floyd
Fulford
Funk
Hale
Hamilton
Harrison
Houston
Irvin
Lane
Lee W J of 35th Longino
Lowrey
Mauldin
Melton
Merritt
Newton A S of 50th Newton D L of 94th Odom
Overby
Pafford
Parker
Phillips
Pickard
Reaves
Richardson
Rowland
Smith G L of 54th Smith V T of 3rd Snellings Spillers Stalnaker
Steis Story
Sullivan Walling
Ware
Wells
Williams W M of 16th
Appropriations SubCommittees
Agriculture Parks Public Works
Fulford Chairman Clark J T of 2nd
Newton D L of 94th Dixon
ViceChairman Lowrey
Harrison Secretary
Continued on next page
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Appropriations SubCommitteesContinued
Department of Revenue
Wiggins Chairman Chandler
Lee W J of 35th Vice Floyd
Chairman Spillers
Blair Secretary
Education
Story Chairman Bedgood
Parker ViceChairman Irvin
Brown M P of 19th Secretary
Health Welfare Related Agencies
Barber Chairman Phillips
Funk ViceChairman Smith V T of 3rd
Newton A S of 50th
Secretary
Highway Department Related Agencies
Melton Chairman Clarke H G of 45th
Carr ViceChairman Davis
Williams W M of 16th Odom
Secretary
Labor Defense Public Safety
Bowen Chairman Dean
Stalnaker ViceChairman Rowland
Daugherty Secretary
Law Legislative Regulatory Agencies
Ware Chairman Duncan
Lane ViceChairman Smith G L II of 54th
Steis Secretary
State Retirement System
Brown C of 120th Chairman Farrar
Sullivan ViceChairman Pickard
Snellings Secretary
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AUDITING ENROLLING ENGROSSING JOURNALS COMMITTEE
Black Chairman Moore D C of 12th
Irvin ViceChairman Pickard
Rowland Secretary Shields
Abney Westlake
Conger
BANKS BANKING COMMITTEE
Conger Chairman Hull ViceChairman
Jones C M of 76th Secretary Barfield Berry
Brantley Bryant
Carley
Collins J F of 62nd
Conner
Crowe
Daugherty
Dillon Gary Gaynor
Henderson
Jones M of 112th Knight
Land
Lea F R of 126thLevitas m Longino
Malone
McClatchey
Murphy
NeSmith J D of 43rd
Oglesby
Otwell
Parrish
Shields
Smith A B of 85th Smith J R of 44th Smith W L of 114thSpikes
Thompson R of 111th Tye I
Banks Banking SubCommittees
General Banking
Murphy Chairman Knight ViceChairman NeSmith J D of 43rd Secretary Brantley
Bryant
Gaynor
Henderson
Malone
Otwell
Continued on next page
LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Banks Banking SubCommitteesContinued
Industrial Loans
Collins J F of 62nd Chairman
Jones M of 112th ViceChairman Carley Secretary
Conner
Daugherty
Longino
Oglesby
Shields
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Steis Chairman Harrell
Knight ViceChairman Hawkins
Stalnaker Secretary Houston
Bean Powers
Berry Russell
Dean Stovall
Dollar Walling
Floyd Wood
Gignilliat
Defense Veterans Affairs SubCommittees Military Affairs
Harrell Chairman 5rr
Russell ViceChairman Gignilliat
Dean Secretary
Civil Defense Affairs
Dollar Chairman Powers
Wood ViceChairman Hawkins Secretary
Veterans Affairs
Floyd Chairman Houston
Stovall ViceChairman Walling Secretary
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EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Melton Chairman Parker ViceChairman Story Secretary
Allen Bean
Black
Blair
Brackin
Brown B D of 135th
Brown C of 120th
Byrd
Chandler
Cook
Dickinson
Drew
Evensen
Farrar Funk Grahl Grier Hamilton
Harris J R of 118th
Hawkins
Hutchinson Irvin
Jones M of 112th Jordan B C of 103rd Leonard Levitas
Lewis
Lovett
Mauldin
Moore J H of 20th
Oglesby
Pafford
Palmer
Parrish
Peterson
Spikes Stewart
Tucker
Williams G J of 82nd Wilson J M of 102nd Wilson R W of 109th
Education SubCommittees
Authorities Retirement System
Spikes Chairman Brown C of 120th
Hutchinson ViceChairman Chandler
Leonard Secretary Jones M of 112th
Common Schools
Story Chairman Harris J R of 118th ViceChairman Byrd Secretary
Bean
Hamilton
Levitas
Lovett
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Education SubCommitteesContinued
School Buildings Supplies
Irvin Chairman Grahl
Brackin ViceChairman Stewart
Dickinson Secretary
Transportation
Tucker Chairman Black
Allen ViceChairman Hawkins
Evensen Secretary Parrish
Vocational Education
Moore J H of 20th Chairman Williams G J of 82nd ViceChairman Mauldin Secretary
Cook
Farrar
Oglesby
Pafford
Wilson R W of 109th
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GAME FISH COMMITTEE
Mitchell Chairman Johnson B W of 40th V iceChairman Dickinson Secretary Adams Bagby Brackin Byrd
Colwell C of 5th
Cox
Grahl
Harrison
Higginbotham
Johnson A S of 25th
Jordan W H of 78th
Maddox
Malone
Roach
Snellings
Thomas
Watkins
Webb
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HIGHWAY COMMITTEE
Vaughn C R of 117th p Chairman
Dean ViceChairman McDaniell Secretary Blalock Bryant
Carnes
Collins M E of 88th
Crowe
Dollar
Doster
Funk
Gaissert
Gary
Harris J F of 14th
Harris R W of 85th
Henderson
Hill
Holder
Howard
Howell
Johnson B W of 40th
Jones G P of 109th
Kiley
Leonard
Lovell
Lovett
Marshall
Matthews D R of 94th
Minge
Mixon
Nessmith P E of 64th
Otwell
Russell
Savage
Spillers
Stalnaker
Sullivan
Taylor
Thompson R of 111th
Underwood
Wood
Highway SubCommittees
Highway Authorities
Mixon Chairman Jones G P of 109th ViceChairman Howell Secretary
Doster
Harris J F of 14th
Spillers
Taylor
Highway Maintenance
Marshall Chairman Kiley ViceChairman Bryant Secretary
Shop Facilities
Funk
Russell
Thompson R of 111th Continued on next page
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Highway SubCommitteesContinued
Interstate Highway System
Blalock Chairman Crowe
Dollar ViceChairman Hill
Henderson Secretary Wood
Collins M E of 88th
State Highway System
Gary Chairman Minge
Underwood ViceChairman Stalnaker
Howard Secretary Sullivan
Johnson B W of 40th
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HYGIENE SANITATION COMMITTEE
Smith V T of 3rd Chairman Tucker ViceChairman Abney SecretaryCox
Fulford
Hamilton
Herndon
Holder
Lowrey
Marshall
Newton D L of 94th
Overby
Palmer
Reaves
Savage
Townsend
Watkins
Watson
Webb
Williams G J of 82nd Wilson J M of 102nd
Hygiene Sanitation SubCommittees
General Health
Lowrey Chairman Holder
Watson ViceChairman Reaves
Cox Secretary Webb
Professions Relating to Hygiene Sanitation
Watkins Chairman Marshall
Overby ViceChairman Herndon Secretary
Pure Foods Drugs
Palmer Chairman Fulford
Savage ViceChairman Townsend Secretary
Nursing Homes Homes for Aged
Abney Chairman Newton D L of 94th
Williams G J of 82nd Wilson J M of 102nd
ViceChairman Hamilton Secretary
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industrial relations committee
Lee W J of 35th Chairman Ross ViceChairman Pickard Secretary Bagby Barfield
Brown B D of 135th
Caldwell J L of 51st
Collins J F of 62nd
Conner
Dickinson
Fleming
Holder
Jordan B C of 103rd
Lane
Longino
McCracken
Palmer
Rowland
Sims
Spikes
Thompson R of 111th Townsend
Industrial Relations SubCommittees
Employment Services
Rowland Chairman Holder ViceChairman Thompson R of 111th Secretary
Collins J F of 62nd Dickinson
Jordan B C of 103rd
General Labor Affairs
Caldwell J L of 51st Lane
Chairman Snikpcj
Barfield ViceChairman Conner Secretary
Workmeni
Bagby Chairman Pickard ViceChairman Longino Secretary
Compensation
Brown B D of 135th Palmer
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INDUSTRY COMMITTEE
Clarke H G of 45th Chairman
Clark J T of 2nd ViceChairman Sweat Secretary Adams Bennett
Collins J F of 62nd
Cook
DeLong
Dillon
Gignilliat
Harrington
Harris J F of 14th
Hill
Jones G P of 109th
Kiley
Lewis
McDaniel
NeSmith J D of 43rd
Sherman
Simkins
Smith A B of 85th
Snow
Stewart
Story
Townsend
Tucker
Tye
Wilson R W of 109th
Industry SubCommittees
Industrial Development
NeSmith J D of 43rd Chairman
Story ViceChairman Smith A B of 85th Secretary DeLong
Dillon
Hill
Jones G P of 109th Tye
Industrial Information Coordination
Lewis Chairman McDaniell
Gignilliat ViceChairman Tucker
Adams Secretary
Tourist Relations
Snow Chairman Sweat ViceChairman Harris J F of 14th Secretary
Kiley
Townsend
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INSURANCE COMMITTEE
Conner Chairman McCracken ViceChairman Dixon Secretary Berry
Brown B D of 135th
Bryant
Cates
Cox
Dillon
Evensen
Hutchinson
Lambros
Lea F R of 126th
Lee W S of 79th
McClatchey
McDaniell
Pafford
Powers
Sherman
Starnes
Stovall
Watson
Westlake
Wood
Insurance SubCommittees
Fire Casualty Allied Lines
Lee W S of 79th Chairman McClatchey
Westlake ViceChairman Sherman
Brown B D of 135th
Secretary
Health Life Accident
McDaniell Chairman Cox
Berry ViceChairman Evensen
Lea F R of 126th Secretary Lambros
Surety Title
Pafford Chairman McCracken
Hutchinson ViceChairman Dillon Secretary
INTERSTATE COOPERATION COMMITTEE
Smith G L of 54th Chairman Irvin
Phillips ViceChairman Smith V T of 3rd
Jordan W H of 78th
Secretary
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JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
Harris J R of 118th Chairman
Snow ViceChairman Jones M of 112th Secretary Alexander
Bennett Busbee
Carley
Clarke H G of 45th
Conger
Crowe
Daugherty
Drew Egan
Elliott
Harris R W of 85th Harrison Howard Hull
Jones C M of 76th Lambert
Lee W S of 79th Levitas
Maddox
McCracken
Mixon
Ross
Walling
Judiciary SubCommittees
General Law and Procedure
Jones C M of 76th Chairman Alexander
Conger ViceChairman Harrison
Ross Secretary Levitas
Law Enforcement
McCracken Chairman Carley
Crowe ViceChairman Walling
Elliott Secretary
Pardons Paroles
Lambert Chairman Howard
Clarke H G of 45th Hull
ViceChairman Maddox Secretary
Trusts Estates
Busbee Chairman Drew
Harris R W of 85th Egan
ViceChairman Bennett Secretary
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LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Brinkley Chairman Henderson
Farrar ViceChairman Hill
Harris J F of 14th Secretary Howard
Brown C of 120th Kiley
Carley Malone
Evensen Thomas
MOTOR VEHICLES
Williams W M of 16th Chairman
Anderson ViceChairman Vaughan D N of 14th Secretary Adams Barfield Brinkley
Caldwell J L of 51st Carnes
Clark J T of 2nd
Elliott
Gary
Harrell
Hood
Motor Vehicles SubCommittees Motor
Johnson B W of 40th Chairman
Clark J T of 2nd ViceChairman Otwell Secretary
COMMITTEE
Hutchinson
Johnson B W of 40th Knapp
Lea F R of 126th Lovell
Matthews C of 29th
Mitchell
Otwell
Rainey
Sherman
Smith G L of 54th Smith J R of 44th Smith W L of 114th Taylor
Carriers
Barfield
Elliott
Lea F R of 126th
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Motor Vehicles SubCommitteesContinued
Title License Affairs
Anderson Chairman Adams
Smith J R of 44th Harrell
ViceChairman Lovell
Sherman Secretary
Traffic Safety Control
Matthews C of 29th Chairman
Mitchell ViceChairman Brinkley Secretary
Carnes
Gary
Smith W L of 114th
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NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE
Dorminy Chairman Moore J H of 20th ViceChairman Maddox Secretary Allen Bean
Brown M P of 19th
Grahl
Hadaway
Hood
Knapp
Natural Resources SubCommittees
Knight
Land
Lovell
Powers
Rainey
Simkins
Starnes
Stewart
Tye
Vaughan D N of 14th
Forestry Forestry Products
Lovell Chairman Maddox
Stewart ViceChairman Knapp Secretary
Gas Oil
Allen Chairman Starnes ViceChairman Powers Secretary
Geology Mines Minerals
Simkins Chairman Hadaway ViceChairman Hood Secretary
Soil Conservation
Grahl Chairman Knight
Brown M P of 19th
V iceChairman Rainey Secretary
Water Supply Riparian Rights
Land Chairman Vaughan D N of 14th
Tye ViceChairman Bean Secretary
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RULES COMMITTEE
Mb Speaker Chairman Busbee ViceChairman Carr Secretary Abney Blair
Etheridge
Fulford
Hale
Harris J R of 118th
Howell
Hull
Johnson A S of 25th Jones C M of 76th Jones G P of 109th
Lambert
Lee W J of 35th
Melton
Oglesby
Phillips
Richardson
Smith G L of 54th
Smith V T of 3rd
Sweat
Vaughn C R of 117th
Ware
Wiggins
Williams W M of 16th
Rules SubCommittees
Privilege Resolutions
Vaughn C R of 117th Chairman
Ware ViceChairman Blair Secretary Etheridge
Hale
Howell
Johnson A S of 25th Lambert
Rules
Harris J R of 118th Chairman
Smith V T of 3rd ViceChairman Hull Secretary
Changes
Jones C M of 76th
Phillips
Richardson
Smith G L of 54th
Wiggins
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SPECIAL JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
Etheridge Chairman Minge ViceChairman Houston Secretary Brinkley
Caldwell J L of 51st
Fleming
Gaynor
Lambros
McClatchey
Roach
Simkins
Smith A B of 85th
Steis
Thomas
Thompson A W of 110th
Special Judiciary SubCommittees
Code Revision
Brinkley Chairman Simkins
Gaynor ViceChairman McClatchey Secretary
Constitutional Amendments
Houston Chairman Steis
Roach ViceChairman Thompson A W of 110th
Secretary
Inquiry Investigation
Caldwell J L of 51st Etheridge
THOMASVieeChairman Smith A B 0i 86tl1
Fleming Secretary
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Chandler Chairman Richardson ViceChairman Rainey Secretary Alexander Bennett
Brown M P of 19th
Dailey
DeLong
Drew
Duncan
Grier
Hadaway
Harrington
Harris R W of 85th
Higginbotham
Johnson A S of 25th
Knapp
Matthews C of 29th Moore D C of 12th Murphy
Nessmith P E of 64th
Odom
Paris
Reid
Roach
Savage
Sims
Starnes
Sweat
Thompson A W of 110th
Underwood
Wilson J M of 102nd
State Institutions Property SubCommittees
Eleemosynary Institutions
Johnson A S of 25th Bennett
Chairman Harrington
Moore D C of 12th Knapp
ViceChairman Alexander Secretary
Penal Institutions
Dailey Chairman Odom ViceChairman Reid Secretary
Recreational
Nessmith P E of 64th Chairman
Duncan ViceChairman Hadaway Secretary
Grier
Murphy
Roach
Committee
Higginbotham
Sims
Sweat
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Stafe Institutions Property SubCommitteesContinued
State Income Producing Properties
Rainey Chairman Matthew r H onfi
Wilson J M of 102nd Savagl
ViceChairman Starnes
Drew Secretary Starnes
State Ports Committee
Richardson Chairman Paris ViceChairman DeLong Secretary
Harris R W of 85th Underwood
STATE OF REPUBLIC COMMITTEE
Ware Chairman Lambert ViceChairman Overby Secretary Bedgood Blalock Busbee Carr Dailey Davis
Etheridge
Howell
Mitchell
NeSmith J D of 43rd
Newton A S of 50th
Shields
Snellings
Underwood
Wiggins
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TEMPERANCE COMMITTEE
Paris Chairman Parrish
Fleming ViceChairman gims
Rush Secretary Smith W L of 114th
Cates Thompson A W of
Higginbotham 110 th
Lambros Wilson R W of 109th
Temperance SubCommittees
Domestic Foreign Wines
Rush Chairman Thompson A W of
Cates ViceChairman 110th
Sims Secretary
Liquor Control
Wilson R W of 109th Chairman
Higginbotham ViceChairman Smith W L of 114th Secretary
Malt Beverages
Paris Chairman Lambros ViceChairman Parrish Secretary
Fleming
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UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA COMMITTEE
Matthews C of 29th Chairman Floyd ViceChairman Lane Secretary Alexander Allen Anderson Barber Bowen DeLong Elliott Gaynor Gignilliat Leonard Merritt Minge Moore D C of 12th Moore J H of 20th Murphy Odom Paris Ross Sullivan Wells Westlake
University System of Georgia SubCommittee Long Range Program
Wells Chairman Moore J H 0f 20th ViceChairman Merritt Secretary Leonard Minge Paris Ross Westlake
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WAYS MEANS COMMITTEE
Bagby Chairman Harrell Vice Chairman Peterson Secretary Bowen
Carnes Cates
Colwell C of 5th
Cook
Dailey
Dixon
Dorminy
Doster Egan Hale
Jordan B C of 103rd
Jordan W H of 78th
Lee W S of 79th
Lewis
Phillips
Reid
Snow
Watkins
Ways Means SubCommittees
General Matters
Lee W S of 79th Chairman Cates
Jordan B C of 103rd
ViceChairman Peterson Secretary
Income Estate Taxes Dorminy Chairman Snow
Bowen ViceChairman Egan Secretary
Real Intangible Tax Phillips Chairman Watkins
Dixon ViceChairman Carnes Secretary
Sales Use Tax
Hale Chairman Lewis
Jordan W H of 78th
V iceChairman
Colwell C of 5th Secretary
Tax Revision
Doster Chairman Dailey ViceChairman Cook Secretary
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WELFARE COMMITTEE
Barber Chairman Harrington ViceChairman Spillers Secretary Bedgood Gaissert Grier Herndon Hood
Matthews D R of 94th
Merritt
Reid
Rush
Smith J R of 44th
Taylor
Watson
Webb
Welfare SubCommittees
Benefits Aid
Smith J R of 44th Chairman Watson
Reid ViceChairman Taylor Secretary
Eleemosynary Matters
Harrington Chairman Hood
Bedgood ViceChairman Webb Secretary
Juvenile Matters
Matthews D R of 94th Gaissert
Chairman
Merritt ViceChairman Grier Secretary

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RULES OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
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ORGANIZATION
Rule 1 The legislative power of the State shall be vested in a General Assembly which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives
Ga Const art Ill sec I par I
Rule 2 The Senate and House of Representatives shall be organized by the secretary or clerk thereof who shall be exofficio presiding officer until such officer is elected No question except one relating to the organization shall be entertained by such officer and in deciding such question he shall be governed as far as practicable by the standing rules of the House over which he presides In the absence of such officer his assistant may officiate In the absence of both the body may appoint a chairman whose powers and duties shall be the same as those of the secretary or clerk
Ga Code Ann sec 47104
Rule 3 The presiding officer of the House of Representatives shall be styled the Speaker of the House of Representatives and shall be elected viva voce from the body
Ga Const art Ill sec VI par II
Rule 4 The President of the Senate and Speaker of the House shall be elected by their respective bodies viva voce and a majority of votes shall be necessary to a choice In like manner the Senate shall elect a president pro tern and the House a speaker pro tern whose powers and duties while presiding or in the absence of the permanent officers shall be the same
Ga Code Ann sec 47106
Legislative power and bodies
Organization by Clerk or assistant or chairman
Election of Speaker
Speaker pro tem election and powers
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Officers and assistants
Seats
Oath of members
Commission
Prior
aervica
Rule 5 The officers of the two Houses other than the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House shall be a President Pro Tempore and Secretary of the Senate and Speaker Pro Tempore and Clerk of the House of Representatives and such assistants as each House may provide for
Ga Const art Ill sec VIII par I
Rule 6 The Speaker shall assign seats to members provided that members who were members of the House during the last regular session of the House shall be allowed to sit in the seats which they held during such last regular session
Rule 7 Each Senator and Representative before taking his seat shall take the following oath or affirmation towit I will support the Constitution of this State and of the United States and on all questions and measures which may come before me I will so conduct myself as will in my judgment be most conducive to the interest and prosperity of this State
Ga Const art Ill sec IV par V
Rule 8 It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to prepare and furnish to each member of the General Assembly after such member has taken his oath of office a commission under the signature of the Secretary of State containing the great seal of the State showing that such member was a duly elected member of the General Assembly of Georgia and showing any prior serving in either House of the General AssemblyThe provisions of this section shall apply to the members of the General Assembly who were elected for the 1951 session thereof and who have taken the oath of office as well as to all such
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members of the General Assembly who are elected and take the oath of office for future sessions of the General Assembly
Ga Code Anno sec 47118
Rule 9 The oaths of office prescribed by Const Art Ill Sec IV Par V 21605 may be administered to the members of the General Assembly by any Justice of the Supreme Court Judge of the Court of Appeals or judge of the superior courts to be procured by the person organizing each branch
Ga Code Anno sec 47105
Rule 10 There shall be a secretary of the Senate and clerk of the House of Representatives elected by the members of each House respectively viva voce and a majority of votes cast is necessary to elect Their terms of office shall be the time for which the members of the General Assembly are elected
Ga Code Anno sec 47201
Rule 11 Said officers their assistants and engrossing and enrolling clerks before entering on the discharge of their duties shall take an oath before the respective presiding officers of the two Houses to discharge their duties faithfully and to the best of their skill and knowledge of which a minute shall be made and entered on the journals
Ga Code Anno sec 47202
Rule 12 The Clerk of the House shall take an oath for the true and faithful discharge of the duties of his office to the best of his knowl
Judges to administer oath
Clerks election and term
Oaths of Clerk and assistants
Journal
entry
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Term of Clerk edge and abilities and shall be deemed to continue in office until another is elected
Oaths of subordinate officers Rule 13 The President of the Senate and Speaker of the House shall administer the oaths required to the subordinate officers of their respective Houses Ga Code Anno sec 47203
Bond of Clerk Rule 14 Immediately after their election said secretary and clerk shall each give bond and security in the sum of 5000 payable to the Governor and his successors in office and conditioned for the faithful discharge of their respective duties said bonds to be approved by the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House respectively Ga Code Anno sec 47204
Clerks pay Rule 15 The secretary of the Senate shall be paid per day for each session6000 The clerk of the House of Representatives shall be paid per day for each session 7000 The fees of said officers shall be For every extract of a private nature per copy sheet For certifying an extract of a private nature 6 For certifying an Act for the benefit of an individual corporation or society 300 Ga Code Anno sec 47210
Clerks care of books Rule 16 The Clerk shall take special care of the books provided for the use of the House
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Rule 17 Said secretary and clerk shall each select and appoint such assistants as may be necessary for the performance of the clerical work of their respective Houses including clerks for such standing or special committees as may be allowed a clerk by order of their respective Houses the compensation of their said assistants shall be fixed by said secretary and clerk respectively and be paid out of the amounts allowed said secretary and clerk respectively in section 47210 Provided however that if either House shall for any purpose employ a stenographic reporter the cost of such reporter shall not be considered a part of the clerical expenses of such House but shall be provided for by a special appropriation
Ga Code Anno sec 47208
Rule 18 No journalizing recording enrolling or engrossing clerk shall be appointed by the secretary of the Senate or clerk of the House of Representatives until such clerk has been examined by the enrolling committee and certified to his respective House to be competent and well qualified to the discharge of the duties required of him and such clerk shall be removed at any time upon the recommendation of the enrolling committee of the House in which he is employed
Ga Code Anno sec 47209
Rule 19 Each House is entitled to a doorkeeper and messenger to perform such duties as may be required of them who shall be elected as provided for the election of clerk of the House of Representatives and secretary of the Senate and who shall receive the same pay as the members of the General Assembly
Ga Code Anno sec 47301
Clerks assistants appointment and pay
Stenographic
reporter
Approval of assistant clerks by enrolling committee
Doorkeeper
and
Messenger election and pay
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No employee substitution Rule 20 No doorkeeper or other employee of the House of Representatives or Senate shall sublet his employment or contract in any way nor shall the person having the appointment of any of said employees consent to any substitution of any other person for any of said employees Ga Code Anno sec 47302
Filling vacancies Rule 21 Whenever for any reason the person appointed to any of said positions cannot personally discharge the duties of the same said office shall become vacant and it shall be the duty of the person in whom is vested the appointing power to appoint another person for such time as the original employee cannot discharge his duties and the compensation shall from the date of such new appointment be paid to the new employee for the time he shall serve Ga Code Anno sec 47303
No pay when employee substitution Rule 22 Whenever the provisions of this Chapter shall be violated and any person shall be substituted for another in violation of the same neither the person so substituted nor the person for whom he is substituted shall receive any compensation out of the State treasury and it shall be the duty of the State Treasurer whenever any change shall be made in any of the persons filling any of said positions to ascertain that the change was made according to the provisions of this Chapter before paying any money to the new officer or employee Ga Code Anno sec 47305
