06 LC 34
0594/AP
House
Bill 1643 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By:
Representative Hudson of the
124th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
provide that the probate judge of Glascock County shall serve ex officio as
chief magistrate of the Magistrate Court of Glascock County on and after January
1, 2009; to provide an effective date; to provide for a referendum; to repeal
certain Acts; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Pursuant
to subsection (g) of Code Section 15-10-20 of the O.C.G.A., the chief magistrate
of the Magistrate Court of Glascock County shall not be separately elected for
any term of office that begins on or after January 1, 2009, but on and after
that date the probate judge of Glascock County shall serve ex officio as the
chief magistrate of the Magistrate Court of Glascock County.
SECTION
2.
The
following Acts are specifically repealed:
(1)
An Act to create and establish a Small Claims Court in and for Glascock County,
approved February 27, 1970 (Ga. L. 1970, p. 2198); and
(2)
An Act to amend an Act creating the Small Claims Court of Glascock County,
approved April 11, 1979 (Ga. L. 1979, p. 3860).
SECTION
3.
Unless
prohibited by the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, the election
superintendent of Glascock County shall call and conduct an election as provided
in this section for the purpose of submitting this Act to the electors of
Glascock County for approval or rejection. The election superintendent shall
conduct that election on the date of the November, 2006, general election and
shall issue the call and conduct that election as provided by general law. The
superintendent shall cause the date and purpose of the election to be published
once a week for two weeks immediately preceding the date thereof in the official
organ of Glascock County. The ballot shall have written or printed thereon the
words:
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"( ) YES
( ) NO
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Shall
the Act be approved which provides that the probate judge of Glascock County
shall serve ex officio as chief magistrate of the Magistrate Court of Glascock
County on and after January 1, 2009?"
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All
persons desiring to vote for approval of the Act shall vote "Yes," and all
persons desiring to vote for rejection of the Act shall vote "No." If more than
one-half of the votes cast on such question are for approval of the Act, then
Section 1 of this Act shall become of full force and effect immediately. If
Section 1 of this Act is not so approved or if the election is not conducted as
provided in this section, Section 1 of this Act shall not become effective and
this Act shall be automatically repealed on the first day of January immediately
following that election date. The expense of such election shall be borne by
Glascock County. It shall be the election
superintendent́s
duty to certify the result thereof to the Secretary of State.
SECTION
4.
Except
as otherwise provided in Section 3 of this Act, this Act shall become effective
upon its approval by the Governor or upon its becoming law without such approval
for purposes of conducting the referendum specified in Section 3.
SECTION
5.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.