2023 CODE OF GEORGIA
Title 46 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION (§§ 46-1-1 — 46-11-1)
Chapter 2 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION (§§ 46-2-1 — 46-2-95)
Article 1 - ORGANIZATION AND MEMBERS (§§ 46-2-1 — 46-2-10)
Section 46-2-1 - Election of Commissioners; terms of office

Universal Citation:
GA Code § 46-2-1 (2023)
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  • (a) The Georgia Public Service Commission shall consist of five members to be elected as provided in this Code section. 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 shall give their entire time to the duties of their offices. Except as otherwise provided for in this chapter, the Commissioners shall be elected at the general election next preceding the expiration of the terms of office of the respective incumbents, and 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 shall 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 shall continue to reside in that district during the person's term of office, or that office shall thereupon become vacant.
  • (c) For the purpose of electing the members of the Public Service Commission, this state shall be divided into five Public Service Commission Districts described as follows:

    District 001

    Appling County

    Atkinson County

    Bacon County

    Baker County

    Baldwin County

    Ben Hill County

    Berrien County

    Bibb County

    Bleckley County

    Brantley County

    Brooks County

    Bryan County

    Calhoun County

    Camden County

    Charlton County

    Chattahoochee County

    Clay County

    Clinch County

    Coffee County

    Colquitt County

    Cook County

    Crawford County

    Crisp County

    Decatur County

    Dodge County

    Dooly County

    Dougherty County

    Early County

    Echols County

    Evans County

    Glynn County

    Grady County

    Harris County

    Houston County

    Irwin County

    Jeff Davis County

    Johnson County

    Jones County

    Lanier County

    Laurens County

    Lee County

    Liberty County

    Long County

    Lowndes County

    Macon County

    Marion County

    McIntosh County

    Miller County

    Mitchell County

    Monroe County

    Montgomery County

    Muscogee County

    Peach County

    Pierce County

    Pulaski County

    Quitman County

    Randolph County

    Schley County

    Seminole County

    Stewart County

    Sumter County

    Talbot County

    Tattnall County

    Taylor County

    Telfair County

    Terrell County

    Thomas County

    Tift County

    Toombs County

    Treutlen County

    Turner County

    Twiggs County

    Ware County

    Wayne County

    Webster County

    Wheeler County

    Wilcox County

    Wilkinson County

    Worth County

    District 002

    Banks County

    Barrow County

    Bulloch County

    Burke County

    Butts County

    Candler County

    Chatham County

    Clarke County

    Columbia County

    Effingham County

    Elbert County

    Emanuel County

    Glascock County

    Greene County

    Hancock County

    Hart County

    Henry County

    Jackson County

    Jasper County

    Jefferson County

    Jenkins County

    Lincoln County

    Madison County

    McDuffie County

    Morgan County

    Newton County

    Oconee County

    Oglethorpe County

    Putnam County

    Richmond County

    Rockdale County

    Screven County

    Spalding County

    Taliaferro County

    Walton County

    Warren County

    Washington County

    Wilkes County

    District 003

    Clayton County

    DeKalb County

    Fulton County

    District 004

    Cherokee County

    Dawson County

    Fannin County

    Forsyth County

    Franklin County

    Gilmer County

    Gwinnett County

    Habersham County

    Hall County

    Lumpkin County

    Murray County

    Pickens County

    Rabun County

    Stephens County

    Towns County

    Union County

    White County

    Whitfield County

    District 005

    Bartow County

    Carroll County

    Catoosa County

    Chattooga County

    Cobb County

    Coweta County

    Dade County

    Douglas County

    Fayette County

    Floyd County

    Gordon County

    Haralson County

    Heard County

    Lamar County

    Meriwether County

    Paulding County

    Pike County

    Polk County

    Troup County

    Upson County

    Walker County

  • (d)
    • (1) Those members of the commission elected at the 2020 general election, and any person appointed to fill a vacancy in such office, and those members of the commission serving in seats that were scheduled to be filled in either the 2022 or 2024 general election, shall serve the terms provided for in Code Section 46-2-1.1 and until their successors are elected and qualified. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, successors to such members shall be elected as provided for in Code Section 46-2-1.1 and shall serve the terms to which they were elected and until their successors are elected and qualified.
    • (2) Except as provided for in paragraph (1) of this subsection, 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.

Amended by 2024 Ga. Laws 380,§ 1, eff. 4/18/2024.

Amended by 2022 Ga. Laws 565,§ 1, eff. 3/4/2022.

Amended by 2012 Ga. Laws 641,§ 1, eff. 5/1/2012.

Amended by 2002 Ga. Laws 445, §§1, 2 eff. 4/11/2002.

This section was amended by 2002 Ga. Laws 445, §§1, 2 eff. 4/11/2002; however, only the amendment by section 2 of that act is set out above. Section 1 of the act provides that subsection (c) of this section is amended "by striking the description of Public Service Commission Districts 1 through 5 immediately following the colon at the end of the introductory language thereof and inserting in its place the description of Public Service Commission Districts 1 through 5 attached to this Act and made a part hereof and further identified as: "Plan Name: pscpln3 Plan Type: PSC User: Angela Administrator: H142."" The plan to which the act refers was not available at the time of publication. The publisher will post the amendment as soon as possible.


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