Duties of Messenger Rule 23 It shall be the duty of the Messenger to attend to the wants of the House while in session to aid in the enforcement of order under the direction of the Speaker and to execute the
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demands of the House from time to time together with all such processes issued under its authority as may be directed to him by the Speaker
The Messenger under the direction of the Clerk shall superintend the distribution by the Pages of all documents and papers to be distributed to the members he shall distribute to the members the usual and necessary stationery required by them
Rule 24 Each member of the House shall be allowed a maximum of five Page Days during each annual session One Page Day shall be deemed to be utilized by the service of one Page Said five Page Days may be utilized on one legislative day or on separate legislative days in the discretion of the member No one shall be eligible to serve as a Page who is not at least twelve years of age A member must make a reservation for each Page at least one week prior to the date on which he wishes such Page to serve
Rule 25 No person shall be entitled to enter upon the floor of the House except 1 members and officers thereof 2 members and officers of the Senate 3 the Governor of the State 4 staff members of the Office of Legislative Counsel 5 members of the press telegraph and press associations radio and television stations and news reel photographers who bear proper credentials and 6 such others as the House may allow upon recommendation of the Committee on Rules
Identification cards signed by the Speaker and attested by the Clerk shall be issued to all persons entitled to privileges of the floor under this rule
The Doorkeeper of the House is specifically charged with the duty of enforcing this rule
Distribution of papers
Pages
Privilege of floor
Identification
Doorkeepers
duty
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Refusal by Speaker The right is automatically reserved to the Speaker to refuse the issuance of or to revoke cards requested or issued to nonmembers of the House and Senate and thereby prohibit admittance
Wives and children Wives and children of the members of the House may be admitted on the floor of the House provided they shall not be seated at the desk of any member
No lobbyists No person shall be admitted on the floor of the House who is engaged in lobbying or who is attempting to influence legislation
Vote SPEAKERS POWERS AND DUTIES Rule 26 In all cases of election by the House the Speaker shall vote In other cases he shall not vote unless the House shall be equally divided or unless his vote if given to the minority will make the division equal and in case of such equal division the question shall be lost But in all cases where a fixed constitutional vote is required to pass the bill or measure under consideration and said bill or measure shall lack only one vote to pass the same the Speaker shall vote and his vote so cast shall be counted the same as that of any other member
Priority of business Rule 27 All questions as to the priority of business to be acted on shall be decided by the Speaker without debate
Recognition Rule 28 When two or more members shall rise at the same time the Speaker shall name the person entitled to proceed
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Rule 29 The Speaker shall in his discretion suspend irrelevant debate and command silence whenever he may deem it necessary
Rule 30 The Speaker may at any time order the roll called on any question and take the vote by yeas and nays unless otherwise ordered by the House
I Rule 31 The Speaker may during a days sitting name any member to perform the duties of the Chair during any part of that sitting but no longer
Rule 32 Whenever from any cause the Speaker shall be absent the Speaker pro tempore shall preside If both shall be absent the Clerk of the House shall call the House to order and shall preside until the election of a Speaker pro tempore which said election shall be the first business of the House The Speaker pro tempore thus elected shall preside until the return of one of the first named officers when his functions shall cease
Rule 33 All committees shall be appointed by the Speaker unless otherwise ordered by the House The Speaker may create in his discretion within any standing committee a subcommittee or subcommittees and constitute the membership thereof Nothing herein contained shall be construed to limit the authority of the standing committees or the officers thereof
Rule 34 The Speaker shall have power to cause the galleries and lobbies of the House cleared by the Messenger and Doorkeepers in case of disturbance or disorderly conduct therein and to cause any person or persons so offending to be arrested and brought before the bar of the House to be dealt with for contempt of the House
Silence and
irrelevant
debate
Yeas and nays
Substitute
Succession
Appointment of committees and
subcommittees
Clearing galleries and lobbies when disorder
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Suspension of
Messenger
and
Doorkeepers
Appointment of special clerk for enrolling committee
Rule 34A No person shall enter the gallery of the Hall of the House of Representatives unless such person has been issued a card by the Speaker authorizing such person to enter said gallery Such card must be signed by the Speaker and must be displayed by such person to the doorkeeper of the gallery The Speaker is hereby authorized to revoke any card issued by him
Rule 35 The Speaker shall have power to suspend the Messenger and Doorkeepers for misconduct or neglect of duty He shall report any such suspension to the House within twentyfour hours thereafter for such action as the House may see fit to take
Rule 36 The Speaker is authorized to employ some person well skilled in legislative draughtsmanship as special clerk for the Committee on Auditing Enrolling and Engrossing Journals It shall be the duty of such special clerk to examine every bill or resolution that is ready for engrossing or enrollment and to suggest to the Committee any corrections or additions to either the caption or the bill that are necessary to perfect the same The per diem of such special clerk shall be fixed by the Speaker
GENERAL BUSINESS AND ORDER OF BUSINESS
Rule 37 The following shall be the order of business
II Scripture reading and prayer by Chaplain
2 Call of the Roll
3 Report of the Committee on the Journal
4 Reading of the Journal
5 Confirmation of the Journal
6 Unanimous consents
7 Motions to reconsider
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8 Introduction of bills and resolutions
9 First and second readings and reference of House bills and resolutions
10 Report of standing committees
11 Reading of bills and resolutions favorably reported
12 Third reading and passage of uncontested local bills and resolutions
13 First and second readings and reference of Senate bills and resolutions
14 Unfinished business of previous session
15 Orders of the day
16 Senate amendments to House bills and resolutions and reports of conference committees
17 House bills and resolutions for third reading
18 Unless otherwise ordered by the House Senate bills and resolutions for third reading or on the Calendar for the purpose of disagreeing to an adverse committee report shall be called on Thursdays
General bills and resolutions otherwise in order for consideration on Friday or Saturday shall stand over until the following Monday
Rule 38 It shall be the duty of the Committee on Auditing Enrolling and Engrossing Journals to read the Journal of each days proceedings and report to the House that the same is correct before the Journal is read by the Clerk
The reports of the Committee on Auditing Enrolling and Engrossing Journals may be made at any time
Rule 39 The Committee on Rules during the last twentyone days of each session shall arrange and fix the calendar for each days business Such calendar shall be a standing and con
Special
orders
Enrolling Committee to report Journal
Calendar of Rules Committee last 21 days
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Change by House tinuing special order during said period No matter shall be taken up or acted on otherwise than in the order fixed by such calendar except by a threefourths vote of those voting provided such threefourths constitutes a majority of the members elected to the House During the period of operation under this rule the calendar or order of business fixed by the Committee on Rules shall be read by the Clerk immediately after the confirmation of the Journal at each morning session and immediately after the rollcall at each after
Reading and motion to change noon session Any motion to amend such report either by striking inserting or changing the order shall be made within the first thirty minutes after the reading of such report After the reading of such report and announcement by the Speaker that it is in order for such motions to be made if no such motions are made the House shall proceed to business under the calendar so fixed after which no such motion shall be made during that session No motion to amend the
No debate report of the Committee on Rules shall be debatable during the period of operation under this Rule
Special orders to Rules Committee Rule 40 Every motion to make special orders shall be submitted in writing to the Committee on Rules and reported upon by the Committee before being submitted to the House
Suspension or change of rules or order of business debate Rule 41 Any motion to suspend or change the rules or change the order of business shall be decided without debate Provided that whenever a report from the Committee on Rules is submitted to the House the questions arising on said report shall be debatable until the report of the Committee is agreed to or disagreed to or the main question is ordered There shall be no debate however on the report of the Committee
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on Rules during the last twentyone days of the session
Rule 42 The Rules of this House known as Oonstitutiona1 rules shall in no case be suspended all other rules shall in no case be suspended or changed and the order of business shall not be changed except by a vote of twothirds of the members voting Provided that in order to so change or suspend the rules or change the order ibusiness said twothirds so voting in favor of said change or suspension shall constitute a majority of the members of the whole House
No debate on Rules Committees report
Suspension or change of rules or order of business
Rule 43 The rollcall at the opening of each session of the House shall not be dispensed with except by a vote of a majority of the members voting or by unanimous consent The motion to dispense with the rollcall shall be decided without debate The electric rollcall system may be used to call the roll by the members using the aye switch to signify their presence
Dispensing with rollcall
Rule 44 The reading of the Journal shall not be dispensed with except by a vote of a majority oi the members voting or by unanimous consent ine motion to dispense with the reading of the Journal shall be decided without debate
Dispensing
with
reading of Journal
T1 several standing committees of the House shall have leave to report by bill or Committee otherwise The report of the Committee on Rules reportsis m order at any time when the House is not actually engaged in other business
Rule 46 When a message shall be sent to the Messages tlouse of Representatives it shall be announced at the door of the House by the Doorkeeper and
220 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL be respectfully communicated to the Chair by the person through whom it may be sent Messages may be received at any time while the door is open except while a question is being put or a ballot or a viva voce vote is being taken A message shall be presented to the House by the Speaker when received or afterwards according to its nature and the business in which the House is engaged or its consideration may on motion be ordered by the House
Questions of privilege Rule 47 Questions of privilege shall be first those affecting the rights of the House collectively its safety dignity and the integrity of its proceedings second the rights reputation and conduct of members individually in their representative capacity only Questions of privilege shall have precedence over all other questions except a motion to adjourn Provided that when any matter is pending before the House no question of personal privilege shall be acted on until the pending question shall be disposed of
Motions for information Rule 48 Every motion for information from the Executive Department or any other Department of the State Government shall lie on the table one day On the following day such motion shall be deemed privileged and shall be in order for immediate consideration at the request of the author or any other member of the House
First meeting Rule 49 The meetings of the General Assembly shall be held as prescribed in Art Ill Sec IV Par Ill of the State Constitution 21503 The hour of meeting shall be 10 oclock AM and the place at the State Capitol first meeting Ga Code Anno sec 47103
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Rule 50 The House shall convene at 10 AM Sundays excepted unless otherwise ordered by the House The hour of adjournment shall be fixed by a majority of said House on motion without debate
Rule 51 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
Ga Const art Ill sec VII par II
Rule 52 Any member presenting a petition memorial or remonstrance shall as concisely as practicable intimate the name and object of the petitioner memorialist or remonstrant which shall be noted on the Journal and the paper may then be referred without reading
Rule 53 For the purpose of making up the budget the Director of the Budget shall have the power and it shall be his duty to require from the proper State officials including herein all executive and administrative officers bureaus boards commissions and agencies expending or supervising the expenditure of and all institutions applying for State moneys and appropriations such itemized estimates and other information in such form and manner and at such times as said Director shall direct The estimates for the Legislative Department certified by the presiding officer of each House and of the Judiciary as certified by the State Auditor shall be transmitted to the Director in such form and manner and at such time as he shall direct and shall be included in the budget The Director may provide for public hearings on all estimates and
Time of meetings
Contempt by nonmembers
Reference to petition in Journal
Budget for House
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Receipt for papers Rule 54 No member shall take any books or papers from the possession of the House or Clerk without first acquainting the Clerk and giving him a receipt to return the same in a reasonable time or on his demand
Reading of paper Rule 55 When the reading of any paper is called for and the reading is objected to by any member whether the paper shall be read shall be determined by a vote of the House without debate
To transact business QUORUM AND ABSENTEES Rule 56 A majority of each House shall constitute a quorum to transact business but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day and compel the presence of its absent members as each house may provide
Ga Const art Ill sec IV par IV
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Rule 57 The power to compel the attendance of members in order to keep or secure a quorum shall be vested in the Speaker and to this end he may have the doors of the House closed When the doors are so closed no member shall be allowed to retire from the House without first obtaining leave from the House
The Messenger of the House shall be exofficio SergeantatArms of the House and on order of the Speaker may arrest any absentees and bring them before the House when necessary to secure a quorum as aforesaid
Rule 58 Whenever the result of a vote taken shall disclose the fact that no quorum of the House is present or when the Speaker shall officially state the fact to the House it shall be in order for any member to make a motion for a call of the House When such motion is made the Speaker shall state the question as follows Shall the motion for the call of the House prevail and if fifteen of the members present shall vote in the affirmative the Speaker shall order the Clerk to call the roll of members and the absentees shall be noted The doors shall then be closed after which the names of the absentees shall again be called Those who do not appear and who are absent without leave may by order of the majority of the members present be sent for and arrested wherever they may be found by the officers to be appointed by the Messenger for that purpose and their attendance secured and the House shall determine upon what conditions they shall be discharged
Rule 59 Upon the call of all the members ordinary and extraordinary the names of the absentees shall be noted by the Clerk and shall appear upon the Journal And it shall be the duty of the Clerk to keep a separate list of the
Compelling
attendance
Messenger to arrest
Motion to determine attendances
Arrest and discharge
Clerk to list absentees for Journal
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absentees from each days proceedings which list shall be entered upon the Journal The list shall show which of said absentees are absent without leave which are absent with leave which are absent for providential causes and which are absent for business reasons Said separate list shall be read in the House with the Journal upon which the same is entered
DEBATE AND DECORUM
Request for recognition from seat
Limits on debate
One hour
Limit or extension
Order against transgression of rules
Appeal
Rule 60 When any member is about to speak in debate or deliver any matter to the House he shall rise from his seat and respectfully address himself to Mr Speaker No member shall be recognized by the Speaker unless said member is at his designated seat
The member shall be confined to matter in debate and shall not speak more than twice on any subject or more than once until every member choosing to speak shall have spoken
No member of the House shall occupy the floor longer than one 1 hour in debating any question unless otherwise ordered by the House Any motion to limit or extend the time of individual speeches shall be decided without debate No such motion shall prevail unless it shall receive the affirmative votes of twothirds of those voting provided the total vote constitutes a quorum Such motion may be made at any time that the movant thereof may legitimately obtain the floor
If any member in speaking or otherwise transgresses the rules of the House the Speaker shall call him to order in which case the said member shall immediately sit down unless permitted to explain The House shall if appealed to decide whether to confirm the Speakers action If the
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transgressor refuses to submit to the decision of the House for the first offense he shall be reproved for the second he shall be fined in a sum not exceeding ten dollars and if he continues refractory he may be expelled from the House by a twothirds vote of the members which said vote shall be taken by yeas and nays and recorded on the Journal of the House
Penalties
Rule 61 Each House shall be the judge of the election returns and qualifications of its members and shall have power to punish them for disorderly behavior or misconduct by censure fine imprisonment or expulsion but no member
K expeiled except by a vote of twothirds of the House to which he belongs
Ga Const art Ill sec VII par I
Power of House over membership
Rule 62 If any member shall be called tc words sPoken the words excepted tc
shall be taken down in writing by the Clerk and read The words excepted to shall then be adimtted demed or explained by the member who HMMMfl Thereupon the question of order snail be decided and such other proceedings had House deem proper in regard thereto Provided that if at any time the House is acting under the previous question such question oi order and other proceedings referred to shall not be taken up for decision until after the previous question and the main question have been disposed of or until such future time as may mm ordered by the House But no member
bie dTTt0 anwer or be subject to the censure of the House for words spoken in debate if f er bas spoken or other business
has intervened before the exception to the words is taken
Rule 63 No member shall address the House except as heretofore stated in case of appeals
Censure for debate
Duties of Clerk and member
Time
limits
Address
through
Speaker
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Right to continue or interrogate a member who is speaking except through the Speaker Should the member speaking decline to be interrupted the Speaker shall cause the member desiring to interrogate to be silent
Reference to conversations etc Rule 64 No member shall refer in debate to any private conversation had with another member or to any matters which took place in any committee or in the Senate
Reference to members Rule 65 The members shall in speaking avoid calling other members by name when they may have occasion to take notice of their observations but may designate them by their position on the floor or the county they represent
Freedom from arrest Rule 66 The members of both Houses shall be free from arrest during their attendance on the General Assembly and in going thereto or
Freedom of debate returning therefrom except for treason felony larceny or breach of the peace and no member shall be liable to answer in any other place for anything spoken in debate in either House Ga Const art Ill sec VII par Ill
Silence during debate Rule 67 The members of the House shall refrain from private conversation and preserve silence until a speaking member has taken his seat
Limits on movement Rule 68 No member shall pass between the Chair and a member while he is speaking At the time of adjournment no member shall leave his seat until the Speaker retires
No conversation over bar Rule 69 No member shall converse with anyone over the bar of the House
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Rule 70 No member in an intoxicated condition shall be permitted to enter upon the floor of the House The Messenger and the Doorkeepers of the House are specially charged with the rigid enforcement of this rule
Rule 71 Applause or hisses in the Representative chamber or in the galleries or lobby during any speech or legislative proceedings shall be promptly suppressed
PROTEST AND APPEAL
Rule 72 Should any member of the House be dissatisfied with the ruling of the Speaker on any point he shall rise and respectfully address the Speaker and say I appeal from the decision of the Chair The Speaker will then state to the House the point ruled on and his decision on it and shall then put the question of appeal to the House as follows All in favor of the decision of the Chair standing as the sense of this House will say AyeThose opposed will say No The decision of the House in sustaining or overruling the Speaker shall be final
Rule 73 All appeals from the decision of the Chair shall be made immediately and no appeal shall be in order after other business has intervened from the time of the alleged error of the Chair and before said appeal is sought
Rule 74 On all appeals on questions of order of a personal character there shall be no debate
Rule 75 Where debate is permissible on appeals from the decision of the Chair any member after being recognized by the Speaker may address his remarks directly to the House
No
inebriates
No applause or hisses
Method
Speakers
question
Decision of House
Time
limits
Debate
limits
Addressing
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Written
protest
Entry on Journal
Motions allowed during debate
Precedence
Possession
and
withdrawal
No second
Rule 76 Any member may enter a protest in writing against the action of the House Said protest shall clearly and succinctly set forth the grounds of such protest It shall not be argumentative it shall not arraign or impugn the motive of the House or of any member thereof Such protest shall be entered by the Clerk upon the Journal of the House
MOTIONS
Rule 77 When any subject is before the House for consideration or under debate no motion shall be received except the following towit
1st A motion to adjourn
2nd A motion to lay on table
3rd A motion for the previous question
4th A motion to adjourn to a time definite
5th A motion to indefinitely postpone
6th A motion to postpone to a day certain
7th A motion to commit
8th A motion to amend
9th A motion to print
Said motions shall have precedence in the order named
Rule 78 After a motion is stated by the Speaker or read by the Clerk it shall be deemed to be in the possession of the House but may by unanimous consent be withdrawn at any time before the decision
