Art. I, Sec. 7. Legislative Procedure

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All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills.
Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the President of the United States; if he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his Objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the Objections at large on their Journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such Reconsideration two thirds of that House shall agree to pass the Bill, it shall be sent, together with the Objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that House, it shall become a Law. But in all such Cases the Votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and Nays, and the Names of the Persons voting for and against the Bill shall be entered on the Journal of each House respectively. If any Bill shall not be returned by the President within ten Days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the Same shall be a Law, in like Manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their Adjournment prevent its Return, in which Case it shall not be a Law.
Every Order, Resolution, or Vote to which the Concurrence of the Senate and House of Representatives may be necessary (except on a question of Adjournment) shall be presented to the President of the United States; and before the Same shall take Effect, shall be approved by him, or being disapproved by him, shall be repassed by two thirds of the Senate and the House of Representatives, according to the Rules and Limitations prescribed in the Case of a Bill.

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Editor's notes

Unless otherwise provided in the subject legislation itself, a bill takes effect as of the date of its enactment. Lapeyre v. United States, 87 U.S. (17 Wall.) 191, 26 L. Ed. 606 (1872).

Cross references

Effective date of Georgia Acts, §§ 1-3-4, 1-3-4.1.

Law reviews

For article, “History of the Veto Power in Georgia,” see 8 Ga. St. B.J. 513 (1972). For survey of 1987 Eleventh Circuit cases on administrative law, see 39 Mercer L. Rev. 1057 (1988). For article, “The Illegitimacy of the Public Interest Standard at the FCC,” see 38 Emory L.J. 714 (1989). For article, “The Law and Economics of Entrenchment,” see 54 Ga. L. Rev. 61 (2019).

Other notes

Am. Jur. 2d.: 16AAm. Jur. 2d, Constitutional Law, §§ 243, 315. 73 Am. Jur. 2d, Statutes, §§ 19, 27 et seq.
C.J.S.: 82 C.J.S., Statutes, § 53 et seq.
ALR.: What amounts to an adjournment within constitutional provision that bill shall become a law if not returned by executive within specified time, unless adjournment prevents its return, 64 A.L.R. 1446. Power of executive to sign bill after adjournment, or during recess of Legislature, 64 A.L.R. 1468. Validity of veto as affected by failure to give reasons for vetoing or objections to measure vetoed, 119 A.L.R. 1189. Application of constitutional requirement that bills for raising revenue originate in lower House, 4 A.L.R.2d 973. Effect of simultaneous repeal and reenactment of all, or part, of legislative Act, 77 A.L.R.2d 336.

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