The Preamble to the newly Proposed Georgia Constitution 2010 Declaration of Intent Adopted by the Georgia Constitutional Convention of 20__, __________ I. We hold that the foundation of this nation is that an individual's body, life, labor, ideas, thoughts, and material possessions that the individual has created or acquired without coercion are that individual's property and that no individual, majority, society, or government may legitimately take or control an individual's property without that individual's consent. II. We hold that the foundation of our economy shall be the free market system unfettered by intrusions of government and based upon the free and voluntary exchange of goods and services. III. We hold that peaceful relations with other nations is based upon the concept of mutual respect and that war and other interference in the affairs of other nations serves only to destroy such peaceful relations. It is therefore declared that Georgia shall remain neutral in the affairs of, and between, other nations. Preamble We, the people of Georgia, invoking the blessings of God our Creator, do ordain and establish this constitution. NEWLY PROPOSED BY THE PEOPLE: GEORGIA CONSTITUTION 2010 Article 1. Declaration of Rights Section 1. All political power is inherent in the people, and all governments exist by the will of the people. The people of Georgia retain the right of altering, reforming, or abolishing their government in any manner they believe proper, at any time. Section 2. Every individual has the inherent right to life from physical conception to natural death. Section 3. Every individual has the inherent right to liberty, which is the unrestrained exercise of free will, which shall never be infringed provided the exercise thereof does not violate the rights of any other individual. Section 4. Every individual's body, life, labor, ideas, thoughts, and possessions that the individual has lawfully created or acquired are that individual's property. Every individual has the inherent right of the ownership, non-coercive acquisition, and use of property. Section 5. Every individual has the inherent right of defending the life, liberty, or property of any individual using whatever force is necessary, through whatever means available, including the use of deadly force. Section 6. Every individual has the inherent right of owning, using, and carrying arms of any description. Section 7. All rights are retained by each individual and shall never be denied, infringed, or violated in any way except in the sole circumstance of conviction of a crime or tort by due process of law as defined in this constitution, and then only as directed in the particular case. Article 2. Limits of Government Section 1. Government has no inherent rights or powers, neither implicit nor explicit. This constitution assigns certain functions to the artificial entities called governments created by this constitution and authorizes those artificial entities to take certain actions necessary to accomplish the assigned functions. No national or county government entity or official shall assume any function or authorization not specifically assigned or authorized by this constitution. Section 2. Government shall never infringe the rights of individuals nor modify any governmental processes, duties, responsibilities, or form of government as specified in this constitution. Section 3. Government shall never operate outside the limits of a budget which shall never exceed ninety percent of the revenue collected the previous year. The remaining ten percent of the revenue, plus the budgeted revenue of the previous year that has not been spent, shall be a fund balance to be carried forward and used as a fund buffer and spent in the next fiscal year. Section 4. Government shall never grant monopolies or perpetuities nor in any way restrict or control the free flow of trade within or across the geographical boundaries of Texas. Section 5. Government shall never restrict individuals from assembling to train with arms for the individual or collective defense of life, liberty, or property. Section 6. Government shall never restrict nor control the manufacture, sale, purchase, ownership, use, storage, transportation, or carrying of any arms, parts, accessories, or ammunition. Section 7. Government shall never issue charters, licenses, certificates of competency, nor any form of recognition or registration for any organization or individual. Section 8. Government shall never promote, control, nor interfere with any religious or philosophical organization or activity. Charges, however, may be brought by the people and the function of trial by jury may be performed against those engaged in the performance of extra-judicial oaths that may place an individual's right to a fair trial in jeopardy. Section 9. Government shall never restrict nor control the free flow of ideas using any present or future form or medium of expression. Section 10. Government shall never invade the privacy of any individual without due process of law. Section 11. Government shall never operate, own, control, nor fund any means of education not specifically related to performing the functions of government authorized by this constitution. Section 12. Government shall never infringe the right of the free movement of individuals within or across the geographical boundaries of Texas. Section 13. Government shall never borrow money nor pledge the assets of individuals or non-governmental organizations. Section 14. Government shall never offer nor provide gifts, subsidies, or assistance of any kind to any individual, group of individuals, organization, or nation. Section 15. Government shall never accept gifts, subsidies, or assistance of any kind from any foreign government, organization, or nation. Section 16. Government shall never issue currency nor cause currency to be issued. Section 17. No organization established, controlled, employed, or enabled by government shall violate any part of this constitution. Section 18. Government shall never own title to any real property which is not specifically authorized by this constitution. Section 19. Government shall never restrict individuals from freely associating or assembling. Section 20. Government shall never extend payment, credit, gifts, subsidies, endowments, retirement benefits, nor anything else of value or worth to any individual beyond the time of actual service to the government in whatever capacity. Section 21. Government shall never impose taxation of any kind. Section 22. Government shall never own subsurface water nor unprocessed minerals of any sort. Section 23. Government shall never own methods of extracting any mineral, including water, from it's source. Section 24. Government shall never regulate the use of publicly owned rights of way. Section 25. Government shall never impose emergency powers nor suspend any part of this constitution, neither in time of war nor for any other reason.