Rule 79 A motion made by any member need not be seconded
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Rule 80 No member may make more than one One at motion at a time While the motion is being put a timeto the House he must resume his seat and he is not further entitled to the floor again unless recognized again by the Speaker
Rule 81 No member shall be allowed to address himself to any question and then make any motion the effect of which is to cut off debate without relinquishing the floor
No cut off of debate without relinquishing floor
ADJOURNMENT
Rule 82 The motion to adjourn may be made when at any time when the movant can legitimately motion in obtain the floor order
Rule 83 A motion to adjourn may be made after the motion for the previous question has been sustained Sut when the House has voted that the main question shall be now put no motion to adjourn is in order nor shall any motion to adjourn be in order after the Clerk has called the first name of the yeas and nays and a vote of one member has been given or after the Speaker has unlocked the rollcall system for voting or after a division of the House has been had on a vote and the vote is in process of being counted and announced In such cases the rollcall shall be completed the vote counted and the result finally announced before a motion to adjourn shall be in order
Rule 84 A motion to adjourn is in no instance debatable nor shall said motion be made a second time until further progress has been made in the business before the House A motion to adjourn m its simple form shall not be amended
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If to
particular
time
Effect
Complete yeas and nays
Three day and place limit
Disagreement
Convening
Adjournment of regular session
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Rule 85 A motion to adjourn to a particular day or for a particular time if made when the House is not actually engaged in other business is debatable and is amendable as to the day or time proposed
Rule 86 When a motion to adjourn in its simple form prevails it adjourns the House to the next sitting day or time in course
Rule 87 Whenever the hour of adjournment as fixed by a prior resolution shall arrive while the vote of the House is being taken by yeas and nays the session shall continue until the final vote is taken and announced If said fixed hour of adjournment shall arrive while the House is acting on the main question after the main question has been ordered and before the vote on the main question is being taken either by a division or by the yeas and nays as aforesaid the House shall stand adjourned by virtue of said prior resolution
Rule 88 Neither House shall adjourn for more than three days or to any other place without the consent of the other and in case of disagreement between the two Houses on a question of adjournment the Governor may adjourn either or both of them
Ga Const art Ill sec VII par XXII
Rule 89 The General Assembly shall meet in regular session on the second Monday in January 1963 and every oddnumbered year thereafter for no longer than twelve 12 days to organize to receive the proposed General Appropriations Bill and to attend to other matters and reconvene on the second Monday in February of each oddnumbered year for no longer than thirtythree 33 days The General Assembly shall meet in regular session on the second Monday in Janu
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ary 1964 and in every evennumbered year thereafter By concurrent resolution adopted by a majority of members elected to both Houses of the General Assembly the General Assembly may adjourn any regular session to such later date as it may fix for reconvening in regular session but shall remain in regular session no longer than fortyfive 45 days in the aggregate in oddnumbered years and no longer than forty 40 days in the aggregate in evennumbered years during the terms for which members were elected All business pending in the Senate or House at the adjournment of any regular session may be considered at any regular session of the same General Assembly as if there had been no adjournment Nothing herein shall be construed to affect the power of the Governor to convoke the General Assembly in extraordinary session or the duty of the Governor to convene the General Assembly in extraordinary session upon the certificate of three fifths of the members elected to the Senate and the House of Representatives as provided in Article V Section I Paragraph XII Section 23012 of this Constitution If an impeachment trial is pending at the end of any regular or extraordinary session the Senate may continue in session until such trial is completed
Ga Const art Ill sec IV par III
TABLING
Rule 90 A motion to lay on the table may be made after the motion for the previous question has been sustained but when the House has voted that the main question shall be now put no motion to lay on the table is in order
Rule 91 After a yea and nay vote is called on any bill or resolutionthe House not acting at the time under the previous questionand one vote has been recorded or the Speaker has unlocked the rollcall system for voting no motion
Term of session
Pending
business
Extraordinary
session
Delay for impeachment
Not after order for main question
Delay
until
rollcall
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Effect of tabling after rollcall
Limits on
subject
matter
Not
debatable or amendable
Renewal
Effect
Taking up
Calendar
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to table shall be in order until the rollcall shall have been completed When any bill or resolution is tabled after the completion of the rollcall and then taken from the table nothing can be done except to announce the result of said vote as shown by said rollcall at the time said bill or resolution was tabled
Rule 92 Nothing may be legitimately laid on the table excepting what may be taken up again
Rule 93 No motion to lay an amendment on the table shall be in order
Rule 94 Neither the motion to lay on the table nor the motion to take from the table is debatable or amendable
Rule 95 A motion to lay on the table or to take from the table may be renewed from time to time when new business has intervened between the votes
Rule 96 If the motion to lay on the table prevails it removes from the consideration of the House the measure together with all the motions attached to it at the time
When a proposition is taken from the table it stands before the House in the exact form with all the motions pertaining to it just as it stood at the time the motion to lay on the table prevailed
Rule 97 A majority of a quorum voting may take from the table at any time when the House is not engaged on any other measure any bill resolution or paper which has been ordered to lie on the table and when so taken up the same is thereby restored to its appropriate place on the calendar
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INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT
Rule 98 While the motion to indefinitely postpone takes precedence over a motion to postpone to a day certain or to commit or to amend yet this motion cannot be applied to said motions nor can it be applied to incidental questions such as questions of order reading of papers withdrawal of a motion and suspension of a rule
Rule 99 The motion to indefinitely postpone lays open the whole question for debate but the motion cannot be amended
Rule 100 No motion to indefinitely postpone shall be renewed on any bill resolution or other measure after the same has been voted down
Rule 101 When a bill resolution or other measure is under consideration on the final reading thereof a motion to indefinitely postpone if decided in the affirmative by a majority of those voting provided the total vote constitutes a quorum thereby disposes of said bill resolution or other measure for the session
POSTPONEMENT
Rule 102 A motion to postpone to a day certain cannot be applied to subordinate or incidental questions but only to the whole measure When the motion prevails it carries forward the whole proposition and its appendages to the day named
Rule 103 On a motion to postpone a question to a day certain it is not in order to debate the
Limits on
subject
matter
Debate and amendment
No renewal
Disposal on
final
reading
Limits on
subject
matter
Effect
Debate
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Amendment Rule 104 The motion to postpone to a day certain may be amended by substituting one day for another In this case the time would be treated as a blank and the Speaker should treat any such amendment as he would those to fill a blank
Possible indefinite postponement Rule 105 If a day designated is known to be beyond the limits of the session the Speaker shall treat the motion as one to indefinitely postpone the subject
Renewal Rule 106 If the motion to postpone a bill a resolution or other measure is decided in the negative the question is left before the House as it was before the motion was made and a second motion to postpone cannot be made on the same day or at the same stage of the proceeding
Effect Rule 107 The motion to postpone a bill resolution or other measure to a day certain when decided in the affirmative by a majority of those voting providing the total vote constitutes a quorum removes the subject from before the House until the time designated
To types of committees COMMITMENT Rule 108 Motions to commit may be made to refer a bill resolution or other measure to a standing or special committee or Committee of the Whole House
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Rule 109 A motion to commit to a standing committee takes precedence over a motion to commit to a special committee and shall be first voted on But where a motion is made that a bill resolution or other measure be committed to the Committee of the Whole House this motion shall be put before either of the above named motions
Rule 110 On a motion simply to commit no debate shall ta allowed but where instructions are added the merits of the question may be debated
Rule 111 A motion to commit may be amended by adding instructions or by substituting another committee for the one named by the member making the motion
Rule 112 Any proposition that has been referred to any committee either standing or special may on motion be recommitted to the same or any other committee by a majority of those voting provided the total vote constitutes a quorum
RECONSIDERATION
Rule 113 Motions for reconsideration shall be in order immediately after the order of unanimous consent on the day succeeding the action sought to be reconsidered except that any matter which could not be reconsidered on the succeeding day shall be in order for reconsideration on the day of said action
Provided that the movant must have given notice of intention to so move before the end of the preceding legislative day during which the
Precedence of committees
Debate if instructions
Amendment
Recom
mitment
Time for motion
Notice required time
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Withdrawal of notice action sought to be reconsidered took place The notice of a motion to reconsider shall not be withdrawn after the time has elapsed within which it might originally have been made
Of action on amendment time limits Provided further that the action of the House on Senate amendments shall be in order for reconsideration immediately and not otherwise The action of the House upon a House amendment may be reconsidered at any time before final action upon the section bill or resolution to which the amendment relates
One reconsideration Rule 114 No matter shall be reconsidered more than once
Calendar Rule 115 All bills reconsidered shall take their place at the foot of the calendar of bills then in order for a third reading
Unanimous consent limits ENACTMENT Rule 116 The Speaker shall not recognize any member at any time except during the first thirty minutes after the confirmation of the Journal or after the reading of the Journal has been dispensed with for the purpose of asking unanimous consent for the introduction of new matter to read any bill or resolution the second time or any local bill or resolution a third time to put any local bill or resolution upon its passage or to recommit a bill or resolution or to withdraw it from one committee and recommit it to another The Speaker shall not recognize any member at any time for the purpose of asking unanimous consent to put any general bill or resolution upon its passage or to read such bill or resolution and recommit it
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The Speaker shall not recognize any member at any time for the purpose of asking unanimous consent to make a special order or to change the order of business except that by unanimous consent an order of business may be fixed for the period of Unanimous Consents
The Speaker shall not recognize any member at any time for the purpose of asking unanimous consent to cast his vote on any motion resolution amendment bill or other question
The Speaker shall entertain but one unanimous consent at any one time
Rule 117 Any bill may be withdrawn at any stage thereof by consent of the House
Rule 118 No bill or resolution shall be transmitted to the Senate on the day of the passage thereof unless twothirds of the members voting provided the total vote constitutes a quorum shall so order Provided that any bill or resolution which requires action by the Senate during the last legislative day shall be immediately transmitted by the Clerk to the Senate
Rule 119 The Committee on Auditing Enrolling and Engrossing Journals shall carefully compare enrolled bills and resolutions correct any errors that may be discovered in the enrolled bills or other papers and make their report forthwith to the House
Rule 120 The engrossed copies of all laws and joint resolutions passed by the General Assembly shall be preserved by the chairman of the enrolling committee and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State
Ga Code Anno sec 47901
Order of business
Vote
One at a time
Withdrawal of bill
Transmittal to Senate
Enrollment
Enrolling committee to preserve laws
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Signature Rule 121 All Acts and Joint Resolutions shall be signed by the Speaker and Clerk and all writs warrants and subpoenas issued by order of the House shall be signed by the Speaker and attested by the Clerk
Reproposal of laws Rule 122 All acts shall be signed by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives and no bill or resolution intended to have the effect of a law which shall have been rejected by either house shall be again proposed during the same session under the same or any other title without the consent of twothirds of the House by which the same was rejected Ga Const art Ill sec VII par XIII
Journal and law publication Rule 123 Each House shall keep a journal of its proceedings and publish it immediately after its adjournment The General Assembly shall provide for the publication of the laws passed by each session Ga Const art Ill sec VII par IV
Journal preservation Rule 124 The original journal shall be preserved after publication in the office of the Secretary of State but there shall be no other record thereof Ga Const art Ill sec VII par V
Filing INTRODUCTION AND READING Rule 125 No bill or resolution requiring the concurring vote of the Senate for passage shall be introduced unless the same shall have been filed in the office of the Clerk before 1000 AM
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on the previous day However such a bill or resolution may be introduced on the second day of any regular adjourned or special session if it shall have been filed in the office of the Clerk before 1200 noon of the first day of such session
Rule 126 Each member is requested to introduce two copies of each bill or resolution One copy shall be filed by the Clerk in the office of the Speaker and the other shall be given to the press
Rule 127 All bills and resolutions shall be in writing and shall have the name of the member introducing the same as well as the county he represents indorsed on the back of the same and in the case of bills the caption of the bill shall also be indorsed on the same
Rule 128 No law shall pass which refers to more than one subject matter or contains matter different from what is expressed in the title thereof
Ga Const art Ill sec VII par VIII
Rule 129 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 to be amended or repealed as well as the alteration to be made
Ga Const art Ill sec VII par XVI
Rule 130 No local or special bill shall be passed unless notice of the intention to apply therefor shall have been published in the newspaper in which the sheriffs advertisements for
First day of session
Two copies clerk and press
Form of bills and resolutions
Subject matter limits
Reference to laws
Notice on local bills
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Affidavit of publication the locality affected are published once a week for three weeks during a period of sixty days immediately preceding its introduction into the General Assembly No local or special bill shall become law unless there is attached to and made a part of said bill a copy of said notice certified by the publisher or accompanied by an affidavit
Referendum if applies to office of the author to the effect that said notice has been published as provided by law No office to which a person has been elected shall be abolished nor the term of the office shortened or lengthened by local or special bill during the term for which such person was elected unless the same be approved by the people of the jurisdiction affected in a referendum on the question When
Addition to local governing body any local law shall add any member or members to any municipal or county governing authority the members of which are elected by the people such local law must provide that the member or members so added must be elected by the qualified voters of the political subdivision affected under such rules as the General Assembly may in said law provide Ga Const art Ill sec VII par XV
Notice on local bill Rule 131 No local or special bill shall be passed unless notice of the intention to apply therefor shall have been published in the newspaper in which the sheriffs advertisements for the locality affected are published once a week for three weeks during a period of 60 days im
Affidavit mediately preceding its introduction into the General Assembly No local or special bill shall become law unless there is attached to and made a
Referendum on office part of said bill a copy of said notice certified by the publisher or accompanied by an affidavit of the author to the effect that said notice has been published as provided by law No office to which a person has been elected shall be abolished nor the term of the office shortened or length
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ened by local or special bill during the term for which such person was elected unless the same be approved by the people of the jurisdiction affected in a referendum on the question Where any local law shall add any member or members to any municipal or county governing authority the members of which are elected by the people such local law must provide that the member or members so added must be elected by a majority vote of the qualified voters of the political subdivision affected
Ga Code Anno sec 47801
Rule 132 The Clerk shall as soon as possible after any bill or resolution of general application is filed in his office cause the same to be printed and a copy thereof distributed to each member forthwith Whenever any such bill or resolution of general application shall be reported back by the committee to which it was referred with the recommendation that it do pass as amended the Clerk shall cause the recommended amendment to be printed and copies thereof to be distributed to each member No bill or resolution of general application shall be placed on its passage unless copies of the same and any committee amendments shall have been printed and distributed to the members prior to consideration for passage The House may at any time by a vote of a majority of those voting provided the total vote constitutes a quorum suspend action upon any pending bill or resolution of general application until all amendments offered thereto on the floor shall have been printed and distributed to the members
Rule 133 All bills and resolutions shall be called in the numerical order in which they stand on the calendar Provided that the General Ap
Addition to local governing authority
Clerks duty to print and distribute
No passage until
distributed
Suspension of bill or resolution for floor amendments distribution
Calendar
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Precedence of General Appropriation Bill
Numbering by Clerk at first reading
Reading by Clerk
Engrossment at first reading
Debate
Vote
No unanimous consent
Restricts
amendment
Readings
required
propriation Bill shall have precedence on third reading over all other matters even Special Orders until final disposition of the said Bill
So that the proper numerical order may be accurately and fairly determined as between bills and resolutions it shall be the duty of the Clerk to place on each bill and resolution as same is read the first time a number following the numerical order in which said bills and resolutions are read the first time adopting one series of numbers and the same series of numbers for both bills and resolutions
Before reading any bill or resolution the second or third time the Clerk shall distinctly state its number and the name of the member by whom introduced
Rule 134 A motion to engross a bill may be made upon reading the bill the first time and at no other time When a motion to engross is made no debate shall be permitted except that the movant may speak to his motion not longer than five minutes and any one other member of the House may speak in opposition thereto for five minutes No bill or resolution shall be engrossed except upon the affirmative vote of twothirds of the members voting provided the total vote constitutes a quorum No member shall be recognized at any time for the purpose of asking unanimous consent to engross a bill or resolution In case of engrossment of any bill or other matter the entry thereof shall be made by the Clerk and the bill or other matter shall not be amendable thereafter unless subsequently committed
Rule 135 Every bill before it shall pass shall be read three times and on three separate days in each House unless in cases of actual invasion or insurrection but the first and second reading
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of each local bill shall consist of the reading of the title only unless said bill is ordered to be engrossed
Ga Const art Ill sec VII par VII
Rule 136 Whenever any bill or resolution having the force and effect of law is filed and read the first time on the succeeding day said bill or resolution as a matter of course shall automatically be passed to a second reading on the legislative day following the first readingany other provisions of these rules to the contrary notwithstanding
No debate shall be admitted upon any bill at the first or second reading
USE OF COMMITTEES
Rule 137 Upon the introduction of any bill or resolution or other matter requiring reference to a committee the Speaker shall as a matter of course and without debate commit the same to the proper committee unless otherwise ordered by the House
When motion is made to refer a bill or resolution to a committee other than the one to which it is referred by the Speaker no debate shall be permitted unless instructions are added Even when instructions are added no debate shall be permitted except that movant may speak to his motion not longer than five minutes and any one other member of the House may speak in opposition thereto for five minutes
All resolutions providing for appointment of committees of inquiry or investigation and any and all other resolutions not privileged except
Automatic
second
reading
No debate at first or second reading
Reference by speaker
Unless
otherwise
ordered
Limited debate only where instructions
Matters
specifically
requiring
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motions for information from the Executive Department and any other Department of the State Government shall be referred by the Speaker to the appropriate committee unless by order of the House referred to some other committee
No defacement
Reporting
amendments
Rule 138 No Committee of the Whole or other committee shall deface or interline a bill resolution or other paper referred to said committee but shall report any amendment recommended on a separate paper noting the section page or line to which said amendment relates
Rule 139 All reports of a committee shall be in writing and the minority of a committee may repots make a report in writing setting forth succinctly
the reasons for their dissent Each committee shall wherever practicable include with their report on each general bill or resolution a brief resume of the bill and the reasons for the action Printing taken by the committee If the committee shall
