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Georgia Code Title 28. General Assembly § 28-2-2

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

<See Laws 2021, Ex. Sess., Act 7, eff. December 30, 2021. >

(a) There shall be 56 members of the Senate. The General Assembly shall by general law divide the state into 56 Senate districts which shall be composed of a portion of a county or a county or counties or a combination thereof and shall be represented by one Senator elected only by the electors of such district.  1

(b) A member of the Senate shall be a resident of the district which such member represents and at the time of such member's election shall have been a resident of the territory embraced within such district for at least one year preceding such time.

1 See Laws 2021, Ex. Sess., Act 7, and Appendix thereto.
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