05 LC 22
5803/AP
House
Bill 772 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By:
Representatives Rogers of the
26th,
Reece of the
27th,
Mills of the
25th,
and Benton of the
31st
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
authorize the City of Gainesville to exercise all redevelopment and other powers
under Article IX, Section II, Paragraph VII of the Constitution and Chapter 44
of Title 36 of the O.C.G.A., the "Redevelopment Powers Law," as amended; to
provide for a referendum; to provide effective dates; to provide for automatic
repeal under certain circumstances; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
The
City of Gainesville shall be and is authorized to exercise all redevelopment and
other powers under Chapter 44 of Title 36 of the O.C.G.A., the "Redevelopment
Powers Law," as amended. The intention of this Act is to authorize the City of
Gainesville to undertake and carry out community redevelopment, to create tax
allocation districts, to issue tax allocation bonds, and to incur other
obligations within the meaning of and as fully permitted under the provisions of
Article IX, Section II, Paragraph VII of the Constitution of the State of
Georgia of 1983, as amended, and to authorize the City of Gainesville to
exercise redevelopment powers as fully as the "Redevelopment Powers Law" may now
or hereafter permit and not to limit any redevelopment powers permitted under
the "Redevelopment Powers Law."
SECTION
2.
Unless
prohibited by the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, the election
superintendent of the City of Gainesville shall call and conduct an election as
provided in this section for the purpose of submitting this Act to the electors
of the City of Gainesville for approval or rejection. The election
superintendent shall conduct that election on the date of the November, 2005,
general election and shall issue the call and conduct that election as provided
by general law. The superintendent shall cause the date and purpose of the
election to be published once a week for two weeks immediately preceding the
date thereof in the official organ of Hall County. The ballot shall have
written or printed thereon the words:
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"( ) YES
( ) NO
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Shall
the Act be approved which authorizes Gainesville to exercise redevelopment
powers under the 'Redevelopment Powers Law,' as it may be amended from time to
time?"
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All
persons desiring to vote for approval of the Act shall vote "Yes," and those
persons desiring to vote for rejection of the Act shall vote "No." If more than
one-half of the votes cast on such question are for approval of the Act, then
Section 1 of this Act shall become of full force and effect immediately. If
Section 1 of this Act is not so approved or if the election is not conducted as
provided in this section, Section 1 of this Act shall not become effective and
this Act shall be automatically repealed on the first day of January immediately
following that election date. The expense of such election shall be borne by
the City of Gainesville. It shall be the election
superintendent́s
duty to certify the result thereof to the Secretary of State.
SECTION
3.
Except
as otherwise provided in Section 2 of this Act, this Act shall become effective
upon its approval by the Governor or upon its becoming law without such
approval.
SECTION
4.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.