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Constitution of the State of Georgia

Article XI. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS · Article XI. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS · Section I. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Art. XI, Sec. I, Para. V. Special commission created.

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  1. Amendments to the Constitution of 1976 which were determined to be general and which were submitted to and ratified by the people of the entire state at the same time this Constitution was ratified shall be incorporated and made a part of this Constitution as provided in this Paragraph. There is hereby created a commission to be composed of the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Attorney General, and the Legislative Counsel, which is hereby authorized and directed to incorporate such amendments into this Constitution at the places deemed most appropriate to the commission. The commission shall make only such changes in the language of this Constitution and of such amendments as are necessary to incorporate properly such amendments into this Constitution and shall complete its duties prior to July 1, 1983. The commission shall deliver to the Secretary of State this Constitution with those amendments incorporated therein, and such document shall be the Constitution of the State of Georgia. In order that the commission may perform its duties, this Paragraph shall become effective as soon as it has been officially determined that this Constitution has been ratified. The commission shall stand abolished upon the completion of its duties.

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1976 Constitution.
Art. XIII, Sec. I, Para. III.
properly substituted.
The sovereign immunity amendment to the 1976 Constitution, Ga. L. 1982, p. 2546, was properly substituted as Art. I, Sec. II, Para. IX in the 1983 Constitution. Pollard v. Board of Regents, 260 Ga. 885, 401 S.E.2d 272 (1991).

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