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2018 Georgia Code
Title 28 - General Assembly
Chapter 2 - Apportionment of House of Representatives and Senate; Qualifications of Members
§ 28-2-2. Apportionment and qualifications for the Senate
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GA Code § 28-2-2 (2018)
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(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.
(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.
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