05 LC 28
2415
House
Bill 822
By:
Representative Sims of the
169th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend an Act establishing a board of education of Coffee County, approved March
10, 1970 (Ga. L. 1970, p. 2441), as amended, particularly by an
Act approved October 25, 2001 (Ga. L. 2001, Ex. Sess., p. 755), so as to
provide that the members of the board of education shall be elected in
nonpartisan elections; to provide for related matters; to provide for
preclearance of this Act pursuant to 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 establishing a board of education of Coffee County, approved March 10, 1970
(Ga. L. 1970, p. 2441), as amended, particularly by an Act
approved October 25, 2001 (Ga. L. 2001, Ex. Sess., p. 755), is amended by
striking subsection (c) of Section 2B and inserting in lieu thereof a new
subsection (c) to read as follows:
"(c)
All members of the board who are elected thereto shall be elected in nonpartisan
elections as authorized under Code Section 21-2-139 of the O.C.G.A. and in
accordance with Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the O.C.G.A., the 'Georgia Election
Code.'"
SECTION
2.
The
board of education of Coffee County shall through its legal counsel cause this
Act to be submitted for preclearance under the federal Voting Rights Act of
1965, as amended, not 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laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.