report so order the Clerk shall have such report printed
and distributed to the members of the House
Action on report
Time limit on motion to disagree
Calendar
Rule 140 In cases where the report of a com mittee is favorable to the passage of a bill or resolution the same shall be passed to a third reading without question If the report of a committee is adverse to the passage of a bill or resolution the question shall be on agreeing to the report of the committee Provided that House and Senate bills and resolutions adversely reported shall not be taken up except by request of the authors of such bill or resolution or some member of the House which request must be made not later than adjournment of the next legislative day following the unfavorable committee report In such case the motion to disagree shall be placed on the calendar If the report of the committee is agreed to the bill or
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resolution shall be lost If the report of the committee is disagreed to the bill or resolution shall be passed to a third reading unless recommitted
Rule 141 Where a bill or resolution has been referred to and reported by more than one committee or has been reported and recommitted to the same committee the last committee report shall be acted on by the House and in all cases the report of the Committee of the Whole House shall be first acted on by the House
Rule 142 Whenever any bill or resolution has been referred to a committee and the committee has held the bill or resolution in the custody or control for ten days without reporting on same the author of such bill or any member of the House shall have the right immediately after the confirmation of the Journal to give notice that at the next regular meeting of the House he will submit a motion instructing such committee to report such bill back to the House After which on the next regular meeting day of the House any member of the House immediately after the confirmation of the Journal may move to instruct such committee to report such bill or resolution back to the House If the motion prevails it shall be the duty of such committee to report such bill or resolution accordingly with or without recommendation as the case may be at the next regular session Upon failure of said committee to report such bill accordingly the same shall automatically be returned to the House for consideration Debate on said motion to instruct such committee to report such bill or resolution back to the House shall be limited to twenty minutes unless j otherwise ordered by the House When such bill or resolution is so reported or returned to the House it may be referred or committed as other bills or resolutions
Effect of agreement or disagreement
Precedence of reports
Committee of the Whole
Forcing report after ten days
Notice
Debate
limited
Recommit
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Three days on order of business
Appropriations report at least 15 days before end of session
Speakers
resolving
Houses
resolving
Notice
Debate limits
Renewal
limited
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Provided that any motion or resolution to set a special order or to change the order of business for any particular day which has been referred to the Committee on Rules may be held in the custody and control of such committee only three days
It shall be the duty of the committee to which any measure providing for an appropriation is referred to report such bill or measure back to the House at least fifteen days prior to the last day of the session regardless of any such notice or motion by the author or any other member
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
Page 143 The Speaker may resolve the House into a Committee of the Whole without a motion being made therefor whenever a bill or resolution required by the rules of the House to be considered in the Committee of the Whole shall be in order for consideration on its third reading
Rule 144 The House on motion of a member may resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole House by a majority of those voting provided that the total vote constitutes a quorum Provided that notice of intention to make such motion shall be given during the session of the preceding day Individual speeches on such motion shall be limited to three minutes If such notice shall not have been given the motion shall prevail if it shall receive the affirmative votes of twothirds of those voting if the twothirds constitutes a majority of all of the members elected to the House Provided further that whenever the House either by its own vote or by unanimous consent shall commit any bill or resolution to the Committee of the Whole House and subse
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quently a motion shall be made to resolve the House into a Committee of the Whole to consider such bill or resolution and such motion shall be lost the said motion shall not be again renewed but it shall be the duty of the Speaker to require the Clerk to read the bill or resolution again on the following days session under the order of introduction of new matter or reading of bills the first time and to refer such bill or resolution to the appropriate committee unless otherwise ordered by the House However for the consideration of the General Appropriation Bill the House may on motion of a member resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole House by a majority of those voting provided the total vote constitutes a quorum and no previous notice shall be necessary
Buie 145 In forming a Committee of the Whole House the Speaker shall leave the Chair and a Chairman to preside in committee shall be appointed by the Speaker
Rule 146 The Committee of the Whole shall not proceed with the business before it whenever a vote on any question shall disclose the fact that no quorum of the House is present Whenever it is suggested that a quorum is not present the Chairman of the Committee shall satisfy himself of the fact by actual count of the Committee and shall report the same to the Committee and the Chairman shall on his own motion order that the Committee immediately rise and he shall report the fact of the absence of a quorum to the House
Rule 147 In the Committee of the Whole bills shall be first read throughout by the Clerk and then again be read or debated by clauses or sections leaving the preamble to be last considered unless otherwise ordered
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Reconsider
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Speakers
authority
Voting
Papers from House
Control of order
Report on misconduct
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Rule 148 The Rules of the House shall be observed by the Committee of the Whole so far as they may be applicable except that the Committee of the Whole can not refer a matter to any other committee it can not adjourn the previous question can not be enforced a motion to lay on the table or to indefinitely postpone shall not be in order a member may speak as often as he may obtain the floor no call of the House shall be in order and votes shall not be taken Dy yeas and nays
Rule 149 A motion to reconsider shall be in order in the Committee of the Whole
Rule 150 The Speaker may in the Committee of the Whole take part in the proceedings and he as well as all other members shall vote on all questions before the Committee unless excused No pairing of members shall be recognized or allowed in the Committee of the Whole
Rule 151 In the Committee of the Whole any papers in the possession of the House may be called for by any member and read by the Clerk for the information of the Committee unless the Committee shall otherwise order
Rule 152 The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole shall have power to have the galleries or lobbies cleared in case of any disorderly conduct therein
Rule 153 A Committee of the Whole House can not punish disorderly conduct of its members but must report the same to the House for action thereon
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Rule 154 If at any time in the Committee of the Whole it shall be desired to close the debate or to limit the time allowed members for speaking the Committee may rise and report its desire to the House and the House shall take such action thereon as it may see fit by a resolution Said resolution shall apply only to the subjectmatter before said committee When said resolution has been agreed to or refused by the House the action of the House shall be deemed the sense of the Committee and the House may then on motion again resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole and continue the consideration of the subject
Rule 155 In the event that a Committee of the Whole House at any sitting for want of time shall fail to complete any matter under consideration it may on motion at any time rise report progress and have leave to sit again generally or at a day certain
Rule 156 A motion that the Committee rise report progress and ask leave to sit again may be made at any time when the movant can legitimately obtain the floor Such motion shall take precedence over all other motions and shall be decided without debate When it prevails the Committee shall immediately rise When the regular hour for adjournment of the House arrives the Committee shall automatically rise and the Speaker shall assume the Chair
Rule 157 When the Committee of the Whole has disposed of bills resolutions or other measures before it by motion and question it shall rise and the Chairman shall be instructed to report the action of the Committee to the House At this point the Speaker shall resume his seat and the Chairman shall return to the floor and
Limiting
debate
Recess
Adjournment
Completion of work
Report to Speaker
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Speakers report shall state in substance as follows Mr Speaker the Committee of the Whole House has had under consideration naming what and has instructed me as its Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass or do pass as amended or do not pass as the case may be The Speaker shall receive this report and repeat the same and the matter shall then be before the House for action just as though reported by any other committee
Contents of report Rule 158 Amendments offered to an amendment in the Committee of the Whole shall not be reported to the House but the report shall contain only the result of the Committees action on the bill resolution or measure under its consideration
Action on report Rule 159 Amendments proposed by the Committee of the Whole may be amended or rejected by the House and matters stricken out by the Committee may be restored by the House
Journal entry Rule 160 The proceedings of the Committee of the Whole shall not be recorded in the Journal of the House except so far as reported to the House by the Chairman of said Committee
Methods AMENDMENT Rule 161 There are three ways in which a proposition may be amended towit 1st By inserting or adding words 2nd By striking out words 3rd By striking out and inserting words
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An amendment is itself subject to be amended in all three of the ways above mentioned but it is not permissible to amend an amendment to an amendment
Rule 162 A substitute shall be treated as an amendment in these rules unless it is clearly indicated otherwise
Rule 163 All motions to amend any matter before the House must be in writing They must plainly and distinctly set forth the amendment desired and the part of the bill or resolution where said amendment shall be inserted or added
Rule 164 Any irrelevant amendment or amendment which is not germane to the subject under consideration shall be ruled out of order by the Speaker
Rule 165 No motion on a subject different from that under consideration shall be admitted under color of amendment
Rule 166 Where blanks occur in any proposition they must be filled first before any motion is made to amend the proposition
Rule 167 When a bill or resolution is before the House for consideration and amendments are pending thereto and a substitute shall be offered for said bill or resolution and an amendment shall be offered to said substitute it shall be in order for the House to perfect first the original bill or resolution and then perfect the substitute The question shall then be on agreeing to the substitute as amended if it be amended and if decided in the affirmative the question
Limits
Substitute
Form
Speaker to strike irrelevant amendments
Limited to subject matter
Blanks to be filled
Order of perfection
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Priority of amendments Rule 169 On all questions whether in committee or in the House the last amendment the most distant day and the largest sum shall be first put
Caption or preamble last Rule 170 The caption or preamble of a bill or resolution shall not be considered or amended until the measure has been perfected
Committee report amendments Rule 171 After commitment of a bill and report thereof to the House it may be amended before the report of the committee is agreed to by the House but the amendments if any reported by the committee shall be disposed of before any other amendment be considered unless it be an amendment to a committee amendment
Not while agreement on committee report Rule 172 An amendment cannot be offered after the report of the committee to which the bill or resolution under consideration was referred has been agreed to by the House unless said action of the House in so agreeing to said report of said committee shall first be reconsidered
Clerks reading Rule 173 When a motion is made to amend by striking out and inserting the Clerk shall read the paragraph as it is then the words to be stricken out and finally the whole paragraph as it would be if amended
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Rule 174 When a proposition consisting of several sections or resolutions is on a final reading and the House shall agree to a motion to consider the same by sections or paragraphs the Clerk in reading the same shall pause at the end of each section or resolution and the amendments thereto shall be offered as the several sections or resolutions are read But the amendments offered by the committee to which said bill or resolution was referred shall be read by the Clerk without any motion being made When a section or resolution shall have been considered it is not in order to recur and amend it
Rule 175 The questions which arise before the House respecting amendments by the Senate to a House bill or resolution are in order of precedence
1st A motion to agree to the Senate amendment
2nd A motion to disagree with the Senate amendment
3rd A motion to recede from the Houses disagreement or amendment
4th A motion to insist on the Houses disagreement or amendment
5th A motion to adhere to the Houses disagreement or amendment
The Speaker is authorized on his own motion or upon point of order being made when in his opinion a Senate Amendment to a House Bill is not germane to rule out such amendment The effect of such ruling of the Speaker if not appealed from or if appealed from and the appeal not sustained shall be the same as a vote of the House to disagree and the Clerk shall so report
Consideration by parts
Committee
amendments
automatic
No recurring
Precedence of action on Senate amendment
Speakers power to rule out if not germsne
Clerks report
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Disagreement motions it to the Senate Such point of order shall take precedence over a motion to agree Provided that when any question of disagreement with the Senate arises the following motions shall be in order at any time the movant
Debate limited can legally obtain the floor 1st a motion to insist upon the House position 2nd a motion to recede from the House position Debate thereon is limited as in the case of reconsideration These motions shall be put in the order listed subject to disposition by the House of any amendments affecting the matter in disagreement
Precedence of amendment Rule 176 A motion to amend an amendment made by the Senate to a House bill or resolution takes precedence over a motion to agree or disagree to said amendment
Limits on amendment Rule 177 When any bill or resolution which originated in the House has been amended in the Senate and is before the House for action on the Senate amendment an amendment may be offered in the House to the Senate amendment but the House amendment to the Senate amendment cannot be further amended It must be agreed to or voted down
Adoption of Senate amendment Rule 178 A Senate amendment to a House bill or resolution must be adopted by the vote required to pass the bill resolution or matter under consideration Any rule contravening the letter or spirit of this Rule is hereby repealed
Conference Committee Rule 179 Whenever any member moves that a Committee of Conference be appointed on disagreeing votes or other matters of the two houses and said motion prevails the Speaker
Appointment on motion shall appoint three 3 members for the Com
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mittee who voted in the majority on the position assumed by the House if such vote has been had
The Committee of Conference may consider the whole subject matter embraced in a bill resolution or other matter before it and may recommend recision by either house new amendments new bills and resolutions or other germane changes unless instructed otherwise by the House on motion before the members of the Conference Committee are appointed
A report of a Committee of Conference must be approved by a majority vote of the entire membership of the Committee before the report may be transmitted to either the Senate or the House
After a Committee of Conference has been in existence for five 5 days and has failed to make a report to the House on the question under consideration the House on motion and by a majority vote of all members elected to the House may discharge the House conferees and appoint new conferees instruct said House conferees or make any other motion not contrary to the rules of the House Provided that during the last five 5 days of the session the above motions may be made and passed at any time but not more often than every three 3 hours
All Conference Committee reports shall be printed and distributed to the Representatives prior to consideration of the same unless the printing of the same be dispensed with by a majority vote of all members elected to the House
Any Conference Committee report must be adopted by the vote required to pass the bill resolution or matter under consideration
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tions
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Discharge
Last five days of session
Distribution of report
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Subject
matter
Call for division
Distinct parts
No debate on motion
Precedence
Form of questions
Vote
Main question
PREVIOUS QUESTION
Rule 180 The previous question may be called and ordered upon a single motion or an amendment or it may be made to embrace all authorized motions or amendments and include the entire bill
Rule 181 Any member may call for a division of the question on a subject in which the sense thereof will admit of it
Rule 182 The member calling for a division must state what definite parts and how many he would have the question divided into Each part of the divided proposition must be so distinct that if taken away the remainder can stand by itself as a consistent and entire unit
A qualifying paragraph an exception or a proviso if taken from that to which it belongs would not contain a distinct or entire proposition
A motion to strike out and insert is an indivisible proposition
Rule 183 The motion for the previous question shall be decided without debate and shall take precedence over all other motions except a motion to adjourn or to lay on the table Neither of said motions shall be made more than once until after the previous question has been exhausted When it is moved the first question shall be Shall the motion for the previous question be sustained If this be decided by a majority of those voting provided the total vote constitutes a quorum and the next question towit Shall the main question be now put is decided in the affirmative by a majority of those voting provided the total vote constitutes a
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quorum all other motions except one to reconsider the action in ordering the main question will be out of order and the House cannot adjourn until the previous question is exhausted or the regular hour of adjournment arrives
But no motion to reconsider the action of the House in ordering the main question shall be in order after the Clerk has called the first name on call of the yeas and nays and the vote of any member has been given or the Speaker has unlocked the rollcall system for voting or after a division of the House has been had on the vote and the vote is in process of being counted and announced in such cases the rollcall shall be completed the vote counted and the result finally announced
Rule 184 When the previous question has been ordered the House shall then proceed to act on the main question without debate except that before the main question is put twenty minutes shall be allowed to close the debate to the committee whose report of the bill or other measure is under consideration If the report of the committee is adverse to the passage of the bill or other measure the introducer of the bill shall be allowed twenty minutes before the time allowed to the committee The Chairman of the committee or the introducer of the bill or other measure may yield the floor to such members as he may indicate for the time or any part of it allowed under this rule This rule shall not be construed to allow the twenty minutes above referred to to be used more than once on any bill or measure and then on the final passage of the bill or measure
In all cases where a minority committee report has been submitted on any matter if the previous question is ordered there shall be twenty min
Adjournment
Reconsidera
tion
Debate
Committee
Introducer
Others
One time
If minority committee report
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No call unless no quorum utes allowed to the member whose name is first signed to said minority report or to such member or members as he may indicate for the time so allowed or any part of it before the twenty minutes allowed to the Chairman submitting the majority report Rule 185 A call of the House shall not be in order after the previous question is ordered unless it shall appear upon an actual count by the Speaker that a quorum is not present
No debate on incidental questions Rule 186 All incidental questions of order arising after a motion is made for the previous question and pending such motion shall be decided whether on appeal or otherwise without debate
Effect of main question Rule 187 The effect of the order that the main question be now put is to bring the House to a vote on pending questions in the order in which they stood before it was moved
Effect of reconsideration Rule 188 After the main question has been ordered a motion to reconsider this action will if adopted have the effect to repeal the ordering of both the main question and the previous question and will leave the pending measure again
Limits on reconsideration open to debate and amendment The motion to reconsider the ordering of the main question can be made only once and if lost or if the main question is again subsequently ordered on the pending measure no second motion to reconsider the ordering of the main question shall be entertained
Requirements for law VOTING Rule 189 No bill shall become a law unless it shall receive a majority of the votes of all the
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members elected to each House of the General Assembly and it shall in every instance so appear on the Journal
Ga Const art Ill sec VII par XIV
Rule 190 In the event no specific vote is provided in these rules for the passage of any resolution motion or measure which will not become a law the vote for such passage must be by at least a constitutional majority of members elected to the House unless enacted by unanimous consent
Rule 191 No member shall be permitted to cast his vote on any motion resolution amendment bill or other question until the question is put to the House by the Speaker by viva voce vote or division of the House or until after the roll call has begun
Rule 192 The Speakers method of stating a question or any motion after the same has been read to the House by the Clerk shall be as follows All in favor of the motion will say Aye Those opposed will say No When a decision seems doubtful to the Speaker or when a division of the House is called for by any one member of the House the Speaker shall call upon the members in favor of the motion to rise After a count is had by the Clerk he shall call upon the members to reverse their positions and the Speaker shall announce the result
