06 LC
21 8906/AP
House
Bill 1630 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By:
Representatives Rynders of the
152nd
and Hanner of the
148th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend an Act entitled "An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and
Revenues, and public buildings, and public property, and finances for the County
of Lee," approved August 6, 1921 (Ga. L. 1921, p. 517), as amended, so as to
provide for the establishment of terms of offices for members of local
authorities; to provide for the removal of members of such authorities for
cause; to provide for related matters; 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 entitled "An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues,
and public buildings, and public property, and finances for the County of Lee,"
approved August 6, 1921 (Ga. L. 1921, p. 517), as amended, is amended by
inserting immediately following Section 8A a new section to read as
follows:
"SECTION
8B.
(a)
Unless prohibited by applicable federal or state law, the board of commissioners
of Lee County shall be authorized to adopt an ordinance or ordinances providing
that the office of any member of a particular board, commission, or authority
appointed by the board of commissioners of Lee County shall be declared vacant
upon a determination by the members of the board of commissioners of Lee County
that such member has been, while in office, arrested for or convicted of a
felony, a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature, or a crime involving
moral turpitude, or is found by the board of commissioners of Lee County to have
moved such
membeŕs
residence from the unincorporated area of Lee County during such
membeŕs
term of office. The board of commissioners of Lee County shall be authorized to
remove any member of such a board, commission, or authority from office by a
two-thirdś
vote of the board of commissioners of Lee County in the event that such member
is found by the board of commissioners of Lee County to be guilty of misfeasance
or malfeasance in office, is found by the board of commissioners of Lee County
to have failed to attend three or more successive regular meetings of the board,
commission, or authority to which such member was appointed without a reasonable
excuse approved by a resolution of the board, commission, or authority or who is
found by the board of commissioners of Lee County to have engaged in actions or
activities which are determined by the board of commissioners of Lee County to
have been detrimental to the carrying out of the duties and obligations of the
board, commission, or authority.
(b)
The Lee County Board of Commissioners shall also be authorized to make any such
ordinance or ordinances adopted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section
applicable to all members of such board, commission, or authority holding office
on or after the effective date of any such ordinance or ordinances.
(c)
Unless prohibited by applicable federal or state law, the board of commissioners
of Lee County shall be authorized to adopt an ordinance or ordinances providing
that the term of all members appointed to a particular board, commission, or
authority by the board of commissioners of Lee County shall be one year, but any
such appointed member shall be authorized to succeed himself or
herself.
(d)
The Lee County Board of Commissioners shall be authorized to make any such
ordinance or ordinances adopted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section
applicable to all members of such board, commission, or authority appointed or
reappointed on or after July 1,
2006."
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its
becoming law without such approval.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.