05 LC
9 1666
House
Bill 805
By:
Representatives Cole of the
125th
and Ray of the
136th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Monroe County, approved
August 19, 1907 (Ga. L. 1907, p. 318), as amended, so as to repeal certain
provisions relating to the powers and duties of the clerk of the board of
commissioners; to repeal certain provisions relating to quarterly financial
statements; 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 Monroe County, approved August 19,
1907 (Ga. L. 1907, p. 318), as amended, is amended by striking subsection (b) of
Section 4 and inserting in its place the following:
"(b)
The commissioners shall, at the first meeting in January of each year, elect a
clerk to be known as the clerk of the county commissioners, who must be a
citizen of the county, but the clerk shall not be a member of the board of
commissioners. The clerk must have a practical knowledge of bookkeeping, and it
shall be his or her duty to keep a full and accurate record of all the
proceedings of the board. The clerk shall keep a complete and accurate record
of all the business of the county as contracted by the board. It shall be his
or her duty to make as many statements as the board may require, showing the
financial condition of the county, and perform such other duties of a clerical
nature as may be required of him or her by the board. The clerk shall regularly
attend all meetings of the board and keep the books of same stored in some vault
in the courthouse and subject to the inspection of the public at any time. The
board of commissioners shall provide the clerk with such blank books as may be
necessary to keep said records in the order herein prescribed. The clerk shall
receive for his or her compensation some reasonable sum to be fixed by the board
of commissioners at the time of electing the clerk, which sum shall not be
changed during the year for which the same is fixed and which shall be payable
monthly out of the county treasury on warrant of the commissioners. The clerk
shall be subject to removal at any time at the instance of the board and shall,
before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, give a surety company
bond payable to the county in the sum of $2,000.00, which bond shall be filed
with the judge of the probate court and recorded on his or her
minutes."
SECTION
2.
Said
Act is further amended by striking Section 7, relating to quarterly financial
statements and financial affairs of the board of commissioners and the county,
and inserting in its place the following:
"SECTION
7.
Reserved."
Reserved."
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.