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Article III. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH · Article III. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH · Section II. COMPOSITION OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Art. III, Sec. II, Para. I. Senate and House of Representatives.

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  1. (a)

    The Senate shall consist of not more than 56 Senators, each of whom shall be elected from single-member districts.#

  2. (b)

    The House of Representatives shall consist of not fewer than 180 Representatives apportioned among representative districts of the state.#

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

Membership and apportionment of General Assembly generally, § 28-1-1. Apportionment of House of Representatives, § 28-2-1. Apportionment of Senate, § 28-2-2.

Other notes

1976 Constitution.
Art. III, Sec. II, Para. I; Art. III, Sec. III, Para. I.
Am. Jur. 2d.
25 Am. Jur. 2d, Elections, § 11 et seq.
C.J.S.
81A C.J.S., States, § 121 et seq.
ALR.
Inequality of population or lack of compactness of territory as invalidating apportionment of representatives, 2 ALR 1337. Civil responsibility of member of legislative body for his vote therein, 22 ALR 125.

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Text read from 2ga-const-(v2)-2016-pdf.pdf, Volume V2, 2016 edition, page 809; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 1b27199d8655.