(a) The Georgia Public Service Commission shall consist of five members to be elected as provided in this Code section. The members in office on January 1, 2000, and any member appointed or elected to fill a vacancy in such membership prior to the expiration of a term of office shall continue to serve out their respective terms of office. As terms of office expire, new 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, who shall give their entire time to the duties of their offices, shall be elected at the general election next preceding the expiration of the terms of office of the respective incumbents. 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 must 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 must 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, the state shall be divided into five Public Service Commission Districts described as follows:

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District_No._1

APPLING ATKINSON BACON BALDWIN BEN HILL BERRIEN BLECKLEY BRANTLEY BRYAN BULLOCH BURKE CAMDEN CANDLER CHARLTON CHATHAM CLINCH COFFEE COLUMBIA DODGE ECHOLS EFFINGHAM EMANUEL EVANS GLASCOCK GLYNN HANCOCK IRWIN JEFF DAVIS JEFFERSON JENKINS JOHNSON LANIER LAURENS LIBERTY LONG MCDUFFIE MCINTOSH MONTGOMERY PIERCE RICHMOND SCREVEN TATTNALL TELFAIR TOOMBS TREUTLEN TWIGGS WARE WARREN WASHINGTON WAYNE WHEELER WILKINSON

District_No._2

BAKER BIBB BROOKS BUTTS CALHOUN CHATTAHOOCHEE CLAY COLQUITT COOK CRAWFORD CRISP DECATUR DOOLY DOUGHERTY EARLY GRADY HARRIS HEARD HOUSTON JASPER JONES LAMAR LEE LOWNDES MACON MARION MERIWETHER MILLER MITCHELL MONROE MUSCOGEE PEACH PIKE PULASKI PUTNAM QUITMAN RANDOLPH SCHLEY SEMINOLE STEWART SUMTER TALBOT TAYLOR TERRELL THOMAS TIFT TROUP TURNER UPSON WEBSTER WILCOX WORTH

District_No._3

CLAYTON DEKALB FULTON Tract: 0001. Tract: 0002. Tract: 0004. Tract: 0005. Tract: 0006. Tract: 0007. Tract: 0008. Tract: 0010.95 Tract: 0011. Tract: 0012. Tract: 0013. Tract: 0014. Tract: 0015. Tract: 0016. Tract: 0017. Tract: 0018. Tract: 0019. Tract: 0020. Tract: 0021. Tract: 0022. Tract: 0023. Tract: 0024. Tract: 0025. Tract: 0026. Tract: 0027. Tract: 0028. Tract: 0029. Tract: 0030. Tract: 0031. Tract: 0032. Tract: 0033. Tract: 0035. Tract: 0036. Tract: 0037. Tract: 0038. Tract: 0039. Tract: 0040. Tract: 0041. Tract: 0042.95 Tract: 0043. Tract: 0044. Tract: 0046.95 Tract: 0048. Tract: 0049.95 Tract: 0050. Tract: 0052. Tract: 0053. Tract: 0055.01 Tract: 0055.02 Tract: 0056. Tract: 0057. Tract: 0058. Tract: 0060. Tract: 0061. Tract: 0062. Tract: 0063. Tract: 0064. Tract: 0065. Tract: 0066.01 Tract: 0066.02 Tract: 0067. Tract: 0068.01 Tract: 0068.02 Tract: 0069. Tract: 0070. Tract: 0071. Tract: 0072. Tract: 0073. Tract: 0074. Tract: 0075. Tract: 0076.01 Tract: 0076.02 Tract: 0077.01 Tract: 0077.02 Tract: 0078.02 Tract: 0078.03 Tract: 0078.04 Tract: 0079. Tract: 0080. Tract: 0081.01 Tract: 0081.02 Tract: 0082.01 Tract: 0082.02 Tract: 0083.01 Tract: 0083.02 Tract: 0084. Tract: 0085. Tract: 0086.01 Tract: 0086.02 Tract: 0087.01 Tract: 0087.02 Tract: 0088. Tract: 0089. Tract: 0090. Tract: 0091. Tract: 0092. Tract: 0093. Tract: 0094.01 Tract: 0094.02 Tract: 0095. Tract: 0096. Tract: 0097. Tract: 0098. Tract: 0099. Tract: 0100. Tract: 0101.01 Tract: 0101.03 Tract: 0101.05 Tract: 0101.06 Tract: 0101.07 Tract: 0101.08 Tract: 0102.01 Tract: 0102.03 Tract: 0102.04 Tract: 0102.05 Tract: 0103.01 Tract: 0103.02 Tract: 0104. Tract: 0105.03 Tract: 0105.04 Tract: 0105.05 Tract: 0105.06 Tract: 0106.01 Tract: 0106.02 Tract: 0107. Tract: 0108. Tract: 0109. Tract: 0110. Tract: 0111. Tract: 0112.01 Tract: 0112.02 Tract: 0113.01 Tract: 0113.02 Tract: 0114.06 Block: 201B, 202, 905

District_No._4

BANKS BARROW CATOOSA CHEROKEE CLARKE DADE DAWSON ELBERT FANNIN FORSYTH FRANKLIN GILMER GREENE GWINNETT HABERSHAM HALL HART JACKSON LINCOLN LUMPKIN MADISON MORGAN MURRAY OCONEE OGLETHORPE PICKENS RABUN STEPHENS TALIAFERRO TOWNS UNION WALKER WALTON WHITE WHITFIELD WILKES

District_No._5

BARTOW CARROLL CHATTOOGA COBB COWETA DOUGLAS FAYETTE FLOYD FULTON Tract: 0114.03 Tract: 0114.04 Tract: 0114.05 Tract: 0114.06 Block Group: 1 Block: 201A Block Group: 3 Block Group: 4 Block Group: 8 Block: 901, 902, 903, 904, 906, 907, 908, 909 Tract: 0114.07 Tract: 0114.08 Tract: 0114.09 Tract: 0114.10 Block: 101, 102 Block Group: 2 Block Group: 5 Tract: 0114.11 Tract: 0115. Tract: 0116.01 Tract: 0116.02 Tract: 0116.03 GORDON HARALSON HENRY NEWTON PAULDING POLK ROCKDALE SPALDING

(d) The first members of the commission elected under this Code section shall be elected thereto on the Tuesday next following the first Monday in November, 2000, from Public Service Commission Districts 3 and 5, shall take office on the first day of January immediately following that election, and shall serve for terms of office of six years and until the election and qualification of their respective successors. Those members of the commission elected thereto on the Tuesday next following the first Monday in November, 2002, from Public Service Commission Districts 1 and 4 shall take office on the first day of January immediately following that election and shall serve for terms of office of six years and until the election and qualification of their respective successors. The member of the commission elected thereto on the Tuesday next following the first Monday in November, 2004, from Public Service Commission District 2 shall take office on the first day of January immediately following that election and shall serve for a term of office of six years and until the election and qualification of his or her respective successor. 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.