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House
Bill 752 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By:
Representative Royal of the
171st
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend an Act reincorporating and providing a new charter for the City of
Baconton in Mitchell County, approved February 13, 1976 (Ga. L. 1976, p. 2552),
as amended, so as to change the provisions relating to the time of election,
taking of office, and terms of office of the mayor and councilmembers; to
provide for authority for this Act; 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 reincorporating and providing a new charter for the City of Baconton in
Mitchell County, approved February 13, 1976 (Ga. L. 1976, p. 2552), as amended,
is amended by striking subsection (g) of Section 5.10 and inserting in its place
a new subsection (g) to read as follows:
"(g)(1)
On the Tuesday next following the first Monday in November of 2005, and every
four years thereafter, the successors to the councilmembers representing Council
Districts 1, 3, and 5 shall be elected and shall serve for terms of office of
four years and until their respective successors are elected and qualified and
shall take office on the first day of January immediately following their
election.
(2)
On the Tuesday next following the first Monday in November of 2006, the mayor
and the successors to the councilmembers representing Council Districts 2 and 4
shall be elected for one-year terms of office and until their respective
successors are elected and qualified and shall take office on the first day of
January immediately following their election. On the Tuesday next following the
first Monday in November of 2007, and every four years thereafter, the mayor and
the successors to the councilmembers representing Council Districts 2 and 4
shall be elected and shall serve for terms of office of four years and until
their respective successors are elected and qualified and shall take office on
the first day of January immediately following their election.
(3)
This subsection is enacted pursuant to the authority provided for in Code
Section 21-2-541.2 of the
O.C.G.A."
SECTION
2.
The
governing authority of the City of Baconton 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.