2006 Georgia Code - 46-2-1

46-2-1. (a) The Georgia Public Service Commission shall consist of five members to be elected as provided in this Code section. The members in office on January 1, 2000, and any member appointed or elected to fill a vacancy in such membership prior to the expiration of a term of office shall continue to serve out their respective terms of office. As terms of office expire, new members elected to the commission shall be required to be residents of one of five Public Service Commission Districts as hereafter provided, but each member of the commission shall be elected state wide by the qualified voters of this state who are entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly. Except as otherwise provided in this Code section, the election shall be held under the same rules and regulations as apply to the election of Governor. The Commissioners, who shall give their entire time to the duties of their offices, shall be elected at the general election next preceding the expiration of the terms of office of the respective incumbents. Their terms of office shall be six years and shall expire on December 31. (b) In order to be elected as a member of the commission from a Public Service Commission District, a person must have resided in that district for at least 12 months prior to election thereto. A person elected as a member of the commission from a Public Service Commission District by the voters of Georgia must continue to reside in that district during the persońs term of office or that office shall thereupon become vacant. (c) For the purpose of electing the members of the Public Service Commission, the state shall be divided into five Public Service Commission Districts described as follows:
District 001 Appling County Atkinson County Bacon County Baker County Ben Hill County Berrien County Bleckley County Brantley County Brooks County Bryan County Bulloch County Calhoun County Camden County Candler County Charlton County Chatham County Chattahoochee County Clay County Clinch County Coffee County Colquitt County Cook County Crisp County Decatur County Dodge County Dooly County Dougherty County Early County Echols County Effingham County Evans County Glynn County Grady County Irwin County Jeff Davis County Lanier County Laurens County Lee County Liberty County Long County Lowndes County Macon County Marion County McIntosh County Miller County Mitchell County Montgomery County Pierce County Pulaski County Quitman County Randolph County Schley County Seminole County Stewart County Sumter County Tattnall County Telfair County Terrell County Thomas County Tift County Toombs County Treutlen County Turner County Ware County Wayne County Webster County Wheeler County Wilcox County Worth County
District 002 Baldwin County Barrow County Bibb County Burke County Butts County Clarke County Columbia County Crawford County Elbert County Emanuel County Glascock County Greene County Gwinnett County Tract: 504.15 Tract: 504.16 Tract: 504.29 Tract: 504.30 Tract: 505.09 BG: 1 BG: 2 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 BG: 3 BG: 4 Tract: 505.14 BG: 1 1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011 1012 1013 1014 1015 1017 1018 1019 1020 1021 1039 1040 BG: 2 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2042 2043 2057 2058 2999 Tract: 505.16 BG: 1 BG: 2 2000 2001 2002 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 BG: 5 Tract: 505.20 BG: 1 1000 BG: 2 2033 2034 2035 Tract: 505.21 BG: 3 3000 3001 3002 3003 3004 3005 3006 3007 3008 3009 3010 3011 3012 3013 3014 3015 3016 3017 3018 3019 3020 3022 3023 3024 BG: 4 4006 4007 4008 Tract: 505.22 Tract: 506.02 Tract: 506.03 BG: 2 2010 2011 2038 2039 2040 2041 2042 2043 2044 Tract: 506.04 BG: 1 BG: 2 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2051 2052 2053 2060 2061 2062 2063 2064 2065 2066 2067 2068 2069 2070 2071 2072 BG: 3 Tract: 507.04 Tract: 507.05 Tract: 507.09 Tract: 507.13 Tract: 507.14 Tract: 507.15 Tract: 507.16 Tract: 507.17 Tract: 507.18 Tract: 507.19 Tract: 507.20 Tract: 507.21 Hancock County Houston County Jackson County Jasper County Jefferson County Jenkins County Johnson County Jones County Lincoln County Madison County McDuffie County Monroe County Morgan County Newton County Oconee County Oglethorpe County Peach County Putnam County Richmond County Rockdale County Screven County Taliaferro County Taylor County Twiggs County Walton County Warren County Washington County Wilkes County Wilkinson County
District 003 Clayton County DeKalb County Fulton County
