O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 28-1-7 (2019)

Failure of officer to organize emergency session

✓ 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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If any officer of either branch of the General Assembly shall fail or refuse to perform any of his duties in completing the organization of an emergency session, as provided for in Article V, Section II, Paragraph VII(b) of the Constitution of Georgia, his office may, upon the majority vote of the membership of the branch, be declared vacant, as often as may be necessary, and his successor elected as provided by the rules of the General Assembly.

History

(Ga. L. 1937-38, Ex. Sess., p. 190, § 4; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 54.)

Annotations

Cross references. - Expulsion of members generally, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. III, Sec. IV, Para. VII. RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, §§ 230, 231, 244 et seq. 72 Am. Jur. 2d, States, Territories, and Dependencies, §§ 45, 46. C.J.S. - 81A C.J.S., States, §§ 96, 102, 103, 192 et seq. ALR. - Conclusiveness of official deter-

mination of existence of emergency within the contemplation of constitutional or statutory provisions permitting excess of maximum limit of tax or indebtedness in an ‘‘emergency,’’ 90 A.L.R. 328. Statutes: conclusiveness of legislative declaration of emergency, 110 A.L.R. 1435.