28-1-6. Powers and duties of President Pro Tempore of the Senate and Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

While presiding or in the absence of the President of the Senate, the President Pro Tempore shall have the same powers and duties as the President of the Senate. While presiding or in the absence of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Speaker Pro Tempore shall have the same powers and duties as the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Orig. Code 1863, § 176; Code 1868, § 171; Code 1873, § 182; Code 1882, § 182; Civil Code 1895, § 294; Civil Code 1910, § 337; Code 1933, § 47-106; Ga. L. 1983, p. 689, § 2.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 1983, p. 689, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: ‘‘It is the intent of this Act to implement the provisions of Article III, Section III of the Constitution of the State of Georgia.’’

Cross references

President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. III, Sec. III, Para. I. Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. III, Sec. III, Para. II.

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