2021 Georgia Code
Title 28 - General Assembly
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 28-1-7. Failure of Officer to Organize Emergency Session
If any officer of either branch of the General Assembly shall fail or refuse to perform any of his duties in completing the organization of an emergency session, as provided for in Article V, Section II, Paragraph VII(b) of the Constitution of Georgia, his office may, upon the majority vote of the membership of the branch, be declared vacant, as often as may be necessary, and his successor elected as provided by the rules of the General Assembly.
(Ga. L. 1937-38, Ex. Sess., p. 190, § 4; Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 54.)
Cross references.- Expulsion of members generally, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. III, Sec. IV, Para. VII.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, §§ 230, 231, 244 et seq. 72 Am. Jur. 2d, States, Territories, and Dependencies, §§ 45, 46.
C.J.S.- 81A C.J.S., States, §§ 96, 102, 103, 192 et seq.
ALR.
- Conclusiveness of official determination of existence of emergency within the contemplation of constitutional or statutory provisions permitting excess of maximum limit of tax or indebtedness in an "emergency," 90 A.L.R. 328.
Statutes: conclusiveness of legislative declaration of emergency, 110 A.L.R. 1435.
