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The current and tenth Georgia State Constitution was ratified on November 2, 1982, replacing the previous 1976 constitution. [1] Amendments to the Constitution may be proposed in the Georgia legislature and must be approved by a two-thirds majority vote of
The O.C.G.A. was first adopted in 1981 and became effective in November 1982; previously, Harrison's Georgia Code Annotated (a.k.a. the Code of 1933) was the only published code. [1] The Georgia Laws are compiled and annually published by the Georgia Office of Legislative Counsel, who also serves as the staff of the Code Revision Commission, [2 ...
January 11 - March 26, 1982 August 3–8, 1982 137 137th Georgia General Assembly: 1983 January 10 - March 4, 1983 January 9 - February 29, 1984 1983 Georgia Constitution: 138 138th Georgia General Assembly: 1985 January 14 - March 8, 1985 January 13 - March 7, 1986 139 139th Georgia General Assembly: 1987 January 12 - March 12, 1987
Section I of Article Two of the Georgia State Constitution is made up of three paragraphs which detail the method of voting and the right to register and vote. [1] The first paragraph of this section stipulates that all elections by the people will be through secret ballot and will follow legal procedures. [1]
To perpetuate the principles of free government, insure justice to all, preserve peace, promote the interest and happiness of the citizen and of the family, and transmit to posterity the enjoyment of liberty, we the people of Georgia, relying upon the protection and guidance of Almighty God, do ordain and establish this Constitution. [1]
The legislature convened The Georgia Secession Convention of 1861 in the Milledgeville statehouse on January 16, 1861. On January 19, delegates voted for Georgia to secede from the Union—208 in favor with 89 against—drafting a new constitution, and declaring the state an independent Republic.
The Supreme Court of Georgia is the highest judicial authority of the U.S. state of Georgia. The court was established in 1845 as a three-member panel, increased in number to six, then to seven in 1945, and finally to nine in 2017. [ 1 ]
The Georgia Bill of Rights was ratified, along with the Georgia Constitution of 1861, soon after the State of Georgia seceded from the Union on 18 January 1861. [1] Prior to the creation of the Bill of Rights, Georgia's previous four Constitutions protected only a relative few civil liberties. [1]