GEORGIA CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE I
BILL OF RIGHTS
ART. I §1 ¶1 | LIFE, LIBERTY, AND PROPERTY
ART. I §1 ¶2 | PROTECTION TO PERSON AND PROPERTY; EQUAL PROTECTION
ART. I §1 ¶3 | FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE
ART. I §1 ¶4 | RELIGIOUS OPINIONS; FREEDOM OF RELIGION
ART. I §1 ¶5 | FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND OF THE PRESS GUARANTEED
ART. I §1 ¶6 | LIBEL
ART. I §1 ¶7 | CITIZENS, PROTECTION OF
ART. I §1 ¶8 | ARMS, RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR
ART. I §1 ¶9 | RIGHT TO ASSEMBLE AND PETITION
ART. I §1 ¶10 | BILL OF ATTAINDER; EX POST FACTO LAWS; AND RETROACTIVE LAWS
ART. I §1 ¶11 | RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY; NUMBER OF JURORS; SELECTION AND COMPENSATION OF JURORS
(b) A trial jury shall consist of 12 persons; but the General Assembly may prescribe any number, not less than six, to constitute a trial jury in courts of limited jurisdiction and in superior courts in misdemeanor cases.
(c) The General Assembly shall provide by law for the selection and compensation of persons to serve as grand jurors and trial jurors.
ART. I §1 ¶12 | RIGHT TO THE COURTS
ART. I §1 ¶13 | SEARCHES, SEIZURES, AND WARRANTS
ART. I §1 ¶14 | BENEFIT OF COUNSEL; ACCUSATION; LIST OF WITNESSES; COMPULSORY PROCESS
ART. I §1 ¶15 | HABEAS CORPUS
ART. I §1 ¶16 | SELF-INCRIMINATION
ART. I §1 ¶17 | BAIL; FINES; PUNISHMENT; ARREST, ABUSE OF PRISONERS
ART. I §1 ¶18 | JEOPARDY OF LIFE OR LIBERTY MORE THAN ONCE FORBIDDEN
ART. I §1 ¶19 | TREASON
ART. I §1 ¶20 | CONVICTION, EFFECT OF
ART. I §1 ¶21 | BANISHMENT AND WHIPPING AS PUNISHMENT FOR CRIME
ART. I §1 ¶22 | INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE
ART. I §1 ¶23 | IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT
ART. I §1 ¶24 | COSTS
ART. I §1 ¶25 | STATUS OF THE CITIZEN
ART. I §1 ¶26 | EXEMPTIONS FROM LEVY AND SALE
ART. I §1 ¶27 | SPOUSE’S SEPARATE PROPERTY
ART. I §1 ¶28 | FISHING AND HUNTING
ART. I §1 ¶29 | ENUMERATION OF RIGHTS NOT DENIAL OF OTHERS
ART. I §1 ¶30 | RIGHTS OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS
(2) The right upon request to reasonable, accurate, and timely notice of the arrest, release, or escape of the accused;
(3) The right not to be excluded from any scheduled court proceedings involving the alleged act;
(4) The right upon request to be heard at any scheduled court proceedings involving the release, plea, or sentencing of the accused; and
(5) The right to be informed of his or her rights.
(c) This Paragraph shall not:
(2) Confer upon any victim the right to:
(B) Challenge any verdict or sentence entered in a criminal or delinquency proceeding; or
(C) Standing to participate as a party in a criminal or delinquency proceeding other than to file a motion as provided in subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph;
(4) Restrict the inherent authority of the courts to maintain order in the courtroom.
ART. I §2 ¶1 | ORIGIN AND FOUNDATION OF GOVERNMENT
ART. I §2 ¶2 | OBJECT OF GOVERNMENT
ART. I §2 ¶3 | SEPARATION OF LEGISLATIVE, JUDICIAL, AND EXECUTIVE POWERS
ART. I §2 ¶4 | CONTEMPTS
ART. I §2 ¶5 | WHAT ACTS VOID
(b)
(2) Actions filed pursuant to this Paragraph against this state or any agency, authority, branch, board, bureau, commission, department, office, or public corporation of this state or officer or employee thereof shall be brought exclusively against the state and in the name of the State of Georgia. Actions filed pursuant to this Paragraph against any county, consolidated government, or municipality of the state or officer or employee thereof shall be brought exclusively against such county, consolidated government, or municipality and in the name of such county, consolidated government, or municipality. Actions filed pursuant to this Paragraph naming as a defendant any individual, officer, or entity other than as expressly authorized under this Paragraph shall be dismissed.
(3) Unless otherwise provided herein, this Paragraph shall not affect the power or duty of a court to dismiss any action or deny relief based on any other appropriate legal or equitable ground or other limitation on judicial review, including, but not limited to, administrative exhaustion requirements, ante litem notice requirements, sanctions for frivolous petitions, standing, statutes of limitation and repose, and venue. The General Assembly by an Act may limit the power or duty of a court under this Paragraph to dismiss any action or deny relief.
(4) No damages, attorney’s fees, or costs of litigation shall be awarded in an action filed pursuant to this Paragraph, unless specifically authorized by Act of the General Assembly.
(5) This Paragraph shall not limit the power of the General Assembly to further waive the immunity provided in Article I, Section II, Paragraph IX and Article IX, Section II, Paragraph IX. This Paragraph shall not constitute a waiver of any immunity provided to this state or any agency, authority, branch, board, bureau, commission, department, office, or public corporation of this state or officer or employee thereof or any county, consolidated government, or municipality of this state or officer or employee thereof by the Constitution of the United States.
