05 LC
18 4397
House
Bill 844
By:
Representative Coleman of the
144th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend an Act providing for the election of members of the Board of Education of
Dodge County, approved March 6, 1996 (Ga. L. 1996, p. 3507), as amended, so as
to reapportion the education districts for election of the members of said
board of education; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws;
and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
An
Act providing for the election of members of the Board of Education of Dodge
County, approved March 6, 1996 (Ga. L. 1996, p. 3507), as amended, is amended by
striking Section 1 and inserting in its place a new Section 1 to read as
follows:
"SECTION
1.
(a)
For purposes of electing members of the board of education of Dodge County, the
Dodge County School District is divided into seven education districts. Those
districts shall consist of the described territory of Dodge County attached to
this Act and made a part hereof and further identified as Plan Name: DODGESB5R
Plan Type: local User: staff Administrator: Dodge Co.
(b)
When used in such attachment, the terms 'Tract' and 'BG' (Block Group) shall
mean and describe the same geographical boundaries as provided in the report of
the Bureau of the Census for the United States decennial census of 2000 for the
State of Georgia. The separate numeric designations in a Tract description
which are underneath a 'BG' heading shall mean and describe individual Blocks
within a Block Group as provided in the report of the Bureau of the Census for
the United States decennial census of 2000 for the State of Georgia. Any part
of the Dodge County School District which is not included in any such district
described in that attachment shall be included within that district contiguous
to such part which contains the least population according to the United States
decennial census of 2000 for the State of Georgia. Any part of the Dodge County
School District which is described in that attachment as being in a particular
district shall nevertheless not be included within such district if such part is
not contiguous to such district. Such noncontiguous part shall instead be
included within that district contiguous to such part which contains the least
population according to the United States decennial census of 2000 for the State
of Georgia. Except as otherwise provided in the description of any education
district, whenever the description of such district refers to a named city, it
shall mean the geographical boundaries of that city as shown on the census map
for the United States decennial census of 2000 for the State of
Georgia."
SECTION
2.
Said
Act is further amended by striking the attachment thereto which described
Education Districts No. 1 through 7 and inserting in lieu thereof the attachment
to this amendatory Act which is made a part hereof and further identified as
Plan Name: DODGESB5R Plan Type: local User: staff Administrator: Dodge
Co.
SECTION
3.
It
is the purpose of this Act to reapportion the districts from which members of
the Board of Education of Dodge County are to be elected in 2006 and in
subsequent elections, and this Act results from changes in population based on
the United States decennial census of 2000. It is not the intention of the
General Assembly to affect the membership of current members of the board, their
terms of office, or the manner in which their successors shall be elected, and
such matters shall remain as provided by law on the effective date of this Act
until otherwise amended by law, except to the extent of reapportioning the
districts represented by such members.
SECTION
4.
The
Board of Education of Dodge 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 90 days
after the date on which this Act is approved by the Governor or otherwise
becomes law without such approval.
SECTION
5.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.