Art. III, Sec. II, Para. III. Qualifications of members of General Assembly.

Disqualifications for office, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. II, Sec. II, Para. III; and Ga. Const. 1983, Art. III, Sec. II, Para. IV. Persons ineligible to hold public office or act as election officials, § 21-2-8. Eligibility requirements of candidates, §§ 21-2-132, 21-2-153. Restriction on number of offices for which an individual may be nominated or be a candidate at any one election, § 21-2-136. Qualifications for Representatives, § 28-2-1. Qualifications for Senators, § 28-2-2.

1976 Constitution.

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

inclusive.

There is nothing in the Georgia Constitution which limits qualifications of a legislator to those expressed herein. These qualifications and disqualifications of legislators are not all inclusive. Bond v. Floyd, 251 F. Supp. 333 (N.D. Ga.), rev’d on other grounds, 385 U.S. 116, 87 S. Ct. 339, 17 L. Ed. 2d 235 (1966).

Candidate on ballot in special con-Residency requirement for repreimmediately preceding election.

The requirement in Ga. Const. 1983, Art. III, Sec. II, Para. III(b) that at the time of their election, the members of the House of Representatives shall have been legal residents of the territory embraced within the district from which elected for at least one year means for at least one year immediately preceding the election. 1989 Op. Att’y Gen. 89-31. One-year residency requirement for Representatives must be met by date of election. 1981 Op. Att’y Gen. No. U81-28.

Waiver of durational residency requirement.

There is no authority that would permit the waiver of the Constitution’s durational residency requirement. 2001 Op. Att’y Gen. No. U2001-3. Areas previously included in the

district.

Residency requirement for Representatives applies to candidate moving into district from area previously, but no longer, included in district. 1981 Op. Att’y Gen. No. U81-28. Reapportionment does not alter

residency requirement.

Nothing in this paragraph provides an exception to the one-year residency requirement for Representatives due to reapportionment of the district. 1981 Op. Att’y Gen. No. U81-28.

Am. Jur. 2d.

72 Am. Jur. 2d, States, Territories, and Dependencies, §§ 38 et seq., 57 et seq.

ALR.

Nonregistration as affecting one’s qualification to hold public office, 128 ALR 1117. Validity of requirement that candidate or public officer have been resident of governmental unit for specified period, 65 ALR3d 1048.