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Ga. Const. art. III, § II, ¶ II — Apportionment of General Assembly | Georgia Constitution

CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA

ARTICLE III. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

Paragraph II. Apportionment of General Assembly.

The General Assembly shall apportion the Senate and House districts. Such districts shall be composed of contiguous territory. The apportionment of the Senate and of the House of Representatives shall be changed by the General Assembly as necessary after each United States decennial census.

1976 Constitution.

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

Cross references.

- Membership and apportionment of General Assembly generally, § 28-1-1.

Apportionment of House of Representatives, § 28-2-1.

Apportionment of Senate, § 28-2-2.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Separation of powers.

- Because Act 444, 2002 Ga. Laws 149, does not impermissibly encroach on the power of the executive branch to control litigation, but instead is a proper assertion of legislative power to determine reapportionment, it does not violate separation of powers. Perdue v. Baker, 277 Ga. 1, 586 S.E.2d 606 (2003).

Frequency of reapportionment.

- Senate Bill 386, 2006 General Assembly, was enacted pursuant to the Georgia legislature's exercise of the discretionary authority granted by Ga. Const. 1983, Art. III, Sec. II, Para. II as: (1) Ga. Const. 1976, Art. III, Sec. II, Para. II and Ga. Const. 1983, Art. III, Sec. II, Para. II were essentially identical with respect to the frequency of reapportionment; (2) Ga. Const. 1983, Art. III, Sec. II, Para. II required the legislature to reapportion itself at least once after each census if "necessary," but the exercise was not limited to a once-in-a-decade occurrence; and (3) the frequency of reapportionment between censuses was a matter of unfettered legislative discretion. Blum v. Schrader, 281 Ga. 238, 637 S.E.2d 396 (2006).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 25 Am. Jur. 2d, Elections, § 11 et seq.

C.J.S.

- 81A C.J.S., States, § 121 et seq.

ALR.

- Inequality of population or lack of compactness of territory as invalidating apportionment of representatives, 2 A.L.R. 1337.

Civil responsibility of member of legislative body for his vote therein, 22 A.L.R. 125.

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.