Rule 193 When less than a quorum vote on any subject under consideration by the House the Speaker may order the doors of the House to be closed and the roll of members called by the Clerk or the electric rollcall system If it is
Journal
General
requirement
Time for
Speakers
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Requiring
division
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Vote required
Call for division or yeas and nays
Journal
No debate on motion for yeas and nays
Clerks call
Change of vote
Electric
rollcall
Vote required
Excuse time and debate
Not if interest
ascertained that a quorum is present either by answering to their names or by their presence in the House the refusal of any member present to vote unless excused shall be deemed a contempt of the House
Rule 194 After the main question is ordered any member may call for a division of the House in taking the vote or may call for the yeas and nays if the call for the yeas and nays is sustained by onefifth of the members voting the vote shall be taken by the yeas and nays and so entered on the Journal
Rule 195 A motion for the call of the yeas and nays shall be decided without debate
Rule 196 On the call of the yeas and nays the Clerk shall read the names of the members after they have been called and no member shall be permitted to change his vote unless he at that time declares that he voted under a mistake of the question When the electric rollcall system is used this rule shall not be applicable
Rule 197 When the question is put every member within the hall shall vote unless he is immediately and particularly interested therein or unless he is excused by the House A motion to excuse a member from voting must be made before the House divides or before the call of the yeas and nays is commenced and it shall be decided without debate except that the member making the motion may briefly state the reason why in his opinion it should prevail
Rule 198 No member shall vote upon any question in the result of which he is immediately and particularly interested In every case where
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the seat of a member is being contested the sitting member and the contestant shall both retire from the House before the vote is taken
Rule 199 No pairing of members shall be recognized or allowed as an excuse for not voting
Rule 200 No member or person shall vote for or attempt to vote for another member on any question or proposition Violation of this rule shall be deemed to be disorderly behavior and subject to punishment as provided by the Constitution and Rules of the House
Rule 201 No member shall be permitted to explain his vote during a roll call but he may reduce his explanation to writing in not more than 200 words If this writing is filed with the Clerk on the same day as the roll call the writing shall be spread upon the Journal
Rule 202 During the calling or reading of yeas and nays on any question no debate shall be had
Rule 203 Verification of a roll call vote may be dispensed with only by unanimous consent the Speaker shall not entertain a motion to that effect When the electric rollcall system is used no verification of the roll call vote is required
Rule 204 In all rules providing for the taking of yeas and nays the electric rollcall system shall be used and shall have the force and effect of a rollcall taken as provided in these rules except the Speaker may order the Clerk to take a viva voce rollcall unless otherwise ordered by the House In the event the electric rollcall system is out of operating order the Speaker shall order a viva voce rollcall On all other
Contesting
seats
No pairing
No vote for another
Explanation
No debate during yeas and nays
Verification
Electric
rollcall
Speakers use of viva voce call
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Method for electric rollcall questions or propositions the Speaker may in his discretion order a rollcall on the electric rollcall system or a viva voce roll call unless otherwise ordered by the House When the House is ready to vote upon a question requiring a rollcall and the vote is to be by electric rollcall the Speaker shall state The question is on designating the matter to be voted upon All in favor of such question shall vote Aye and all opposed shall vote No The Speaker shall then unlock the voting machine When sufficient time has elapsed for each member to vote the Speaker shall ask Have all members voted and after a short pause shall ask Does any member desire to change his vote before the machine is locked
No late votes The Speaker shall then lock the machine and state The Clerk will now take the vote After the machine is locked by the Speaker no member may change his vote and the votes of tardy members will not be recorded The Clerk shall count the votes and the Speaker shall then announce the results
Vote from seat Rule 205 Each member shall vote from his own seat when the yeas and nays are taken by the electric roll call and during such a vote no person shall be allowed upon the floor of the House except the members and attaches thereof
Journal record of yeas and nays Rule 206 Whenever the Constitution requires a vote of twothirds of either or both houses for the passage of an act or resolution the yeas and nays on the passage thereof shall be entered on the Journal
Ga Const art Ill sec VII par XIX
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Rule 207 The yeas and nays on any question shall at the desire of onefifth of the members present be entered on the Journal
Ga Const art Ill sec VII par VI
Rule 208 Whenever on any question the yeas and nays shall have been ordered the Clerk shall also enter on the Journal the names of those members not voting
GOVERNORS ACTION
Rule 209 The Governor shall have the revision of all bills passed by the General Assembly before the same shall become laws but twothirds of each House may pass a law notwithstanding his veto and if any bills should not be returned by the Governor within five days Sundays excepted after it has been presented to him the same shall be a law unless the General Assembly by their adjournment shall prevent its return in which event the Governor shall have thirty days Sundays excepted from the date of adjournment in which to approve the same and if not approved within that time the same shall become a law He may approve any appropriation and veto any other appropriation in the same bill and the latter shall not be effectual unless passed by twothirds of each House
Whenever such Bill has been vetoed by the Governor it shall be the duty of the Governor to transmit such Bill to the presiding officer of the Branch of the General Assembly in which it originated together with a list of reasons if any for such veto Such transmission shall be made within thirtyfive 35 days Sundays excepted from the date of the adjournment of the Session of the General Assembly at which such Bill was passed Such Bill may be considered by the Branch of the General Assembly in which it originated at any time within the first ten 10
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days of the next regular Session of the General Assembly for the purpose of overriding the action of the Governor In the event the action of the Governor is overridden by twothirds of the votes of such Branch of the General Assembly the same shall be immediately transmitted by the Secretary of or the Clerk of such Branch of the General Assembly to the other Branch of the General Assembly It shall be the duty of the presiding officer of such other Branch of the General Assembly upon receiving such Bill to dispense with all business that is then being considered and to then and there consider and act upon such Bill for the purpose of overriding the action of the Governor In the event the action of the Governor is overriding by twothirds of the votes of such Branch of the General Assembly such Bill shall become law In the event either Branch of the General Assembly should fail to override the Governors action on a Bill such Bill shall not again be presented to the General Assembly of Georgia for the purpose of overriding the action of the Governor In the event any bill is enacted into law pursuant to the terms of this paragraph the effective date of such bill shall be on the date that such bill was acted upon by the Branch of the General Assembly last acting upon such bill
Provided however that any bills that are vetoed by the Governor after the adjournment of the regular session of the General Assembly immediately preceding the general election in which the Governor is elected shall not be subject to be overridden by the next regular session of the General Assembly
Ga Const art V sec I par XV
Rule 210 Every vote resolution or order to which the concurrence of both houses may be necessary except on a question of election or adjournment shall be presented to the Governor
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and before it shall take effect be approved by him or being disapproved shall be repassed by twothirds of each house provided however that nothing contained in this Article shall be construed to confer on the Governor the right to veto or enter his disapproval of any proposal made by the General Assembly to amend the Constitution
Ga Const art V sec I par XVI
Rule 211 No provision in this Constitution for a twothirds 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 twothirds vote required to override the veto to submit constitutional amendments and in case of prolongation of a session of the General Assembly
Ga Const art Ill sec VII par XXI
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONING
Rule 212 The Speaker shall appoint the following standing committees
1 Agriculture
2 Appropriations
3 Auditing Enrolling Engrossing Journals
4 Banks and Banking
5 Defense and Veterans Affairs
6 Education
7 Game Fish
8 Highways
9 Hygiene and Sanitation
10 Industrial Relations
Not constitutional amendments
Signature
required
Exceptions
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Membership
limits
Exofficio
members
Appointment of officers
11 Industry
12 Insurance
13 Interstate Cooperation
14 Judiciary
15 Local Affairs
16 Motor Vehicles
17 Natural Resources
18 Rules
19 Special Judiciary
20 State Institutions Property
21 State of Republic
22 Temperance
23 University System of Georgia
24 Ways and Means
25 Welfare
No member of the House shall be appointed to or serve on less than two 2 or more than three 3 standing committees of the House with the exception of the Committee on Interstate Cooperation
The Speaker shall be an exofficio member of all standing committees of the House but shall have no vote as an exofficio member except on the Committee on Rules of which he shall be Chairman
The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations shall be exofficio members of the Committee on Ways and Means and the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means shall be exofficio members of the Committee on Appropriations
Except as hereinafter provided the Speaker shall appoint a Chairman a ViceChairman and a Secretary for all standing committees and for all subcommittees created by him The Administration Floor Leader appointed by the Governor shall automatically be ViceChairman of the Rules Committee and shall also be an exofficio member of the Committee on Appropriations the Committee on State of Republic and the Commit
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tee on Ways and Means He shall have a vote on each of said committees the same as any other member of said committees Such Floor Leader shall serve on the aforesaid four committees and if the Speaker so desires he may appoint such Floor Leader to such other number of committees as provided hereinbefore for other Representatives Prior to serving on the four committees listed above the Administration Floor Leader must be certified as such by the Governor to the Speaker of the House and to the Clerk of the House
Rule 213 After the announcement of the standing committees no other members shall be placed thereon except that when members have been elected to fill vacancies caused by death or otherwise the Speaker may assign said members to such committees as he may see fit and he may fill any vacancy in the offices of Chairman Vice Chairman or Secretary
Rule 214 Each committee or subcommittee shall first meet upon the call of the Chairman and perfect its organization After the organizational meeting each committee or subcommittee shall meet upon the call of its Chairman provided that the Vice Chairman may call a meeting of the committee or subcommittee if he obtains a certificate from the Speaker certifying that the Chairman is incapacitated or if he is directed in writing by the Chairman to so call the meeting to consider such measures as specified by the Chairman All subcommittees shall be subject to the will of their parent standing committees and the officers thereof No bill shall be reported to the House until it has been acted upon by the full standing committee and all actions of any subcommittee shall be approved or disapproved by the standing committee
The Secretary of each standing committee or
Vacancies
Organization
Calling
meetings
Vice
chairmans
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Minutes
Advisory
Appellate
Council
Expense account to Auditing Committee
Auditing Committee approval of accounts
subcommittee shall keep minutes of the meetings of the committee or subcommittee as directed by the Chairman These records shall be available to any member of the House but shall not be matters of public record
Rule 215 The Chief Justice Emeritus and the Associate Judge Emeritus shall constitute the Advisory Appellate Council
Ga Code Anno sec 244608
Rule 216 It shall also be the duty of the said Advisory Appellate Council to consult with the AttorneyGeneral and the assistants to the AttorneyGeneral upon legal matters when their advice and consultation is requested It shall further be the duty of the said Advisory Appellate Council to consult with committees of the General Assembly and to furnish advice and information to said committees of the General Assembly upon questions of law when their advice and assistance is requested
Ga Code Anno sec 244610
Rule 217 The Auditing Enrolling and Engrossing Journals Committee shall before auditing the account of any member for expenses as a committeeman or any account prescribed by a member for any expense incurred in discharge of any duty as a member of this House require of such member an itemized statement of such account supported by proper vouchers for each item of said account
Rule 218 All officers and employees provided for in this and the preceding Chapter shall be paid for their services by the State Treasurer only upon the approval of their accounts by the auditing committee of the Senate and House of Representatives
Ga Code Anno sec 47304
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Rule 219 The compensation due to the officers and members of the General Assembly shall be certified by the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives respectively upon the report of the auditing committee to the State Treasurer who afterwards shall pay each member who shall present his account duly audited
Ga Code Anno sec 47110
Rule 220 The ways and means committee of the House of Representatives and the finance committee of the Senate shall hold joint meetings for the consideration of all revenue taxing measures when in regular or special session and the State Revenue Commissioner shall be an exofficio member of each committee
Ga Code Anno sec 928449
Rule 221 It is part of the duty of the joint standing committee on finance to examine the accounts and vouchers of the Comptroller General and State Treasurer as to all moneys received into and paid out of the treasury during the last fiscal year to compare the warrants drawn during that period with the several laws by authority of which they purport to be drawn to examine into the other accounts and books of such officers to count the money on hand at the time of the examination and to examine the annual reports made by said officers to see if they are sustained by the true condition of their offices and report the result to each branch of the General Assembly
Ga Code Anno sec 47601
ELECTION AND INAUGURATION OF GOVERNOR
Rule 222 Every State officer whose election is not otherwise provided for shall be elected by
Speaker to
certify
accounts
Joint meeting
of Ways and
Means
Committee
with Senate
Finance
Committee
Joint committee on financing to examine State accounts
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No disparagement in nomination
Viva voce vote
Journal entry
Meet in House
President
presides
Vote required
Actions on returns for Governors election
the General Assembly in the same manner and at the same time as other officers are elected by them
Ga Code Anno sec 47401
Rule 223 In nominating candidates for any office no other candidate shall be disparaged
Rule 224 All elections by the General Assembly shall be viva voce and the vote shall appear on the Journal of the House of Representatives When the Senate and House of Representatives unite for the purpose of election they shall meet in the Representative Hall and the President of the Senate shall in such cases preside and declare the results
Ga Const art Ill sec X par I
Rule 225 In all elections a majority of the members voting provided the total vote constitutes a quorum must make the choice
Rule 226 The returns for every election of Governor shall be sealed up by the managers separately from other returns and directed to the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives and transmitted to the Secretary of State who shall without opening said returns cause the same to be laid before the Senate on the day after the two houses shall have been organized and they shall be transmitted by the Senate to the House of Representatives
The members of each branch of the General Assembly shall convene in the Representative Hall and the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives shall open and publish the returns in the presence and under the direction of the General Assembly and the person having the majority of the whole number of votes shall be declared duly elected Governor of this State but if no person shall have such majority
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then from the two persons having the highest number of votes who shall be in life and shall not decline an election at the time appointed for the General Assembly to elect the General Assembly shall immediately elect a Governor viva voce and in all cases of election of a Governor by the General Assembly a majority of the members present shall be necessary to a choice
Ga Const art V sec I pars Ill and IV
Rule 227 The General Assembly in joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives shall open and publish the returns of the election for Governor as provided by Article V of the Constitution of the State and shall determine all questions relating thereto including any contested election and any question as to the eligibility or qualifications of the person elected Governor and shall at the time provided by section 40103 inaugurate as Governor the person determined by the General Assembly to have been elected or the person elected by the General Assembly as provided by the Constitution
Ga Code Anno sec 401041
Rule 228 The Governor shall begin the discharge of his duties from the time of his inuaguration The ceremony of inauguration shall take place during the first week of the session of the General Assembly next after the election and on such day of that week as the General Assembly by joint resolution shall appoint On failure of appointment it shall take place at 12 oclock meridian on Saturday of that week unless prevented by providential cause
Ga Code Anno sec 40103
Rule 229 The oath prescribed by the ninth Paragraph of the first section of the fifth Article of the Constitution of this State shall be taken by the Governorelect in the presence of the Gen
Inauguration
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Journal entry
Contested
elections
Resolution
Vote
Journal entry
Repeal or amendment
eral Assembly in joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives Upon so taking tne oath the Governorelect shall become Governor
Ga Code Anno sec 40104
Rule 230 The Governor shall before he enters on the duties of his office take the following oath or affirmation I do solemnly or affirm as the case may be that I will faithfully execute the office of Governor of the State of Georgia and will to the best of my ability preserve protect and defend the Constitution thereof and the Constitution of the United States of America
Ga Const art V sec I par IX
Rule 231 The fact of such inauguration of the Governor shall be entered upon the journal of the House of Representatives and shall be conelusive evidence of his right and title to the office and of his eligibility and qualification
Ga Code Anno sec 401042
Rule 232 Contested elections shall be determined by both houses of the General Assembly in such manner as shall be prescribed by law
Ga Const art V sec I par V
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
Rule 233 An amendment to this Constitution may be proposed by a resolution in the Senate or the House of Representatives and if the same shall be agreed to by twothirds of the members elected to each branch of the General Assembly such proposed amendment shall be entered on the journals of each branch with the Ayes and Nays taken thereon Any proposed amendment may be repealed or amended by the same General Assembly if done so at least two months prior to the date of the election at which such proposed amendment is to be submitted
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The Governor the Attorney General and the Secretary of State shall meet and determine whether a proposed amendment is general and if not general shall determine what political subdivision or subdivisions are directly affected by such proposed amendment If a proposed amendment is general the Governor shall cause such proposed amendment to be published in full once each week for three consecutive weeks immediately preceding the date of the election at which such proposed amendment is submitted in one newspaper of general circulation in each Congressional District of the State If such proposed amendment is not general the Governor shall cause such proposed amendment to be published in full in one newspaper of general circulation in each county in which the directly affected political subdivision or subdivisions are located In the event no such newspaper is located in such county a newspaper in an adjoining county shall be used
Any proposed amendment which is general shall be submitted to the people of the entire State at the next general election at which members of the General Assembly are elected and if ratified by a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly voting thereon such amendment shall become a part of this Constitution A proposed amendment which is not general shall only be submitted to the people of the political subdivision or subdivisions directly affected The votes of the electors in each political subdivision affected shall be counted separately in determining whether such proposed amendment is ratified and it must be ratified by a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly voting thereon in each such political subdivision before it shall become a part of this Constitution The General Assembly in the resolution shall state
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Language of proposal
Separate
proposals
Convention
No veto
Appropriations
required
Origination in House
the language to be used in submitting the proposed amendment
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
Ga Const art XIII sec I par I
Rule 234 No convention of the people shall be called by the General Assembly to revise amend or change this Constitution unless by the concurrence of twothirds of all members of each house of the General Assembly The representation in said convention shall be based on population as near as practicable This Constitution shall not be revised amended or changed by the Convention until the proposed revision amendment or change has been submitted and ratified by the people in the manner provided for submission and ratification of amendments proposed by the General Assembly
Ga Const art XIII sec I par II
Rule 235 The Governor shall not have the right to veto any proposal by the General Assembly to amend the Constitution
Ga Const art XIII sec I par Ill
APPROPRIATIONS CLAIMS AND FINANCE
Rule 236 No money shall be drawn from the Treasury except by appropriation made by law
Ga Const art Ill sec VII par XI
Rule 237 All bills for raising revenue or appropriating money shall originate in the House of Representatives but the Senate may propose or concur in amendments as in other bills
Ga Const art Ill sec VII par X
