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# Ga. Const. Art. IV, Sec. IV, Para. I. State Transportation Board; commissioner.

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(a) There shall be a State Transportation Board composed of as many members as there are congressional districts in the state. The member of the board from each congressional district shall be elected by a majority vote of the members of the House of Representatives and Senate whose respective districts are embraced or partly embraced within such congressional district meeting in caucus. The members of the board in office on June 30, 1983, shall serve out the remainder of their respective terms. The General Assembly shall provide by law the procedure for the election of members and for filling vacancies on the board. Members shall serve for terms of five years and until their successors are elected and qualified.

(b) The State Transportation Board shall select a commissioner of transportation, who shall be the chief executive officer of the Department of Transportation and who shall have such powers and duties as provided by law.

## Cross References

State Transportation Board generally, § 32-2-20 et seq.

## 1976 Constitution.

Art. IV, Sec. VIII, Para. I.

## Transportation Duly Elected and qual-ALR.

Legislative power to prescribe qualifications for or conditions of eligibility to constitutional office, 34 ALR2d 155.

Power and duty of highway officers as regards location or routes of roads to be constructed or improved, 91 ALR 242.

Time as of which eligibility or ineligibility to office is to be determined, 143 ALR 1026.