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Article I. BILL OF RIGHTS · Article I. BILL OF RIGHTS · Section II. ORIGIN AND STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT

Art. I, Sec. II, Para. II. Object of government.

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  1. The people of this state have the inherent right of regulating their internal government. Government is instituted for the protection, security, and benefit of the people; and at all times they have the right to alter or reform the same whenever the public good may require it.

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.

Cross references

Procedure for amending Constitution of Georgia, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. X, Sec. I.

Law reviews

For comment on Rogers v. Medical Ass’n, 244 Ga. 151, 259 S.E.2d 85 (1979), invalidating Georgia statute requiring Governor’s appointments to Composite State Board of Medical Examiners be made solely from nominees submitted by state medical society as an unconstitutional delegation of legislative authority to a private organization, see 29 Emory L.J. 1183 (1980).

Other notes

1976 Constitution.
Art. I, Sec. II, Para. II.
Submission to electorate of constitutional amendments.
Amendments to state Constitution can only be submitted to electorate in accordance with the method set forth in the Constitution, which requires that there must be a concurrence in the amendment by two-thirds of each House of the General Assembly. 1962 Op. Att’y Gen. p. 34.
Am. Jur. 2d.
16A Am. Jur. 2d, Constitutional Law, § 214 et seq.
ALR.
Statute relating to municipal fire departments as interference with local self-government, 100 ALR 1078; 141 ALR 903.

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Text read from 2ga-const-(v2)-2016-pdf.pdf, Volume V2, 2016 edition, pages 670 to 671; merge action: annotated; file SHA-256 1b27199d8655.