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Rule 238 All resolutions which may appropriate money out of any fund shall be treated m all respects in the manner of introduction and procedure as bills they shall originate in the House of Representatives and shall receive three readings previous to their passage but the Senate may propose or concur in amendments as in case of bills
Ga Code Anno sec 47503
Resolution treated the same
Rule 239 Within seven days after the convenmg of the General Assembly the Governor shall submit to the General Assembly in printed form a budget covering the ensuing two fiscal years The budget shall contain a complete plan of proposed expenditures and actual revenues ana expenditures for each of the particular fiscal years to which it relates If the proposed expenditures for either fiscal year shall exceed the estimated revenues therefor the Governor shall recommend the sources from which the additional revenues shall be provided The Governor shall submit to each House of the General Assembly at the same time he submits his budget 1 printed copies of a budget message containing any explanations or comments he may desire to maTens tothe important features of the budget and 2 printed copies of a tentative bill for all appropriations under the budget clearly and properly classified for each fiscal year in the fuS1trn biennial Pe0d The presiding officer of the House of Representatives shall cause said bill to be promptly introduced therein and such bill shall be known as the budget bill Before final action thereon by the General Assembly the Governor may amend or supplement the budget to correct an oversight or in case of an emergency with the consent of the General Assembly t delivering such an amendment or supplement to the presiding officer of each House The appropriation for each department officer bureau
Budget
Introduction
through
Speaker
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Separation of classes of expenditures
Contents of General Appropriation Bill
Required itemization of past
appropriations
Specific sum not fund
board commission agency or institution receiving and expending State moneys may be by lump sum in which shall be distinguished for each fiscal year the amount appropriated to be expended for maintenance and operation and the amount appropriated to be expended for capital improvements andor fixed charges
Ga Code Anno sec 40403
Rule 240 The General appropriation 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
Ga Const art Ill sec VII par IX
Rule 241 All general appropriation bills in addition to the customary itemized statements of the amounts appropriated for the usual expenses of the executive legislative and judicial departments of the Government and for the support of the public institutions and educational interests of the State shall contain also a like itemized statement of all amounts appropriated by any previous law to be paid annually out of the treasury and such amounts so appropriated by previous laws shall not be paid from the treasury unless they are embraced in the general appropriation Act
Ga Code Anno sec 47502
Rule 242 Except as hereinafter provided the appropriation for each department 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
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particular tax or fund or a part or percentage thereof
An amount equal to all money derived from motor fuel taxes received by the State Treasurer 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 beginning 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 for aid in county road construction and maintenance as provided by law authorizing the State Treasurer to make such grants Said sum is hereby appropriated for and shall be available for the aforesaid purposes regardless of whether the General Assembly enacts a General Appropriations Act and said sum need not be specifically stated in any General Appropriations Acts passed by the General Assembly in order to be available for such purposes However this shall not preclude the General Assembly from appropriating 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 The provisions of this amendment shall become effective July 1 1961 Ga Const art VII sec IX par IV
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Contingent
appropriation
Budget Bill first
Supplemental
appropriations
Rule 243 To the end that all expenses of the State may be brought within the budget the budget appropriation bill shall also contain a specific sum as a contingent or emergency appropriation The manner of the allocation of such contingent or emergency appropriation shall be as follows Any department commission board institution or other agency of the State desiring an allotment out of such emergency appropriation shall upon forms prescribed by him present such request in writing to the Director of the Budget with such information as he may require and the Director may allow or disallow the request in his discretion
Ga Code Anno sec 40408
Rule 244 Neither House shall consider other appropriation bills until the budget bill shall have been finally adopted by both Houses and approved by the Governor and no such other appropriation bills shall be valid except in accordance with the following provisions
1 Every such appropriation bill shall be embodied in a separate bill limited to some single work object or purpose therein stated and called herein a supplementary appropriation bill
2 No supplementary appropriation shall be available unless and until the revenue necessary to pay such appropriation shall have been provided by a tax laid and collected for such purpose unless it shall appear from such budget that there is sufficient revenue available and any unused portion of any such supplemental appropriation shall be paid into the general treasury
Ga Code Anno sec 40406
Rule 245 In addition to the appropriations made by the General Appropriation Act and amendments thereto the General Assembly may make additional appropriations by Acts which
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shall be known as supplementary appropriation Acts provided no such supplementary appropriation shall be available unless there is an unappropriated surplus in the State Treasury or the revenue necessary to pay such appropriation 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 Appropriation Act shall have been finally adopted by both Houses and approved by the Governor
Ga Const art VII sec IX par Ill
Rule 246 The clerk of the House of Representatives shall provide out of the contingent fund of the House of Representatives a wellbound book which he shall deliver to the chairman of the appropriations committee of the House as soon as such chairman shall be appointed and said chairmen shall enter or cause to be entered in such book in the order of their introduction all bills seeking directly or indirectly to obtain appropriations from the State treasury with a brief statement of the contents of such bill together with the number thereof the name of the introducer and any other facts developed before the committee that will throw any light on the nature of the legislation proposed by the bill After the adjournment of the General Assembly said chairman shall deposit said book with the Secretary of State who shall deliver the same to each successive chairman of said committee as soon as he shall have been appointed
Ga Code Anno sec 47501
Rule 247 All proceedings touching the appropriating of money shall be considered in the Committee of the Whole House
Appropriation book for chairman of Appropriations Committee
Safekeeping by Secretary of State
Consideration by Committee of the Whole
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Hearings
Amendment
Recording of yeas and nays
Action on claims
Clerks duty
Rule 248 The Governor and such representatives of the departments officers commissions agencies and institutions expending or applying for State moneys as have been designated by the Governor for this purpose shall have the right and when requested by the General Assembly it shall be their duty to appear and be heard with respect to any budget bill during the consideration thereof and to answer inquiries relative thereto
Ga Code Anno sec 40405
Rule 249 The General Assembly may amend the budget bill in any way it may deem desirable provided such amendments do not create a deficit
Ga Code Anno sec 40404
Rule 250 No bill or resolution appropriating money shall become a law unless upon its passage the yeas and nays in each house are recorded
Ga Const art Ill sec VII par XII
Rule 251 Whenever there shall be regularly introduced in either branch of the General Assembly by a member thereof a resolution or bill seeking compensation or reimbursement from the State of Georgia or any of its departments or agencies for any person who has been injured or damaged from whatsoever cause alleged and claimed the clerk of the House of Representatives or the secretary of the Senate as the case may be shall forthwith transmit a certified copy of such resolution or bill to the chairman of the State Highway Board director of the Department of Public Health and Secretary of State Immediately after such resolution or bill has been received the chairman of the State Highway Board director of Public Health and Secretary of State shall set a date for a hearing which shall be held as soon as practicable and shall notify the mem
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ber of the General Assembly who introduced the resolution or bill the person for whose benefit the same was introduced the Attorney General and such other persons as the said board deems necessary including such persons as the said member of the General Assembly shall request in writing to the board to be so notified the time and place of such hearing
Ga Code Anno sec 47504
Rule 252 The chairman of the State Highway Board director of the Department of Public Health and Secretary of State shall hear the sworn evidence concerning the matter at issue and shall prepare a statement of the findings of the relevant and material facts presented to said board together with their determination of the merits of the matter and their recommendation as to the payment of the compensation or reimbursement being sought This statement of the findings of the facts determination and recommendation shall be immediately transmitted to the chairman of the committee of the House of Representatives or Senate as the case may be to which the resolution or bill was referred for consideration
Ga Code Anno sec 47505
Rule 253 The chairman of the committee to which such resolution or bill was referred upon introduction when receiving the findings determination and recommendation of the chairman of the State Highway Board director of the Department of Public Health and Secretary of State shall immediately call a meeting of such committee which committee shall read and study the findings determination and recommendation of said board and shall then decide whether or
Notice of hearing
Hearing
Findings
Report to committee
Committee
consideration
required
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Report to House not to recommend to the House of Representatives or Senate as the case may be that said resolution or bill shall or shall not pass Thereafter such resolution or bill shall take the usual course of procedure as any other resolution or bill as provided by law and the rules of the House of Representatives or Senate as the case may be Ga Code Anno sec 47506
Finding advisory only Rule 254 The findings of facts determination and recommendation of the chairman of the State Highway Board director of the Department of Public Health and Secretary of State relative to the matter shall not be considered in any way as binding on the committee to which said resolution or bill was referred for consideration or upon the members of the House of Representatives or Senate but shall be treated as advisory only Ga Code Anno sec 47507
Specified borrowing purpose Rule 255 All laws authorizing the borrowing of money by or on behalf of the State shall specify the purpose for which the money is to be used and the money so obtained shall be used for the purpose specified and for no other Ga Const art VII sec Ill par Ill
Control if rules do not cover RULES Rule 256 When any question arises which is not provided for in the foregoing Rules the same shall be controlled by the rules usually governing parliamentary bodies
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Rule 257 No suspension of or change in or addition to these rules shall be made unless such proposed change or addition or suspension be first referred in writing to the Committee on Rules and reported back to the House Provided that the rules may be suspended by unanimous consent of the House without referral to the Committee on Rules Immediately after the confirmation of the Journal on the day following the introduction in the House of the proposed suspension of change in or addition to these rules the Committee on Rules shall report the same back to the House A failure to so report such proposed suspension change or addition within two days shall automatically bring said proposed suspension change or addition before the House for consideration
Rules variations to rules committee
Suspension by
unanimous
consent
Required
report
Rule 258 Contests
a In case a contest is filed to the seating of any person elected as a member of this Body the oath of office shall not be administered to c such person nor shall he be recognized as a on es member of this Body until the House has resolved
said contest A contest will be received by the Clerk and reported to the Body when it convenes
b In case of an election to fill a vacancy if this Body is not in session the oath of office shall not be administered to the person elected nor shall such person be recognized as a member of this Body for a period of ten days after the certification of his election to the Clerk of the House If during said ten day period a contest is filed to the seating of such person the Clerk of the House shall report the same to the Speaker who shall refer the same to the standing Rules Committee of the House Said committee shall convene as soon as practicable and after notifying the person whose seating is contested shall proceed to resolve said contest and file its action
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with the Clerk The action of the committee shall be considered the action of the House until it next convenes at which time it shall affirm or reverse the committee or take such other action thereon as it sees fit
c In all contests the person whose seat is contested shall have notice and opportunity to be heard the right of counsel and the right to compulsory process for the production of evidence in his behalf
d Contests will only be received or recognized by the Clerk when filed by a person duly certified as having been elected to this House or by a person who was a candidate for such contested seat in the election held to fill the same provided however no person may file a contest to more than one seat
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RULES FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WHEN IN JOINT SESSION
U Senate and House of Representatives shall meet in joint session in the Hall of the House of Representatives as soon as possible after the start of the session at such time as may be fixed by joint resolution of both houses for the purpose of electing such officers of the State as are now or may hereafter be required to be elected by the General Assembly Said joint session shall continue in morning and afternoon sessions from day to day until all of said officers are elected
2 The time of the meeting of the two houses in joint session shall be determined otherwise by concurrent resolution of the Senate and House of Representatives except where provided by law
When the Senate and the House of Representatives unite for the purpose of elections they shall meet in the Representative Hall and the President of the Senate shall preside and declare the result
3 At the hour determined by the concurrent resolution the Senate shall repair to the Hall of the House of Representatives
4 The President of the Senate shall preside and announce that the General Assembly is in joint session and cause to be read the resolution convening the same He shall put all questions to the body and decide all questions of order An appeal may be taken from any of his decisions to the whole General Assembly
In the absence of the President of the Senate the Speaker of the House shall preside in the absence of both the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House the President pro
Immediate election meeting in House
Time of meetings
Elections in House
President
presides
Method of meeting
Presidents
powers
Succession
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Speakers
seat
Quorum
Duty of clerk Journal
Filing papers
Delivery of paprs to Secretary of State
No second of nomination
Vote
Debate
tempore of the Senate shall preside in the absence of the three last named the Speaker pro tempore of the House shall preside
5 The Speaker of the House shall sit on the left of the President of the Senate
6 A majority of each house shall be necessary to constitute a quorum of the joint session
7 When there is a meeting of both branches of the General Assembly in one chamber said secretary and clerk shall be present and join in the discharge of the duties required and shall enter the proceedings on the journals of each House
Ga Code Anno sec 47205
8 The secretary of the Senate and the clerk of the House of Representatives shall within 10 days after the adjournment of each session file in proper order all the papers and documents of their respective Houses
Ga Code Anno sec 47206
9 The records papers and documents thus filed shall be delivered to the Secretary of State who upon receipt of the same shall certify that such secretary and clerk have respectively complied with said requisition and the State Treasurer shall not pay their respective salaries until such certificate shall be produced
Ga Code Anno sec 47207
10 After a person is nominated for any office in joint session of the General Assembly it shall not be in order to second such nomination When the nomination is declared closed the President shall forthwith order the rollcall and each member when called shall rise in his seat and respond promptly announcing distinctly his choice for such office
11 No debate shall be in order except as to questions of order
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12 The election in joint session shall be viva voce and the vote shall appear on the Journal of the House of Representatives The votes are to be taken for but one election at one time and a majority of the whole number of votes cast is necessary for a choice
13 In the elections by the General Assembly no member after having voted shall be allowed to change his vote unless he rises and states in his place that he voted by mistake or that his vote had been recorded by mistake
14 No motion to adjourn shall be in order In lieu thereof there shall be the motion to dissolve the joint session which shall be in the form
That the joint session of the General Assembly be now dissolved or That the joint session of the General Assembly be now dissolved to be reconvened at a time named The latter motion shall have precedence over the former
15 The motion to dissolve the joint session either indefinitely or until a fixed time shall always be in order except that after the rollcall has commenced it shall not be in order until after the result of said vote shall have been declared by the President of the Senate
16 When a motion to dissolve the joint session shall be decided in the negative the same shall not again be in order until other business shall have intervened
17 When a motion to dissolve the joint session either indefinitely or to a fixed time shall be decided in the affirmative the President of the Senate shall so declare and the Senate shall without further motion immediately repair to the Senate Chamber
18 These rules may be amended by the concurrent resolution of the two houses and they or any of them shall cease to be in force when either house shall notify the other house of the withdrawal of its consent to the same
Viva voce vote on Journal
One election at a time
Change of vote
Dissolution
Not during rollcall
Renewal
Amendment of rules
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SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS Al Apportionment
Ga Const art Ill sec II par I The Senate shall consist of not more than fiftyfour members and there shall be not more than fiftyfour Senatorial Districts with one Senator from each District as now constituted or as hereafter created The various Senatorial Districts shall be comprised of the Counties as now provided and the General Assembly shall have authority to create rearrange and change these Districts within the limitations herein stated
Ga Const art Ill sec Ill par I The House of Representatives shall consist of representatives apportioned among the several counties of the State as follows To the eight counties having the largest population three representatives each to the thirty counties having the next largest population two representatives each and to the remaining counties one representative each
Ga Const art Ill sec Ill par II The above apportionment shall be changed by the General Assembly at its first session after each census taken by the United States Government in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph I of Section III of this Article
A2 Appointments to Keep Order and for Other Special Purposes
Ga Code Anno sec 47112 When it shall be necessary to carry into effect Section VII of Article III of the Constitution 21901 punishment for misconduct 21902 punishment for contempt or for any like purpose either the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives may appoint any person to execute the orders of the House over which he presides and the warrant of the presiding officer which appointee may receive for the service such compensation as the General Assembly may appropriate Parenthetical material above added
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A3 Confirmation of Appointments
The Georgia Constitution provides for the confirmation by the Senate of the Governors appointment of several State boards See Ga Const art V sec I par XI State Board of Pardons and Paroles art V sec IV par I State Game and Fish Commission art V sec V par I Board of Corrections art V sec VI par I State Department of Veterans Service and Veterans Service Board art VIII sec II par I State Board of Education art VIII sec IV par I Board of Regents of the University System and art XIV sec I par I State Personnel Board The Georgia statutes provide for some additional confirmations
Ga Const art V sec I par XTV A person once rejected by the Senate shall not be reappointed by the Governor to the same office during the same session or the recess thereafter
A4 County Consolidation
Ga Const art XI sec I par IV The General Assembly shall have power with the concurrence of twothirds of the qualified voters of each of the counties to be affected who participate in elections held for that purpose to provide for the consolidation of two or more counties into one or the merger of one or more counties into another or the division of a county and the merger of portions thereof into other counties
A5 County Site Change
Ga Const art XI sec I par IX No county site shall be changed or removed except by a twothirds vote of the qualified voters of the county voting at an election held for that purpose and by a majority vote of the General Assembly
A6 Election of Presidential ElectorsSee Ga Code Anno sec 342503
A7 Election of State Auditor
Ga Code Anno sec 401801 The Department of Audits and
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Accounts is hereby created and established the head of said Department shall be an experienced auditor and accountant with not less than five years experience as an accountant in the State Department of Audits and Accounts or in a governmental agency of a similar nature or shall be a duly certified public accountant with at least five years practical experience in the duties for which he is certified and who when named or elected as hereafter prescribed and qualified shall be known and designated as State Auditor
The State Auditor shall be elected by the General Assembly in the following manner A joint resolution which shall fix a definite time for the nomination and election of the State Auditor may be introduced in either branch of the General Assembly Upon passage of said resolution by a majority vote of the membership of the Senate and House of Representatives it shall be the duty of the Speaker of the House of Representatives to call for the nomination and election of the State Auditor at the time specified in the resolution at which time the name of the qualified person receiving a majority vote of the membership of the House of Representatives shall be transmitted to the State Senate for confirmation Upon the qualified person receiving a majority vote of the membership of the Senate he shall be declared the duly elected State Auditor and the Governor of the State of Georgia shall be notified of his election by the Secretary of the Senate The Governor is directed to administer the oath of office to the State Auditor and to furnish the State Auditor with a properly executed commission of office certifying his election
