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Aug 12, 2005 · The Georgia Bill of Rights consists of forty paragraphs, which constitute Article I of the Constitution of 1983. Twenty-eight paragraphs enumerate individual rights, nine deal with the origins of government, and three are devoted to “general provisions.”.
Jun 29, 2020 · The territorial integrity of Georgia and the inviolability of the state border is confirmed by the Constitution and laws of Georgia, and recognised by the world community of nations and by international organisations. The alienation of the territory of the state of Georgia shall be prohibited.
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- Parliament of the Republic of Georgia
- The Constitution of 1777
- The Constitution of 1789
- The Constitution of 1798
- The Constitution of 1861
- The Constitution of 1865
- The Constitution of 1868
- The Constitution of 1877
- The Constitution of 1945
- The Constitution of 1976
- The Constitution of 1983
Georgia’s first attempt at constitutional government was initiated in April 1776 by the Provincial Congress called by the Georgia Trusteesin response to a series of mass meetings held throughout the colony. This document provided a framework for the transition from colony to state. Soon after Georgia accepted the Declaration of Independence, its fi...
On January 2, 1788, Georgia became the fourth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. In November of that year, to assure conformity with the federal document, Georgia revised the Constitution of 1777 through a constitutional convention. The shortest of Georgia’s constitutions, the Constitution of 1789 was modeled after the U.S. Constitution. Just a...
Seven of Georgia’s constitutions—those of 1777, 1789, 1861, 1865, 1868, 1877, and 1945—were directly associated with war-related periods; the Constitution of 1798 was one of only three framed completely under peaceful conditions. It was in effect for sixty-three years. Almost twice the length of the previous version, it contained detailed prescript...
During the Civil War (1861-65) and Reconstruction eras, four new constitutions were written by constitutional conventions and approved by the people (in 1861, 1865, 1868, and 1877). The new constitutions represented rapid changes in state governmental control during the war and its aftermath. As a response to concerns that the federal government wo...
After the Civil War ended in 1865, Georgia’s provisional governor, James Johnson, called for another constitutional convention. As in other seceded states, this convention was charged with framing a state constitution that would be acceptable to the federal government. The document had to include a repeal of the Ordinance of Secession, the abolitio...
After the establishment of congressional Reconstruction and military rule in 1867, a group of elected delegates met in a new convention, which lasted from December 1867 to March 1868. The convention was dominated by northerners and northern sympathizers, but the principal leaders had resided in Georgia long enough to develop an interest in the stat...
As Georgia recovered from the war and Reconstruction, Democrats returned to power in the state, and as the “New South” emerged, support for a new state constitution solidified. A popular vote calling for a constitutional conventionprovided the final impetus for constitutional revision. In July 1877, 193 elected members began work on a new state con...
In 1931 the Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Georgia published “A Proposed Constitution for Georgia.” Though the document was produced for discussion purposes only, it helped to push a call for constitutional revision by the state legislature and Governor Ellis Arnall. As a result the governor appointed a twenty-three-member constit...
Efforts to revise the Constitution of 1945 began as early as 1963. A revised version drafted by a new revision commission was approved by the General Assembly in 1964 but, because of legal concerns about a malapportioned legislature, was never submitted to the people. Another major effort began in 1969 when the legislature created another constitut...
In 1977, after the ratification of the 1976 Constitution, the General Assembly created the Select Committee on Constitutional Revision. Members included the governor as chair, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house, the attorney general, and representatives from the judiciary as well as both houses of the legislature. Beginning in 1977, ...
Jul 8, 2004 · The state constitution requires that four officers be elected in each county: sheriff, clerk of the superior court, tax commissioner, and judge of the probate court. Local law establishes the county’s form of government, either a board of commissioners or a sole commissioner.
ARTICLE I. BILL OF RIGHTS. SECTION I. RIGHTS OF PERSONS. Paragraph I. Life, liberty, and property. No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property except by due process of law. Paragraph II. Protection to person and property; equal protection.
The Constitution of Georgia (Georgian: საქართველოს კონსტიტუცია, sakartvelos k'onst'it'utsia) is the supreme law of Georgia. It was approved by the Parliament of Georgia on 24 August 1995 and entered into force on 17 October 1995.
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The territorial integrity of Georgia and the inviolability of the State borders, being recognized by the world community of nations and international organizations, are confirmed by the Constitution and the laws of Georgia. The alienation of the territory of Georgia is prohibited.
