08 LC 28
4225S
The
House Committee on Governmental Affairs offers the following substitute to
SR
279:
A
RESOLUTION
Proposing
an amendment to the Constitution of Georgia so as to provide for staggered,
four-year terms of office for members of the General Assembly; to provide for
the implementation of staggered terms of office for members of the General
Assembly; to provide for related matters; to provide for the submission of this
amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.
BE
IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Article
III, Section II of the Constitution is amended by revising Paragraph V as
follows:
"Paragraph
V.
Election
and term of members. (a) The members of
the General Assembly shall be elected by the qualified electors of their
respective districts for a term of
two
four
years and
shall
serve until the time fixed for the
convening of the next General Assembly.
(b)
The members of the General Assembly in office on June 30,
1983
2009,
shall serve out the remainder of the terms to which elected.
(c)
The first election for members of the General Assembly under this
Constitution
Paragraph
shall take place on Tuesday after the first Monday in November,
1984
2010,
and subsequent elections biennially on that day until the day of election is
changed by law.
In the 2010
general election, the members of the General Assembly from even-numbered
districts shall be elected to two-year terms of office and the members of the
General Assembly from odd-numbered districts shall be elected to four-year terms
of office. Thereafter, in all subsequent elections, members of the General
Assembly shall be elected at the general election immediately preceding the end
of their terms of office for four-year terms of office.
SECTION
2.
The
above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall be published and submitted as
provided in Article X, Section I, Paragraph II of the Constitution. The ballot
submitting the above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon
the following:
|
"( ) YES
( ) NO
|
Shall
the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to provide for staggered, four-year
terms of office for members of the General Assembly of Georgia in a similar
manner to the members of the United States Senate?"
|
All
persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote
"Yes." All persons desiring to vote against ratifying the proposed amendment
shall vote "No." If such amendment shall be ratified as provided in said
Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall become a part of the Constitution of
this state.