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2018 Georgia Code 28-1-13 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)

O.C.G.A. 28-1-13 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 28-1-13

TITLE 28 GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Section 1. General Provisions, 28-1-1 through 28-1-17.

28-1-13. Eligibility of elected county or municipal officials for membership in General Assembly.

No elected county or municipal official shall be eligible to serve as a member of the General Assembly.

(Ga. L. 1977, p. 683, § 1.)

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

The General Assembly's intent in enacting Ga. L. 1977, p. 683 (see O.C.G.A. § 28-1-13) was to prohibit a person from serving simultaneously as a member of the General Assembly and as an elected county or municipal official, without regard to which office the person held first. 1977 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U77-40.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 76.

C.J.S.

- 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 41.

ALR.

- Incompatibility, under common-law doctrine, of office of state legislator and position or post in local political subdivision, 89 A.L.R.2d 632.

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