06 LC 28
2532
Senate
Bill 589
By:
Senators Staton of the 18th and Grant of the 25th
AS
PASSED SENATE
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend an Act creating a Board of Education of Jones County, approved March 21,
1984 (Ga. L. 1984, p. 4459), as amended, particularly by an Act
approved May 30, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 3836), so as to provide
for the election of members of the Board of Education of Jones County in
nonpartisan elections; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting
laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
An
Act creating a Board of Education of Jones County, approved March 21, 1984
(Ga. L. 1984, p. 4459), as amended, particularly by an Act
approved May 30, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 3836), is amended by
striking subsection (a) of Section 2 and inserting a new subsection (a) to read
as follows:
"(a)
The chairperson may reside anywhere within Jones County and shall be elected by
the voters of the entire county. Each other member must be a resident of the
district the member represents and shall be elected only by the voters of that
district. All elections shall be by majority vote. All elections for the Board
of Education of Jones County conducted after June 1, 2006, shall be
nonpartisan elections as provided for in Code Section 21-2-139 of the O.C.G.A.
Such nonpartisan elections shall be held in conjunction with the November
general election immediately preceding the expiration of the term of office and
conducted as provided in Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the O.C.G.A., the 'Georgia
Election
Code.'"
SECTION
2.
Nothing
in this Act shall affect the term of office of any member of the Board of
Education of Jones County in office on June 1, 2006. The sitting members shall
serve out the terms of office for which they were elected and shall be eligible
to succeed themselves.
SECTION
3.
The
Board of Education of Jones County shall through its legal counsel cause this
Act to be submitted for preclearance under the federal Voting Rights Act of
1965, as amended, no later than 60 days after the date on which this Act is
approved by the Governor or otherwise becomes law without such
approval.
SECTION
4.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.