06
LC 21 8877
Senate
Bill 644
By:
Senators Hudgens of the 47th and Kemp of the
46th
AS PASSED
AS PASSED
AN
ACT
To
provide for the compensation of the members and chairperson of the board of
education of Madison County; to provide for procedures relative to such increase
in compensation; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws;
and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
(a)(1)
The chairperson of the board of education of Madison County shall receive a
monthly salary in an amount equal to 10 percent of the monthly salary for a
Georgia teacher with 0 years of service, salary step E, and a T-4 certificate as
set forth in the Official State Salary Schedule for Georgia
Educators.
(2)
Members of the board of education of Madison County other than the chairperson
shall receive a monthly salary equal to 8 percent of the monthly salary for a
Georgia teacher with 0 years of service, salary step E, and a T-4 certificate as
set forth in the Official State Salary Schedule for Georgia
Educators.
(b)
In addition to the salary provided for in subsection (a) of this section, each
member of the board shall be compensated for each day of attendance at meetings
and functions of the board outside the Madison County School District in the
amount of 5 percent of the monthly salary for a Georgia teacher with 0 years of
service, salary step E, and a T-4 certificate as set forth in the Official State
Salary Schedule for Georgia Educators.
SECTION
2.
The
chairperson and members of the board of education shall receive the compensation
provided in Section 1 of this Act only after performing the following
procedures: the board of education shall advertise, at least seven days in
advance, a public hearing on the subject of the increase in compensation; at
such public hearing or another meeting of the board of education after due
notice that the increase in compensation will be discussed, the board will
receive comments from the public and shall adopt, by majority vote, a resolution
setting out the
board́s
request for such increase in compensation. Failure or refusal to follow these
procedures in full shall make the changes in compensation set out in this
subsection void and of no effect.
SECTION
3.
Except
as otherwise provided in Section 2 of this Act, this Act shall become effective
on the first day of the month following the month in which it is approved by the
Governor or in which it becomes law without such approval.
SECTION
4.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.