The term of office of the State Auditor shall continue until a successor is elected as provided herein In the event of a vacancy in the position of State Auditor at a time when the General Assembly is not in session it shall be the duty of the Governor of the State of Georgia and he is hereby empowered and directed to appoint a State Auditor possessing the qualifications as provided herein who shall serve as such State Auditor until the next regular session of the General Assembly at which time the nomination and election of a State Auditor shall be held by the General Assembly as provided herein
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A8 Extraordinary Sessions
Ga Const art V sec I par XII The Governor shall issue writs of election to fill all vacancies that may happen in the Senate and the House of Representatives and shall give the General Assembly from time to time information of the State of the Commonwealth and recommend to their consideration such measures as he may deem necessary or expedient The Governor shall have power to convoke the General Assembly on extraordinary occasions but no law shall be enacted at called sessions of the General Assembly except such as shall relate to the object stated in his proclamation convening them Providing that such called sessions of the General Assembly shall not exceed 70 days in length unless at the expiration of said period there shall be pending an impeachment trial of some officer of the State Government in which event the General Assembly will be authorized to remain in session until such trial shall have been completed
Provided however that when threefifths of the members elected to the House of Representatives and threefifths of the members elected to the Senate shall have certified to the Governor of the State of Georgia that in their opinion an emergency exists in the affairs of the State of Georgia it shall thereupon be the duty of said Governor and mandatory upon him within five days from the receipt of such certificate or certificates to convene said General Assembly in extraordinary session for all purposes and in the event said Governor shall within said time Sundays excluded fail or refuse to convene said General Assembly as aforesaid then and in that event said General Assembly may convene itself in extraordinary session as if convened in regular session for all purposes provided that such extraordinary self convened session shall be limited to a period of 30 days unless at the expiration of said period there shall be pending an impeachment trial of some officer of the State Government in which event the General Assembly shall be authorized to remain in session until such trial shall have been completed
The members of the General Assembly shall receive the same per diem and mileage during such extraordinary session as is now or may be hereinafter provided
Ga Code Anno sec 47116 If any officer or officers of either
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branch of the Assembly shall fail or refuse to perform any of his duties in completing the organization of such emergency session his office may upon the majority vote of the membership of either branch be declared vacant as often as may be necessary and his successor elected as provided by the rules of the General Assembly
See also Ga Code Anno secs 47113 47114 47115 and 47117
A9 ImpeachmentSee Ga Const art Ill sec V pars Ill IV and V art Ill sec VI par III
A10 Investigation of State Offices
Ga Code Anno sec 401620 In addition to the power conferred upon the Attorney General in this law 401612 to 401620 the Governor or the General Assembly is authorized likewise to make investigations including investigation of the State Department of Law or the offices of the Attorney General or any agency under his control and all authority and rights granted to the Governor and the General Assembly shall be as complete and absolute as those granted hereunder to the Attorney General In any civil or criminal action against the Attorney General the Governor shall designate a solicitor general who shall be empowered in such case to act for the State
All Public Service Commission Agreements Confirmation of See Ga Code Anno secs 681003 through 681007
A12 State Officers Suspension and Discharge of
Ga Const art V sec I par XVII The General Assembly shall have authority to provide by law for the suspension of any Constitutional officer or department head from the discharge of the duties of his office and also for the appointment of a suitable person to discharge the duties of the same
Ga Code Anno sec 47701 The General Assembly may suspend from the functions and duties of office either the State Treasurer or the Comptroller General by joint resolution duly
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adopted after being read one time in each House on different days and by a twothirds vote of members voting on the same whenever the interests of the State or the proper administration of the law demand such suspension
A13 Street Passenger Railways
Ga Const art Ill sec VII par XXV The General Assembly shall not authorize the construction of any street passenger railway within the limits of any incorporate town or city without the consent of the Corporate Authorities
A14 Supreme Court Rules Approval ofSee Ga Code Ann secs 811502 and 811503
A15 Treason PardonSee Ga Const art V sec I par XI and Ga Code Ann sec 272701
A16 Special and Local Legislation
Ga Const art I sec IV par I Laws of a general nature shall have uniform operation throughout the State and no special law shall be enacted in any case for which provision has been made by an existing general law No general law affecting private rights shall be varied in any particular case by special legislation except with the free consent in writing of all persons to be affected thereby and no person under legal disability to contract is capable of such consent
A17 Legislators as State Officers
Ga Const art I sec I par XXIII 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
Ga Const art Ill sec IV par VI No person holding a military commission or other appointment or office having any emolument or compensation annexed thereto under this State
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or the United States or either of them except Justices of the Peace and officers of the militia nor any defaulter for public money or for any legal taxes required of him shall have a seat in either house nor shall any Senator or Representative after his qualification as such be elected by the General Assembly or appointed by the Governor either with or without the advice and consent of the Senate to any office or appointment having any emolument annexed thereto during the time for which he shall have been elected unless he shall first resign his seat provided however that during the term for which he was elected no Senator or Representative shall be appointed to any civil office which has been created during such term
Ga Code Anno sec 265009 To the end that the mandate of the Constitution contained in Article I Section I Paragraph XXIII 2123 to the effect that the legislative judiciary 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 be more adequately enforced it shall be unlawful for a members of the General Assembly to accept or hold office or employment in the executive branch of the government of the State of Georgia or any agency thereof or in the judicial branch of government b judges of courts of record or their clerks and assistants to accept or hold office or employment in the executive branch of the government of the State of Georgia or any agency thereof or in the legislative branch of government c officers or employees of the executive branch of government to accept or hold office or employment in the legislative or judicial branches of government Any person who knowingly disburses or receives any compensation or money in violation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor Provided however that nothing within this section shall be construed to apply to any officer or employee of the executive branch who has taken a leave of absence without pay from his post for temporary service as an employee of the legislative branch while it is in session and during the authorized stay over period
Ga Code Anno sec 581075 No member of the General Assembly shall be eligible for employment under any office or job created by this Chapter Liquor Act during the term of
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office for which he is elected and this provision shall apply to legislators elected in the future as well as those now elected Parenthetical phrase added
Ga Code Anno sec 928404 No member of the General Assembly shall be eligible to be appointed to the position of Revenue Commissioner nor to any other position in the Department of Revenue until the term of office as such member of the General Assembly has expired and no person other than a bona fide resident of the State for more than 10 years shall ever be eligible to appointment as State Revenue Commissioner nor shall any person be appointed to the office of Commissioner of Revenue who has held any elective office during a period of 12 months prior to his appointment Provided however the phrase any elective office as herein used shall not include members of the General Assembly
Ga Const art V sec I par VII In case of the death resignation or disability of both the Governor and the Lieutenant Governor the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall exercise the executive power until the removal of the disability or the election and qualification of a Governor at a special election which shall be held within sixty days from the date on which the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall assume the executive power
A18 Membership of Legislators on State Boards and Commis
sions
Legislator Members Board or Commission Relevant Statutory Provisions
Lieutenant Governor and Speaker and Chairman of the Judicial Council The Governors Commission on Constitutional Government Ga Laws 1959 p 5
President Speaker President Pro Tem Speaker Pro Tem Chairman of Appropriations Committees of Senate and House Chairman of Senate Banking and Finance Committee Chairman of House Ways and Means Committee member of Senate and member of House appointed by President and Speaker respectively Finance Commission Ga Code Ann sec 40411 as amended by Ga Laws 1960 p 188
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Legislator
Members
Legislator member of Commission on Interstate Cooperation designated by this Commission
Senator and Representative designated by the Georgia Commission on Interstate Cooperation
President Speaker Secretary Clerk Chairmen of Senate and House Appropriations Committees Chairmen of Senate and House Judiciary Committees Chairman of Senate Committeee on Banking and Finance and Chairman of House Ways and Means Committee
President Speaker and members of Senate and House Committees on Interstate Cooperation
Members of Senate and House Committees on Interstate Cooperation
Chairmen of Judiciary Committees of the Senate and House
Lieutenant Governor and Speaker
Chairmen of Agriculture Committees of Senate and House or some person designated by them
Chairman of House Ways and Means Committee and Chairman of Senate Banking and Finance Committee
Two Senators and three Representatives involved in tobacco production appointed by President and Speaker respectively
Board or Commission Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
Advisory Committee for Southeastern Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact
Legislative Services Committee
Georgia Commission on Interstate Cooperation
Senate Council and House Council of the American Legislators Association
Judicial Council
Western and Atlantic Railroad Commission
Advisory Board to the Georgia Seed Development Commission
Board of Compromises and Settlements of Tax Assessments
Tobacco Advisory Board
Relevant Statutory Provisions Ga Code Anno sec 45124
Ga Code Anno sec 43912
Ga Code Anno see 471201
Ga Code Anno sec 471104
Ga Code Anno sec 471105
Ga Code Anno sec 811601
Ga Code Anno sec 92205
Ga Code Anno sec 52704
Ga Code Anno sec 9284111
Ga Laws 1960
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INDEX TO RULES OF THE Georgia House of Representatives
References to A are to the Appendix and references to J are to the Rules for the Government of the General Assembly When in Joint Session
ABSENTEES Rule No
Arrest subject to when 57
Attendance compelled by less than quorum 56 57
Authorized by House 57
Journal entry 59
List by clerk 59
Quorum required 58
ADJOURN MOTION TO
Amendment if to particular timeT 8485
Committee of the Whole not in order in 148
Debate if to particular time1 84 85
Effect 86
Joint session not in order in J 14
Precedence of motion 77
Previous question once after 183
Renewal after further business 84
Time for 82 83
ADJOURNMENT
Business carried over how 89
Committee of the Whole at regular hour in148156
Effect when hour of arrives during vote by yeas and
nays 87
Governors power in regard to 88
Main question effect on 87
Place limit 88
Power general 89
Previous question effect on 183
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Rule No
Seats retained until Speaker leaves 68
Time of fixed by House 50
Veto procedure as effected by 209
Vote total required 56
ADVERSE REPORT
Debate on final passage 184
Effect of on bills and resolutions 140
AMENDMENT
Amendments to cannot be further amended161177
Blanks must be filled before 166
Caption or preamble bill perfected before 170
Committee of the Whole by action on158159
Committee of the Whole by what reported to House 158
Committee amendments first considered 171
Committee offered by read without motion 174
Committee report amendment not in order after
agreed to unless reconsidered 172
Committee report form 138
ConstitutionalSee CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
Engrossment prevents 135
Form of 129
Form of motion 163
Germane must be164165175
Indefinite postponement prohibited 98
Irrelevant out of order 164
Methods of 161
Motion to adjourn amendable if to particular time 84 85
Motion to commit amendable 111
Motion to postpone indefinitely not amendable 99
Motion to postpone to time definite amendable 104
Motion to table or take from table not amendable 94
Perfecting bill before substitute 167
Precedence of motion to amend 77
Previous question on180
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Rule No
Printed and distributed when 132
Priority of amendments169171
Priority of on passage of bill 171
Priority of over motion to agree or disagree to Senate
action 176
Priority of questions on Senate amendments to House bill 175
Reading Clerks in amending by striking out and
inserting 173
Reconsidered when 113
Sections bill read by 174
Senate action on may be reconsidered immediately 113
Snate amendments House amendments to not further
amendable 177
Senate amendments to House bill House action in
order 175176177178
Senate vote required to adopt 178
Speakers power to rule out164175
Striking by perfecting part proposed to be stricken 168
Substitute and bill vote on 167
Substitute as 162
Tabling not in order 93
Time for171172
Vote required 178
AMENDMENTS TO CONSTITUTIONSee CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
APPEALS
Addressing House directly 75
Debate on prohibited when of personal character 74 75
Speakers action on 72 75
Speakers decision from 60 72
Time for 73
Transgressions of rules from 60
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APPLAUSE Rule No
Suppression 71
APPORTIONMENT
Change A 1
Number of members A 1
Representation A 1
APPROPRIATIONS
Budget 239
Committee Chairmans duties 246
Committee of the Whole consideration required144247
Committee report on required 142
General Bill amendment 249
General Bill contents239240241242 243
General Bill precedence on third reading 133
General Bill procedure 239
Governors power over 209
Hearing 248
Highways 242
Origination in House237238
Record 246
Recorded yea and nay vote required 250
Required 236
Resolutions treated as bills 238
Supplemental bills 240244245
Yeas and nays required 250
ARREST
Disorder for 34
Freedom from 66
Members to secure quorum 5758
ASSISTANTS
Appointment by Clerk 1718
Approval of special clerks by enrolling committee 18
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Rule No
Compensation 172122218219
Oath jg
Officers position as 5
Removal of special clerks by enrolling committee 18
Substitution prohibited 20 22
Vacancies 21
ATTENDANCE
Compelling 56 5758
Messengers duty 57
Speakers duty 57
AUDITINGSee COMMITTTEE ON AUDITING ENROLLING AND ENGROSSING JOURNALS
BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
Called how 133
Caption 7
Committee of the Whole failure to resolve to consider 144
Form 127
Indorsement of 127
Introducer allowed twenty minutes for debate after ordering of previous question if adverse committee
report 184
Order procedure for taking out of 37 40
Passage delayed until printed and distributed 132
Publication of laws required 123
Rejected when again considered8 122
Subjectmatter only one and expressed in title 128
Suspend action on when 132
Title subjectmatter of must be expressed in 128
Withdrawal of when 117
Writing must be in 127
BLANKS
Filling required before motion to amend is in order 166
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BOND Rule No
Clerks 14
BOOKS
Appropriation 246
Care for duty of Clerk 16 54
CALENDAR
Arranged by Rules Committee during last twentyone
days of session 39
Calling order fixed by 133
Change of Rules Committees Calendar 89
Committee report disagreement with 140
Numbering bills and resolutions 133
Reading of Rules Committees Calendar 39
Reconsideration effect on bills 115
Tabling taking from restores to 97
CALL OF HOUSESee ROLL CALL CAPTION
Considered after bill perfected 170
Indorsement on bill 123
CLAIMS
Procedure 251252253254
CLERK
Absentees list keeps for Journal 5859
Amendments printingt 132
Amendments reading 173174
Amendments Report to Senate on Speakers action
declaring Senate amendment not germane 175
Assistants appointment and fixing pay of1718202122
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Rule No
Bills and resolutions calling 233
Bills and resolutions engrossment 134
Bills and resolutions files copy in Speakers Office 127
Bills and resolutions filing with when 125
Bills and resolutions numbers 133
Bills and resolutions printing and distribution 132
Bills and resolutions reading by sections 174
Bills and resolutions transmittalT 118
Bond 24
Books care of 26 54
Budget book furnishes 246
Claims certification of 251
Committee of the Whole bills and resolutions
reading in 247
Committee of the Whole duties in147151
Committee reports printing if ordered 1139
Division counts 292
Election
Identification card attestation 25
Joint session duties in j 7 j j q
Journal entryZZZ59 76208
Journal reading 33
Motion reading 73 192
Oath of prescribed11 22 13
Officer is I 5 20
Papers care of 26
Papers superintends distribution by Messenger 23
Pay 25 27
Presides in absence of Speaker and Speaker Pro Tern 32
Protests entry on Journal 76
Questions reading 292
Rollcall calling 204
Rollcall vote explanation of filing 201
Rules Committees Calendar reads 39
Signature when required 121
State Boards membership on A 18
Term of office20 12
Words excepted to written and read by 62
Yeas and nays call 83 296
Yeas and nays reading names 196
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CODE SECTIONS Rule Na
Amendments or repeal of requirements 129
COMMISSION
O
Members to
COMMITMENT
Amended how
Committee of the Whole not in order m no
Committee of the Whole to
Debate if instructions added11U
Indefinite postponement not applicable to
Instructions may be added 111
Precedence of as among motions to commit to dit
ferent committees
Precedence of as among other motions
Recommitmentsee RECOMMITMENT Resolution of appointment of investigative committee
Speakers duty to no
Special committees toiUOAUi
Use
What applicable to
111
148
144
137
98
137
109
77
137
137
112
108
108
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE
Adjourn cannot
Adjournment arrival of regular hour ox
Amendments by action by House
Amendments report
Appropriation bills considered in
Bills and resolutions disposal or recommendation
Bills and resolutions interlineation prohibited
Business finished procedure
Call of House not in order
Chairman appointed by Speaker
Chairman duty of when no quorum present
Chairman duty when business finished
Chairman power to clear galleries or lobby
148
156 1 A
mm 158
247
157
138
157
148
145
146
157160
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Rule No
Clerks duties in 147
Commitment toSee COMMITMENT
Commitment to precedence 109
Committee reference prohibited 148
Debate in 147148154
Disorderly conduct reported 153
Formation of 145
House may resolve itself into vote necessary 144
House may resolve itself into when 144
Journal proceedings entry 160
Motion to rise report progress and ask leave to sit
again 156
Papers called for 151
Postpone indefinitely motion to not in order 148
Previous question not enforceable 148
Quorum requirement 146
Reading of bills by sections 147
Reconsideration in order 149
Report of procedure and formtSS157 158159
Reports of precedence 141
Resolving House into143144 154
Rules applicable to and exceptions 148
Speakers actions145150156157
Table motion to not in order 148
Time in extended155156
Vote pairing prohibited in 150
Vote required unless excused 150
Yeas and nays cannot be taken 148
COMMITTEE ON AUDITING ENROLLING AND ENGROSSING JOURNALS
Auditing expenses217 218219
Clerk appointed by Speaker 36
Clerk approval and removal of special 18
Clerks duties 36
Clerks pay 36
Enrolling 119
Journal entrySee JOURNAL
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Rule No
Journal reading and report 38
Preservation of bills
Report at any time
Report required
COMMITTEES
Adverse report by effect140184
Advice to215 216
Amendments by read without motion I
Amendments by take precedence 11
Appointed by Speaker dd
Appropriation measures report on required 144
Bills and resolutions not to interline or deface 138
Bills and resolutions withdrawal from 116
Call of
Clerks
214
17
Commitment toSee COMMITMENT
Committee of the Whole reference of matters to com
mittees prohibited
Debate by
148
184
Expenses of members how paid217219
Finance Committee examination of State accounts
Membership limited 212
Members on State Boards A 18
Minority report time allowed for after ordering of previous question 1
212213214
Organization
Previous question committee time for debate
Records
Reference to
Reference to happenings in prohibited
Reports disagreement with
Report failure to
Reports favorable effect
Reports form
213 184
214 137144
64
140
142
140
139
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Rule No
Reports how made 45
Reports minority form 439
Reports of amendment limit on 172
Reports of precedence 141
Reports printing and distribution may be required by
committee 2 139
Reports requiring 142
Speakers membership 212
Vacancies 213
Ways and Means joint meeting with Senate Finance Committee on revenue taxing measures 220
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
Appointment
Approval of report
Consideration
Discharge
Instruction
Membership
Reports
179
179
179
179
179
179
179
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
Amendment of
Approval of people
Convention
Journal entry
LocalC
Method
Publication
Repeal of
Signature of Governor not required
Veto prohibited1
Vote required
233 233 234
234 233 233 233 233 233 211
210 235 233
CONTEST
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Disorder for 34 51
Vote refusal for 193
CONTRACT APPROVAL
Public Service Commission Agreements A 11
CONVENING
Time 49 89
CONVENTION OF PEOPLE
Calling for Constitutional amendment 234
CONVERSATION
Debate prohibited during 67
Prohibited over bar 69
Reference to during debate prohibited 64
COUNTY
Consolidation A 4
Site changeA 5
DEBATE
Addressing House 6375
Adjournment decided without 50
Amendment action on Senate amendment debate limited 175
Appeals debate limitations 74 75
Censure for words 62
Committee happenings reference to out of order 64
Committee of the Whole how bills debated 147
Committee of the Whole regulated148154156
Conduct of members in 60
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Rule No
Conversations reference to out of order 64
Cut off prohibited when 29 81
Exception to words H 02
Freedom of 00
Individual speeches limited 00
Irrelevant Speaker shall suspend 2g
Members names reference to out of order 65
Motion for yeas and nays decided without debate 195
Motion for previous question not debatable 183
Motion to adjourn not debatable 84
Motion to adjourn to particular day or time debatable 85 Motion to amend report of Rules Committee during
last twentyone days not debatable 39
Motion to change order of business not debatable 41
Motion to change rules not debatable 41
Motion to commit when debatable110137
Motion to dispense with reading of the Journalnot
