Georgia § 46-2-1 Election of Commissioners; terms of office

Georgia Statutes

§ 46-2-1 — Election of Commissioners; terms of office

Georgia § 46-2-1

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O.C.G.A. § 46-2-1 (2026).

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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 th

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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.

M.R. Taffet and Robert M. Fierman, on Behalf of Themselves and All of the Persons, Corporations, Municipalities, and Other Entities, Other Than the Who Are Similarly Situated v. The Southern Co., Southern Company Services, Inc., Alabama Power Company and Arthur Andersen & Co., Frederick Rodgers Carr, Carr Sales Company, O.E.M. Products, Inc., Timothy Dunn Stokely, Clark Stokely, III and All Others Similarly Situated v. The Southern Company, Southern Company Services, Inc., Georgia Power Company, and Arthur Andersen & Co.

967 F.2d 1483 (Eleventh Circuit, 1992)

2 case citations

Rose v. Raffensperger

(N.D. Georgia, 2021)

Richard Rose v. Secretary, State of Georgia

107 F.4th 1272 (Eleventh Circuit, 2024)

Legislative History

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.