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2023 CODE OF GEORGIA
Title 28 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY (§§ 28-1-1 — 28-13-1)
Chapter 2 - APPORTIONMENT OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATE; QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS (§§ 28-2-1 — 28-2-2)
Section 28-2-1 - Apportionment and qualifications for the House of Representatives
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GA Code § 28-2-1 (2023)
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- (a)
- (1) There shall be 180 members of the House of Representatives.
- (2) The General Assembly by general law shall divide the state into 180 representative districts which shall consist of either a portion of a county or a county or counties or any combination thereof and shall be represented by one Representative elected only by the electors of such district.
- (b) A member of the House of Representatives 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.
Added by 2011SP Ga. Laws 1,§ 3, eff. 8/24/2011.
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