debatable 44
Motion to dispense with roll call not debatable 43
Motion to engross debate limitedI 134
Motion to excuse member from voting debate limited 197
Motion to indefinitely postpone debatableI 99
Motion to limit or extend members time of speaking
not debatable 00
Motion to postpone to time definite what debatabier 103
Motion to read papers not debatable 55
Motion to refer to committee debate if instructions
added 110137
Motion to require committee report debate limited 142
Motion to resolve into Committee of the Whole debate
limited 144
Motion to suspend rules not debatablejjII 41
Motion to table or take from table not debatable 94
Motions allowed during 77
Movement during prohibitedIII 0g
Previous question debate regulated184 186
Priority of business not debatable 27
Readings first two no debateH 130
Report of Rules Committee when debatable 41
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Rule No
Senate happenings reference to out of order
Silence during
Subject matter limits
Through Speaker
Time limits on individual
Yeas and nays no debate during
DECORUM
Applause suppressed
Conversation none over bar 69
Hisses suppressed
Silence during debatei2963 67
DISTRIBUTION OF BILLSSee PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF BILLS
64
29 63 67 60 6375 60 202
DIVISION
Adjournment limited by
Call for
Excuse from voting motion to restricts
Reconsideration of main question limits
Results of Speaker shall announce
Speakers duty in case of
What divisible
8387
181182194
197
183
192
192
182
DOORKEEPER
Clears lobbies and galleries when 34
Duties general
Election
Floor limitations enforcement of 25
Intoxicated members enforcement of rule against 70
Message announcement
Substitution prohibited 20
Suspension by Speaker 86
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ELECTIONAlso see JOINT SESSION Auditor of Rule No A 7
Contest 232
Governor of action on Ppfi ppj
Journal entry 224
Members of House judge of 61
Nomination limits 223 Jin
Officers of State 222
Presidential electors of A 6
Procedure 222 224
Second not needed in nominations J 10
Speaker shall vote in 26
Vote necessary 224 225
ELECTRIC ROLL CALLAlso see ROLLCALL Adjournment limits 83
Clerks duties 204
Method 205
Quorum to determine 193
Roll call at opening use for 43
Seat from 205
Speakers powers Tabling limited by 204 91
Tabling limits 91
Use 204
Verification not required 203
EMPLOYEESSee ASSISTANTS ENGROSSMENT Debate on 134
Effect of 134
Local bills reading required 135
Time for 134
Unanimous consent for prohibited 134
Vote required 134
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ENROLLING AND ENGROSSINGSee COMMITTEE ON AUDITING ENROLLING AND ENGROSSING JOURNALS
EXCEPTION TO WORDS SPOKEN
Previous question delayed by 62
Procedure 62
Time for 62
EXPENSES
Members procedure for payment 217
EXPULSION OF MEMBERS
Journal entry 60
Vote required 6061
When 6061
EXTRAORDINARY SESSION
Calling 69 A 8
Compensation during A 8
Consideration limits A 8
Governors calling 89 A 8
Impeachment continued by A 8
Time limits A 8
FILING OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
Required t 125
Time for 125
FINES
Members when transgress rules
60
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FLOORSee PRIVILEGE OF FLOOR Rule No
GALLERIES
Applause and hisses to be suppressed 71
Clearance by Speaker 34
Committee of the Whole Chairman may clear 152
GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS BILLSee APPROPRIATIONS
GOVERNOR
Adjournment power in regard to 88
Appropriations selective approval of 209
Budget bill presentation of7LZ 239
Constitutional amendment action on 233
Election 226 227
Extraordinary session calling 71 39
Inauguration 227 228229 230 231
Overriding veto209210211
Signature when required209 211
Veto power iSBawlfigK
HISSES
Suppression 72
IDENTIFICATION CARDS
Issued to persons entitled to privileges of the floor 25
IMPEACHMENT
Procedure g
Session continued gg
INTOXICATION
Member denied floor while in state of
70
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INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
Copies two required 126
Time for 125
Unanimous consent time limits 116
INVESTIGATION
Resolution appointing must be referred to committee 137
State Officers of A 10
JOINT SESSION
Adjournment
Clerks duties
Debate
Elections for
Governors election for
Nominations in
Papers
Place House
Presider
Procedure general
Quorum
Rules change
Time of
Vote
J14
J 7 J 8
JII
J1
226 227
J 7 J 12
J10
J 8 J 9
J 1 J 2
J 2 J 4 J 5
J 3 J 4
J 6
J18
Jl J2
J 10 J 12 J 13
JOURNAL
Absentees shown on 59
Amendments to Constitution entry with yeas and nays 233
Appropriation yeas and nays shown 250
Committee duty to read and report 38 59
Committee of the Whole proceedings not shown 160
Election vote entry 224
Expulsion entry 60
Governors inauguration entry 231
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Rule No
Joint session proceedingsJ 7 J 13
Oaths of officers and assistants entry 11
Petition name and object of petitioner memorialist
or remonstrant noted on 52
Preservation 124
Protests entry 76
Publication required123124
Reading by committee 38 59
Reading of how dispensed with 44
Required 123
Vote entry of189206207208224233
Vote explanation entry 201
Vote names of those not voting shown on 208
Yeas and nays entry194206207208233250
LOBBIES
Applause or hisses in suppressed 71
Clearance by Speaker 34
Committee of the Whole Chairmans power to clear 152
LOBBYISTS
Floor prohibited from 25
LOCAL BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
Limitations upon 130131 A 16
Local governing authority restriction130131
Notice of affidavit must be attached130131
Notice requiredg130131
Office affected requires referendum130131
Reading first two by title unless engrossment 135
Unanimous consent reading of third time and putting on passage 116
MAIN QUESTION
Adjournment effect on83 87183
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Rule No
Division after order for 194
Effect of 187
Form of 183
Previous question effect183184
Reconsideration of183188
Tabling limits 90
Vote required to order 183
MEETING OF HOUSE
Time of meeting for daily sessions 50
MEMORIALSSee PETITIONS MESSAGES
How sent announced received and considered 46
MESSENGER
Arrest of members to secure quorum 57 58
Clear lobbies and galleries when 34
Direction by Speaker 23 57
Duties general 19 23
Election 19
Intoxicated member enforcement of rule against 70
Order enforcement of 23
Papers distribution 23
Pay 19
SergeantatArms exofficio 57
Stationery distribution 23
Suspension by Speaker 35
MINORITY REPORTS FROM COMMITTEE
Debate allowed after order for previous question 184
How made 139
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MOTIONS Rule No
Committee of the Whole in148 149155156
Debate when cannot use motion to cut off 81
Disagreement with Senate motions in order 175
Information from departments table one day 137
Making must resume seat while put 80
Number limited to one at a time 80
Possession of House 78
Precedence of 7798
Previous question on 180
Second unnecessary 79
Speakers actions on 192
Stating by Speaker 192
Strike out and insert motion to not divisible 182
Tabling effected by 48 96
Withdrawal 78 98
NEW MATTERS
Unanimous consents for time for 116
NOMINATIONS
Remarks disparaging prohibited 223
Second not needed J 10
OATHS
Administered by judges to members 9
Assistants 1113
Clerks Kx 2111213
Members riZiijj 7 9
Officers i111213
OFFICERS
Oath 111213
Pay 218
Suspension of by Speaker 35
Who are5
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ORDER OF BUSINESS Rule No
Appropriations Bill general 133
Changed how39 40 41 42 116142
Change motion not debatable 3941
Change motion vote necessary 39
Committee report requiring 142
Fixing by Rules Committee during last twentyone
days 39
Information motions 48
Messages 46
Priority of 37 39113 il6Tl44183
Privilege questions 47
Reading of Rules Committee Calendar 39
Reconsideration 113
Rules Committee report 45142
Speakers power over 27
Unanimous consent 116
ORGANIZATION
Assistant Clerk by77 2
Bodies 1
Chairman appointment and powers 2
Clerk by 2
Commission issued during 8
Elections during 3 410
First meeting time and place 49
Oaths79111213
Officers 23510
Procedure 2
RulesZZZZ 2
Seating 6
PAGES
Age 24
Appointment by members 24
Papers distribution 23
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PAIRING FOR VOTING Rule No
Committee of the Whole prohibited in 150
Prohibited 199
PAPERS
Clerks possession 16 54
Committee care 138
Committee of the Whole may call for 151
Distribution 23
Reading not subject to indefinite postponement 98
Reading of 55
PARLIAMENTARY LAW
Applicable when 256
PETITIONS
Presentation and form 52
POSTPONEMENT
Amendment motion to indefinitely postpone not
amendable 99
Amendment motion to postpone to day certain amendable 104
Committee of the Whole motion to indefinitely postpone not in order 148
Debate on 99103
Effect of motion to indefinitely postpone 101
Effect of motion to postpone to time definite102107
Effect of negative action 106
Effect indefinite postponement 105
Precedence of motion 77 98
Renewal limits100106
Vote necessary on motion to indefinitely postpone 101
Vote necessary on motion to postpone to a time definite 107 What subject to98102
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PREAMBLE Rule No
Committee of the Whole last considered 147
Considered after bill perfected 170
PRESIDER
Clerk shall when 32
Joint session inJ2 J4
Speaker 3
Speaker absent who shall when 32
Speaker may appoint member to 31
Speaker Pro Tern absent who shall when 32
PRESS
Bills and resolutions copy to 126
Floor entitled to 25
PREVIOUS QUESTION
Adjournment effect on83 87183
Call of House limits 185
Committee of the Whole not in order in 148
Debate allowed after ordering of184186
Debate motion not debatable 183
Exception to debate delays 62
Form of 183
Main question effect on183184
Minority committee report time allowed for after ordering of 184
Precedence of motion77183
Reconsideration off 188
Tabling after 90
Vote required183184
What applicable to 180
PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF BILLS
Motion to print precedence of 77
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Rule No
Required when 2
Suspension of bills and resolutions untilS 122
PRIVILEGE
Precedence of questions of 47
Questions of what constitutes 47
PRIVILEGES OF FLOOR
Intoxicated members denied 70
Voting during 205
Who entitled to 25
PROTESTS
Procedure and form g
PUNISHMENT
Members of gj
Voting for another forwr 200
QUALIFICATION OF MEMBERS Judgment of House 61 19g
QUORUM
Committee of the Whole requirement of 145
CompellingUL 5758
Number gg
Rollcall for58 i85193
Speaker s power in regard to 57 jgg
Voting when not jqo
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READING OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Rule No
Clerks 133 174
Committee of the Whole in143 147
Committee report afterT ij40
Debate none on first or second reading 13b
Number and name of introducer stated on second and
third reading
Second automatic when
Sections by
Times three
Title by 7
Unanimous consent time limit XD
READING OF PAPERSSee PAPERS
RECOGNITION
Speaker decides 8
RECOMMITMENT
Unanimous consent time limit
Vote necessary for
What may be recommitted
116 112 112 142
RECONSIDERATION
Amendments when in order
Committee of the Whole motion in order
Effect of on bills
Main question effect on
Main question time for reconsideration of
Notice not to be withdrawn when
Notice when required
Previous question effect on
Renewal once
Senate amendments in order immediately Time for motion
113
149
115
188
183
113
113 188
114 113 113
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REMONSTRANCESSee PETITIONS Rule No
REPEALS
How effectuated 129
RETURNEES
Commission 8
Seats rights to 6
ROLLCALL
Adjournment limits 83
Clerks duty as to58 59193204
Committee of the Whole not in order in 148
Debate none during 202
Dispensing with 43
Electrical rollcall system 204
Explanation of votes on 201
Previous question limits 185
Procedure 59
Quorum to determine if 193
Reconsideration of main question limits 183
Required by House 30 58
Speaker may order when30185193204
Verification of when required 203
Vote refusal after contempt 193
RULES
Changed how41 42257 J 18
Debate motion to suspend or change decided without
debate 41
Question not covered by procedure 256
Suspended how4142257 J 18
Suspension not subject to indefinite postponement 98
Transgression penalized 60
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RULES COMMITTEE Rule No
Calendar fixed by during last twentyone days 39
Membership 212
Proposed change addition or suspension of rules must
be referred to 257
Report debatable except last twentyone days 41
Report failure to effect 257
Report of during last twentyone days motion to
amend not debatable 39
Report of in order when 45
Reports required142257
Speaker Chairman of 212
Special orders submission to and report on 40
SEATS
Assigned by Speaker 6
Contested procedure when 198
Recognition from 60
SERGEANTATARMSSee MESSENGER
SESSIONS
Business carried over how 89
ExtraordinarySee EXTRAORDINARY SESSIONS
Prolongation of signature of Governor not required 211
Term 89
SILENCE
Debate during 67
Speaker duty of to command when 29 63
SPEAKER
Absence of Speaker Pro Tem to preside 32
Accounts certifying 219
Acts signs 122
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Rule No
Adjournment members to remain until Speaker retires 68
Amendments power to rule out if not germane164175
Appeals from decision of72 73 74 75
Applause in galleries or chamber suppression of 71
Appointment special A 2
Arrest power to 34 57
Attendance power to compel to secure a quorum 57
Auditors nomination call for A 7
Bond approval of Clerks 14
Budget bill introduction of 239
Budget submission to Director53
Business priority of decides without debate 27
Call the House duty to 58
Clearing galleries and lobbies 34
Commitment of bills and resolutions 137
Committee of the Whole Chairman appoints 143
Committee of the Whole duty regarding bills 144
Committee of the Whole duty when business finished
in 257
Committee of the Whole may resolve House into when 143
Committee of the Whole may take part in 150
Committee of the Whole resumes chair when156157
Committee of the Whole right to take part in 150
Committee of the Whole to leave chair during 143
Committees and subcommittees appoints officers of 212
Committees appointment of33212213
Committees assignment of members to 213
Committees membership on 212
Conference Committee appoints 179
Debate irrelevant power to suspend 29
Division call for 192
Doorkeeper may suspend 35
Election of 33 3 4
Electric rollcall system duty when voting by 204
Electric rollcall system out of order duty when 204
Enrolling clerks appointment 36
Floor privileges power over 25
Governors election action on 226
Joint session seat at left of President J 5
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Rule No
Joint session succession to prsider
Messages duty as to
Messenger direction and suspension
Motion stating by
Oath to officers and assistants
Officer as
J 4 46
2335 78192 111213 5
103
104
Postponement action on103104105
Postponement to day certain duty to enforce restrictions on debate
Postponement to day certain how to treat amendment
to motion
Postponement to day beyond session how to treat motion 105
Preside may name members to 31
Presider 32
Question stating191192
Quorum to secure57 58185193
Recognition of member28 60 63 80116
Rollcall duties during83 91 204
Rollcall orders by when30 58193204
Rules Committee exofficio member of 212
Rules transgression penalizing 60
Seat assignments 6
Signature when required121122
Silence commanding 29 63
Special clerk for auditing enrolling and engrossing
Journals authorized to employ 36
State boards membership on A 18
Subcommittees appointment of 33
Unanimous consent shall entertain but one at a time 116
Unanimous consent when to recognize member for
purpose of asking 116
Verification of a rollcall vote not to entertain motion
to dispense with 203
Vote authority to26150
SPEAKER PRO TEM Election
432
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Rule No
Joint session succession as prsider J 4
Officer as 5
Powers 4
Presides in absence of Speaker 4 32
State Boards membership on A 18
SPECIAL LAWSSee LOCAL LAWS
STATE BOARDS
Membership of Legislators on A 18
STATE OFFICERS
Discharge of A 12
Investigation of A 10
Legislators as restrictions A 17
Suspension of A 12
STATIONERY
Distribution 23
STENOGRAPHIC REPORTER Appointment and pay 17
STREET RAILWAYS CONSTRUCTION Approval by city governing authorities A 13
SUBCOMMITTEES
Appointed by Speaker33212
Calling meetings of 214
Controlled by standing committees 214
Minutes 214
Organization 214
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SUBSTITUTEAlso see AMENDMENT Rule No
Amendment as 162
Bill perfected before substitute 167
Voted on before bill 167
SUCCESSION
Joint session J 4
Speakers absence 32
SUPREME COURT RULES
Approval ofA14
TABLING
Amendment motion not subject to 94
Amendment not applicable to 93
Committee of the Whole motion not in order 148
Debate motion not debatable 94
Effect when motion to table prevails 96
Effect when motion to take from table prevails 9697
Effect when motion to take from table prevails where
measure tabled after rollcall 91
Main question limits 90
Motion to take from when in order 48
Precedence of7790183
Previous question limits motion to table90183
Renewal of motions to table and take from when 95
Rollcall limited by91
Rollcall limits9091
State departments information called from tabled one
day 48
Time for taking from table97
Vote required to take from table 91
What can be tabled 9293
Yeas and nays limits 91
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TITLE Rule No
Bills and resolutions subjectmatter must be expressed
TRANSMISSION TO SENATE
Day of passage vote required 118
Last day immediate on 118
TREASON
Pardon of A15
UNANIMOUS CONSENTS
Commitment to Committee of the Whole 144
General provision forl190
Introduction for 116
Journal reading dispensing with 44
Limitation and regulation of use of 116
Motion withdrawal required for 78
Passage for 116
Reading for 116
Recommitment for 116
Rollcall dispensing with 43
Rollcall vote dispensing with verification of 203
Time for 116
VERIFICATION
Electric rollcall system not required for 203
Rollcall vote dispensed with for 203
VETO
Governors power of209210211235
Overridden how209 210 211
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VOTE
Adjournment limits
Another not for
Appeal from Speakers ruling on
Bill required for
Changing of
Rule No
1 8387 200 72 189
I I 196204 J 13
Committee of the Whole no pairing 150
Committee of the Whole not taken by yeas and nays in 148
Committee of the Whole vote required 150
Debate no during calling or reading of yeas and nays 202 DivisionSee DIVISION Electric rollcallSee ELECTRIC ROLLCALL ElectionSee ELECTION
Excuse from193197198199
Explanation 201
Interest none where have197198
General requirement 190
Journal entry required189206207208
Method of192194
Pairing of members not allowed
QuorumSee QUORUM Reconsideration of main question limitsRefusal may be contempt
150199
183
193
Required when 150197
RollcallSee ROLLCALL
Seat from own26200205
Speaker may order yeas and nays when 30
Speakers26150
Tabling limits 91
Tie 26
Unanimous consentsSee UNANIMOUS CONSENTS
When allowed individuals 191
Yeas and naysSee YEAS AND NAYS
WITHDRAWAL
Bill when and how
Committee from
Motion when and how
117
116
165
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WRITS Rule No
Signature Speakers and Clerks 121
YEAS AND NAYS
Adjournment limits
Change restricted
Committee of the Whole prohibited in
Debate on motion prohibited
Debate prohibited during
Expulsion for
Journal entry
Method of calling
Reconsideration of main question limits
Seat from
Tabling limits
Vote required for call of
8387
196
148
195
202
60
194 206 207208
196
183
205
91
194
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CONSTITUTION OF THE
STATE OF GEORGIA
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
LIST OF STATE CONSTITUTIONS J 315
ARTICLE IBill of Rights 326
ARTICLE IIElective Franchise 332
ARTICLE IIILegislative Department 334
ARTICLE IVPower of General Assembly
over Taxation 345
ARTICLE VExecutive Department 348
ARTICLE VIJudiciary 361
ARTICLE VIIFinance Taxation and
Public Debt 378
ARTICLE VIIIEducation 416
ARTICLE IXHomesteads and Exemptions 422
ARTICLE XMilitia 423
ARTICLE XICounties and Municipal
Corporations 423
ARTICLE XIIThe Laws of General Operations
in Force in this State426
ARTICLE XIIIAmendments to the Constitution 427
ARTICLE XIVMerit System429
ARTICLE XVHome Rule 430
ARTICLE XVISlum Clearance and
Redevelopment430
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Editorial Note This compilation of the Georgia Constitution does not include amendments which are not general within the meaning of Paragraph I Section I Article XIII
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CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF ORGANIC ACTS AND STATE CONSTITUTIONS OF GEORGIA
Charter of the Colony of Georgia 1732
Grant of George II King of Great Britain
Constitution of 1777
Constitutional Convention Oct 1 1776Feb 5 1777 Constitution of 1789
Constitutional Convention Nov 424 1788 Jan 420 1789 May 46 1789 May 16 1795
Constitution of 1798
Constitutional Convention May 830 1798 Constitution of 1861
Constitutional Convention Jan 16March 23 1861 Constitution of 1865
Constitutional Convention Oct 25Nov 8 1865 Constitution of 1868
Constitutional Convention Dec 9 1867March 11 1868 Constitution of 1877
Constitutional Convention July 11 1877August 25 1877 Constitution of 1945
Ratified General Election August 7 1945 Governors Proclamation August 13 1945
GENERAL CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS ADOPTED SINCE RATIFICATION OF CONSTITUTION OF 1945
Amendment to Art VII Sec I Par II subpar 1 so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide for the payment of one hundred thousand dollars 10000000 for bringing in the first commercial oil wells in this State
Amendment to Par 4 Sec 7 of Art 7 to include therein
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county boards of education as having authority to obtain the mans provided in said paragraph
RATIFIED NOVEMBER 7 1950

Amendment to Par IV Sec IX of Art VTI to provide for the appropriation of funds for highway purposes
Amendment to Art VII Sec I Par II Subsec 3 so as to change the levy of taxes permitted on property for any one year by the General Assembly for all purposes except to provide for repelling invasions suppressing insurrections or defending the State in time of war from five 5 mills on each dollar of the value of the property taxable in the State to onefourth mill on each dollar of the value of the property taxable in the State provided however that until some other method permitted by the laws of the United States for the taxation of national banking associations or corporations is enacted by the Gen Assembly for the taxation of the shares of stock of banking corporations and other monied capital coming into competition with such banking corporations such property may be taxed at a rate not exceeding five 5 mills on each dollar of the value thereof
Amendment to Art VII Sec I Par II so as to authorize the Gen Assembly to provide for scholarships to medical students who agree to practice medicine in the State of Georgia and to authorize the granting of scholarships to various schools and clinics to Physicians and other professional personnel employed at the Milledgeville State Hospital
Amendment to Art V Sec I Par XV providing for a period of thirty days after adjournment in which the Governor may approve bills passed by the Gen Assembly
Amendment to Art VII Sec II Par I Subpar 5 so as to provide that the Gen Assembly may exercise the power of taxation for the purpose of making provision for the payment of pensions to exConfederate soldiers and to the widows of Confederate soldiers who are unmarried
Amendment to Par 4 Sec I Art VII authorizing the Gen Assembly to exempt from taxation intangible personal prop
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erty owned by a trust forming a part of a pension profit sharing or stock bonus plan exempt from federal income tax under Section 165a of the Federal Internal Revenue Code
Amendment to Art VII Sec II Par I by adding a new paragraph so as to extend to the employees of the State and its subdivisions protection accorded others by the Old Age and Survivors Insurance Program embodied under the Federal Social Security Act and the Federal Insurance Contributions Act
Amendment striking Par XV of Sec VII of Art Ill in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new paragraph providing for notice of intention to apply for local legislation to be advertised in the newspaper in the locality affected to provide for the method of changing term of office or abolishing an office during the term for which a person has been elected and to provide for the method of increasing the membership of any municipal or county governing authority
Amendment to Art 13 Sec 1 Par 1 providing for the submission of amendments to the Constitution that affect only a county or counties municipality or municipalities
RATIFIED NOVEMBER 4 1952