05 LC 22
5838/AP
House
Bill 783 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By:
Representatives Byrd of the
20th,
Hill of the
21st,
Scheid of the
22nd,
and Murphy of the
23rd
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Ball Ground, approved March
28, 1990 (Ga. L. 1990, p. 4552), as amended, so as to provide for four-year
terms of office for the mayor and councilmembers; to provide that persons in
office on the effective date of the Act shall complete the terms for which they
were elected; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for
other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
An
Act providing a new charter for the City of Ball Ground, approved March 28, 1990
(Ga. L. 1990, p. 4552), as amended, is amended by striking subsection (b) of
Section 2.10 and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"(b)
The mayor and councilmembers in office on July 1, 2005, shall serve for terms of
two years and until their respective successors are elected and qualified.
Persons elected to the office of mayor or councilmember after the expiration of
the two-year term of office of the persons in office on July 1, 2005, shall
serve for terms of four years and until their respective successors are elected
and qualified. No person shall be eligible to serve as mayor or councilmember
unless he or she shall have been a resident of this city for 12 months
immediately preceding the election of mayor or councilmembers; each such person
shall continue to reside within the city during said period of service and shall
be registered and qualified to vote in municipal elections of this city. No
person's name shall be listed as a candidate on the ballot for election for
either mayor or councilmember unless such person shall file a written notice
with the clerk of said city that such person desires his or her name to be
placed on said ballot as a candidate either for mayor or councilmember. No
person shall be eligible for the office of mayor or councilmember unless such
person shall file above said notice within the time provided for in Chapter 2 of
Title 21 of the O.C.G.A., the 'Georgia Election
Code.'"
SECTION
2.
Said
Act is further amended by striking subsections (c) and (e) of Section 2.11 and
inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"(c)
The mayor and councilmembers who are in office on July 1, 2005, shall serve
until the expiration of the term of office for which they were elected and until
their successors are elected and
qualified."
"(e)
On the Tuesday next following the first Monday in November, 2005, there shall be
elected a mayor and councilmembers for Post 4 and Post 5 to succeed the mayor
and councilmembers for Post 4 and Post 5, respectively; and successors to the
mayor and councilmembers for Post 4 and Post 5 elected in 2005 shall be elected
quadrennially thereafter. On the Tuesday next following the first Monday in
November, 2006, there shall be elected councilmembers for Post 1, Post 2, and
Post 3 to succeed the councilmembers for Post 1, Post 2, and Post 3,
respectively; and successors to the councilmembers for Post 1, Post 2, and Post
3 elected in 2006 shall be elected quadrennially thereafter. It is the purpose
of this section to provide for staggered terms for the councilmembers. The terms
of office shall begin at the time of taking the oath of office as provided in
Section
3.11."
SECTION
3.
This
Act shall become effective on July 1, 2005.
SECTION
4.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.