ART. I §2 ¶6 | SUPERIORITY OF CIVIL AUTHORITY
ART. I §2 ¶7 | SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
ART. I §2 ¶8 | LOTTERIES AND NONPROFIT BINGO GAMES
(b) The General Assembly may by law provide that the operation of a nonprofit bingo game shall not be a lottery and shall be legal in this state. The General Assembly may by law define a nonprofit bingo game and provide for the regulation of nonprofit bingo games.
(c) The General Assembly may by law provide for the operation and regulation of a lottery or lotteries by or on behalf of the state and for any matters relating to the purposes or provisions of this subparagraph. Proceeds derived from the lottery or lotteries operated by or on behalf of the state shall be used to pay the operating expenses of the lottery or lotteries, including all prizes, without any appropriation required by law, and for educational programs and purposes as hereinafter provided.
Lottery proceeds shall not be subject to Article VII, Section III, Paragraph II; Article III, Section IX, Paragraph VI(a); or Article III, Section IX, Paragraph IV(c), except that the net proceeds after payment of such operating expenses shall be subject to Article VII, Section III, Paragraph II. Net proceeds after payment of such operating expenses shall be separately accounted for and shall be specifically identified by the Governor in his annual budget presented to the General Assembly as a separate budget category entitled “Lottery Proceeds” and the Governor shall make specific recommendations as to educational programs and educational purposes to which said net proceeds shall be appropriated. In the General Appropriations Act adopted by the General Assembly, the General Assembly shall appropriate all net proceeds of the lottery or lotteries by such separate budget category to educational programs and educational purposes. Such net proceeds shall be used to support improvements and enhancements for educational programs and purposes and such net proceeds shall be used to supplement, not supplant, non-lottery educational resources for educational programs and purposes.
The educational programs and educational purposes for which proceeds may be so appropriated shall include only the following:
(2) Voluntary pre-kindergarten;
(3) One or more educational shortfall reserves in a total amount of not less than 10 percent of the net proceeds of the lottery for the preceding fiscal year;
(4) Costs of providing to teachers at accredited public institutions who teach levels K-12, personnel at public postsecondary technical institutes under the authority of the Department of Technical and Adult Education, and professors and instructors within the University System of Georgia the necessary training in the use and application of computers and advanced electronic instructional technology to implement interactive learning environments in the classroom and to access the state-wide distance learning network; and
(5) Capital outlay projects for educational facilities; provided, however, that no funds shall be appropriated for the items listed in paragraphs (4) and (5) of this subsection until all persons eligible for and applying for assistance as provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection have received such assistance, all approved pre-kindergarten programs provided for in paragraph (2) of this subsection have been fully funded, and the education shortfall reserve or reserves provided for in paragraph (3) of this subsection have been fully funded.
ART. I §2 ¶9 | SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY AND WAIVER THEREOF; CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE AND ITS DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, OFFICERS, AND EMPLOYEES
(b) The General Assembly may also provide by law for the processing and disposition of claims against the state which do not exceed such maximum amount as provided therein.
(c) The state’s defense of sovereign immunity is hereby waived as to any action ex contractu for the breach of any written contract now existing or hereafter entered into by the state or its departments and agencies.
(d) Except as specifically provided by the General Assembly in a State Tort Claims Act, all officers and employees of the state or its departments and agencies may be subject to suit and may be liable for injuries and damages caused by the negligent performance of, or negligent failure to perform, their ministerial functions and may be liable for injuries and damages if they act with actual malice or with actual intent to cause injury in the performance of their official functions. Except as provided in this subparagraph, officers and employees of the state or its departments and agencies shall not be subject to suit or liability, and no judgment shall be entered against them, for the performance or nonperformance of their official functions. The provisions of this subparagraph shall not be waived.
(e) Except as specifically provided in this Paragraph, sovereign immunity extends to the state and all of its departments and agencies. The sovereign immunity of the state and its departments and agencies can only be waived by an Act of the General Assembly which specifically provides that sovereign immunity is thereby waived and the extent of such waiver.
(f) No waiver of sovereign immunity under this Paragraph shall be construed as a waiver of any immunity provided to the state or its departments, agencies, officers, or employees by the United States Constitution.
ART. I §3 ¶1 | EMINENT DOMAIN
(b) When private property is taken or damaged by the state or the counties or municipalities of the state for public road or street purposes, or for public transportation purposes, or for any other public purposes as determined by the General Assembly, just and adequate compensation therefor need not be paid until the same has been finally fixed and determined as provided by law; but such just and adequate compensation shall then be paid in preference to all other obligations except bonded indebtedness.
(c) The General Assembly may by law require the condemnor to make prepayment against adequate compensation as a condition precedent to the exercise of the right of eminent domain and provide for the disbursement of the same to the end that the rights and equities of the property owner, lien holders, and the state and its subdivisions may be protected.
(d) The General Assembly may provide by law for the payment by the condemnor of reasonable expenses, including attorney’s fees, incurred by the condemnee in determining just and adequate compensation.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Constitution, the General Assembly may provide by law for relocation assistance and payments to persons displaced through the exercise of the power of eminent domain or because of public projects or programs; and the powers of taxation may be exercised and public funds expended in furtherance thereof.
ART. I §3 ¶2 | PRIVATE WAYS
ART. I §3 ¶3 | TIDEWATER TITLES CONFIRMED
ART. I §4 ¶1 | RECOGNITION OF MARRIAGE
(b) No union between persons of the same sex shall be recognized by this state as entitled to the benefits of marriage. This state shall not give effect to any public act, record, or judicial proceeding of any other state or jurisdiction respecting a relationship between persons of the same sex that is treated as a marriage under the laws of such other state or jurisdiction. The courts of this state shall have no jurisdiction to grant a divorce or separate maintenance with respect to any such relationship or otherwise to consider or rule on any of the parties’ respective rights arising as a result of or in connection with such relationship.
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