O.C.G.A. § 49-6-40

There is created the Georgia Silver-Haired Legislature. Its members shall be of age 60 or over and shall be duly selected pursuant to procedures developed by the department, the office of the Secretary of State, and the Silver-Haired Legislature in coordination with the state's network of aging programs. The Silver-Haired Legislature is authorized to meet every other year at the state capitol at an appropriate time prior to the convening of the General Assembly. The Silver-Haired Legislature is authorized, within its budgetary limitations, to hire personnel, to solicit private financial support, and to adopt bylaws to govern its internal procedures, and such body is authorized to adopt such measures as it deems appropriate to present to the General Assembly for consideration.