Art. III, Sec. II, Para. II. Apportionment of General Assembly.

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

1976 Constitution.

Art. III, Sec. II, Para. I; Art. III, Sec. III, Para. I.

Separation of powers.

Because Act 444, 2002 Ga. Laws 149, does not impermissibly encroach on the power of the executive branch to control litigation, but instead is a proper assertion of legislative power to determine reapportionment, it does not violate separation of powers. Perdue v. Baker, 277 Ga. 1, 586 S.E.2d 606 (2003).

Frequency of reapportionment.

Senate Bill 386, 2006 General Assembly, was enacted pursuant to the Georgia legislature’s exercise of the discretionary authority granted by Ga. Const. 1983, Art. III, Sec. II, Para. II as: (1) Ga. Const. 1976, Art. III, Sec. II, Para. II and Ga. Const. 1983, Art. III, Sec. II, Para. II were essentially identical with respect to the frequency of reapportionment; (2) Ga. Const. 1983, Art. III, Sec. II, Para. II required the legislature to reapportion itself at least once after each census if ‘‘necessary,’’ but the exercise was not limited to a once-in-a-decade occurrence; and (3) the frequency of reapportionment between censuses was a matter of unfettered legislative discretion. Blum v. Schrader, 281 Ga. 238, 637 S.E.2d 396 (2006).

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. Application of constitutional ‘‘compactness requirement’’ to redistricting, 114 ALR5th 311. State court jurisdiction over congressional redistricting disputes, 114 ALR5th 387.