05 LC 28
2142
Senate
Bill 143
By:
Senators Mullis of the 53rd, Pearson of the 51st, Schaefer of the 50th and
Whitehead, Sr. of the 24th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 50-8-150 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to the creation of the State Advisory Committee on Rural Development, so as to
create the Georgia Rural Development Council; to provide for its duties and
responsibilities; to provide for the composition of the council; to provide for
membership, officers, and terms of office; to provide for bylaws; to provide for
compensation; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and
for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 50-8-150 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the
creation of the State Advisory Committee on Rural Development, is amended by
striking the Code section and inserting in lieu thereof a new Code Section
50-8-150 to read as follows:
"50-8-150.
(a)
Effective
July 1, 1988, there
There
is created
a State
Advisory Committee on
the
Georgia Rural Development
Council.
The
committee
council
shall advise the
commissioner
of community affairs and Board of Community
Affairs
Governor
on matters related to rural development and the preparation of a biennial rural
economic development plan and any other such matters requested by the
commissioner
of community affairs or Board of Community
Affairs
Governor.
The
committee
council
shall
consist of
no less than 15 and no more than 21
members,
be
composed of elected officials of municipalities, elected officials of counties,
members of the General Assembly, and other persons knowledgeable about the
community and economic development of rural areas appointed by the Governor. In
making appointments to the
committee
council,
the Governor shall ensure that members include representatives from throughout
rural Georgia.
(b)
Members of the
committee
council
shall serve terms of office of two years and until their successors are
appointed by the
commissioner
of community affairs
Governor
and qualified.
(c)
The
committee at its initial meeting, which meeting shall be called by the
commissioner of community affairs promptly after the appointment of its members,
shall elect a chairman, vice-chairman, and secretary from among its members.
These
The
officers of
the council shall
consist of the
Governor, who shall serve as the chairperson, a vice chairperson, and a
secretary. Except for the chairperson, the council shall elect officers at its
summer meeting or, if there is no summer meeting, at the next scheduled meeting.
The vice chairperson and secretary shall
serve one-year
terms,
after which time officers shall again be
elected
until their
replacements are selected and
qualified.
(d)
The
committee
council
shall meet at least twice a year; however, the
commissioner
of community affairs or the chairman of the
committee
Governor
may call additional special meetings.
(e)
Membership on the
committee
council
shall not preclude the member from holding other public office. Each member of
the
committee
council
shall receive the same per diem expense allowance as that received by members of
the General Assembly for each day a
committee
member
councilmember
is in attendance at a meeting of the
committee
council,
plus reimbursement for actual transportation costs incurred while traveling by
public carrier or the mileage allowance authorized for certain state officials
and employees for the use of a personal automobile in connection with such
attendance. The above shall be paid in lieu of any other per diem, allowance,
or remuneration.
(f)
The
committee
council
shall
adopt, and
the Board of Community Affairs shall
approve, bylaws for the regulation of its
affairs and conduct of its
business."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.