GEORGIA CONSTITUTION OF 1976
(text as ratified by Georgia voters on November 2, 1976)

 

 

 

ARTICLE XIII.

 

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SECTION I.

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Paragraph I. Continuation of Officers. Except as otherwise provided in this Constitution, the officers of the State and all political subdivisions thereof now existing shall continue in the exercise of their functions and duties subject to the provisions of laws applicable thereto and subject to the provisions of this Constitution.

Paragraph II. Amendments Continued as Part of This Constitution. Amendments to the Constitution of 1877 which were continued in force and effect by Article VII, Section X, Paragraph I of the Constitution of 1945, and which are in force and effect on the effective date of this Constitution shall continue in force and effect as part of this Constitution. Amendments to the Constitution of 1945 which did no [sic] directly affect the whole State and which were required to be ratified in a particular subdivision or subdivisions as well as in the State as a whole, which are in force and effect on the effective date of this Constitution shall continue in force and effect as part of this Constitution. Amendments to the Constitution of 1945 which were ratified pursuant to the provisions of an amendment to Article XIII, Section I, Paragraph I ratified at the 1952 general election and found in Georgia Laws 1951, page 681, which are in force and effect on the effective date of this Constitution shall continue in force and effect as part of this Constitution. Amendments to the Constitution of 1945 which were ratified subsequent to 1956 but which were not ratified as general amendments, which are in force and effect on the effective date of this Constitution shall continue in force and effect as part of this Constitution. Amendments to the Constitution of 1945 which were ratified subsequent to 1956 and which were ratified as general amendments but which by their terms applied principally to a particular political subdivision or subdivisions, which are in force and effect on the effective date of this Constitution shall continue in force and effect as part of this Constitution. Amendments of the same type provided for in the immediately preceding two sentences of this Paragraph which were ratified at the same time this Constitution was ratified shall continue in force and effect as part of this Constitution.

Paragraph III. Special Commission Created. Amendments to the Constitution of 1945 other than those covered in the last sentence of Paragraph II which were ratified at the same time this Constitution was ratified shall be incorporated and made a part of this Constitution as provided in this Paragraph. There is hereby created a commission to be composed of the presiding officer of the Senate, the presiding officer of the House of Representatives, the Attorney General, the Secretary of State and the Legislative Counsel, which is hereby authorized and directed to incorporate such amendments into this Constitution at the places deemed most appropriate to the commission. The commission shall make only such changes in the language of this Constitution and of such amendments as are necessary to properly incorporate such amendments into this Constitution and shall complete its duties prior to January 1, 1977. The commission shall deliver to the Secretary of State this Constitution with those amendments incorporated therein and such document shall be the Constitution of the State of Georgia of 1976. In order that the commission may perform its duties this Paragraph shall become effective as soon as it has been officially determined that this Constitution has been ratified. The commission shall stand abolished upon the completion of its duties.

Paragraph IV. Effective Date. Except as provided in Paragraph III of this section, this Constitution shall become effective on January 1, 1977.

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