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# Ga. Const. Art. III, Sec. II, Para. V. Election and term of members.

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(a) The members of the General Assembly shall be elected by the qualified electors of their respective districts for a term of two years and shall serve until the time fixed for the convening of the next General Assembly.

(b) The members of the General Assembly in office on June 30, 1983, shall serve out the remainder of the terms to which elected.

(c) The first election for members of the General Assembly under this Constitution shall take place on Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1984, and subsequent elections biennially on that day until the day of election is changed by law.

## Cross References

Date of election, § 21-2-9. Special elections for members of General Assembly, § 21-2-544.

## Editor's Notes

The constitutional amendment (Ga. L. 1988, p. 2114, § 1) which would have revised subparagraphs (a) and (b) to change the terms of office from two years to four years was defeated at the general election on November 8, 1988.

## 1976 Constitution.

Art. III, Sec. V, Paras. I, II.

## C.j.s.

81AC.J.S., States, § 97 et seq.