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# Ga. Const. Art. I, Sec. II, Para. II. Object of government.

A constitution provision shown as in force is in force as printed in the volume. A court decision can make a printed provision unenforceable without changing the volume, and the volume does not record that.

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.

## 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).

## 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.