05 LC 21
8214/AP
House
Bill 628 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By:
Representatives Hanner of the
148th
and Rynders of the
152nd
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Lee County, approved August
6, 1921 (Ga. L. 1921, p. 517), as amended, so as to change certain provisions
regarding qualifications of members; 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 Lee County, approved August 6, 1921
(Ga. L. 1921, p. 517), as amended, is amended by striking paragraph (2) of
subsection (d) of Section 2 and inserting in its place a new paragraph (2) to
read as follows:
"(2)
In order to be elected or appointed as a member of the board from a commissioner
district, a person must have that
persońs
legal residence in that district at the time of qualifying for election or at
the time of appointment and, if elected, must receive the number of votes cast
as required by general law for that office in that district only and not at
large. Only electors who are residents of that commissioner district may vote
for a member of the board for that district. At the time of qualifying for
election as a member of the board from a commissioner district, each candidate
for such office shall specify the commissioner district for which that person is
a candidate. A person elected or appointed as a member of the board from a
commissioner district must continue to reside in that district during that
persońs
term of office or that office shall become
vacant."
SECTION
2.
The
Board of Commissioners of Lee 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laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.