06 LC
25 4170
House
Bill 1102
By:
Representative Greene of the
149th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
repeal an Act providing a new charter for the City of Coleman, approved April
19, 2000 (Ga. L. 2000, p. 3658), and abolish said city; to provide for the
disposition of the assets, property, and legal rights and obligations of the
city and the winding up of city affairs; to provide for submission under the
federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to provide effective dates; 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 Coleman, approved April 19, 2000
(Ga. L. 2000, p. 3658), is repealed, and the City of Coleman is abolished. The
assets, property, and legal rights and obligations of the city shall devolve
upon the governing authority of Randolph County, and the affairs of the city
shall be wound up, all the same as provided for a terminated municipality under
subsection (g) of Code Section 36-30-7.1 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated.
SECTION
2.
The
governing authority of the City of Coleman shall through its legal counsel cause
this Act to be submitted for preclearance under the federal Voting Rights Act of
1965, as amended; and such submission shall be made to the United States
Department of Justice or filed with the appropriate court no later than 45 days
after the date on which this Act is approved by the Governor or otherwise
becomes law without such approval.
SECTION
3.
This
Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its
becoming law without such approval, except that Section 1 of this Act shall
become effective on January 1, 2007.
SECTION
4.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.