05 LC
9 1662
House
Bill 624
By:
Representative Cheokas of the
134th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Marion County, approved
February 21, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 2880), as amended, particularly by an Act
approved May 17, 2004 (Ga. L. 2004, p. 4117), so as to correct the date for the
election of one member of the board; to provide for submission of this Act for
preclearance under the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to repeal
conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
An
Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Marion County, approved February 21,
1951 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 2880), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 17,
2004 (Ga. L. 2004, p. 4117), is amended by striking paragraph (2) of subsection
(c) of Section 4 of said Act and inserting in its place the
following:
"(2)
The member of the board representing Commissioner District 2 shall be elected at
the general election in 2006 and quadrennially thereafter and shall take office
on the first day of January immediately following such
membeŕs
election for a term of four years and until such
membeŕs
successor is elected and
qualified."
SECTION
2.
The
Board of Commissioners of Marion County 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.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.