06 LC 18
5221S
The
House Committee on Legislative and Congressional Reapportionment offers the
following substitute to HR 64:
A
RESOLUTION
Proposing
an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that the House of
Representatives shall be apportioned among single-member representative
districts only; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification
or rejection; and for other purposes.
BE
IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Article
III, Section II, Paragraph I of the Constitution is amended by striking
subparagraph (b) thereof and inserting in its place the following:
"(b)
The House of Representatives shall consist of not fewer than 180 Representatives
apportioned among
single-member
representative districts of the
state."
SECTION
2.
The
above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall be published and submitted as
provided in Article X, Section I, Paragraph II of the Constitution. The ballot
submitting the above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon
the following:
|
"( ) YES
( ) NO
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Shall
the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to provide that the House of
Representatives shall be apportioned among single-member representative
districts only?"
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All
persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote
"Yes." All persons desiring to vote against ratifying the proposed amendment
shall vote "No." If such amendment shall be ratified as provided in said
Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall become a part of the Constitution of the
state.