O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 21-1-2 (2019)

Designation of congressional districts

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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The General Assembly shall by general law divide the state into 14 congressional districts. There shall be elected one representative to the Congress of the United States from each such district by the electors of such district. 1872, p. 12, § 1; Code 1873, § 40; Code 1882, § 40; Ga. L. 1890-91, p. 193, §§ 1-3; Civil Code 1895, § 31; Ga. L. 1905, p. 52, § 2; Ga. L. 1905, p. 54, § 2; Ga. L. 1905, p. 55, § 2; Ga. L. 1905, p. 57, § 2; Ga. L. 1905, p. 58, § 2; Ga. L. 1905, p. 60, § 2; Ga. L. 1905, p. 62, § 1; Ga. L. 1905, p. 63, § 2; Civil Code 1910, § 33; Ga. L. 1911, p. 146, § 1; Ga. L. 1912, p. 38, § 1; Ga. L. 1912, p. 41, § 1; Ga. L. 1912, p. 108, § 1; Ga. L. 1914, p. 23, § 2; Ga. L. 1914, p. 27,

History

Code 1981, § 21-1-2, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, Ex. Sess., p. 208, § 4/HB 20EX.

Annotations

Cross references. Apportionment of House of Representatives and Senate, T. 28, C. 2. Editor’s notes. This Code section formerly pertained to designation of congressional districts. The former Code section was based on Orig. Code 1863, § 44; Code 1868, § 42; Ga. L.

Ga. L. 2021, Ex. Sess., p. SB 2EX, § 1/SB 2EX, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Georgia Congressional Redistricting Act of 2021.’” Ga. L. 2021, Ex. Sess., p. SB 2EX, § 2/SB 2EX, not codified by the General Assembly, contains the description of the fourteen Congressional districts and related definitions, effectiveness, and applicability provisions. Ga. L. 2021, Ex. Sess., p. SB 2EX, § 3/SB 2EX, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “The description of Congressional Districts 1 through 14 provided for pursuant to this Act shall supersede and replace the description of Congressional Districts 1 through 14 provided in an Act approved September 6, 2011 (Ga. L. 2011, Ex. Sess., p. 208).” Ga. L. 2021, Ex. Sess., p. SB 2EX, § 5/SB 2EX, not codified by the General Assembly, provides for the repeal of Ga. L. 2011, Ex. Sess., p. 208, § 2/HB 20EX, effective December 30, 2021. Law reviews. For article, “Local Government Tort Liability: The Summer of ’92,” see 9 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 405 (1993).

§ 1; Ga. L. 1914, p. 29, § 1; Ga. L. 1914, p. 33, § 1; Ga. L. 1916, p. 17, § 1; Ga. L. 1917, p. 41, § 1; Ga. L. 1917, p. 44, § 1; Ga. L. 1918, p. 102, § 1; Ga. L. 1918, p. 106, § 1; Ga. L. 1919, p. 68, § 1; Ga. L. 1920, p. 34, § 1; Ga. L. 1920, p. 38, § 1; Ga. L. 1920, p. 48, § 1; Ga. L. 1920, p. 52, § 1; Ga. L. 1921, p. 88, § 1; Ga. L. 1924, p. 39, § 1; Ga. L. 1931, p. 46, §§ 1, 2; Code 1933, § 34-2301; Ga. L. 1964, p. 478, § 1; Code 1933, § 34-1801, enacted by Ga. L. 1971, Ex. Sess., p. 89, § 1; Ga. L. 1972, p. 235, § 1; Ga. L. 1981, Ex. Sess., p. 131, § 1; Code 1981, § 21-2-4; Ga. L. 1991, Ex. Sess., p. 92, § 2; Ga. L. 1992, p. 335, § 2; Ga. L. 1992, p. 833, § 2; Ga. L. 1993, p. 863, § 1; Code 1981, § 21-1-2, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2001, Ex. Sess., p. 335, §§ 2-4; Ga. L. 2005, p. 728, §§ 1, 2/HB 499 and was repealed by Ga. L. 2011, Ex. Sess., p. 208, § 4/HB 20EX, effective September 6, 2011. Ga. L. 2011, Ex. Sess., p. 208, § 1/HB 20EX, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Georgia Congressional Reapportionment Act of 2011.’”

JUDICIAL DECISIONS 511 (1993), and the district could not be sustained as narrowly tailored to serve a compelling governmental interest. Miller v. Johnson, 515 U.S. 900, 115 S. Ct. 2475, 132 L. Ed. 2d 762, 1995 U.S. LEXIS 4462 (1995). Proof of improper assignment of voters. - Parties alleging that a state has assigned voters on the basis of race are neither confined in their proof to evidence regarding the district’s geometry and makeup nor required to make a threshold showing of bizarreness. Miller v. Johnson, 515 U.S. 900, 115 S. Ct. 2475, 132 L. Ed. 2d 762, 1995 U.S. LEXIS 4462 (1995).

Unconstitutionality of Second Congressional District. - The Second Congressional District was drawn to segregate voters according to their race and so violated equal protection. Johnson v. Miller, 922 F. Supp. 1552, 1995 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22575 (S.D. Ga. 1995). Unconstitutionality of Eleventh Congressional District. - Race was the predominant, overriding factor explaining the General Assembly’s decision to attach to the Eleventh District various appendages containing dense majority-black populations, thereby giving rise to a valid equal protection claim under the principles announced in Shaw v. Reno, 509 U.S. 630, 113 S. Ct. 2819, 125 L. Ed. 2d

RESEARCH REFERENCES for governmental regulations or activities - state cases, 56 A.L.R.5th 171. Application of constitutional “compactness requirement” to redistricting, 114 A.L.R.5th 311. State court jurisdiction over congressional redistricting disputes, 114 A.L.R.5th 387.

C.J.S. 16 C.J.S., Constitutional Law, § 73 et seq. ALR. Validity and construction of statute or ordinance relating to distribution of advertising matter, 114 A.L.R. 1446. Propriety of using census data as basis

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1992–1992 · leading case: Donaldson v. Dep't of Transp., 414 S.E.2d 638 (Ga. 1992).

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Donaldson v. Dep't of Transp., 414 S.E.2d 638 (Ga. 1992). · cites it 8× “II of the Georgia Constitution and OCGA § 21-1-2 prescribe the procedures for amending the Constitution.”

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