District 004 Banks County Bartow County Catoosa County Chattooga County Cherokee County Dade County Dawson County Fannin County Floyd County Forsyth County Franklin County Gilmer County Gordon County Gwinnett County Tract: 501.03 Tract: 501.04 Tract: 501.05 Tract: 501.06 Tract: 502.02 Tract: 502.04 Tract: 502.05 Tract: 502.06 Tract: 502.07 Tract: 503.04 Tract: 503.06 Tract: 503.07 Tract: 503.08 Tract: 503.09 Tract: 503.10 Tract: 503.11 Tract: 503.12 Tract: 503.13 Tract: 503.14 Tract: 503.15 Tract: 503.16 Tract: 504.03 Tract: 504.10 Tract: 504.11 Tract: 504.17 Tract: 504.18 Tract: 504.19 Tract: 504.20 Tract: 504.21 Tract: 504.22 Tract: 504.23 Tract: 504.24 Tract: 504.25 Tract: 504.26 Tract: 504.27 Tract: 504.28 Tract: 505.07 Tract: 505.09 BG: 2 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Tract: 505.10 Tract: 505.11 Tract: 505.12 Tract: 505.13 Tract: 505.14 BG: 1 1016 1022 1023 1024 1025 1026 1027 1028 1029 1030 1031 1032 1033 1034 1035 1036 1037 1038 BG: 2 2010 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034 2035 2036 2037 2038 2039 2040 2041 2044 2045 2046 2047 2048 2049 2050 2051 2052 2053 2054 2055 2056 2059 2060 2061 Tract: 505.15 Tract: 505.16 BG: 2 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2031 2032 2033 2034 2035 2036 2037 2038 2039 2040 2041 2042 2043 2044 2045 2046 2047 Tract: 505.17 Tract: 505.18 Tract: 505.19 Tract: 505.20 BG: 1 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011 1012 1013 1014 1015 1016 1017 1018 1019 1020 1021 1022 1023 1024 1025 1026 1027 1028 BG: 2 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2036 2037 2038 2039 2040 2041 2042 2043 2044 2045 2046 2047 2048 2049 2050 Tract: 505.21 BG: 3 3021 BG: 4 4000 4001 4002 4003 4004 4005 4009 4010 BG: 5 Tract: 506.03 BG: 1 BG: 2 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034 2035 2036 2037 Tract: 506.04 BG: 2 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034 2035 2036 2037 2038 2039 2040 2041 2042 2043 2044 2045 2046 2047 2048 2049 2050 2054 2055 2056 2057 2058 2059 Tract: 507.12 Habersham County Hall County Hart County Lumpkin County Murray County Pickens County Rabun County Stephens County Towns County Union County Walker County White County Whitfield County
District 005 Carroll County Cobb County Coweta County Douglas County Fayette County Haralson County Harris County Heard County Henry County Lamar County Meriwether County Muscogee County Paulding County Pike County Polk County Spalding County Talbot County Troup County Upson County
(d) The first members of the commission elected under this Code section shall be elected thereto on the Tuesday next following the first Monday in November, 2000, from Public Service Commission Districts 3 and 5, shall take office on the first day of January immediately following that election, and shall serve for terms of office of six years and until the election and qualification of their respective successors. Those members of the commission elected thereto on the Tuesday next following the first Monday in November, 2002, from Public Service Commission Districts 1 and 4 shall take office on the first day of January immediately following that election and shall serve for terms of office of six years and until the election and qualification of their respective successors. The member of the commission elected thereto on the Tuesday next following the first Monday in November, 2004, from Public Service Commission District 2 shall take office on the first day of January immediately following that election and shall serve for a term of office of six years and until the election and qualification of his or her respective successor. All future successors to members of the commission whose terms of office are to expire shall be elected at the state-wide general election immediately preceding the expiration of such terms, shall take office on the first day of January immediately following that election, and shall serve for terms of office of six years. (e) For purposes of this Code section: (1) The terms 'Tract' and 'BG' (Block Group) shall mean and describe the same geographical boundaries as provided in the report of the Bureau of the Census for the United States decennial census of 2000 for the State of Georgia. The separate numeric designations in a Tract description which are underneath a 'BG' heading shall mean and describe individual Blocks within a Block Group as provided in the report of the Bureau of the Census for the United States decennial census of 2000 for the State of Georgia. (2) Except as otherwise provided in the description of any Public Service Commission District, whenever the description of any Public Service Commission District refers to a named city, it shall mean the geographical boundaries of that city as shown on the census maps for the United States decennial census of 2000 for the State of Georgia. (3) Any part of the State of Georgia which is not included in any Public Service Commission District described in subsection (c) of this Code section shall be included within that district contiguous to such part which contains the least population according to the United States decennial census of 2000 for the State of Georgia. (4) Any part of the State of Georgia which is described in subsection (c) of this Code section as being included in a particular Public Service Commission District shall nevertheless not be included within such Public Service Commission District if such part is not contiguous to such Public Service Commission District. Such noncontiguous part shall instead be included within that Public Service Commission District contiguous to such part which contains the least population according to the United States decennial census of 2000 for the State of Georgia.