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# O.C.G.A. § 28-1-1. Membership and apportionment of General Assembly.

(a) There shall be 180 members of the House of Representatives, and such membership shall be apportioned among the representative districts provided for in Chapter 2 of this title.

(b) There shall be 56 members of the Senate, and such membership shall be apportioned among the senatorial districts provided for in Chapter 2 of this title.

## History

Ga. L. 1890-91, p. 192, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 291; Ga. L. 1901, p. 51, § 1; Ga. L. 1906, p. 80, § 1; Civil Code 1910, §§ 333, 334; Ga. L. 1918, p. 84, §§ 1-4; Ga. L. 1921, p. 229, § 1; Ga. L. 1931, p. 48, § 1; Code 1933, §§ 47-101, 47-102; Ga. L. 1946, p. 42, § 1; Ga. L. 1962, Ex. Sess., p. 7, § 9; Ga. L. 1965, p. 127, § 1; Ga. L. 1967, p. 159, § 1; Ga. L. 1967, p. 187, § 1; Ga. L. 1968, p. 209, § 1; Ga. L. 1971, Ex. Sess., p. 22, § 1; Ga. L. 1971, Ex. Sess., p. 69, § 1; Ga. L. 1974, p. 16, § 1.

## Cross References

Composition and apportionment of General Assembly, Ga.

## Editor's Notes

Prior to the legislative relating to the composition of the General sions, which were codified as follows:

Senate

Code 1863, § 4923

Code 1868, § 4917

Code 1873, § 5042

Code 1882, § 5040

House of Representatives

Code 1863, § 4927

Code 1868, § 4921

Code 1873, § 5046

Code 1882, § 5042

In the session of 1890-91, the first nonconstitutional composition of the House of Representatives which was subsequently codified as § 291 1906, the first nonconstitutional provision relating enacted by Ga. L. 1906, p. 80, § 1, which was Code of 1910.

As a result of the enactment of the nonconstitutional the Code beginning with the Code of 1895 parallel provisions relating to the composition of the follows:

Senate

Civil Code 1910

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Code 1933

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House of Representatives

Civil Code 1895

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Civil Code 1910

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Code 1933

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....................................................................................... Const. 1983, Art. III, Sec. II, Paras. I and II. session of 1890-91, the provisions of law Assembly were solely constitutional provi-

provision relating to the was enacted by Ga. L. 1890-91, p. 192, § l, of the Civil Code of 1895. In the session of

to the composition of the Senate was subsequently codified as § 334 of the Civil

provisions, there appeared in

constitutional and nonconstitutional General Assembly, which were codified as

§ 6411 (Const.)

§ 344

§ 2-1301 (1877 Const.)

§ 2-1401 (1945 Const.)

§ 2-801 (1976 Const.)

§ 47-102

§ 5747 (Const.)

§ 291

§ 6413 (Const.)

§ 333

§ 2-1401 (1877 Const.)

§ 2-1501 (1945 Const.)

§ 2-901 (1976 Const.)

§ 47-101