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Ga. Const. art. X, § I, ¶ VI — Effective date of amendments or of a new Constitution | Georgia Constitution

CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA

ARTICLE X. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION

Paragraph VI. Effective date of amendments or of a new Constitution.

Unless the amendment or the new Constitution itself or the resolution proposing the amendment or the new Constitution shall provide otherwise, an amendment to this Constitution or a new Constitution shall become effective on the first day of January following its ratification.

1976 Constitution.

- Art. XII, Sec. I, Para. IV.

Law reviews.

- For article, "History of the Veto Power in Georgia," see 8 Ga. St. B.J. 513 (1972).

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in J.W.A. v. State, 233 Ga. 683, 212 S.E.2d 849 (1982); In re C.R., 160 Ga. App. 873, 288 S.E.2d 589 (1982); In re R.A.S., 249 Ga. 236, 290 S.E.2d 34 (1982); Sherman v. Atlanta Indep. Sch. Sys., 293 Ga. 268, 744 S.E.2d 26 (2013).

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Vested contractual obligations not altered by Constitution.

- Georgia Const. 1976, Art. X, Sec. II, Para. III (see Ga. Const. 1983, Art. XI, Sec. I, Para. I) which changes conditions, limits, and interest rates of medical scholarship loans awarded by State Medical Education Board, does not alter vested contractual obligations under scholarship agreements entered into prior to the effective date of the amendment. 1976 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 76-127.